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Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

Superstitions about LUCK! 关于运气的迷信

Do you find it difficult to learn Portuguese? Do you feel that other people learn Portuguese faster than you?

In this episode, I invited a student from France to tell us a little bit about her journey learning Portuguese.

Portuguese With Caro

Is it difficult to learn Portuguese? | Talking to a Student

En este episodio reflexionamos sobre la eugenesia: qué es, cómo ha sido usada en el pasado y qué dilemas éticos podría causar hoy. Practicaremos el subjuntivo presente y pasado en un contexto real para expresar opiniones, miedos y deseos. ¡Incluye preguntas para reflexionar y conversar!

Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HC_bEq_cIXGnXKZtBqKYqIEDLVlKS1fghSg5zIAyckA/edit?usp=sharing

Subjuntivo en Contexto B1 B2 

Eugenesia, tecnología y decisiones difíciles (con transcripción y actividades)

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好久不见啦各位，我是Honglin老师。这是我的汉字频道的第六条推送。
今天要和你们分享的字，可能你们再熟悉不过了，那就是，明，明亮的明，明天的明。

这个字呢，很多人在刚开始学习汉字的时候，就学过，因为它实在是用来学习会意字的绝佳例子。“明”，是一个左右结构的字，左边是“日”，是我们的太阳，右边是“月”，是我们的月亮。从地球上看去，天空中最亮的是什么，当然是我们的太阳和月亮。那把它们放在一起，意思就是明亮，不黑。

学习会意字最有意思的一点就是，当我们想想某一个字为什么要这么写时，我们不得不去想象古人的生活。就像这里的“明”字，在没有电灯的古代，太阳和月亮就是照亮着古人的唯一光亮。我们好像穿越到了古代，面对面地感受古人的生活。这也是汉字的最大魅力之一。

那“明”字搭配的词语也是很多，今天给大家分享一句俗语，“明人不做暗事”。这里的明人不是指全身发光的人哈，是指心地光明的人。暗事呢，是偷偷摸摸做的事。比如说，你今天在公司被某一个同事欺负了，你的朋友就建议你偷偷地给那个同事喝的水里加盐，报复他。但是你觉得你是一个心地光明的人，如果对那个同事有意见，那就当面和他沟通，不能在他背后做欺负他的事。于是你就可以说，“哎呀，算了，明人不做暗事。我下次见到他，和他当面讲”。这就是明人不做暗事，有意见只会当面提出来，不会在背后捣鬼。

你学会了吗。

好久不见啦各位，我是honglin老师。这是我的汉字频道的第六条推送。
今天要和你们分享的字，可能你们再熟悉不过了，那就是，明，明亮的明，明天的明。

这个字呢，很多人在刚开始学习汉字的时候，就学过，因为它实在是用来学习会意字的绝佳例子。“明”，是一个左右结构的字，左边是“日”，是我们的太阳，右边是“月”，是我们的月亮。从地球上看去，天空中最亮的是什么，当然是我们的太阳和月亮。那把它们放在一起，意思就是明亮，不黑。

学习会意字最有意思的一点就是，当我们想想某一个字为什么要这么写时，我们不得不去想象古人的生活。就像这里的“明”字，在没有电灯的古代，太阳和月亮就是照亮着古人的唯一光亮。我们好像穿越到了古代，面对面地感受古人的生活。这也是汉字的最大魅力之一。

那“明”字搭配的词语也是很多，今天给大家分享一句俗语，“明人不做暗事”。这里的明人不是指全身发光的人哈，是指心地光明的人。暗事呢，是偷偷摸摸做的事。比如说，你今天在公司被某一个同事欺负了，你的朋友就建议你偷偷地给那个同事喝的水里加盐，报复他。但是你觉得你是一个心地光明的人，如果对那个同事有意见，那就当面和他沟通，不能在他背后做欺负他的事。于是你就可以说，“哎呀，算了，明人不做暗事。我下次见到他，和他当面讲”。这就是明人不做暗事，有意见只会当面提出来，不会在背后捣鬼。

