This episode introduces three idioms that use the word apple. Listen to the examples to hear how to use them. Please send me a message if you would like a copy of the audio script.

Idiom Corner

Apple

ɡēnɡ léi shì ɡǔ shí hòu wèi ɡuó yǒu mínɡ de shè jiàn nénɡ shǒu。  
更羸是古时候魏国有名的射箭能手。
yǒu yì tiān，ɡēnɡ léi ɡēn wèi wánɡ dào jiāo wài dǎ liè。 
有一天，更羸跟魏王到郊外打猎。
yì zhī dà yàn cónɡ yuǎn chù màn màn de fēi lái， 
一只大雁从远处慢慢地飞来，
biān fēi biān mínɡ。 
边飞边鸣。
ɡēnɡ léi zǐ xì kàn le kàn， 
更羸仔细看了看，
zhǐ zhe dà yàn duì wèi wánɡ shuō： 
指着大雁对魏王说：
“dà wánɡ，wǒ bú yònɡ jiàn， 
“大王，我不用箭，
zhǐ yào lā yí xià ɡōnɡ， 
只要拉一下弓，
zhè zhī dà yàn jiù nénɡ diào xià lái。” 
这只大雁就能掉下来。” 
wèi wánɡ bù xiānɡ xìn。 
魏王不相信。
ɡēnɡ léi shuō：“qǐnɡ rànɡ wǒ shì yí xià。” 
更羸说：“请让我试一下。”
ɡēnɡ léi bìnɡ bù qǔ jiàn， 
更羸并不取箭，
tā zuǒ shǒu ná ɡōnɡ，yòu shǒu lā xián， 
他左手拿弓，右手拉弦，
zhǐ tīnɡ dé“bēnɡ”de yì shēnɡ xiǎnɡ， 
只听得“嘣”的一声响，
nà zhī dà yàn zhǐ wǎnɡ shànɡ fēi， 
那只大雁只往上飞，
pāi le liǎnɡ xià chì bǎnɡ， 
拍了两下翅膀，
hū rán cónɡ bàn kōnɡ lǐ zhí diào xià lái。
忽然从半空里直掉下来。  
wèi wánɡ kàn le，dà chī yì jīnɡ。 
魏王看了，大吃一惊。  
ɡēnɡ léi jiě shì shuō：“zhè zhǐ niǎo fēi dé màn， 
更羸解释说：“这只鸟飞得慢，
jiào de shēnɡ yīn hěn bēi cǎn。 
叫的声音很悲惨。
fēi dé màn，yīn wéi tā shòu ɡuò jiàn shānɡ，shānɡ kǒu méi yǒu hǎo； 
飞得慢，因为它受过箭伤，伤口没有好；
jiào de bēi cǎn，yīn wéi tā lí kāi tónɡ bàn，dé bú dào bānɡ zhù。 
叫得悲惨，因为它离开同伴，得不到帮助。
tā yì tīnɡ dào xián xiǎnɡ，xīn lǐ hěn hài pà， 
它一听到弦响，心里很害怕，
jiù pīn mìnɡ wǎnɡ ɡāo chù fēi。 
就拼命往高处飞。
tā yì shǐ jìn，shānɡ kǒu yòu liè kāi le，jiù diào xià lái le。”
它一使劲，伤口又裂开了，就掉下来了。”

CHINESE STORY中文故事

惊弓之鸟

In this episode we discuss the phrase:


to ring a bell


As always, you can find the full transcript for the episode by visiting american-idiom.com


Brentoni's English Podcast

027 - to ring a bell

骄傲的雨伞

南方雨涟涟的，人的生活实在离不了雨伞。

一把撑开后没收拢的雨伞不知怎么一来就骄傲了，它对屋里的家什说：“嚯，你们说……我谁呀？老大！闲着还罢了，一旦我施展身手，哟……天就哭，太阳就躲！人呀，也得我护着！”

桌子是不大出门的，不敢说什么。衣架刚刚被雨淋得一身狼狈，也不便开口，大家都听雨伞吹。

“各位，我谁呀？老大……今后，我得‘大庇天下风雨人’了，嚯，责任重哟！”雨伞越吹越自在。 屋外的雨也越加涟涟的……

雨伞的自吹，房主人听到没有，谁也不知道。

只是，雨停后几天，房主人收到一位远在沙漠考察的朋友的来信，朋友在信中戏谑地说：“在他乡，念你……能不能寄一件礼物以解挂念呢？记住，我要的可是‘最无用的东西’哟！”

思考了一会，房主人到邮局给在沙漠考察的朋友寄了雨伞——一把骄傲的雨伞。

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童话故事--骄傲的雨伞

Un breve riassunto di ciò che è stata la nostra esperienza in minivan, attraverso il sud del Portogallo, nella regione Algarve. Spero di poter tornare presto a visitare questa regione. Buono ascolto e buon fine settimana a tutti!

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Working from home and avoiding the journey to and from the office is saving many of us at least an hour every day, according to a 2023 study.

But we're not always using that saved time for ourselves — we're actually spending a lot of that time working.

The US-based National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) did a survey that looked at how workers in 27 countries used their time when working from home.

On average, the daily time saved by working from home was found to be 72 minutes.

Workers in China saved 102 minutes per day, while in Japan it was 100 minutes, and in India it was 99.

But the study also found that, on average, 40% of that saved time was spent working — either on the worker's main job or on an additional one.

Workers in Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan said they used more than half of their saved time to work.

So what happened to the rest of that extra time?

According to the study, an average of 34% was used as leisure time — with people in Germany and Austria using almost half of their extra time for leisure.

And 11% — about eight minutes per day — was spent looking after children or other family members.

The NBER said children had gotten a better deal with parents working from home — but that the big winners were employers, who got extra work time from their employees.

