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DIALOGS FOR EVERYDAY USE 🎧📚

Dialogue for Beginners 🎉📚 (Day # 11)

ここで防護スーツをぬいだら、免疫力のない空中帝国の人間は、ひとたまりもありません。
カンパネラは岩場に腰をおろし、地上5000メートルにある空中帝国を見上げました。
そのときでした。
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「だれだ！」

ふりかえると、『森』の住人たちがならんでいました。
その中心に、赤毛の女が立っていました。
まちがいありません。あのときの女の子です。
「なにものじゃ！」
大男が大きな声をあげました。
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赤毛の女は一歩まえに出て、いいます。
「森のものではなさそうね。なんの用かしら？」
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カンパネラは とっさに言葉をかえします。
「キミに、あいにきたんだ」

「なにをいっているんだ」と　『森』の住人たちは にらみつけてきました。　
が、赤毛の女は顔色ひとつ変えません。
「ウソおっしゃい。外からきたものが どうして私をしっているの？」

カンパネラは 大きく息をすって　きもちをととのえ、こたえました。
「むかし、あの岩のうえで笛をふいてたろ？」
赤毛の女は目を丸くしました。

朗読クラブ📚Reading to Japanese language learners 

朗読：『オルゴールワールド』#6 にしのあきひろ著

How do we make an apology in Chinese? 
对不起[duì bù qǐ]，抱歉 [bào qiàn]  /不好意思 [bù hǎo yì si]

If you bump into someone else on the street. you can say: 抱歉/不好意思/对不起
I'm sorry for being late 抱歉我迟到了。/对不起我迟到了。/不好意思我迟到了。
Sorry I didn’t hear you. 抱歉/不好意思/对不起，我没有听到你说的话。
Sorry, could you repeated it again? 抱歉/不好意思/对不起，你可以重新说一遍吗？

really sorry  很抱歉 [hěn bào qiàn]， 很 means very
I'm really sorry for being late. 很抱歉我迟到了。

You also can say 非常抱歉/非常不好意思 [fēi cháng]，非常 also means very, extremely; highly
I'm really sorry for being late.非常抱歉/非常不好意思我迟到了。

Cara：I’m really sorry, is your car okay？非常不好意思，你的车有没有事？ 
The driver：It’s okay, you can go. 没事，你可以走了。

It’s okay in Chinese, 没事[méi shì]/没关系[méi guān xi]
It's OK. Don't worry about it. 没关系，不要放在心上。

At the end of today, I’ll leave you with a question:  can we say 非常对不起? Could you try to make a sentence？

Okay , that’s all for today. Thanks for listening. If you like my podcast ,you can subscribe to it. and If you have any question or suggestion about my podcast, feel free to message me or we can discuss it in our class. I’ll see you next time.我们下次节目再见。


Talk to Cara in Chinese

10. 道歉 make an apology

Guessing what your interviewer will ask you can be difficult, but you can always count on the question, “Can you tell me about yourself?” That means that you can be well-prepared for at least one question! When you deliver a great answer at the start of your interview, it will give you confidence and impress your interviewer.

In this episode, you will learn the three goals you need to achieve in an interview to be successful. Then, you’ll learn about what the interviewer is looking for when they ask, “Can you tell me about yourself?” You’ll also hear three well-crafted answers to the question and tips for how you can answer the question.

If you want to increase your English vocabulary, continue listening to the end, where you’ll hear definitions of five idioms and phrases that came up during the episode.

Episode originally published on May 4, 2020.
Transcript at https://www.express-to-impress.com/tell-me-about-yourself/.
Infographics for this episode at https://www.pinterest.com/ExpresstoImpress/.

Express to Impress

How to Answer "Can You Tell Me About Yourself?"

Neste episódio darei exemplos e explicações das duas preposições que você mais gosta, rs! Vamos aproveitar para estudar? Recomendo que estude junto com a transcrição! O que é preposição? É uma palavra que serve para ligar dois elementos que se relacionam - o segundo será sempre subordinado ao primeiro. Então os dois elementos são interligados pela preposição. A preposição com relação de finalidade, destino e direção é a PARA. Logo no início do seu aprendizado, uma das primeiras preposições que você se depara é com ela. Geralmente, seguida pelo verbo Ir, um dos verbos mais utilizados na língua portuguesa, principalmente quando queremos usá-lo para nós referirmos ao futuro imediato do indicativo. Ex. Vou ir para o museu. A medida que nosso nível do idioma for aumentando, vamos entendendo melhor a situação das preposições.
Para continuar com a transcrição, me mande uma mensagem ,)

Brasileiríssimo

Por x Para

的:  定语的标志       定语+的+名词       美好的春天
地: 状语的标志      状语+地+动词       高兴地喊起来
得: 补语的标志     动/形+得+补语      跑得飞快

Eva Wang的channel ——汉语语法对比合集

汉语语法对比之“的” “地” ”得“

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