A story about a little boy who discovers that the fish he thought he found in a pond were actually baby frogs (tadpoles)!

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I Found a Frog

Падежи — очень большая и интересная тема. Сегодня мы посмотрим как меняется слово «сестра» во всех падежах. Вы можете слушать подкаст и читать текст: https://goo.su/zlymv
Приятного прослушивания!


Lera teaches Russian

#8. Одно слово во всех падежах (сестра) / One word in all cases (sister)

你们不要忘记，我当时处在远离人烟千里之外的地方。
Remember, I had crashed in the desert a thousand miles from any inhabited region.
而这个小家伙给我的印象是，他既不像迷了路的样子，也没有半点疲乏、饥渴、惧怕的神情。
And yet my little man seemed neither to be straying uncertainly among the sands, nor to be fainting from fatigue or hunger or thirst or fear.
他丝毫不像是一个迷失在旷无人烟的大沙漠中的孩子。
Nothing about him gave any suggestion of a child lost in the middle of the desert, a thousand miles from any human habitation.
当我在惊讶之中终于又能说出话来的时候，对他说道：
When at last I was able to speak, I said to him:
唉，你在这儿干什么？
But– what are you doing here?
可是他却不慌不忙地好像有一件重要的事一般，对我重复地说道：
And in answer he repeated, very slowly, as if he were speaking of a matter of great consequence:
请…给我画一只羊
If you please– draw me a sheep.
当一种神秘的东西把你镇住的时候，你是不敢不听从它的支配的，
When a mystery is too overpowering, one dare not disobey.

在这旷无人烟的沙漠上，面临死亡的危险的情况下，尽管这样的举动使我感到十分荒诞，
Absurd as it might seem to me, a thousand miles from any human habitation and in danger of death,


我还是掏出了一张纸和一支钢笔。
I took out of my pocket a sheet of paper and my fountain-pen.


这时我却又记起，我只学过地理、历史、算术和语法，
But then I remembered how my studies had been concentrated on geography, history, arithmetic, and grammar,


就有点不大高兴地对小家伙说我不会画画。
and I told the little chap (a little crossly, too) that I did not know how to draw.
他回答我说：“没有关系，给我画一只羊吧！”
He answered me:“That doesn’t matter. Draw me a sheep.”
因为我从来没有画过羊，
But I had never drawn a sheep.
我就给他重画我所仅仅会画的两副画中的
So I drew for him one of the two pictures I had drawn so often.

那副闭着肚皮的巨蟒。
It was that of the boa constrictor from the outside.
我听了他的话，简直目瞪口呆。
And I was astounded to hear the little fellow greet it with.

不，不！我不要蟒蛇，它肚子里还有一头象。
No, no, no! I do not want an elephant inside a boa constrictor.
他接着说：“巨蟒这东西太危险，大象又太占地方。”
A boa constrictor is a very dangerous creature, and an elephant is very cumbersome.
我住的地方非常小，我需要一只羊。给我画一只羊吧。
Where I live, everything is very small. What I need is a sheep. Draw me a sheep.
我就给他画了。
So then I made a drawing.

小王子-The Little Prince-Read in Chinese

小王子第四章：画一头羊

Today I want to talk about a particular group of English adjectives.  These adjectives start with the prefix, "a-".  This prefix comes from Middle English.  It attaches to verbs and nouns and it changes them into adjectives.  An example would be "sleep" and "asleep." 

Find a transcript at:  https://www.difficultenglishexplained.com/blog/adjectives-that-start-with-a

Difficult English Explained

Adjectives that start with a-

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大家好，今天我们来聊聊这个灯笼高挂、谜语飘香的节日——元宵节。
元宵节，又称为上元节, 时间为每年农历正月十五 ，是新年第一个月圆之夜。这天大家会出门赏月、赏花灯、猜灯谜、还能吃元宵。其中最受欢迎的莫过于赏花灯和猜灯谜了。街头巷尾，各式各样的灯笼争奇斗艳，有的像盛开的莲花，有的像活蹦乱跳的小兔子，还有的像龙飞凤舞，热闹非凡。而猜灯谜则是智慧的较量，漂亮的灯笼上会贴上各种谜语，这些谜语往往巧妙诙谐，猜中谜语还会有奖品，趣味十足。
Hi everyone! Today we’re talking about the festival of glowing lanterns and riddles in the air—Lantern Festival!
Also known as Shangyuan Festival, it falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month, marking the first full moon of the new year.
On this night, people go out to admire the moon, enjoy colorful lantern displays, solve lantern riddles, and eat yuanxiao (sweet glutinous rice balls).
The most popular activities? Lantern viewing and riddle guessing!
Streets and alleys light up with dazzling lanterns of all shapes and sizes—some bloom like lotus flowers, others hop like playful rabbits, and some soar like dragons and phoenixes dancing through the sky. The whole scene is bursting with joy and energy!
As for lantern riddles: they’re a fun test of wit! Riddles are pasted onto beautiful lanterns—clever, witty, and often full of wordplay. If you solve one, you might even win a little prize! It’s festive, brain-teasing fun for all ages.


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元宵节 The Lantern Festival

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