One of the most incredible entertainments in the world, Carnival is a four-day celebration of music, dance, food and drink, all over Rio. The event means a lot to the people from the poorest neighborhoods, who work hard for months preparing for it. It is an opportunity for the whole community to go out and have fun together. It ends with the Samba Parade for which the performers and dancers dress up in the most amazing costumes.

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The Rio Carnival 

然后，在一天的早晨，恰好在太阳升起的时候，她开放了。
Then one morning, exactly at sunrise, she suddenly showed herself.
她已经精细地做了那么长的准备工作，却打着哈欠说道：
And, after working with all this painstaking precision, she yawned and said:
我刚刚睡醒，真对不起，
Ah! I am scarcely awake. I beg that you will excuse me.
瞧我的头发还是乱蓬蓬的…
My petals are still all disarranged.
小王子这时再也控制不住自己的爱慕心情：“你是多么美丽啊！”
But the little prince could not restrain his admiration: "Oh! How beautiful you are!"
花儿悠然自得地说：“是吧，我是与太阳同时出生的…”
"Am I not?" the flower responded, sweetly. "And I was born at the same moment as the sun."
小王子看出了这花儿不太谦虚，可是她确实丽姿动人。
The little prince could guess easily enough that she was not any too modest–but how moving–and exciting–she was!
她随后又说道：“现在该是吃早点的时候了吧，请你也想着给我准备一点…”
"I think it is time for breakfast," she added an instant later. "If you would have the kindness to think of my needs".
小王子很有些不好意思，于是就拿着喷壶，打来了一壶清清的凉水，浇灌着花儿。

And the little prince, completely abashed, went to look for a sprinkling-can of fresh water. So, he tended the flower.
于是，就这样，这朵花儿就以她那有点敏感多疑的虚荣心折磨着小王子。
So, too, she began very quickly to torment him with her vanity– which was, if the truth be known, a little dificult to deal with.
例如，有一天，她向小王子讲起她身上长的四根刺：“老虎，让它张着爪子来吧！”
One day, for instance, when she was speaking of her four thorns, she said to the little prince: "Let the tigers come with their claws!"
小王子顶了她一句：“在我这个星球上没有老虎，而且，老虎是不会吃草的”。
"There are no tigers on my planet," the little prince objected. "And, anyway, tigers do not eat weeds."
花儿轻声说道：“我并不是草。”
"I am not a weed," the flower replied, sweetly.
真对不起。
Please excuse me.
我并不怕什么老虎，可我讨厌穿堂风。
I am not at all afraid of tigers, she went on, but I have a horror of drafts.
你没有屏风？
I suppose you wouldn't have a screen for me?
小王子思忖着：“讨厌穿堂风…这对一株植物来说，真不走运，这朵花儿真不大好伺候…”
"A horror of drafts–that is bad luck, for a plant," remarked the little prince, and added to himself, "This flower is a very complex creature."

小王子-The Little Prince-Read in Chinese

小王子第19章：婀娜的花朵

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👩‍🦰Today, in the “Serbian to go” podcast, you will hear 5 useful dialogues with numbers that you can practice in 5 quizzes.🤸‍♂️ Let’s start!😎
Срећно учење! / Srećno učenje!📚
See you in class!👋


SERBIAN TO GO

Бројеви у дијалозима – Brojevi u dijalozima – Practicing numbers in dialogues (A1-A2)

⚡️🚗The person and the topic which we are going to talk today are very sensitive and controversial. They are Elon Musk and the Cross-Strait Relationship problem.
For those who want to comprehend the Chinese government system and have a look on what Musk said, and who want to have a conversation about Chinese politics, welcome to listen to this episode.
Welcome to contact me if you want to listen and read the transcription at the same time!

⚡️🚗今天我们要讨论的人和事，都非常敏感、有争议。就是伊隆马斯克跟两岸问题！
想要了解中国政府或看看马斯克说了什么言论，想要跟朋友聊聊中国政治，欢迎收听这一集播客。
如果你想边听边看逐字稿，可以DM我哦～Learn with Zhe

[00:00] introduction
[02:30] explanation
[08:57] discusion

生词：
設立/设立 set up, establish
其 his, her, its, their
不當/不当 improper
妄議/妄议 presumptuous comment
两岸/两岸both shores /cross-strait /Taiwan and mainland
来源：https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/ch/news/4680891


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# 18马斯克建议设立台湾特别行政区

In this episode we are going to learn 【Cooking】in Chinese. 
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As a beginner, there're some vocabularies that you didn't learn before, and native speaker's speed seems too fast to understand. But don't worry, let's do it step by step. 
1st time: listen and catch the words you know already, have a guess about the content.
2nd time: look at the text to check if you guessed it right. 
3rd time: listen one more time, repeat after it.
4th time: practice until you can speak as the normal speed without looking at the text. 
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我喜欢在家做饭。
wǒ xǐ huān zài jiā zuò fàn 。
I love to cook at home.
炒、煮、煎、蒸、油炸、烤，我都会。
chǎo 、 zhǔ 、 jiān 、 zhēng 、 yóu zhá 、 kǎo ， wǒ dōu huì 。
Stir-fry, boil, fry, steam, deep-fry, bake, I can do all.
我的拿手菜是蛋炒饭。
wǒ de ná shǒu cài shì dàn chǎo fàn 。
My specialty is egg fried rice.
先准备食材：米饭、鸡蛋、玉米和胡萝卜等。
xiān zhǔn bèi shí cái ： mǐ fàn 、 jī dàn 、 yù mǐ hé hú luó bo děng 。
First, prepare the ingredients: rice, eggs, corn, carrots and so on.
玉米剥粒，胡萝卜切丁。
yù mǐ bāo lì ， hú luó bo qiē dīng 。
Peel the corn and dice the carrots.
先炒米饭，再放鸡蛋和蔬菜，最后加调味料。
xiān chǎo mǐ fàn ， zài fàng jī dàn hé shū cài ， zuì hòu jiā tiáo wèi liào 。
Stir-fry the rice first, then add the eggs and vegetables, and add the seasoning in the end.
闻起来很香，吃起来更香。
wén qǐ lái hěn xiāng ， chī qǐ lái gèng xiāng 。
It smells good and tastes even better.
你也试试吧。
nǐ yě shì shì ba 。
You should try it too.