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Sort of

 لكن مُولاَيْ السلطان كِيدِيرْ حْتَّى يَمْيَّزْ بِينْ الصَّالَحْ وْالطَّالَحْ، حار الْمَلِكْ فْأَمْرُو وْشَاوَرْ لَلاَّ شَامَة..
قالت لَلاَّ شَامَة : هَذَا عرسي أَمُولاَيْ السَُّلْطَانْ، خليني نختار شرطي.
فْوَاحَدْ الدُّوََّارْ بْعِيدْ عَالْمْدِينَة وْصَلْ الْخْبَرْ، وْالنَّاسْ بْحَالْ إِلَى مَاسَمْعُوشْ، حِيثْ لاَفَارِسْ فِيهُمْ وْلاَوْزِيرْ، الْكُلّْ معدوم وْفَقِيرْ، اللي حرتو النهار يحصدو الليل، لَكِنْ وَاحَدْ الشَّابْ مِنْ شبان الدُّوَّارْ كَانُوا اسمه أَمِيرْ، حيث كَانْ أمِيرْ باخلاقو وشهامتو، سْمَعْ الْخْبَرْ وْبَاتْ لِيلُو سَهْرَانْ ؛ عْلاَشْ مَنْكُونْشْ أَنَا هُوَ؟
فِالصْبَّاحْ التَّالِي، قَرَّرْ يَقْصَدْ الْمْدِينَة خَاطْبْ رَاغْبْ، وْعْيَاوْ صْحَابُو مَايَمَنْعُوهْ، حِيثْ بَانْ لِيهُمْ كَيْقَلَبْ عْلَى قْطِيعْ الراس،
 لاَ ابُ عْنْدُه وْلاَ سَاسْ، يْتِيمْ مَايْكْسَابْ غِيرْ ذْرَاعُو وْحب الناس
شَقْ أمِير طْرِيقُو وَسْط الغَابَة مَا حَابْسَاهْ شَمْسْ وْلاَ ضْبَابَة، وْفِي الطّْرِيقْ تْلاَقَا بِفَارْسْ مِنْ فُرْسَان الْقْصَرْ، جالْسْ لوحْدُو ويْدِيهْ عَلى خدُّو.. قَربْ مْنُّو أمِيرْ وْسَوّْلُو :
  حْكِيلِي أَسِيدْ الْفُرْسَانْ حكَايْتَكْ. شفتك مهموم 
جاوبُو الفَارَسْ وبَاقِي حاطّْ يْدِيهْ على خَدُّو :
 الْبَارْحْ أَمُولاَيْ مْشِيتْ لْقْصَرْ خَاطَبْ كِجْمِيعْ الْفُرْسَانْ، لَكِنْ لَلاَّ شَامَة مَابْقَاتْ طَالْبَة لاَ فَارِسْ وْلاَ وَاحَدْ مِنَ الْعِيَان.
حَارْ أمـِيرْ فْكْلاَمْ الْفَارِسْ وْقَالْ :
 يَاكْ هَذَا شَرْطْ الْخَاطْبْ، وَاشْ صَدَقْتْ وْلاَ أَنَا كَاذْب؟
جَاوْبُو الْفَارِس
 كُنْتِي صَادْقْ، أمَّا دَابَا، لَلاَّ شَامَة طَلْبَتْ نَجْمَة مْنْ السّْمَا.. وْاللِّي قَالْ قْدَرْتْ وْمَا قْدَرْشْ جَازَاتُو بْقْطِيعْ رَاسو
وقف أمِير وْتْعَجَّبْ لِلشَّرْط الْجْدِيدْ وْقَالْ فْنَفْسُو : الْفُرُوسِيَّة ٱحْنَا مَّالِيهَا، أمَّا نَجْمَة مِنْ السّْمَا شْكُونْ اللِّي يَقْدَرْ عْلِيهَا؟


Darija with karima 

حكاية نجمة لالة شامة (الجزء 2) 

『新完全マスター語彙　日本語能力試験N2』（2011年、スリーエーネットワーク）
教科書を1課ずつ読んでいきます。
N2、N1に必要な語彙です。
今日は、1章2課です。


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N2　語彙　第1章2課

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I hop over the rope at home. 

