Short stories (Filipino) 

Maikling Kwento 1

En este podcast hablamos sobre el lunfardo en Argentina para que no te sorprendan las palabras como "bondi" ni las expresiones como "tirar los perros".

Porteña

Lunfardo

这里是one minute Chinese, 中文一分钟，每天都不同！我们一起听一分钟，想一分钟，说一分钟，今天的话题是好事还是坏事？
很久以前，有个老人叫塞翁。他住在长城外面。有一天，塞翁养（yang3, raise）的马(ma3, horse)跑了。他的邻居(lin2ju,neighbour)们都为他感到(gan3dao4,feel)难过(nan2guo4,sad)。
“也许(ye3xu3,maybe)这会是件好事呢！”塞翁却这么说。
几个月后，塞翁的马自己跑回了家，还带了一匹好马回来。人们都很羡慕(xian4mu4, envy)他，和他说，你太幸运(xing4yun4,lucky)了。
塞翁却说：“也许这不是什么好事呢！”
没多久，塞翁的儿子就喜欢上了骑(qi2, to saddle)马，一天他从马上掉了下来，摔断(shuai1duan4, to break by falling)了腿。邻居们都替(ti4, stand in for)塞翁难过。
“也许这会是件好事呢！”塞翁却说。
一年后，战争(zhan4zheng1, warfare)爆发(bao4fa1, break out)了，年青人都必须参军(can1jun1,join the army)去打仗(da3zhang4, to fight)。死了很多人。塞翁的儿子却因为摔断了腿不能去当兵(dang1bin1,be a soldier)，而保住了性命(xing4ming4,life)。
这个故事说的就是一句很有名的中国成语(cheng2yu4,pharse)：塞翁失马，焉知非福(sai1weng1shi1ma3, yan1zhi1fei1fu2, the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best)：意思是塞翁丢失了马，这有可能是一件幸运的事。在日常生活里，我们可以这样说，虽然你失去了之前的工作，但是你找到了一份更好的工作，这可真是塞翁失马呀。你有相同的经历吗，欢迎来和我分享。


One minute Chinese

Bad thing, or good thing? 中国成语-塞翁失马

This podcast for intermediate students of English talks about a new idiom every week. The topic for this week is the idiom "off the top of my head." But first, the host introduces herself and explains what an idiom is.

Este podcast para los estudiantes intermedios de inglés se trata de un modismo nuevo cada semana. El tema de esta semana es el modismo "off the top of my head" o "desde lo alto de la cabeza." Pero primero, la presentadora se presenta y explica lo que es un modismo.

Tools used:

Music (Chapéu-Mangeira by Luc-Allieres) downloaded from Artlist

Editing software: Audacity

Idiom of the Week: Aprenda inglés con Cary

Episode 1: Off the Top of My Head

起（床） qǐ（chuáng） — to get up, to get out of bed
得 de — used after a verb or an adjective to introduce a complement of result or degree
真 zhēn — really, indeed
早 zǎo — early
句 jù — sentence
话 huà — word, talk
身体 shēntǐ — body, health
早饭 zǎofàn — breakfast
包子 bāozi — steamed stuffed bun
还 hái — also, as well
午饭 wǔfàn — lunch
少 shǎo — few, little
说 shuō — to speak, to say
葡萄酒 pútáojiǔ — wine
酒 jiǔ — wine, liquor, alcohol
活 huó — to live

中文每日一练

每日一练

你的生日是什么时候？
nǐ de shēng rì shì shén me shí hòu ？

我的生日是 12 月 15 日
wǒ de shēng rì shì 12 yuè 15 rì

日常中文（Daily Chinese）

When is your birthday ?  你的生日是什么时候？

En el Episodio 08 de "Segurola y Habana", el Podcast donde el idioma de los argentinos es explicado por argentinos, hoy les traemos la expresión "Honor, honor al gran Cabral". ¿Qué es un mate lavado? Argentinos responden en su idioma.


Segurola y Habana Podcast

8 - Honor, honora al gran Cabral

Ancient Egyptians loved and respected cats, believing they brought good luck.

Some families even dressed their cats in jewelry, and mummified them after death. They would mourn the death of their cat by shaving off their eyebrows, and continue to mourn until their eyebrows grew back.

Inspired by this ancient love for cats, the Shanghai Museum in China held a special event called Meowseum Nights.

Held 10 times during last summer and fall, the event invited 200 cats and 2,000 people to explore the exhibition On Top of the Pyramid: The Civilization of Ancient Egypt.

Some of the artifacts shown in the exhibition came from a temple discovered years ago in Egypt. The temple was for Bastet, an Egyptian goddess who could change into a cat. This gave the Shanghai Museum another reason to use cats as the theme for their event.

Museum director Chu Xiaobo said that the event was created to bring cat lovers to the museum, as in Shanghai, where there are over a million pet cats, cat-friendly public spaces are rare.

"There are dog parks, dog brunches, but not that much for cat parents to do with their pets," Wen Liuli, a visitor to the exhibition, told The Art Newspaper.

The museum took measures to keep all visitors and artifacts safe. Cats had to stay in strollers or bags, but there were certain areas where people could take their cats out for photos, such as in front of a statue of Bastet. All the other artifacts were kept behind glass.

The museum also had vets, doctors, and even an ambulance on-site, and over 80 animal welfare workers attended each night to help and give advice.

While the museum doesn't plan to hold another Meowseum Night, Chu hopes it might inspire other museums to try similar ideas.

"Cat people now have a special affection for the Shanghai Museum," he said.


