Key vocabulary:

1. imposing — 壮观的
2. unforgiving — 严酷的
3. realm — 领域
4. range (mountain range) — 山脉
5. rugged — 崎岖的
6. jagged — 锯齿状的
7. bordered (by) — 以……为边界
8. distinct — 明显的

9. ridge — 山脊
10. valley — 山谷
11. lake — 湖
12. pass (mountain pass) — 山口
13. divide — 分水岭
14. comprise — 由……组成

15. plain — 平原
16. plateau — 高原
17. bay — 海湾
18. bridge — 桥
19. peak — 山峰

Vocabulary Through Stories

Outdoor adventures in Thailand 

你叫什么？  我叫玉洁
nǐ jiào shén me ？ wǒ jiào yù jié 

你叫什么名字？   我叫玉洁
nǐ jiào shén me míng zì ？ wǒ jiào yù jié

日常中文（Daily Chinese）

What is your name?  你叫什么？

Text One--课文1 
xiǎomíng：wèi！
dàwèi：wèi！shìxiǎomíngma？
xiǎomíng：wǒshì。
dàwèi：wǒshìdàwèi。wǒyǒuyīxiēhànyǔwèntí。qǐngnǐbāngwǒyīxiàér，xíngma？
xiǎomíng：xíng。
dàwèi：nǐshénmeshíhòuyǒukòngér？
xiǎomíng：míngtiānxiàwǔzěnmeyàng？
dàwèi：hǎo。nǐzhōngwǔzàinǎérchīfàn？wǒmenyīqǐchīwǔfànba。
xiǎomíng：wǒzàixuéshēngshítángchīfàn。
dàwèi：zánmenshíèrdiǎnbànzàishítángménkǒujiàn。
xiǎomíng：hǎo。míngtiānjiàn！

小明：喂！
大卫：喂！是小明吗？
小明：我是。
大卫：我是大卫。我有一些汉语问题。请你帮我一下儿，行吗？
小明：行。
大卫：你什么时候有空儿？
小明：明天下午怎么样？
大卫：好。你中午在哪儿吃饭？我们一起吃午饭吧。
小明：我在学生食堂吃饭。
大卫：咱们十二点半在食堂门口见。
小明：好。明天见！

Text 2--课文2
wǒzàiběijīngxuéhànyǔ。měitiānshàngwǔshàngkè，xiàwǔzàitúshūguǎnxuéxí，wǎnshàngzàisùshèkàndiànshì，huòzhěgēntóngwūliáotiānér。jīntiānzhōngwǔwǒgēnyīgèzhōngguópéngyǒuyīqǐchīfàn。wǒmenzàixuéshēngshítángménkǒujiànmiàn。wǒchángxiǎngjiā，chánggěibàbàmāmādǎdiànhuà。wǒbùchánggěitāmenxiěxìn。
我在北京学汉语。每天上午上课，下午在图书馆学习，晚上在宿舍看电视，或者跟同屋聊天儿。今天中午我跟一个中国朋友一起吃饭。我们在学生食堂门口见面。我常想家，常给爸爸妈妈打电话。我不常给他们写信。


HSK2--materials and exercises for listenning, reading and speaking

我们在食堂门口见面  wǒmenzàishítángménkǒujiànmiàn

Bienvenido a Quetzal! Nuestro podcast te llevará en un viaje lleno de curiosidades, anécdotas y datos interesantes sobre México y giros lingüísticos que hacen que el español mexicano sea único.

El quetzal es una de las aves más hermosas del continente americano y un pájaro sagrado para todas las culturas mesoamericanas, porque en este animal se funden el cielo y la tierra.


Quetzal: Explorando la Cultura Mexicana

El Quetzal 

These two words are often confused. Some words in the English language have similar uses, but different meanings. "As" and "like" are two of those words. When studying English grammar, you must be able to understand how to use these words in a proper way. Don't forget to take a test after listening!

All-Weather English

"Like" vs. "as": Do you know the difference between the two?

▼スクリプト
みんなは視力（しりょく）どれぐらいある？私は目が悪くて、コンタクトをつけてるんだけど、パソコンするときは目が乾燥（かんそう）しちゃうから、めがね使ってるんだよね。でも、ずっとパソコンしてるとほんと目がヤバくなってくるから、この前ブルーライトカットのめがねを買いに行ったの。

How good is your eyesight? I have bad eyesight, so I wear contacts, but when I use the computer, my eyes get dry, so I use glasses. But my eyes get really bad when I'm on the computer all the time, so the other day I went to buy a pair of blue light-cut glasses.

