This is an important grammar topic at the intermediate level. This short episode introduces the idea of ergative verbs. 

Ergative verbs are a set of verbs which have a third option besides being active or passive: ergative. This means they are active in form, with the receiver of the verb's action as the subject. The meaning is the same as the passive. 

The examples I use in the episode: 
The store opens at 10. 
The movie will star at 8pm. 
The music stopped. 
The weather changed.
The chicken is cooking. 
The car is reversing. 
The plants grew. 
The window broke. 

I hope you enjoy the episode and find it helpful. Message me with any questions you have. 
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English with Eric

Grammar: Ergative Verbs

Easy Steps to Chinese Grammar⭐

Do you know how to express " happen to be" in Chinese? I will talk about it in this episode.

Easy Steps to Chinese Grammar 

7. Coincidence with "正好 (zhèng hǎo) " 【B1】

Tracking. The countries. I'm not quite done yet. I have about 68 countries now. And it takes some time. Some of the lettering is very, very tiny.

Can I Say - Can I Do

Map 2

La mère de Julie est professeur d’anglais. Le père de Julie est journaliste pour un journal américain. Les parents de Julie ont une maison à Paris. Ils ont une voiture et un garage.
Julie est élève à l’École américaine à Paris. Julie n’a pas d’auto. C’est dommage ! Mais elle a une bicyclette.
Pendant les vacances d’hiver, la famille de Julie va en Savoie, dans les Alpes. L’hiver, il fait très froid en Savoie et il y a beaucoup de neige. On fait du ski. Julie aussi fait du ski.
L’été à Paris, quand il fait beau, Julie va au jardin des Tuileries. C’est là qu’elle rencontre Marc.
Quand ils sont ensemble, ils parlent de beaucoup de choses. Marc parle plus que Julie. Il est plus bavard que son amie. Chouchou préfère écouter Julie.
Marc parle de sports, de sa guitare ou de ses photos parce qu’il est photographe. Tous les sports l’intéressent, et il aime surtout faire de la boxe.
Julie parle d’autres choses. Ses sports préférés sont le ski et le vélo. Elle parle de la musique parce qu’elle est musicienne. Elle étudie le piano au Conservatoire. Marc écoute Julie avec attention.

Activités :

Vrai ou Faux :

Le père de Julie est pilote.

Les parents de Julie ont deux maisons.

Julie a une voiture.

On fait du ski en Savoie, dans les Alpes.

Julie rencontre Marc à Paris, au jardin des Tuileries.

L’été à Paris, il fait froid et il y a de la neige.

Marc et Julie parlent de beaucoup de sujets différents.

Marc aime parler.

Julie n’aime pas les sports.

Complétez :

Le père de Julie travaille pour un journal. Il est _____.

Il fait très froid et il y a beaucoup de neige. La saison est _____.

Marc fait des photos. Il est _____.

Julie étudie la musique. Elle est _____.

French Stories with Marc and Julie A1-B1

Épisode 4 : La famille de Julie

Transcript: https://www.patreon.com/posts/zhong-wen-shi-95740701?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

Lily's Chinese 对话

20240215毛泽东自传节选

谁能忘记过去一路走来陪你受的伤
谁能预料未来茫茫漫长你在何方
笑容在脸上 
和你一样
大声唱
为自己鼓掌

我和你一样
一样的坚强
一样的全力以赴追逐我的梦想
哪怕会受伤
哪怕有风浪
风雨之后才会有迷人芬芳

我和你一样
一样的善良
一样为需要的人打造一个天堂
歌声是翅膀
唱出了希望
所有的付出只因爱的力量

我们都一样
一样的坚强
一样的青春焕发金黄色的光芒
哪怕会受伤
哪怕有风浪
风雨之后才会有彩色阳光

我们都一样
一样的善良
一样为需要的人打造一个天堂
歌声是翅膀
唱出了希望
所有的付出只因爱的力量
和你一样
我们都一样

Chinese songs

A Chinese song

Our main hero come to Moscow.  Text in russian 、translation in english. french and chinise is down.  Please at first listen in russian, and if you have difficulties read in your language. 
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Здра́вствуйте! Како́й хоро́ший день, не пра́вда ли?
Меня́ зову́т Анто́н. По профе́ссии я журнали́ст. 
Сего́дня мой пе́рвый день в Росси́и. 
Сейча́с я в аэропорту́. Я жду колле́гу.
Здесь в Москве́ я бу́ду рабо́тать в газе́те.
К сожале́нию, я не о́чень хорошо́ говорю́ по-ру́сски.
Поэ́тому мои́ колле́ги бу́дут мне помога́ть.
Как я рад, что я в Москве́! А где мой колле́га?
Наде́юсь, что он не забы́л обо мне́!