哥哥gē ge今天jīn tiān很hěn累lèi，我wǒ问wèn他tā为什么wèi shén me，他tā说shuō昨天zuó tiān晚上wǎn shàng睡shuì得de太tài晚wǎn了le。我wǒ觉得jué de很hěn奇怪qí guài，因为yīn wèi他tā昨天zuó tiān晚上wǎn shàng9点diǎn就jiù说shuō要yào睡觉shuì jiào了le。他tā说shuō在zài睡觉shuì jiào前qián想xiǎng起来qǐ lái有yǒu一yī件jiàn事shì要yào做zuò，可是kě shì忘记wàng jì了le是shì什么shén me事情shì qíng，想xiǎng了le很hěn长cháng时间shí jiān，最后zuì hòu终于zhōng yú想xiǎng起来qǐ lái了le，这zhè件jiàn事shì就jiù是shì要yào早zǎo点儿diǎnr上shàng床chuáng睡觉shuì jiào。

A short and interesting Chinese daily article  for every day

Sleep Earlier早点睡觉

speaker: 
马云 mǎyún 阿里巴巴集团创始人
Jack Ma: co-founder and former executive chairman of Alibaba Group 
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script: 
马老师，您好！据我所知，马老师最开始的时候是作为一名老师。但是是在那个时候，你看到你身上什么样的东西？然后让你决定你你想要创业，然后在那个时候呢，你眼中的成功是什么状态？
马：所以我在想啊，我所有教学生的东西，都是我自己书本上学来的。所以我那时候做一个决定呢，为了当一个很好的老师，我就想到社会上花十年时间办一个企业，然后再回学校去教书。我相信我会更受学生欢迎，这是我单纯的想法。第二，我也在证明一件事，假如马云能够成功中国80%的年轻人都能成功。没法学习比尔盖茨，没法学习李嘉诚，他们太大，太强，你也不知道该怎么学了。如果你刚开始做小店，开小饭馆，你的榜样就是你们斜对面那个小饭馆。他们为什么门口排那么多队，而我们家就是服务员比客户多？他是你的榜样，榜样是一点一滴地学上去。但是我知道那时候有一点是肯定的——我失败的概率很大。即使我失败了，我回到大学教那些失败的经历，我还是最好的老师。

chuàng yè
创业    v.to create ones own career
yǒu le yìxiē gōngzuò jīngyànyǐhòu, tā jiù kāishǐ zìjǐchuàngyèle.
有了一些工作经验以后，他开始自己创业。
chū chuànggōngsī
初创公司   n.startups 
Jīnnián tāmen tóuzīle liǎng jiā yǒu qiánlì de chūchuàng gōngsī.
今年他们投资了两家有潜力的初创公司。
They invested in two promising startups this year.
翻译translation:
Q:Hello, Mr. Ma! As far as I know, you started as a teacher. May I ask what made you decide to change and create your own business? And then, what was a success in your opinion?

Ma: I realized that all the things I taught are coming from books. Then I made a decision. I was going to spend ten years building a business and then go back to school to teach. I believe that I will be more popular with students, this is my initial idea. Second, I am trying to prove one thing, if Jack Ma can succeed, 80% of young people in China can succeed. You shouldn't take Bill Gates or Li Ka-Shing as your role model, they are legendary entrepreneurs, and you can’t copy the way they succeed. If you are just starting to open a store or a restaurant, your example is the restaurants across the street. Why do they have so long queues at the door, while there are more waiters than customers in our restaurant? They are the ones you need to learn from bit by bit. But I knew one thing for sure at that moment - I will probably fail. Even if I failed, I can go back to college and share these failures with my students, I was still the best teacher.


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