你学会了吗。

（在网页版italki点击👇网址查看“明”字字形图片）
http://qiyuan.chaziwang.com/etymology-10453.html

跟着Honglin学汉字(CHINESE CHARACTERS WITH HONGLIN )

六：“明”里面为什么有太阳月亮& “明人不做暗事”

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
3月28日月曜日　天気/はれ　気温/3℃

滝川市　たきかわし
・高校生が雪割りボランティア
・駅前の駐輪場
・早く雪を溶かして、駐輪場を使いたい。
・来月14日ごろから、使える予定


［単語］
雪割り/ゆきわり…雪の山をこわす
溶ける/とける…雪が水になる。氷が水になる。to melt
ボランティア/ぼらんてぃあ…お金をもらわないで、働く。volunteer
駐輪場/ちゅうりんじょう…自転車をおくところ parking area for bicycles


北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#25〉3月28日月曜日　高校生が雪割り

La motivación, la determinación y el entusiasmo son emociones que ayudan y mucho al aprendizaje de idiomas. ¿Cuál es la tuya? Escucha este audio y a lo mejor te ayuda a encontrarla o encontrarlas...

AUDIO-ARTÍCULOS (Nivel B2-C1)

¿Cuál es tu motivación?

This story uses words from '2000 Most Common Words in English'. 

It’s five in the evening and the sun is slowly going down. The sky is a warm yellow colour. 

John is a bundle of pasta. He is held together by a paper band. He is sitting on his roof with his 
acoustic guitar on his lap. In front of him is a pen and notepad. 

Ah yes, thinks John. I’ll use an A chord here. That will make the melody so beautiful. 

The bundle of pasta is writing a love song for his dear wife Karren. She is a bowl of Pho. 

John plays his composition and imagines his wife crying because his song is so touching. He sings about the day he met Karren, about how they fell in love, about how they complete each other. 

Suddenly, John stops playing. He takes his notepad, crosses out some words and scribbles some notes. He has a great idea.
 
The day you found me
I was flying blind
Now I see the light
I’m willing to fight
For you

John is happy with his new lyrics. He takes his guitar again and plays his love song from the 
beginning. Then, he hears a beautiful sound. But it’s not coming from his guitar. It’s coming from inside the house. It’s his amazing, lovely wife calling his name. 

Being a Cloud

John the Bowl of Pasta

Some animals have been known to use tools such as sticks, rocks and even bait to hunt for food. And humpback whales have been found using their own unique tool to hunt — bubbles.

A study published in Royal Society Open Science in August observed the hunting behaviors of more than 70 humpback whales in Stephens Passage in southeast Alaska, documenting how the whales blow bubbles to catch more prey.

Humpback whales hunt for krill — small, shrimp-like creatures that are around the same size as a paperclip, and which swim in swarms.

Whales can take in large amounts of krill in one mouthful. And to make this easier, humpback whales trap swarms of krill in "bubble nets" before feeding on them.

The whales create these "nets" by releasing air from their blowhole as they swim in circles below the surface of the water. The bubbles rise in a spiral pattern, which, from above the water's surface, looks more like artwork than a tool for hunting.

The rising bubbles create "curtains" of air around the krill that they are reluctant to swim through, although researchers aren't yet sure why this is. The whales then swim up through the "net" with an open mouth to eat the trapped krill.

The study data showed that as a whale swam in tighter circles and the "net" got smaller, the krill caught inside became, on average, more than seven times denser. This allowed the whales to catch more krill in a single mouthful.

A whale doesn't have to move very fast to create a net or eat trapped krill, allowing it to get more food without using any more energy.

While not many other animals create their own tools to catch prey like the humpback whale, there are examples of animals using other tools to hunt.

For example, chimpanzees have been observed using sticks to dig for bugs, while sea otters use rocks to open mussels. Certain species of heron have even been found to use food as bait to attract fish.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Humpback Whales Use Bubbles to Hunt

嗨，大家好，我是史密斯老师。你现在正在听这个是因为你正在寻找一位英语老师，他会帮助你学会如何用英语表达自己。并不是说你不认识很多单词，而是你不知道如何运用它们来表达自己。如果这是你的问题，那就预约一堂课程和我一起学习如何用英语表达自己吧。