滥竽充数 làn yú chōng shù：sham/an ancient Chinese reed instrument like a pipe/pass off/number 
to pass oneself off as one of the players in an ensemble.the saying means to be there just to make up the number.
吹：chuī，to blow/play  
竽：an ancient wind instrument
待遇： dài yù  treatment,pay,salary
独奏 dú zòu：solo

乐读中文 (Lè Dú Zhōngwén) - "Joyful Chinese Stories"

滥竽充数[làn yú chōng shù]

This podcast series gives you strategies to succeed on each part of the IELTS Speaking Exam. The three parts are very different from one another so you need to use strategies that are specific to each part. In this episode I look at the ways to succeed on Part 2 of the exam.

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       Lǐ lǎoshī duō dà le?
A：李老师多大了？
   Tā jīnnián wǔshí suì le. 
B：她今年50岁了。
   Tā nǚ’ ér ne? 
A：她女儿呢？
   Tā nǚ’ ér jīnnián èrshí suì.
B：她女儿今年20岁。

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👉 This episode of Stairway to English is a very special conversation edition! This is Part 1. Part 2 will be available very soon! 

👉 Marisa and I talk about her life, her background with language learning, where her family is from, and growing up as an English language learner. Marisa speaks with a Texan accent. I hope you enjoy the episode!

👉 Vocabulary
Commute - Travel some distance between one's home and place of work on a regular basis

Stay put - To stay in one place

Public Relations - A type of employment where you work with companies to help them in the news or stay out of the news

Birth certificate - A certificate received at birth to show where you were born

Immigrant - A person who moves to and lives in a different country

Pull out - Take something out

Drop off - Leave someone or something somewhere

Hand me over - Give someone something or someone

Siblings - Brothers and/or sisters

Pick up - Collect a person or a thing from a place

Accelerates - Move quickly

Y’all - You all. This is used mainly in the southern part of the USA.

Carried on a long distance relationship - Dated while living far apart from one another

No brainer - An easy decision

Ma’am - A polite way to address women

Sir - A polite way to address men

Mannerisms - The way you act and handle yourself

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Cosa si può fare per viaggiare meglio quando si viene in Italia?

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En esta ocasión estudiamos esta expresión y sus contextos.

Expresiones en español

Se me va la olla

A1 Arabic

Arabic Basic greeting part 2

CHISTES MEXICANOS

NIÑO DESPISTADO.

La Ciudad de México está llena de lugares que bien podrían describirse como mágicos. Calles, museos, monumentos y avenidas inundan los alrededores de la capital mexicana. Una de las avenidas más largas y emblemáticas de la Ciudad es, sin duda, Paseo de la Reforma, que va desde el poniente de la ciudad, en donde se conecta con Constituyentes, hasta el centro con dirección al norte, conectándose con las calzadas de Guadalupe y de los Misterios, recorriendo 14.7 kilómetros de longitud.

A lo largo de su historia han ocurrido importantes acontecimientos, además de que es centro frecuente de manifestaciones populares y conciertos en donde se han reunido miles de personas. A lo largo de la avenida, que se podría considerar incluso la más importante del país, se pueden encontrar destacados recintos y monumentos, como la Fuente de la Diana Cazadora, el Ángel de la Independencia (el cuál es tomado como un referente icónico de la capital mexicana), la Torre del Caballito, la Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, la Torre mayor, la Estela de Luz, entre muchos otros. Es un lugar que no puede faltar en las visitas de los extranjeros que vienen a nuestro país.
