Teacher Joseph's Podcast

Weekly Lesson: County LInes

⭐ To make the most of this podcast, transcript and language activities are available in the BLOG section of my website www.explorefrench.com

⭐ How does the French school system works? I will tell you now, in French, first at slow speed, then at very slow speed, and finally at normal speed

⭐ To go further, please check out my regular podcast LEARN FRENCH WITH ANTHONY and visit my website to access plenty of interactive language activities.

Explore France with Anthony

#06 Le système scolaire français

Live, raw, and uncut footage of English learners. Can you spot the mistakes?

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Freedom of speech

here is  your daily Reading part :) Enjoy!

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Learn to speak about your home. We cover language related to the amenities in a house/apartment and beginner expressions you can use to describe the place you live in.
Happy learning!

Super Basic Spanish

Basic Spanish: Nuestra casa (Our house)

Mastering Confidence: How to look confident in an important meeting?

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大家好，我是Honglin老师，欢迎来到我的汉字频道。
这是我的第二条推送。今天要和你们分享的是，“口”字，一家五口人的“口”，吃饭和说话会用到的“口”，或者说，我们的嘴巴。

口，是一个象形字，它的形状长得就像我们的嘴巴。最开始的“口”，是一个圆形，就像我们说“啊”的时候，嘴巴张开的样子。而且两边的竖很长，看起来就像一个英文字母的H，只不过最下面还有一横。后来圆的慢慢变成方的，两边的竖也变短，就变成了现在的“口”，就像一个正方形。“口”这个字，是汉字里变化最小的字之一，也是一些字的偏旁，表示和嘴巴相关的动作或者物品。比如，“吃”，吃东西的吃，就是用的“口”字旁。

那含有“口“字的词语也很多，今天给大家分享一个网络用语，“口嗨”。

“嗨“你可以理解成英文的“high“，兴奋的意思。口嗨的意思就是虽然话说得很漂亮，说可以做或者要做一件事，听起来很兴奋，但是行动上却做不到，说到却做不到。比如，你有一个朋友天天和你说，“哎呀，下次来我的城市，一定要告诉我，我带你玩，我带你吃好吃的，保证你满意“。但等你真的到了他那里，他说的这些要带你做的事，一件也没做。那你就可以说，“哎，他只是口嗨啦“。

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跟着Honglin学汉字(CHINESE CHARACTERS WITH HONGLIN )

二：“口”为什么这样写&“口嗨”

「ではお日さまの出るまでどうぞ。もう一ぺん。ちょっとですから。」
　かっこうはまた頭を下げました。
「だまれっ。いい気になって。このばか鳥め。出て行かんとむしって朝飯に食ってしまうぞ。」
　ゴーシュはどんと床をふみました。
　するとかっこうはにわかにびっくりしたように いきなり窓をめがけて飛び立ちました。
    そしてガラスにはげしく頭をぶっつけて ばたっと下へ落ちました。
「何だ、ガラスへ ばかだなあ。」
    ゴーシュはあわてて立って 窓をあけようとしましたが 
    元来この窓はそんなにいつでもするする開く窓ではありませんでした。
    ゴーシュが窓わくをしきりにがたがたしているうちに またかっこうがばっとぶっつかって
    下へ落ちました。見ると くちばしのつけねからすこし血が出ています。
「いま あけてやるから待っていろったら。」
   ゴーシュがやっと二寸ばかり窓をあけたとき、かっこうは起きあがって
   何が何でもこんどこそというように じっと窓の向うの東のそらをみつめて、
   あらん限りの力をこめた風で ぱっと飛びたちました。
   もちろんこんどは前よりひどくガラスにつきあたって かっこうは下へ落ちたまましばらく
   身動きもしませんでした。つかまえてドアから飛ばしてやろうと ゴーシュが手を出しましたら
   いきなりかっこうは目をひらいて飛びのきました。そしてまたガラスへ飛びつきそうにするのです。
   ゴーシュは思わず足を上げて窓をばっとけりました。ガラスは二三枚物すごい音して砕くだけ
   窓はわくのまま外へ落ちました。そのがらんとなった窓のあとをかっこうが矢のように
   外へ飛びだしました。そしてもうどこまでもどこまでも まっすぐに飛んで行って
  とうとう見えなくなってしまいました。
  ゴーシュはしばらくあきれたように外を見ていましたが、
  そのまま倒れるように へやのすみへころがって 眠ってしまいました。


＊正しくは「ガラスは 二三枚 ものすごい音して」です。
　すみません、「もの」を飛ばしてしまいました。

　ものすごい (i-adjective)..unbelievable, incredible 