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Shannon’s Easy English

你喜欢语言的历史吗？许多语言有阴性、阳性和中性。西班牙语有一些词汇来自中性。我在这里告诉你。

关于西班牙语和其文化的趣事

拉丁语和西班牙语中的中性性别

Reading of the short story "A Beleza Total" ("The Total Beauty") by the Brazilian modernist writer and poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade. 

In this episode, we work on textual interpretation and vocabulary, with the indication of tenses for some of the verbs contained in the text.

Practice your listening and (why not) your reading as well by grabbing a copy of this modernist text (easily found on Google) while listening to this special episode.

Verb tenses mentioned in the vocabulary section: 

* Pretérito Perfeito
* Pretérito Imperfeito
* Pretérito-mais-que-perfeito

Target audience: Portuguese Students from B1 Level 
Length: ~6 minutes

Music used in the podcast
Song: Brazilian Sunsets, by Ketsa
Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/
Free to use with attribution

Braziliant

Reading "A Beleza Total", by Carlos Drummond de Andrade

天冷了、跨年了，需要放松一下，你想去哪里？It's cold, New Year's Eve and you need to relax. Where do you want to go?
相信很多广东人的第一反应就是：“泡汤、泡温泉去。” I believe the first reaction of many Cantonese people is: "Soak in hot springs."
找一个安静的地方，让身体泡在温柔的泉水里、洗尽疲惫，这是一段美好的时光。It is a wonderful time to find a secret place where you can soak your body in a gentle warm spring water and wash away your exhaustion.


新鲜事儿（Anecdote）

汤汤水水的生活

In this first episode of Merhaba Türkçe! we dive into the Turkish verb tanışmak, which means ‘to meet’ or ‘to get to know.’  You’ll learn how to use it in different situations, from introducing yourself to describing past meetings. Join us as we explore this essential Turkish verb and start speaking more naturally :)

Merhaba Türkçe,  podcastimizin ilk bölümünde, ‘tanışmak’ fiilini ele alıyoruz. Bu fiili tanışma, kendini tanıtma ve geçmişteki tanışmaları anlatma gibi çeşitli durumlarda nasıl kullanabileceğinizi öğreneceksiniz. Türkçeyi daha doğal konuşmaya başlamak için bize katılın :)

Merhaba Türkçe 

Merhaba Türkçe - Tanışmak ( Episode 1 )

こんにちは！さゆりです。
今回のトピックは「いちご大福（だいふく）」です。
いつも聞いてくださってありがとうございます♡

Hi, i'm Sayuri!
Today's topic is "strawberry daifuku".
Thank you for listening to my podcast♡


にほんごタイム🇯🇵Learn Japanese with Sayuri!

いちご大福（だいふく）

 A busy restaurant. A customer is trying to order soup. The waiter gets everything hilariously wrong

Search for phrasal verbs!

Waiter, There’s a Phrasal Verb in My Soup!

四川泸定：6.8级地震已致7人遇难 成都等多城还处于封城状态 - BBC News 中文

至=导致 dǎozhì
遇难 yùnàn
处于 chǔyú
封城 fēngchéng
状态zhuàngtài

News with zhe

#02 四川6.8级地震已致7人遇难

Dear James,

As you know, we have been working on the new perfume that we are launching in April and we are unsure about some of the packaging details. We have seen some of your creative work in the sales department and we think you have a very good eye for detail.

Do you have some time before close of business this Friday to sit down with us and talk through some of our designs? We would truly appreciate your advice on this. It shouldn't take longer than two hours of your time and we would be happy to clear it with Patricia, your department head, if necessary.

Best regards,
Sarah Ford
Head of Department
Product Design