欢迎来到第140集的Chillchat，在这集播客里，Karen和柏威聊了聊老人们给年轻人的一些人生建议，他们怎么看这些建议，还有他们给小时候自己的一些建议。

Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

百岁老人的人生建议 Centenarians’ Life Advice

南京的梧桐树真正的名字叫“悬铃木”。So its real name is " plane ".
悬铃木的果实有一个球的、叫“一球悬铃木”，三个球的叫“三球悬铃木”。The fruit of sycamore with one ball is called "Sycamore with one ball", and the fruit with three balls is called "Sycamore with three balls".
这二者的杂交，产生了“二球悬铃木，简称”悬铃木“。The hybrid of these two, produced "two ball sycamore, short for" Sycamore."
那为什么叫“法国梧桐“呢？因为它的确与法国有些渊源。Why is it called " plane "? Because it does have something to do with France.
1872年，一位法国传教士在南京的石鼓路栽下了第一棵梧桐树。In 1872, a French missionary planted the first plane tree on Shigu Road in Nanjing.


新鲜事儿（Anecdote）

南京的梧桐树

Aprender de forma ampla como descrever a família

 Portuguese Audios for Intermediate B1 -Áudios em Português para Intermédios B1

A Família de Luciano

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Most learners think their struggle is with English.
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English changed my life in terms of two things bellow.
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Like： How hard it was to study English for me as Japanese 
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Thank you for much for listening!✨

Marichanの部屋（へや）

Getting acquire english skill changed my life! 英語（えいご）で人生（じんせい）が変（か）わった話（はなし）

zì yán zì yǔ

指自己对自己说话。

Chinese idioms (中国成语)

自言自语

El Poira es un espíritu que, según la leyenda, habita en los ríos, especialmente en las regiones cercanas a la Amazonía. Es descrito como un ser mitad hombre y mitad pez, similar a una sirena masculina. El Poira es conocido por atraer a las mujeres jóvenes y bellas que se acercan a los ríos a bañarse o lavar ropa. Aparece como un hombre atractivo y encantador, con una sonrisa hipnótica.

Las jóvenes que caen bajo su hechizo son llevadas al fondo del río, donde desaparecen para siempre. A pesar de su apariencia seductora, el Poira es un ser peligroso que sólo busca robar las almas de las mujeres. Las madres de los pueblos cercanos advierten a sus hijas que no se acerquen solas a los ríos, especialmente al atardecer, cuando el Poira suele aparecer.

Colombian Legends

El poira

In today’s episode, we’re diving into a common challenge that many English learners face: Countable and Uncountable Nouns. Understanding this distinction is essential for both grammar and fluency. Mastering it will help you sound more natural in both speaking and writing, making your sentences clearer and more accurate.

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The Grammarian Podcast

Common mistakes made by English Language Learners Part 5: Countable and Uncountable Nouns

Have you ever hurt your neck while watching TV and wondered if it's been mounted too high? Well, you're not the only one. In fact, there are hundreds of thousands of people who discuss the subject on Reddit every day.

From breaking news to fandoms, and from memes to life's biggest questions, Reddit is a website that encourages people to discuss any subject that interests them.

The platform has over 100,000 communities, or "subreddits," that are created by users. And a subreddit about TV placement is in the top 1% of popular communities.

The community known as "TV Too High" is among the website's largest, with over 200,000 members. Here, photos of TVs in homes, hotels and other spaces are posted and often met with hundreds of comments discussing whether or not the TV has been placed at a good height.

One photo posted to the community in September 2024 showed a TV mounted above a door, with one user commenting, "Spiders on the ceiling fan have a great view."

Another photo showing a TV mounted above a staircase received over 500 comments, with one user saying, "This might be the worst one I've ever seen."

But is there a perfect height for a TV?

One user posted a guide based on advice from the subreddit. It included things like: "If when standing the TV is at eye level, IT IS TOO HIGH," and, "If the TV is angled down, IT IS TOO HIGH."

Another user posted a photo of a guide from a TV manufacturer. It said the best height for a TV when viewing while sitting down is 107 centimeters from the center of the TV screen to the floor — although some users said this was still too high!