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第10课  别找了，手机在桌子上呢

一、听力  第一部分
1. 看电影对学习汉语有帮助。
2. 妈妈，别走了，我们休息休息吧。
3. 妈妈正在准备午饭呢。
4. 张老师的手机在桌子上呢。
5. 你的衣服我帮你洗了。

第二部分
6. 男：别看电视了，长时间看电视对眼睛不好。
女：好的，我去睡觉了。
7. 女：明天的课你都准备好了没有？
男：还没有呢，正在准备。
8. 男：医生，这个药怎么吃？
女：饭后吃，吃药以后两个小时不要喝茶。
9. 男：你怎么买了这么多东西？
女：今天有朋友来我家吃饭。
10. 女：你看见我那件红色的衣服了吗？
男：我帮你洗了，在外面呢。

第三部分
11. 女：大卫，不要看电视了，去睡觉吧。
   男：看电视对学习汉语有帮助，我再看一会儿。
   问：大卫为什么要看电视？
12. 男：我想喝茶。
   女：医生说吃药后一个小时不要喝茶。
   问：男的为什么不能喝茶？
13. 女：你看见我的手机了吗？我昨天晚上放在桌子上了。
   男：桌子上没有，你看看床上吧。
   问：女的的手机在哪儿？
14. 男：过来喝杯水，休息一下吧。
   女：我不累。
问：女的是什么意思？
15. 男：你别忙了，我不在这儿吃饭。
   女：菜很快就好了，吃了再走吧。
问：女的是什么意思？

hsk2  第10课  别找了，手机在桌子上呢

In this lesson, we will learn some words about colors and part of body.
sentence structure "..V1了.再V2"  (the sequence of action)

Basic communication conversations

第十八课 她有一双黑色的大眼睛 Lesson 18 she has a pair of big black eyes

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SALESPERSON: Can I help you?
GLORIA: Yes, I’m looking for a sweater — in a size medium.
SALESPERSON: Let’s see … here’s a nice white one. What do 
you think?
GLORIA: I think I’d rather have it in blue.
SALESPERSON: OK … here’s blue, in a medium. Would you
like to try it on?
GLORIA: OK … yes, I love it. It fits perfectly. How much is it?
SALESPERSON: It’s $50. It will be $53, with tax.
GLORIA: Perfect! I’ll take it.

LANGUAGE NOTES
• Can I help you? or “May I help you?” is what a salesperson normally says to greet 
a customer.
• I’m looking for a here means “I don’t know exactly which one I want.”
• Size medium. Clothing usually comes in small, medium and large sizes. Some 
women’s clothing comes in number sizes, usually ranging from 2 to 16.
• Let’s see … An expression used when a person wants to think something over, to 
make a choice or decision, or to look for something.
• I’d rather have it in here means “I don’t like this exact one. I would prefer it in a 
different” color/size/material, etc.
• Would you like to …? is a polite way to ask “Do you want to …?”
• Try it on means to test the fit or appearance of a garment by putting it on. “Try on” is a 
separable phrasal verb, so the object “it” goes between “try” and “on.”
• How much is it? means “How much does it cost?” Notice that the main sentence 
stress falls on “is” in this question.
• I’ll take it means “I will buy it.”

English Conversation practice (30-day challenge)

Day 18: Shopping

When there’s been a miscommunication, we must spell it out to make our message crystal clear.

Tune in this week to learn how to use Spell (it) Out, Crystal Clear, and three other idioms and phrases in English. This episode is part two of How to Write a Winning Resume by Adding Measurable Achievements. Using idioms and phrases will make you sound more natural in English. As always, you’ll get some homework at the end so you can continue to improve your English communication skills.

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Episode originally published June 17, 2021

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Uno de los grandes educadores de México en los años de transición entre los siglos XIX y XX fue el humanista Justo Sierra Méndez, fundador de la Universidad Nacional de México, actual UNAM. Se distinguió por sus ideas positivistas de libertad, orden y progreso que proyectó en la educación mexicana del Porfiriato. Gran escritor y pedagogo de los textos escolares para los niños mexicanos, a quienes inculcó el "amor a la patria".  sus ideas educativas  impulsaron la libertad, el orden y el progreso en la mentalidad de las nuevas generaciones que hicieron la nueva Revolución política y social, que señaló el cambio hacia la modernización de México en el mundo contemporáneo.
En el año 1910, el Maestro Justo Sierra, Ministro de Instrucción Pública de México, creó la Escuela Nacional de Altos Estudios, para la formación de los profesores que requerían las escuelas profesionales; y perfeccionaría la educación superior mexicana a través de las investigaciones científicas en los campos de las humanidades, las ciencias exactas y las ciencias naturales. Y, también fundó la Universidad Nacional de México, la cual inauguró el 22 de septiembre de 1910, en la conmemoración del Centenario de la Revolución de Independencia de México.

La Universidad Nacional de México se conformó con las escuelas Preparatoria, de Jurisprudencia, Medicina, Ingeniería, Bellas Artes y Altos Estudios. Desde entonces se convirtió en el "Alma Mater" de la cultura mexicana. Posteriormente se reorganizó como Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, la más grande de América Latina, y una de las más importantes del Mundo. Su primer Rector fue el Dr. Joaquín Eguía Lis. Otro de sus grandes Rectores fue el humanista José Vasconcelos, el autor de la obra "Raza Cósmica", cuya idea "Por mi raza hablará el espíritu", se convirtió en el lema de la Universidad.