日本のめがねの値段（ねだん）はピンキリなんだけど、安いのは10000円くらいから買えるよ。有名なお店は「J!NS」とか「Zoff」とか「めがね市場」かなぁ。私は今までずっと「J!NS」で買ってたんだけど、かわいいフレームがあったから今回は「めがね市場」で買ったんだよね。

Prices for glasses in Japan vary widely, but you can buy inexpensive ones for as little as 10,000 yen. I think the most famous stores are "J!NS", "Zoff", and "Megane Ichiba". I used to buy my glasses at "J!NS", but this time I bought them at "Megane Ichiba" because they had cute frames.

レンズのオプションもいろいろあって、ブルーライトカットはもちろんなんだけど、スマホを見るとき目を楽にするレンズとか、抗菌（こうきん）レンズとかいろいろあってびっくりしちゃった。

I was surprised at the variety of lens options available, including blue-light-cut lenses, lenses that make it easier for me to look at my phone, and antibacterial lenses.

視力検査（けんさ）もめがね屋さんでするんだけど、右目も左目も「0.05」ずつしかなかったからショックだった…。あと、少し右目が乱視（らんし）って言われたから、レンズは特注（とくちゅう）になって1週間後に出来上がって取りに行ったよ。もし日本でめがねを作ることがあったら、時間に余裕をもってつくったほうがいいよ。

I also had my eyesight tested at the optometrist's, and I was shocked to see that it was only 0.05 vision each for my right and left eyes.... I was also told that I had a little astigmatism in my right eye, so the lenses were special ordered and I went to pick them up a week after they were made.If you have to get glasses made in Japan, you should make them well in advance.

ちなみに、この前、子供の視力が悪くなってるってテレビで言ってたんだよね。1.0未満の子どもは高校生で63％らしいよ。たしかに私も高校生のときからコンタクトしてるなぁって思った。いつかレーシックもしてみたい！

By the way, I heard on TV the other day that children's eyesight is getting worse: 63% of high school students have less than 1.0 vision. I have been wearing contacts since I was in high school. I'd like to have LASIK someday!

ガチ日本語 - Everyday Japanese -

Ep.3 めがねをつくる

✅ Practice your listening skills with the stories from my everyday life. 

✅You'll find the whole transcription as well as translation into English and Russian in the special GoogleDoc I created for you
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WrRMa-XQjG9K0Du4irYNNljd-n5ceo2IutqgooWUyNE/edit?usp=sharing 

❓ Et toi, c'est quoi la dernière chose que t'as annulée ?

Here are some notes on grammar and vocabulary:
*j’ai dû - passé composé du verbe devoir - I had to // мне пришлось 
*en extérieur - outside, outdoors // на свежем воздухе 
*depuis hier - since yesterday // со вчерашнего дня 
*je me demandais - imparfait du verbe se demander - I was wondering // я думала 
*y - there // там, туда 
*plein de choses - familier - lots of things // куча всего 
*le boulot - familier - job, work // работа 
*aprèm = après-midi
*si j’étais allée - plus que parfait - if I had gone // если бы я пошла 
*je n’aurais pas eu - conditionnel passé - I wouldn’t have had time  // у меня не было бы 
*du coup - familier - so // и поэтому 
*j’aurais dû organiser - conditionnel passé - I should have organized // я должна была бы планировать 
*on ne sait pas bien - you don't know how // ты не умеешь 
*c’est quoi - what is ? // какой 

👍If the podcast was useful and taught you something. 
🗨Contact me if you want to improve your speaking skills and practice your French.


En français avec Victoria

🇫🇷 1 minute in slow French. 1. J'ai annulé mon rendez-vous. 

In this episode, I explain how to say Adjectives in a casual way. Like "It's freaking big!" or "It's mad cold!" Instead of saying "It's big. It's cold. It's scary." There are some rules that you can use! Check it out!

Takeshi's 2 minutes Japanese!

How to say ADJECTIVES in a casual way! 

Do you know how to address a Chinese person in an appropriate way? Are you still calling a woman "太太tàitai-Mrs" and “女人nǚrén--woman”? You might offend people without knowing. 

Check out this episode and you will find the proper ways to call people in different occasions in Chinese!
