This story is part of a complete lesson including vocabulary practice, grammar explained in context, speaking questions and cultural notes on my YouTube channel.

https://youtu.be/G__3kMnZFA0

Cultural Immersion Through Stories with Chola English Stories

Story 2 - Rapunzel

New Dialogue Composed of YCT1-1 Vocabulary

Yo-You 与你同行（YCT）

YCT1-1

Сегодня читаем отрывок из романа Бориса Акунина “Азазель”. Очень важные слова леди Эстер о талантах и сокровищах внутри каждого из нас.

Слова из эпизода: путь - path, way; глубоко́ - в том числе “очень, сильно” - deeply, profoundly, highly, strongly; убеждённый - уверенный - convinced, dedicated; неповтори́мо - inimitably, uniquely; боже́ственный дар - divine gift; стреми́ться - упорно добиваться - seek, aspire, aim; обнару́жить - найти, заметить - discover; вы́пестовать - вырастить с заботой и любовью, воспитывать - foster; ге́ний - genius; ре́дкость - rare; повезти́ - get lucky; сложи́ться - образоваться - set; обстоя́тельство - circumstance; подтолкну́ть - push; музыка́нт - musician; среда́ - окружение, обстановка - environment, surroundings; пита́ть - снабжать питанием, насыща́ть - nourish; зало́женный - inherent, incorporated; крестья́нин - peasant, farmer, countryman; скве́рный - гадкий, недостойный, (разг.) плохой - bad, nasty; пасту́х - shepherd; развлека́ющий - entertaining; коро́ва - cow; игра́ - play, act, performance; ду́дочка, ду́дка - музыкальный инструмент - fife, quill; солдафо́н - грубый, некульту́рный человек из военных - martinet; безда́рный - без таланта, дара - talentless; офице́рик - пренебрежительно об офицере - officer; обожа́ть - очень любить, восхищаться - adore, worship; таи́ть - скрывать, держать в тайне - conceal; сокро́вище -  treasure, jewel; на́добно - надо, нужно, необходимо - need to; докопа́ться - (разг.) дойти, узнать - dig down.

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И помните, что чтение по-русски углубляет ваши знания языка! Хороших вам книг, друзья!

Reading Russian

Отрывок из "Азазель" Б. Акунин

Easy Steps to Chinese Grammar⭐

To mean "on the table", should I say "上桌子（shàng zhuō zi）" or "在桌子上（zài zhuō zi shàng）" ? You can find out the answer in this episode.

Easy Steps to Chinese Grammar 

3. Expressing location with "在...上/下/里（zài...shàng/xià/lǐ) " 【A2】

In this episode of Ctrl+Speak, we explore the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), one of the most widely used encryption algorithms in the world. Learn what AES is, why it’s important for securing data, and how it’s used in everyday applications like Wi-Fi and VPNs. Perfect for anyone looking to boost their understanding of cybersecurity. Subscribe now for weekly tech lessons!

CTRL+SPEAK

Episode 4: AES - Advanced Encryption Standard

Tacos are the world's most popular street food, according to a new study of TikTok posts.

Originally from Mexico, these simple, messy, hand-sized snacks are enjoyed around the world.

A money transfer company called Remitly wanted to find out about the world's best-loved street foods.

It made a list of more than 300 such foods from 136 countries, and looked at TikTok to see how many times each one had been mentioned on the app.

Tacos — tortillas filled with meat, vegetables or almost anything else you can think of — were mentioned more than 1.8 million times.

Next came a South Asian favorite, pani puri. Eaten in India at any time of day, these are crispy dough balls often filled with potato, chickpeas and spices.

Pani puri was mentioned more than 734,000 times, a little more than the third-placed food: hot dogs, which were mentioned almost 654,000 times.

Many of the most popular street foods on the list are things you can easily eat while walking — although you might get some sauce on your shirt!

But Vietnamese pho — a noodle soup — also did well, and so did Peru's ceviche, a fish dish made with lime juice and onion.

Some sweet snacks were also in the website's top 10, including waffles, croissants and crepes.

Many of these street foods can now be found around the world, although some are easier to find than others.

But travel website TimeOut says eating authentic local street food is one of the best parts of traveling!

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Tacos Named World's Most Popular Street Food

Olá, tudo bem? Seja muito bem-vindo a mais um episódio do podcast Aprenda português. 
Neste episódio vamos falar sobre o último temperamento, o fleumático. Este é o meu temperamento. Será que é o seu também? Vamos descobrir!
Segue o link para acessar o texto com a transcrição do episódio:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OHCC-kEBeHvQnDxBXoRuzMPOaDtgd-wO/view?usp=sharing
Venha aprender português comigo!
Até a próxima!

Aprenda português

Episódio 11 - O temperamento fleumático

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
〈#175〉3月20日月曜日　天気/晴れ　気温/8℃ 

網走市/あばしりし　
・19日冬眠から覚めたくまに会わないために、講座が開かれた。
・小学5年生から70代までの16人
・作った野菜などが食べられる
・くまのえさにならないように、落ちてるごみを拾う。


［単語］
冬眠/とうみん…冬の間、眠ること
覚める/さめる…起きる
講座/こうざ…勉強をする集まり
70代/ななじゅうだい…70才〜79才
えさ…動物の食べ物


レッスン待ってます♪


北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#175〉　くまと会わないために

Big Daddy - UK Wrester in the 1970s [with transcript for study]

Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ld9_1Yzb0_s9O-_RQ1nCnhgp595uck0v/view?usp=drivesdk