In this episode, we’ll explore two very common Chinese words: “原来” and “本来”.
Many Chinese learners feel confused because these two words seem similar and are sometimes translated the same way in English.
Are they really interchangeable? When can you use one but not the other?

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Can “原来” and “本来” Mean the Same Thing?

Ngày xửa ngày xưa, có một người giặt đồ thuê nuôi một con lừa để giúp anh ta vận chuyển quần áo từ nhà ra bờ sông và ngược lại. Thế nhưng, con lừa này không thích những món ăn mà ông chủ cho nó. Vì vậy, nó quyết định đi đến cánh đồng gần đó để ăn món cỏ mà nó yêu thích.

Một ngày nọ, khi đang đi, chú lừa gặp một con cáo và kết bạn với nó . Chúng tìm thấy một cánh đồng trồng toàn dưa hấu và cùng nhau ăn. Dưa hấu quá ngon nên lừa ăn rất nhiều và cao hứng nói với con cáo rằng: “Tôi muốn hát”.

Con cáo đáp: “Nếu cậu hát, con người sẽ biết mình đang phá hoại mùa màng của họ và sẽ chạy đến đánh chúng ta chết mất”. Con lừa không nghe lời khuyên của cáo mà vẫn hát. Thấy vậy, con cáo đã nhanh chóng nhảy qua hàng rào và biến mất trước khi dân làng đến đánh lừa.

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Con lừa hát

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Medical Spanish 🏥 
Spanish for healthcare professionals 🏥 

En México, desde 1975, cada 27 de enero se celebra a las y los profesionales de la nutrición.
La nutrióloga mexicana Nancy Arredondo de Hoyos nos comparte generalidades de su profesión.

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Medical Spanish & Nutrition (Extract)

Should everyone have the right to make a fool of themselves in a jungle? 

Transcript here (read and study): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nxo2lSitqD7JXEZE9dQjOpeCuIuiCLaT/view?usp=sharing

Schedule a class with me here: https://teach.italki.com/teacher/12103910

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先週イタリアから帰ってきました。今年はチレントという南イタリアの町に行きました。ドイツからイタリアまで車で移動したのですが、片道15時間ほど掛かりました。行きも帰りも途中のオーストリアで一泊しました。
南イタリアはとても海がきれいで、美しいビーチがたくさんあります。毎日海で泳いでいたので、かなり日焼けをしてしまいました。日焼け止めクリームを塗っていましたが、皮がむけてしまうほど焼けてしまいました。今、日本人の友達に会ったら「すごい焼けてるね」と言われると思います。後でしみやほくろがたくさん出てくるのではないかと少し心配しています。
また、南イタリアにはおいしい食べ物がたくさんあります。特にモッツァレラチーズは有名ですが、魚や肉、ピザ、なんでもおいしいです。イタリアにいる間、毎日たくさん食べていたので、体重計に乗るのが怖いです。

みなさんの夏休みはどうでしたか？
何をしましたか？
よかったら私のレッスンに来て教えてください。

移動する：いどうする　travel
片道：かたみち　one way
途中：とちゅう　in the middle
日焼けする：ひやけする　get tanned
日焼け止めクリーム：ひやけどめクリーム　sunscreen
塗る：ぬる　put on
皮がむける：かわがむける　skin peel off
皮：skin
しみ：spot
ほくろ：mole
体重計：たいじゅうけい　body scale 
体重計に乗る：たいじゅうけいにのる　use a body scale
なんでも：everything
怖い：こわい　feel scary


Nihongo Short Story by Noriko

私の夏休み（My summer vacation）

Learn Turkish with TurkishPodcast. In our first episode we learn how to ask someone how he/she is and also how to answer that question. Transcription: https://turkishpodcast.com/2022/08/31/learn-turkish-with-turkishpodcast-episode-1/

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N5/N4 レベルのポッドキャストです。
初雪（はつゆき）について話しました。

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#3 初雪（はつゆき）N5/N4

If robots do take over the world, this one probably won't be the leader.

Less than 5.8 centimeters tall — a little shorter than a lighter — it has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's smallest humanoid robot.

Humanoid robots look and act like humans. For the Guinness record, they must be able to move their shoulders, elbows, knees and hips, and also be able to walk.

Made by a Japanese student named Mitsuya Tatsuhiko, this one is less than half the size of the previous holder of the world record, which was made by students from Hong Kong.

Tatsuhiko is a postgraduate student at Nagoya Institute of Technology, where he researches crawler robots. Crawler robots don't look like humans, however, and they're used to inspect places that are hard to get to.

Tatsuhiko has been interested in robots since he was a child.

According to Guinness World Records, he built his first humanoid robot when he was 10.

He didn't spend as much time making them during high school, but he has returned to his passion as he has gotten older.

It took him a few tries to get his record-breaking robot right, and he worked hard to make it as small as he could.

He applied for the record with his third attempt while he was in the fourth year of his degree. He said he was very happy to have broken the record.

Tatsuhiko hopes to work with robots when he finishes university, but he'll also keep making them at home as a hobby.

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Japanese Student Makes Smallest Humanoid Robot

IELTS SPEAKING PART 1 - Topic - Food and cooking:

Q. What sorts of food do you like eating most? [Why?]
Q. Who normally does the cooking in your home?
Q. Do you watch cookery programmes on TV? [Why/Why not?]
Q. In general, do you prefer eating out or eating at home? [Why?]

Here are some ideas for you, let me know which one was of help?

