Which idioms can you hear? Here are the meanings:

1. feeling ill - under the _____________
2a. told a secret  - spill the _________
2b. told a secret - let the cat ____ of the ______
3. to not believe someone - to pull someone's _______
4. to happen rarely - once in a blue _________
5. not take something seriously - take something with a pinch of ________
6. go to bed - hit the ______

Listening Skills

Idioms!

В этом подкасте я даю лексику, которая необходима, чтобы говорить об отдыхе.

Привет, это Наташа!

Эпизод 39. Говорим об отдыхе.

In this episode we are going to listen to a monologue about her family photo. 
Let's start now.
这是我的全家福。这是我的妈妈，那是我的继父，那是我的弟弟，这是我。在这张全
家福里，妈妈 45 岁，继父 51 岁，弟弟 18 岁，我 21 岁。妈妈和继父都在工厂工作。
我和弟弟是学生。现在妈妈和继父都退休了，不工作。我是老师。弟弟在公司工作。
 zhè shì wǒ de quán jiā fú 。 zhè shì wǒ de mā mɑ ， nà shì wǒ de jì fù ， nà shì wǒ de dì di ， zhè shì wǒ 。 zài zhè zhānɡ quán  jiā fú lǐ ， mā mɑ  suì ， jì fù  suì ， dì di  suì ， wǒ  suì 。 mā mɑ hé jì fù dōu zài ɡōnɡ chǎnɡ ɡōnɡ zuò 。  wǒ hé dì di shì xué shenɡ 。 xiàn zài mā mɑ hé jì fù dōu tuì xiū le ， bù ɡōnɡ zuò 。 wǒ shì lǎo shī 。 dì di zài ɡōnɡ sī ɡōnɡ zuò 。 


Story Chinese

全家福 my family photo (elementary level)

Today we're looking at some more formal ways to say "I kind of agree". We look at:

I agree in part
I partially agree
I agree to some extent
I agree with some qualifications

DAILY Business English VOCABULARY builder

I think you'll agree with this... partially

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Matera: Capitale Europea della Cultura 2019 💫

有一天，他劝我用心地画一副漂亮的图画，好叫我家乡的孩子们对这件事有一个深刻的印象。
And one day he said to me: You ought to make a beautiful drawing, so that the children where you live can see exactly how all this is.
他还对我说：如果将来有一天他们出外旅行，这对他们是很有用的。
That would be very useful to them if they were to travel some day.
有时候，人们把自己的工作推到以后去做，并没有什么妨害，
Sometimes," he added, "there is no harm in putting off a piece of work until another day.
但要遇到拔猴面包树苗这种事，那就非造成大灾难不可。
But when it is a matter of baobabs, that always means a catastrophe.
我遇到过一个星球，上面住着一个懒家伙，他放过了三棵小树苗…
I knew a planet that was inhabited by a lazy man. He neglected three little bushes...
于是，根据小王子的说明，我把这个星球画了下来。
So, as the little prince described it to me, I have made a drawing of that planet.
我从来不大愿意以道学家的口吻来说话，
I do not much like to take the tone of a moralist.
可是猴面包树的危险，大家都不大了解，对迷失在小行星上的人来说，危险性非常之大，

But the danger of the baobabs is so little understood, and such considerable risks would be run by anyone who might get lost on an asteroid,
因此这一回，我贸然打破了我的这种不喜欢教训人的惯例。
that for once I am breaking through my reserve.
我说：“孩子们，要当心那些猴面包树呀！”
"Children," I say plainly, "watch out for the baobabs!"
为了叫我的朋友们警惕这种危险——他们同我一样长期以来和这种危险接触，却没有意识到它的危险性
My friends, like myself, have been skirting this danger for a long time, with-out ever knowing it;
我花了很大的功夫画了这副画。
and so it is for them that I have worked so hard over this drawing.
我提出的这个教训意义是很重大的，花点功夫是很值得的。
The lesson which I pass on by this means is worth all the trouble it has cost me.
你们也许要问，“为什么这本书中别的画都没有这副画那么壮观呢？”
Perhaps you will ask me, "Why is there no other drawing in this book as magnificent and impressive as this drawing of the baobabs?"
回答很简单。
The reply is simple.
别的画我也曾经试图画得好些，却没成功。
I have tried. But with the others I have not been successful.
而当我画猴面包树时，有一种急切的心情在激励着我。
When I made the drawing of the baobabs I was carried beyond myself by the inspiring force of urgent necessity.

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In this podcast, we will talk about the legend of the foundation of Rome

Leggende e tradizioni italiane

La fondazione di Roma

Почему рассказ называется "Сильная рука"? 
Какое переносное значение есть у этого выражения? 
Как вы считаете, можно ли добиться успеха на работе самостоятельно? Или успеха добиваются только те, у кого есть сильная рука?

Russfriend  (all about russia) 

"Сильная рука"  Б.С. Ласкин 

The Borough of Merton in London gets a new Mayor.

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JVl9GUxTS41cx6hUjXTPw0X4GZ4WMsbE/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=110349065595350655627&rtpof=true&sd=true