南京的梧桐树真正的名字叫“悬铃木”。So its real name is " plane ".
悬铃木的果实有一个球的、叫“一球悬铃木”，三个球的叫“三球悬铃木”。The fruit of sycamore with one ball is called "Sycamore with one ball", and the fruit with three balls is called "Sycamore with three balls".
这二者的杂交，产生了“二球悬铃木，简称”悬铃木“。The hybrid of these two, produced "two ball sycamore, short for" Sycamore."
那为什么叫“法国梧桐“呢？因为它的确与法国有些渊源。Why is it called " plane "? Because it does have something to do with France.
1872年，一位法国传教士在南京的石鼓路栽下了第一棵梧桐树。In 1872, a French missionary planted the first plane tree on Shigu Road in Nanjing.


新鲜事儿（Anecdote）

南京的梧桐树

		 点外卖

我是一名医生，工作很忙。我不会做饭，一般也不在家里吃，下班以后经常去医院旁边的饭馆吃饭。后来，同事们告诉我，可以用手机点外卖，又方便又便宜。我试了一个星期，感觉太好了。我现在每顿都可以吃不同的东西，昨天吃饺子，今天吃面条，明天吃三明治，太幸福了！ 
                      Diǎn wàimài
Wǒ shì yì míng yīshēng ，gōngzuò hěn máng 。Wǒ bú huì zuò fàn ，yìbān yě bú zài jiā lǐ chī ，xià bān yǐ hòu jīngcháng qù yīyuàn pángbiān de fànguǎn chī fàn 。Hòulái ，tóngshì men gàosù wǒ ，kěyǐ yòng shǒujī diǎn wàimài ，yòu fāng biàn yòu piányi 。wǒ shì le yí gè xīngqī ，gǎnjué tài hǎo le 。Wǒ xiànzài měi dùn dōu kěyǐ chī bù tóng de dōngxi ，zuó tiān chī jiǎozi ，jīntiān chī miàntiáo ，míngtiān chī sān míng zhì ，tài xìngfú le ！


Quizzes:
1)	我是做什么工作的？ Wǒ shì zuò shénme gōngzuò de?
老师   lǎoshī      
医生   yīshēng                                   ✔     

2)	下班以后，我一般在哪里吃饭？ 
Xià bān yǐhòu , wǒ yìbān zài nǎlǐ chī fàn?  
家里   jiā lǐ
饭馆   fàn guǎn                                 ✔

3)	用手机点外卖有什么好处？ 
Yòng shǒujī diǎn wàimài yǒu shénme hǎochù?   
又贵又不好吃。   Yòu guì yòu bù hǎo chī.
又方便又便宜。   Yòu fāngbiàn yòu piányi.       ✔

4)	我明天要吃什么？
面条            miàntiáo
三明治          sān míng zhì                    ✔
 
5)	我还是喜欢自己做饭。
对。             duì
不对。           bú duì                          ✔


Correction notebook   错题本 (Mandarin)

《点外卖 》讲解

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Un tour privado de 9 días, 5 provincias, 1882 Km, 24 lugares, pueblos y ciudades pero sobre todo, un viaje que deja la sensación de realmente visitar España y no “Spain”.
David y Marcia, dos personas de los EE.UU. muy curiosas por naturaleza y a lo que se añadía que era su primera visita a mi país, han sido dos compañeros de aventuras excelentes. Sí, me encanta resaltar lo de compañeros porque así ha sido, los tres diseñábamos los itinerarios (en base a mis sugerencias previas) y el “quorum” era siempre total. Durante las semanas previas a nuestro viaje estuvimos haciendo video-llamadas y tuvimos muchos correos comunicándonos para conocernos mejor y sobre todo, conocer sus curiosidades e intereses principales. Es decir, saber lo que sí y lo que no les gustaba.

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Let's start from Zero

What did he /she say?

In this episode you will find alternative words and colloquial expressions to the word "random"

De todo un poco

Random? ¿Qué dices? Alternativas a la palabra inglesa "random"

HOTEL RECEPTIONIST: Hi, there. How can I help you?
CLAIRE: Well, I’m in town visiting for a few days, and I 
need to get some things done while I’m here.
HOTEL RECEPTIONIST: Sure. What do you need?
CLAIRE: I need to get my hair cut. I also need to have my
new pants hemmed.
HOTEL RECEPTIONIST: OK. Here’s a map of the city. There’s a good hair 
salon here, which is just a block away. And there’s 
a tailor right here. Is there anything else?
CLAIRE: Yes. I’ll need to have my car serviced before my
long drive home!
HOTEL RECEPTIONIST: No problem. There’s a good mechanic a few 
blocks away.


LANGUAGE NOTES
• Hi, there. Notice the intonation in this greeting. It rises after “Hi” and falls after “there.”
• Sure is a friendly expression to mean “OK.”
• Get my hair cut / have my new pants hemmed / have my car serviced. Notice get/
have + object + participle. This structure is used to describe actions that someone else 
does for us. “Get” and “have” are interchangeable here.
• Is there anything else? here means “Do you need more information?”
• Before my long drive home! Notice the emphasis and intonation on “home.” The 
speaker wants to show humor here. If she doesn’t get her car checked, she might not get 
home! She wants to be friendly and light with the receptionist.
• No problem here means “Don’t worry.” Notice the stress on “No.” The receptionist 
laughs first, then puts emphasis on “No” by lengthening the word. This shows that she 
understands the car could break down if it doesn’t get serviced

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Day 15: Running errands 

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