Teacher Amanda shares more about her educational background. She discusses her Bachelor's degree in International and Cross-Cultural Studies as well as her Bachelor's in Social Work. She also discusses her study abroad experience in France. 

Behind the Lessons: Get to Know Your Child's ESL Teacher

My Education

       nín hǎo
A：您  好！
       nǐ men hǎo
B：你  们  好！


HSK Standard Course Level 1 Audio of the textbook

Lesson 1 text 2

mika's whisper talk

はじめまして!  -  First meeting

大家細個有冇去過屋企附近嘅兒童公園玩遊樂設施，嗰個遊樂場依家仲喺唔喺度？今期雪條，雞胸同醬爆就一齊分享佢地喺遊樂場嘅各種回憶，從細細個去玩嘅公園碰碰車撈魚仔到大個小小之後去長隆迪士尼，有受傷有興奮有恐懼。

夠鐘煲粥 Congee Time

EP.12 遊樂場（上）

Le poisson congelé
Un jour, raconte le poisson tout rond, il faisait si froid que le dessus de l'étang était gelé. Mon copain Firmin était coincé dans la glace, gelé lui aussi.
Je lui faisais des petits signes, il ne pouvait plus remuer une nageoire!
Quelle catastrophe ! Je suis parti chercher tous mes copains et nous avons tapé, tapé dans la glace jusqu’à la briser, Firmin a été délivré. C’était gagné!

Des Milliers D'histoires

Histoire 20 - Le poisson congelé

Un relato breve y luminoso de Eduardo Galeano para trabajar la descripción, el punto de vista y el presente narrativo. Un episodio pensado para estudiantes de español intermedios y avanzados que quieren afinar la lengua a través de la literatura.

Un mar de palabras

Episodio 2: El universo visto por el ojo de la cerradura

提起葡萄，您是想起了法国的波尔多、还是新疆的吐鲁番？When you think of grapes, do you think of Bordeaux in France or Turpan in Xinjiang Province?
生产葡萄的地方很多，仅国内就有七大栽培区，它们是：There are many places to produce grapes. There are seven growing areas in China alone. They are:
（1）西北产区：包括新疆、甘肃、宁夏、内蒙西部等；Northwest producing areas: Xinjiang, Gansu, Ningxia, western Inner Mongolia, etc.
（2）黄土高原栽培区：包括陕西、山西，汉中等；Cultivation areas of Loess Plateau: Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hanzhong, etc.
（3）环渤海湾栽培区：包括河北、山东和京津地区以及辽宁等；Cultivation area around Bohai Bay: Hebei, Shandong, Beijing and Tianjin, Liaoning, etc.
（4）黄河故道栽培区：包括河南、山东鲁西南地区、江苏北部和安徽北部等；Old Yellow River cultivated areas: Henan, southwest Shandong, northern Jiangsu and northern Anhui, etc.
（5）南方栽培区：包括安徽、江苏、浙江、上海、重庆、湖北、湖南、江西、福建、广西等；Southern cultivation areas: Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Chongqing, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangxi, etc.
（6）东北中北部栽培区：包括吉林、黑龙江等；North-central cultivation areas of Northeast China: Jilin, Heilongjiang;
（7）西南栽培区：包括云贵高原、川西高原及金沙江沿岸河谷地区。Southwest cultivation areas: Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, west Sichuan Plateau and Jinsha River valley.


新鲜事儿（Anecdote）

莲花架下的奶葡萄

1. 떡볶이가 맵지만 맛있어요. 
2. 피곤하지만 운동하고 싶어요 
3. 이 가방은 작지만 비싸요. 
4. 슬프지만 안 울었어요 
5. 많이 공부했지만 모르겠어요. 

[Translation] 
1. tteokbokki is spicy but tasty. 
2. I’m tired but I want to work out.  
3. This bag is small but expensive.  
4. I was sad but I didn’t cry.  
5. I studied a lot, but (still) I don’t understand. 

Listening Practice

[2]V/A지만: however

第一单元 简单的爱情
课文1 

阅读课文并掌握以下语法及词汇：
（1）law法律; lawyer 律师；
我的专业是法律，我是一名律师。

（2）impression印象
我对他印象很好；
他给我留下很深的印象

（3）熟悉
对...熟悉
be familiar with ...

（4）不仅...而且/也/还
the conjuction "不仅"is used in the first clause, often floowed by"也/还/而且"in the second clause, indicating a further meaning in addition to what has been said in the first clause.
例句：他不仅足球踢得好，性格也不错。

踢足球；打篮球；打羽毛球
【注】when we use our feet ,we use "踢"（kick）；when we use our hand , we use "打"--打篮球；打羽毛球；打兵乓球。

（5）性格 personality
性格古怪
