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Slow Japanese

Episode #41 - A new sports experience

jǐ wèi zhōnɡ ɡuó rén yāo qǐnɡ ɡānɡ lái zhōnɡ ɡuó xué hàn yǔ de wài ɡuó nán shēnɡ chī fàn 。 
几 位  中    国  人  邀  请   刚   来  中    国  学  汉  语 的 外  国  男  生    吃  饭  。 
yì mínɡ zhōnɡ ɡuó rén shuō “ wǒ chū qu fānɡ biàn yí xià ” 。 
一 名   中    国  人  说   “ 我 出  去 方   便   一 下  ” 。 
wài ɡuó nán shēnɡ bù dǒnɡ ， 
外  国  男  生    不 懂   ， 
zhōnɡ ɡuó rén shuō ： ” fānɡ biàn jiù shì qù cè suǒ 。 
“中    国  人  说   ： ” 方   便   就  是  去 厕 所  。 “ 
zhè wèi wài ɡuó nán shēnɡ jì zhù le 。 
这  位  外  国  男  生    记 住  了 。 
yì tiān ， yì mínɡ zhōnɡ ɡuó nǚ shēnɡ shuō ： “ xī wànɡ zài nǐ fānɡ biàn de shí hou ， wǒ dào nǐ zhè lǐ lái zuò kè 。 ” 
一 天   ， 一 名   中    国  女 生    说   ： “ 希 望   在  你 方   便   的 时  候  ， 我 到  你 这  里 来  做  客 。 ” 
liú xué shenɡ tīnɡ hòu ， lì jí bǎi shǒu shuō ： “ bù， bù ！ nǐ shén me shí hou dōu ké yǐ lái ， dàn zài wǒ fānɡ biàn de shí hou bú yào lái 。 ” 
留  学  生    听   后  ， 立 即 摆  手   说   ： “ 不 ， 不 ！ 你 什   么 时  候  都  可 以 来  ， 但  在  我 方   便   的 时  候  不 要  来  。 ” 

Laura cheng Chinese

Laura cheng Chinese "joke for 方便“

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Holidays and Event 🌎🎉

Eid al-Fitr 🕌🎈

¿Sabías que los flamencos no nacen rosados? ¿O que el congelador no tiene luz por una razón muy práctica (y algo tacaña)? 🧊🦩
En este episodio te traigo curiosidades que no sabías que necesitabas saber, pero que ahora no podrás dejar de contarle a todo el mundo 😄

📌 Hoy aprenderás:

1️⃣ ¿Por qué el congelador no tiene luz?
2️⃣ ¿Qué pasaría si nunca te cortas las uñas? 💅 (spoiler: no es buena idea)
3️⃣ ¿De dónde viene el color rosado de los flamencos?
⚡ Dato express final: la palabra más irónica para los que tienen miedo a las palabras largas 😬

🎙️ Si alguna vez dijiste "¿¡En serio!?" escuchando algo raro… este episodio es para ti.

B1-B2 Spanish with Mary 

 Datos curiosos que te van a dejar con la boca abierta 🎧✨

The Nordic countries of Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden are regularly top scorers in world happiness rankings. These countries have placed in the top 10 of the World Happiness Report (WHR) every year since 2013 — so what's their secret?

These five countries score well in all six of the things considered in the WHR: GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, freedom, generosity and corruption.

But the WHR has noted that there might be another thing these countries have more of than others — trust.

Trust is very important, says WHR editor John F. Helliwell, a former professor at the University of British Columbia. And he developed a study to test how community trust is linked to better well-being.

In Helliwell's study, he looked at how likely people thought it would be for a lost wallet to be returned to them, and he compared this to their life satisfaction score from zero to 10.

He found that those who expected their wallet to be returned had a higher life satisfaction score.

"We find people are much, much happier if they feel they're in an environment where people are going to watch their back," Helliwell told Euro News.

In a 2023 experiment by Reader's Digest, wallets were actually left for people to find in cities around the world. And where was a lost wallet most likely to be returned? In Helsinki, the capital of Finland.

The WHR has noted that a high level of trust may be among the things that explain Nordic happiness.