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Hello! What a nice day, isn’t it?
My name is Anton. My profession is a journalist.
Today is my first day in Russia.
Now, I’m at the airport. I’m waiting for a colleague.
Here in Moscow, I will work in a newspaper.
Unfortunately, I don’t speak Russian very well.
Therefore, my colleagues will help me.
How glad I am that I’m in Moscow! But where is my 
colleague? I hope he hasn’t forgotten about me.
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Salut! Quelle belle journée, n'est-ce pas?
Je m'appelle Anton. Ma profession est journaliste.
Aujourd'hui est mon premier jour en Russie.
Maintenant, je suis à l'aéroport. J'attends un collègue.
Ici à Moscou, je travaillerai dans un journal.
Malheureusement, je ne parle pas très bien le russe.
Par conséquent, mes collègues m'aideront.
Comme je suis content d'être à Moscou! Mais où est ma 
collègue? J'espère qu'il ne m'a pas oublié!

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你好！ 多么美好的一天，不是吗？
我叫安东 我的职业是记者.
今天是我在俄罗斯的第一天。
现在我在机场。 我在等同事
在莫斯科，我将在一家报社上工作。
不幸的是，我的俄语说得不太好。
因此，我的同事会帮助我。
我是多么高兴能在莫斯科！ 但我的同事呢？ 
 我希望他没有忘记我！




Easy russian for level A1 with english. french and chinise translation. 

Антон в Москве.  Anton is already in Moscow. 安东已经在莫斯科. Anton est déjà à Moscou

Southern California is experiencing its most devastating winter fires in more than four decades.

Fueled by powerful Santa Ana winds, fierce wildfires around the Los Angeles area have sent residents fleeing from their burning homes.

Santa Anas are warm, dry northeast winds that blow from the interior of Southern California toward the coast, moving in the opposite direction of the normal winds that carry moist air from the Pacific.

Thousands of firefighters have been battling multiple blazes, from the Pacific Coast to Pasadena, just north of Los Angeles, with new fires breaking out in the Hollywood Hills on the evening of January 8.

One of the fires is already the most destructive in Los Angeles history.

By early morning on January 9, more than 1,900 structures had been destroyed and over 130,000 people were under evacuation orders, with five people reported dead.

The fires have already consumed an area of about 110 square kilometers — nearly the size of the entire city of San Francisco.

Fires don't usually blaze at this time of year. But Santa Anas are happening later and later in the year, and this year's winds are much faster than usual — helping the flames spread faster once they ignite.

California had two extremely wet winters that caused lots of plants to grow, followed by a sudden drought that dried them out — which experts say has provided the perfect tinder for the flames.

AccuWeather estimated damage from the latest fires could reach $57 billion, with the weather company's Jonathan Porter saying "it may become the worst wildfire in modern California history."

Among those who have lost their homes are a number of celebrities, including actor Billy Crystal, who lost his home in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood that he had lived in for 45 years.

Another celebrity who lost his home, The Princess Bride star Cary Elwes, wrote on Instagram: "Sadly we did lose our home but we are grateful to have survived this truly devastating fire."

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Southern California Battles Devastating Winter Fires

In this episode we are going to learn 【Greeting】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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中国人怎么打招呼呢？
zhōng guó rén zěn me dǎ zhāo hū ne ？
How do Chinese people greet?
早上见面,我们说“早上好”，或者“早”。
zǎo shàng jiàn miàn , wǒ men shuō “ zǎo shàng hǎo ”， huò zhě “ zǎo ”。
When we meet in the morning, we say "good morning", or "morning".
上午9点到12点，我们说：“上午好。"
shàng wǔ jiǔ diǎn dào shí èr diǎn ， wǒ men shuō ：“ shàng wǔ hǎo 。"
From 9 am to 12 am, we say, "Good morning(before noon)."
中午12点左右，我们问：“你吃了吗？”
zhōng wǔ shí èr diǎn zuǒ yòu ， wǒ men wèn ：“ nǐ chī le ma ？”
Around 12 noon, we ask, "Have you eaten yet?"
下午12点到6点，我们说：“下午好。”
xià wǔ shí èr  diǎn dào liù diǎn ， wǒ men shuō ：“ xià wǔ hǎo 。”
From 12pm to 6pm, we say, "Good afternoon."
天黑了，我们说：“晚上好。”
tiān hēi le ， wǒ men shuō ：“ wǎn shàng hǎo 。”
It is getting dark and we say, "Good evening."
要睡觉了，我们说：“晚安。”
yào shuì jiào le ， wǒ men shuō ：“ wǎn ān 。”
Going to bed, we say, "Good night."