The English Idiom - Worlds Apart.

transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NSCB3ktTvM0IhB2TXAIWkdlBzabDmNsXsQlsn515slA/edit?usp=drivesdk

Teacher Joseph's Podcast

Worlds Apart (With Transcript)

  Qǐnɡwèn,jīntiān jǐ hào? 
A：请问，   今天   几  号？
   Jīntiān jiǔ yuè yī hào. 
B：今天       9    月   1  号。
   Jīntiān xīnɡqī jǐ?
A：今天      星期  几？
   Xīnɡqī sān.
B：星期   三。


日常对话 daily conversation

Carina italki ID 8665510

Hi！I am Sylvia, your native mandairn teacher from China.
Are you confused with the expression of "a little bit" in mandrain?
Why can't you just say "一点儿“ in mandarin to show all the "a little”?

Hope you will understand how to say the  correct " a little" after listening this audio!

Welcome to leave your comments if you have any questions!
 

Sylva Mandarin

一点儿VS有点儿VS一下儿， how do we say “a little” in mandarin？

how to say hello and how r u in Thai? lets seee

finn ur thai friend

Basic greeting ~

Part 1 of 5. 

Inside a dusty workroom, an old craftsman held up a chess piece to the window. He rotated it in the sunlight and inspected its every detail. 

“Perfection,” said the craftsman. 

He added it to the set he had been building. Sixteen grey pieces sat on his worktable, all handmade and almost ready for sale. 

The craftsman felt very satisfied with his designs. He was ready for the final stage of the process. He picked up one of the pawn pieces and said, “What about you, my little friend? What colour would you like to be?” 

He reached for his paint brush, dunked it into glass of water and then into a container of paint. The grey pawn received a heavy coating of shiny white paint.

Fast-forward several years into the future. After repeated use and abuse, that little pawn’s proud white colour had faded. Areas of his original grey were visible. Because of this, whenever players assembled their chess set, they left this little grey-white pawn to the side. 

“Uhm, is that yours or mine?” said the white player. 

“It doesn’t matter. Put it back in the box and choose from the others,” said the black player. 

This little plastic pawn’s name was Gary. 


Being a Cloud

Gary the Chess Piece

灰帽子
        有一顶帽子被做出来的时候忘记染颜色了，所以它来到商店时还是灰灰的，它一直都没有被卖出去，甚至从来没被注意过。
        后来店主把帽子给了一个年轻的店员，这个店员回到家里把帽子送给了妻子，妻子很生气，因为丈夫送给她一顶很难看的帽子。过了一会儿他们的小女儿回来了，看到帽子就把它带到空地上，和小伙伴们用帽子玩儿游戏，她玩儿得正开心，突然听到妈妈喊她回家吃饭，她就急忙地跑回家，帽子被她忘得一干二净。
        到了晚上，灰帽子觉得自己的生命已经走到了尽头。但这时一只鸟停在它的身边，看了看灰帽子，高兴地说：“我正需要这样一个窝！”它把帽子放在高高的树杈上，呼唤着自己的伴侣。两只鸟儿都很满意，因为这个鸟窝一点儿都不引人注目。

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Have you ever heard the phrase, "When in Rome, do as the Romans do"?

It means you should follow the customs of the place you're visiting or the people you're with. So in Japan, for example, you should take off your shoes before entering someone's home, because it's the custom.

However, people often shorten this phrase to just, "When in Rome."

Phrases like this, where part of the sentence is not spoken but the meaning is still clear, are called "anapodotons" ("an-uh-PAW-duh-tuns"). People don't say the second part of the phrase, but everyone knows what they mean.

But why do people leave phrases unfinished?

According to Instagram linguist Adam Aleksic, it's because we like to save time and effort when talking. By saying less, we can still share the full idea, as long as others know the rest of the phrase.

Anapodotons are very common in English. Let's look at some more now!

"Speak of the devil" is something people say when someone appears just as you were talking about them. The full phrase is, "Speak of the devil, and he shall appear." But it doesn't mean you think the person who appeared is a bad person!

"It takes a village" is another example. The full phrase, "It takes a village to raise a child," means raising children is easier with help from others. It can also be used to talk about teamwork or group tasks.

"If you can't stand the heat" comes from, "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen." This means if something is difficult or stressful, you should either deal with it or stop complaining and leave!

Anapodotons may be short, but they have a lot of meaning!

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Saying Less, Meaning More: The Power of Anapodotons

There is an old saying, "that birds of the same feather flock together." The law of association will tell you that you attract who you are. Why is the law of association important?

FLO TALKS 

LAW OF ASSOCIATION

El Guernica es una obra de Pablo Picasso con una historia detrás, ¿la conoces? Te la cuento junto con los símbolos que aparecen en el cuadro en este episodio.

¿Habías escuchado hablar de El Guernica antes? ¿Lo has visto?

¡Cuéntame!
