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Привет!

В этом выпуске подкаста мы поговорим о разных способах выражения согласия в русском языке.

Приятного прослушивания!

Speak fluent Russian A1-A2

Выпуск 41. Как выразить согласие? / Different ways of expressing agreement in Russian

When we talk about Lionel Messi, it's easy to talk about numbers. He has been named the best men's player in the world eight times. He has won one World Cup, four European Champions League trophies and an Olympic gold medal.

He has scored more than 800 goals for his clubs and his country.

But these numbers only tell some of the story. It's also his balance, the way he moves his feet, slides the ball through another player's legs and finds space on the field.

Soccer is often called "the beautiful game," and for many people, no one has ever played it quite as beautifully as Messi.

His story began in Rosario, Argentina, where he was born in 1987. There, when he was a child, he played for a club called Newell's Old Boys.

Clubs around the world soon heard about the young star in South America, and aged 13 he moved with his family to Spain, where he joined FC Barcelona's junior team.

By the age of 16, he was already playing for the club's adult team. Goals, then trophies, came quickly, and he never looked back.

He was soon a global star, and one of the world's highest paid sportspeople.

Messi left Barcelona in 2021, having scored more goals for the club than anyone else. He joined Paris Saint-Germain, and then, two years later, Inter Miami in the US.

In 2022, he was Argentina's captain and the star player in his country's World Cup win. Messi, at just 170 centimeters tall, had become a giant of the sport.




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A Giant of the Sport: The Lionel Messi Story

Il s'agit du début de la nouvelle de Marie le Vaillant, tiré d'un recueil, fait à titre bénévole. Tous es bénéfices sont reversés à une association qui lutte contre les maladies lysosomales, Clem'action et VML.  Découvrez la ! N'hésitez pas à me demander le lien pour obtenir le texte complet de la nouvelle sur le site de Sudarènes édition !

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Vies mises en lumières -1

"I want to learn English."  This is the wrong goal!

Some people say that choosing the wrong goals can lead to self-sabotage.

When it comes to learning English (as it's the wrong goal in 90% of cases for my adult achievers), it leads to: A) lack of confidence (at some point in speaking); B) continuous self-doubt (on various levels). C) Never really experiencing delight and self-satisfaction about your progress.

Can you relate to any of the things I wrote above? Almost certainly, you can; some can confirm all three aspects.

Please listen to my words of love and care in this deep 10-minute heart-to-heart podcast from me to you as a gift to learn to finally choose the right goal for you and therefore to choose the right steps to follow to achieve this goal.

To have freedom, confidence, excitement, and the progress you'll be making from listening to this podcast onwards!!!

Much love and care,
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Anatoly

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"I want to learn English" - This is the wrong goal!

ドイツの田舎では庭に鳥小屋を置いている家をよく見かけます。
これは鳥を飼うためのものではなく、野生の鳥にえさをあげるためのものです。
私の家の大家さんもいつもひまわりの種を鳥小屋の中に置いています。
時々そこにえさを食べに来ている鳥を見ることができます。
私の家の庭には大きな木があり、窓から木に止まっている鳥を見ることができます。
先週、ドイツの家の庭で見ることができる鳥の種類を描いたポスターを買いました。私はドイツに来るまで野生の鳥にあまり興味がありませんでした。でも今はこのポスターを見ながら、「今日はこれを見たよ」とか「この種類はまだ見たことがないね」とパートナーと言って楽しんでいます。

日本で鳥といえば、カラスやハトですよね。カラスはゴミをあさったり、ハトはベランダにふんをしたりするので私は正直嫌いでした。
皆さんは鳥を見るのが好きですか？

田舎：いなか　countryside
庭：にわ　garden
鳥小屋：とりごや　bird house 
野生の：やせいの　wild
気軽に：きがるに　easily, casually
大家さん：おおやさん　landlord
ひまわり：sunflower
種：たね　seeds
窓：まど　window
種類：しゅるい　kind
カラス：crow
はと：pigeon
ゴミをあさる:　scavenge through garbage
ふんをする：take a poop
正直：しょうじき　honestly

Nihongo Short Story by Noriko

鳥を見るのは好きですか？(Do you like bird watching?)

In this episode we will talk about 【Chinese wine culture】, you will learn how to say 【brew beer,propose a toast】 ect.
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It is recommended that you study in the following ways:
1st time: listen without looking at the text.
2nd time: look at the text and write down the new words, later look up the dictionary. 
3rd time: listen again without looking at the text.
4th time: repeat after it without looking at the text.
大家好，我是Yuli。欢迎收听我的播客。
今天想和大家聊一聊【中国的酒文化】。
中国的酒文化博大精深。一壶美酒从千百年前传承到现在，酒已经成了生活中必不可少的饮品。酒的酿造,在我国有着相当悠久的历史。三四千年前，勤劳的祖先就发明了酿酒技术。
在古代，主人和宾客一起饮酒时，要相互跪拜。晚辈在长辈面前饮酒，通常要先行跪拜礼，然后坐入次席。长辈让晚辈饮酒，晚辈才可举杯；长辈酒杯中的酒尚未饮完，晚辈也不能先饮尽。
到了现代则没有那么复杂，一般是由主人说一些祝酒词；由晚辈倒酒以示尊敬；敬酒时要按顺序来，不能这一个那一个。
细数整个历史，中国的文学艺术家和酒有着很大的缘分。李白是唐代伟大的浪漫主义诗人。他每逢作诗作词必定要酒相伴,不喝就写不出来，越喝写诗词越顺畅，诗词越美。
与酒有关的诗句也有很多。例如“酒逢知己千杯少”，意思是指酒桌上遇到知己，喝一千杯酒都还嫌少。形容性情相投的人聚在一起总不厌倦。还有“何以解忧，唯有杜康”，意思是：有什么可以排解我的忧愁，那就只有美酒了。（相传酒是杜康发明的，所以常常会用杜康这个人名来指代美酒）。还有一句“醉翁之意不在酒”，比喻一个人做一件事的本意不在此，而在别的方面。
你们国家的酒文化是什么样的？留言告诉我吧。我们下期见。
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博大精深 	bó dà jīng shēn	broad and profound
传承	chuán chéng	inherit
酿造	niàng zào	brew (beer, etc.)
悠久	yōu jiǔ	long (history)
行跪拜礼	xíng guì bài lǐ	Curtsey of kneeling down
次席	cì xí	second seat
祝酒词	zhù jiǔ cí	toast
敬酒	jìng jiǔ	propose a toast
细数	xì shǔ	to run through
浪漫主义	làng màn zhǔ yì	romanticism
每逢	měi féng	whenever
顺畅	shùn chàng	smooth
性情相投	xìng qíng xiāng tóu	congenial
厌倦	yàn juàn	tired of
排解忧愁	pái jiě yōu chóu	eliminate sorrow

Yuli's Chinese Channel

中国酒文化 Chinese wine culture （Intermediate and advanced level）

[ — Audio description, listen and read along for greater understanding. — ]

— Olá! Que dia bonito hoje, não é?
— Olá! Sim, está um dia ensolarado e quente.
— Verdade, parece que o verão está chegando.
— Com certeza! Eu gosto do calor, e você?
— Também gosto, mas às vezes prefiro o clima mais ameno da primavera.
— Entendo. E você costuma fazer atividades ao ar livre?
— Sim, gosto de passear no parque e fazer caminhadas. E você?
— Eu gosto de praticar esportes ao ar livre, como jogar futebol.