In today's episode we discuss idioms and metaphors of money. We use them to make our language more natural and compare our lives.

Let's have a chat (Discussions In English) 

Episode 18 : Idioms and metaphors (Money) 

       Tā shì shéi?
A：他 是 谁？
   Tā shì wǒ tónɡxué.  
B：他  是 我  同学。
   Tā ne? Tā shì nǐ tónɡxué ma? 
A：她 呢？她 是  你同学 吗？
   Tā bú shì wǒ tónɡxué, Tā shì wǒ pénɡyou.
B：她  不 是我  同学，她 是 我  朋友。


HSK Standard Course Level 1 Audio of the textbook

Lesson 4 text 3

Understand the idea of the "past" in the English language.
Learn about the rules for the Past Simple and the Past Continuous tenses and in which situations we use each one of them! 

English Syndicate

English Grammar Lesson: Past Simple and Past Continuous tenses 📖

Join in while I share with you some interesting ways of accessing language learning without pressure. I will also share some New Year’s rituals in our family that tie in with this same kind of physical approach to language learning that could also be seen as something of a philosophy.

Philosophical Friday

Foundations of Learning

👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 Dopo una lunga permanenza a casa dei miei genitori, sono tornata pochi giorni fa portando con me una forte nostalgia. Per questo, oggi ho deciso di parlavi della mia famiglia. 

🎧 Buon ascolto! 

⬇️ Vocabolario ⬇️

- cimentarsi - I miei parenti non si sono mai cimentati con l'inglese. 

- incurvarsi - Mio padre si è incurvato nel tempo. 

- spiritosi = divertenti 

- assomigliare a qualcuno - Fisicamente assomiglio a mia madre. 

- affidare un animale a qualcuno - Mia cognata affida il suo cane a noi quando va in vacanza. 

- accontentarsi - I miei genitori mi hanno insegnato ad accontentarmi. 




Puro Parlare

22. La mia famiglia

In this episode you will learn how to use 想（want )

HSK2

Learn how to use 想（want)

小王和小黄，一块画凤凰。
小王画黄凤凰，小黄画红凤凰，
红凤凰黄凤凰，只只画成活凤凰，
望着小王和小黄。

xiǎo wáng hé xiǎo huáng ， yī kuài huà fèng huáng 。
xiǎo wáng huà huáng fèng huáng ， xiǎo huáng huà hóng fèng huáng ，
hóng fèng huáng huáng fèng huáng ， zhī zhī huà chéng huó fèng huáng ，
wàng zhe xiǎo wáng hé xiǎo huáng 。

绕口令（Tongue Twister）

Xiao Wang and Xiao Huang  小王和小黄

  In some languages, the pronunciation of the letters remains constant, never changing or change very little.  Czech and Spanish are two examples.  English isn't like this.  We have long vowels short vowels and combinations of vowels.  Sometimes the pronunciation seems to change without reason.  Moreover, the speling rarely helps. Consider these three words:  food, blue, and blew - The vowel sounds are all the same, go figure.Has anybody ever looked at you after listening and asked, 'What?'  Last week, my student said through and I heard throw and was totally lost.
                    Sound 1	/oooo/		Sound 2     /ow/

			Through 		 	Throw

			Two				Tow
		
			Blue				Blow

			View				Vote

			New				Know

			Sue				        So

			Clue				Clone

			Rude				Road


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Through / Throw

السلام عليكم 
اسمي فتحية رفقي، أنا من مصر، والآن أعيش في هولندا.
تخرجت من جامعة الأزهر بمصر عام 2007، وعملت بعد ذلك مترجمة ومعلمة للغة الإنجليزية بمركز الأزهر. منذ عام 2020 أدرس الماجستير بالجامعة الأمريكية بالقاهرة، وفي الصيف الماضي انتقلت إلى هولندا لأدرّس اللغة العربية بجامعة لايدن. لكني سوف أعود إلى مصر بعد شهرين إن شاء الله.. 
شكرًا – مع السلامة 