However, as Forbes has suggested, it may not be so much about big-smile "happiness" as quieter "contentment."

Rather than always trying for something better, people in Scandinavian countries are more often content with what they have. As a result, few of them will say they are unhappy — which helps these countries do well in world happiness rankings.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

What's the Secret to Nordic Countries' Happiness?

Aprende a usar correctamente esta estructura.
Hay otro | Hay otra


Mucho que decir

The difference between:   "hay un otro"      VS     hay otro

这位因为刚刚有了一个臣民而十分骄傲自得的国王说道：“别走，别走。我任命你当大臣。”
"Do not go," said the king, who was very proud of having a subject. "Do not go. I will make you a Minister!"
什么大臣？
Minister of what?
嗯……司法大臣！
Minster of–of Justice!
可是，这儿没有一个要审判的人。
But there is nobody here to judge!
“很难说呀，”国王说道。“因此我还没有巡视过我的王国呢！”
"We do not know that," the king said to him. "I have not yet made a complete tour of my kingdom."
我很老了，我这地方又小，没有放銮驾的地方，
I am very old. There is no room here for a carriage.
另外，一走路我就累。
And it tires me to walk.
“噢！可是我已经看过了。”小王子说道，并探身朝星球的那一侧看了看。
"Oh, but I have looked already!" said the little prince, turning around to give one more glance to the other side of the planet.
那边也一个人都没有…
On that side, as on this, there was nobody at all...
“那么你就审判你自己呀！”国王回答他说。“这可是最难的了。
"Then you shall judge yourself," the king answered. "that is the most dificult thing of all.
审判自己比审判别人要难得多啊！
It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others.
你要是能审判好自己，你就是一个真正有才智的人。
If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then you are indeed a man of true wisdom.
我吗，随便在什么地方我都可以审度自己。
"Yes," said the little prince, but I can judge myself anywhere.
我没有必要留在这里。
I do not need to live on this planet.
国王又说：“嗯…嗯…我想，在我的星球上有一只老耗子。”

"Hum! Hum!" said the king. "I have good reason to believe that somewhere on my planet there is an old rat."
夜里，我听见它的声音。
I hear him at night.
你可以审判它，不时地判处它死刑。
You can judge this old rat. From time to time you will condemn him to death.
因此它的生命取决于你的判决。
Thus his life will depend on your justice.
可是，你要有节制地使用这只耗子，每次判刑后都要赦免它。
But you will pardon him on each occasion; for he must be treated thriftily.
因为只有这一只耗子。
He is the only one we have.
“可是我不愿判死刑，我想我还是应该走。”小王子回答道。
"I," replied the little prince, "do not like to condemn anyone to death. And now I think I will go on my way."
“不行。”国王说。
"No," said the king.
但是小王子，准备完毕之后，不想使老君主难过，
说道：“如果国王陛下想要不折不扣地得到服从，你可以给我下一个合理的命令。”
比如说，你可以命令我，一分钟之内必须离开。
我认为这个条件是成熟的…
国王什么也没有回答。起初，小王子有些犹疑不决，
随后叹了口气，就离开了…
“我派你当我的大使。”国王匆忙地喊道。
国王显出非常有权威的样子。
小王子在旅途中自言自语地说：“这些大人真奇怪。”


小王子-The Little Prince-Read in Chinese

小王子第26章：审判自己

En el episodio de hoy hablo con mi tío sobre su pasión por el ferrocarril y su sueño recién cumplido de abrir un museo. Escucha nuestra conversación y dime qué te parece este episodio, ¿tú también eres un aficionado al ferrocarril? 

-Página web del museo del ferrocarril: https://museofc3gg.org/?fbclid=IwAR17i6A2_yqtMJoOhzMdQPgR7HEn1xqfBECnejlYTuu_652GTCzCHaRM4o0 

-Página de Facebook del museo del ferrocarril: https://www.facebook.com/IIIgeneraciones 


Blanca to go 

71 – El museo del ferrocarril con mi tío

Resources for Speaking Better (with transcript)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G2UjqNj82C2Qc6q9pcg7lqfqKRtNejz1/view?usp=drivesdk