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This is a very difficult podcast

[conversation 1]

A : 생선이 어디에 있어요?
B : 왼쪽으로 쭉 가세요. 생선은 고기 가게 옆에 있어요.
A : 주스는 어디에 있어요?
B : 앞으로 쭉 가세요. 술 옆에 있어요.

[conversation 1]

A : Where are the fish?
B : Go straight to the left. It is next to the meat store.
A : Where are the juice?
B : Go straight forward. They are next to the liquor section.


[conversation 2]

A : 이 근처에 백화점이 있어요?
B : 네, 있어요. 이쪽으로 쭉 가세요. 그럼 오른쪽에 있어요.
A : 얼마나 걸려요?
B : 10분쯤 걸려요.
A : 고맙습니다.

[conversation 2]

A : Is there a department store around here?
B : Yes, here is. Go straight this way. Then it is on the right.
A : How lon does it take?
B : It takes about 10 minutes.
A : Thank you.

[vocabulary]

위 above/on
아래 under/below
앞 front
뒤 behind
옆 beside/side
안 inside
밖 outside
오른쪽 right side
왼쪽 left side

[grammar point]

N이/가 N에 있다/없다
N이/가 있어요 means that N is located or exists,
while N이/가 없어요 means the opposite.
N에 is used with N이/가 있어요 to show where N is located.

Reading Korea.

Location and direction

今天是5月5日 星期四 晴
今天很开心。
今天上课的时候，苏告诉我，她在她的硕士（shuo4shi4, master）学习中用上了中文。苏是学心理学(xin1li3xue2)的，作为一名心理志愿者(zhi4yuan4zhe3, volunteer)去社区(she4qu1, community)服务(fu2wu4, to serve)是很重要学习内容。然后，她的服务对象(dui4xiang4, target)是一位76岁的老爷爷，而这位老爷爷是说中文的。
时间真的过的很快，不知不觉(bu4zhi1bu1jue2,unconsciouly)苏和我学习中文已经快一年了，从最开始的星期一星期二到现在能够流利的交流(jiao1liu2,to have social contact)，她真的太棒了。
苏说：老师，你知道吗？我刚到那位老爷爷家的时候，非常紧张。因为不知道自己能不能说！接着一切都很顺利，那个时候，我真的很感谢你啊！
听到这里我真的很开心，很感动(gan3dong4, move)。虽然我只是在电脑的这一边教中文，但是我可以通过让学生提高中文，然后帮助到别人。尽管（jin4guan3,even though）这个人我不认识，哪怕(na3 pa4, even)他在离我非常遥远(yao2yuan3, dictant)的地方。

中文小天地 Little Chinese world

Episode 6  Happy! 开心！

星期  xīng qī  week   星期一  xīngqīyī    Monday    星期二   xīngqī’èr   Tuesday   星期三  xīngqīsān  Wednesday    
你觉得星期三之后应该怎么读？What do you think should be read after Wednesday?

零基础汉语---zero basic Chinese

第十二课 lesson 12

Learn to use place markers in Spanish and be able to describe where things are in relation to other things.

Super Basic Spanish

Learn Basic Spanish: Marcadores de lugar (Place Markers)

Hello everyone, I hope you are doing well. A new episode of let’s check out the news is out now!
In this episode I’ll comment on article titled: “Chinese provinces warn of thick fog, dozens of Shanghai flights delayed” published on Reuteurs. Let me know what you think, enjoy.

Useful vocabulary:
An episode of extreme weather
To issue a warning
Heavy rain – heavy snow – high winds – thick fog
A flight delayed – diverted
To cause disturbances
To salt the roads
To deploy snowplows
Wait for the fog to dissipate
One phenomenon / many phenomena
To cover long distances
To wreak havoc
Tornadoes or floods
The whims of nature
The modern era

Let's check out the news

Super thick fog over China

Con la ayuda de JESSIE, desde USA, hablamos de varios idioms que valen en ambos lenguajes! SUPER ACTUALES, vas a escuchar a gente nativa usándolos!

PERFIL DE JESSIE EN ITALKI: https://www.italki.com/teacher/11670783

Vas escuchar la versión en inglés y en español de cada idiom,
YOU WILL HEAR THE SPANISH AND THE ENGLISH VERSION OF EACH IDIOM (said by native speakers) Isn't it great?

COME ON! DALE PLAY!

Disfruta de aprender

Idioms en Inglés y en Español, parte II

有yǒu 两liǎng 个gè 老太太lǎo tài tai 在zài 一起yī qǐ 说话shuō huà ，她们tā men 中zhōng 的de 一yī 个gè 问wèn ：“你nǐ 儿子ér zi 还hái 好hǎo 吧bɑ ？”

“真zhēn 是shì 不幸bù xìng ！”老太太lǎo tài tai 说shuō ：“他tā 的de 老婆lǎo pó 太tài 不bù 好hǎo 了le ，不bù 做饭zuò fàn 、不bù 洗xǐ 衣服yī fú 、不bù 带dài 孩子hái zi ，天天tiān tiān 就是jiù shì 睡觉shuì jiào ，我wǒ 儿子ér zi 还hái 每měi 天tiān 做好zuò hǎo 饭fàn ，送sòng 到dào 房间fáng jiān 里lǐ 给gěi 她tā 吃chī 呢ne ！”

“那nà 女儿nǚ ér 呢ne ？”

“那nà 她tā 可kě 就jiù 好hǎo 了le 。”老太太lǎo tài tai 笑xiào 了le ：“她tā 有yǒu 一yī 个gè 不错bù cuò 的de 老公lǎo gōng 。所有suǒ yǒu 的de 事shì 都dōu 是shì 老公lǎo gōng 来lái 做zuò ，洗xǐ 衣服yī fú 、带dài 孩子hái zi ，她tā 老公lǎo gōng 还hái 每天měi tiān 做好zuò hǎo 饭fàn ，送sòng 到dào 房间fáng jiān 里lǐ 给gěi 她tā 吃chī 呢ne ！”