This episode gives some background to Part One and compares the sleepy diver to the American Dream idea of career management.

Expect the Unexpected

Time Part Two American Dream

Level N3-N1 
日本の使える文房具についてお話しています。
Beginners 使える！文房のレベルアップバージョンです。

Nihongo_Hanaso（N3+）

N3+ 使える！文房具/ぶんぼうぐ

In this first episode, I explain the meaning behind the podcast's title and also teach some other idioms containing the word "word"

Never at a Loss for Words

Never at a Loss for Words - "word" idioms

Как вы считаете, кто прав: те кто стараются успеть сделать все дела, или те, кто откладывают всё на потом?

А поговорить?!

Не откладывай на завтра то, что можно сделать сегодня

全家福

今年，我们拍了一张全家福。我们一家人，爷爷、奶奶、爸爸、妈妈、哥哥、姐姐、弟弟和妹妹都在照片里。还有我们的两个孩子，一个儿子，一个女儿。猫和狗也在照片里。

照片中，爷爷和奶奶坐在椅子上，爸爸和妈妈站在他们的后面。哥哥和弟弟站在左边，姐姐和妹妹站在右边。拍照的时候，大家都很开心。

坐          zuò              Sit
椅子      yǐ zi              Chair
站         zhàn             Stand
后面     hòu miàn    Behind
左边     zuǒ bian      Left side
右边     yòu bian      Right side
开心     kāi xīn          Happy

1.今年，他们拍了一张什么照片？
a) 风景照
b) 全家福
c) 朋友合影
d) 个人照
2.照片里有几个人？
a) 6个人
b) 8个人
c) 10个人
d) 12个人
3.照片里坐在椅子上的人是谁？
a) 爸爸和妈妈
b) 哥哥和姐姐
c) 爷爷和奶奶
d) 弟弟和妹妹
4.照片中，站在爷爷奶奶后面的是谁？
a) 哥哥和弟弟
b) 爸爸和妈妈
c) 姐姐和妹妹
d) 儿子和女儿

开口说汉语    "Chinese Chit-Chat"

全家福 Family portrait

        如果问学中文普通话的朋友：哪一部分最难？相信很多人都会说：“声调，四个声调。” 我经常对学生说：“说中文普通话就像唱歌一样，其实不难。” 或许有人会说：你这是：“站着说话不腰疼”，我要说的是：如果您把最困难的“四声”问题解决好了，说好普通话其实还是一件挺愉快的事情。

四季人生（The Four Seasons of Life）

4-四声与四味Four sounds and four tastes

Natural Spanish Fluency

14/100 HABLAR 🗣️ Los 100 verbos más importantes en español

第五天，还是羊的事，把小王子的生活秘密向我揭开了。
On the fifth day again, as always, it was thanks to the sheep–the secret of the little prince's life was revealed to me.
好像默默地思索了很长时间以后，得出了什么结果一样，他突然没头没脑地问我：
Abruptly, without anything to lead up to it, and as if the question had been born of long and silent meditation on his problem, he demanded:
羊，要是吃小灌木，它也要吃花罗？
A sheep–if it eats little bushes, does it eat flowers, too?
“它碰到什么就吃什么”，我说。
"A sheep," I answered, "eats anything it finds in its reach."
连有刺的花也吃吗？
Even flowers that have thorns?
有刺的也吃！
Yes, even flowers that have thorns.
那么刺有什么用呢？
Then the thorns–what use are they?
我不知道该怎么回答。
I did not know.
那会儿我正忙着要从发动机上卸下一颗拧得太紧的螺丝。

At that moment, I was very busy trying to unscrew a bolt that had got stuck in my engine.
心里很着急，我发现机器故障似乎很严重，
I was very much worried, for it was becoming clear to me that the breakdown of my plane was extremely serious.
饮水也快完了，担心可能发生最坏的情况，
And I had so little drinking-water left that I had to fear for the worst.
那么刺有什么用呢？
The thorns–what use are they?
小王子一旦提出了问题，从来不会放过。
这个该死的螺丝使我很恼火，
我于是就随便回答了他一句：“刺么，什么用都没有，这纯粹是花的恶劣表现。”
And I answered with the first thing that came into my head: "The thorns are of no use at all. Flowers have thorns just for spite!"
噢！
Oh!
可是他沉默了一会儿之后，
There was a moment of complete silence.
怀着不满的心情冲我说：“我不信！”
Then the little prince flashed back at me, with a kind of resentfulness: "I don't believe you!"
花是弱小的、淳朴的，它们总是设法保护自己，
Flowers are weak creatures. They are naive. They reassure themselves as best they can.
以为有了刺就可以显出自己的厉害。
They believe that their thorns are terrible weapons.
我默不作声。
I did not answer.
我当时想的，“如果这个螺丝再和我作对，我就一锤子敲掉它。”
At that instant I was saying to myself: "If this bolt still won't turn, I am going to knock it out with the hammer."
小王子又来打搅我的思绪了。
Again the little prince disturbed my thoughts.
你却认为花…
“嗷，不，”我哭着说，“算了吧，算了吧！我什么也不认为！”
我是随便回答你的。
I answered you with the first thing that came into my head.
我可有正经事要做。
Don't you see–I am very busy with matters of consequence!

小王子-The Little Prince-Read in Chinese

小王子第15章：螺丝的烦恼

IELTS SPEAKING PART 3 - TOPIC: NEWS & MEDIA.

In this podcast I'll cover 2 questions which were asked in IELTS speaking test part 3.

1. How do most people get their news in your country?

2. Do you believe everything you read in the newspapers?

How did you answer the 2 questions yourself? Can you record your voice and share? I'd love to hear it!

