What is a Verb and where did it come from?
A verb is a word that isn't a Noun, Pronoun, or Adjective.
 Origin French/Latin 1300-1400

Simply Speaking 

Et y mology 

This is English on the Road episode 5. In this episode, we talk about the earth's five oceans: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern and Arctic. English on the Road is a podcast for English learners and the topics include geography, travel and nature. Please use this English podcast to practice your English listening. I try to speak at a slow pace and explain particularly difficult vocabulary or phrases. 

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The Global Professional Podcast

Statistics, Coaching, and Job Security - Episode 105

In this episode we are going to learn how to 【Introduce a friend】. 
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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 alreay, 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: practise until you can speak as the normal speed without looking at the text. 
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这是我的好朋友，她叫丽丽。
zhè shì wǒ de hǎo péng yǒu ， tā jiào lì lì 。
This is my good friend. Her name is Lili.
我们是小学同学，我们认识二十多年了。
wǒ men shì xiǎo xué tóng xué ， wǒ men rèn shí èr shí duō nián le 。
We were classmates in primary school. We have known each other for more than twenty years.
丽丽很漂亮，很多男生都喜欢她。
lì lì hěn piào liàng ， hěn duō nán shēng dōu xǐ huān tā 。
Lily is beautiful. Many boys like her.
丽丽也很聪明，她会说英语、日语和西班牙语。
lì lì yě hěn cōng míng ， tā huì shuō yīng yǔ 、 rì yǔ hé xī bān yá yǔ 。
Lily is also smart. She can speak English, Japanese and Spanish.
她的生日是8月26号。
tā de shēng rì shì bā yuè èrshíliù hào 。
Her birthday is on August 26th.
我们每年都一起过生日。
wǒ men měi nián dōu yì qǐ guò shēng rì 。
We celebrate birthday together every year.
我给她买了一个生日蛋糕。
wǒ gěi tā mǎi le yí gè shēng rì dàn gāo 。
I bought her a birthday cake.
祝她生日快乐。
zhù tā shēng rì kuài lè 。
Wish her Happy birthday.

Yuli's Chinese Channel

介绍朋友 Introduce a friend（for beginner）

zuò jǐnɡ ɡuān tiān 
坐井观天
qīnɡ wā zuò zài jǐnɡ li。
青蛙坐在井里。
xiǎo niǎo fēi lái le，luò zài jǐnɡ yán shɑnɡ。
小鸟飞来了，落在井沿上。
qīnɡ wā wèn xiǎo niǎo：“nǐ cónɡ nǎr lái yɑ？”
青蛙问小鸟：“你从哪儿来呀？”
xiǎo niǎo huí dá shuō：“wǒ cónɡ tiān shànɡ lái，
小鸟回答说：“我从天上来，
fēi le yì bǎi duō lǐ，kǒu kě le，
飞了一百多里，口渴了，
xià lái zhǎo diǎnr shuǐ hē。” 
下来找点儿水喝。”
qīnɡ wā shuō：“pénɡ you，bié shuō dà huà le！ 
青蛙说：“朋友，别说大话了！
tiān bú ɡuò jǐnɡ kǒu nà me dà， 
天不过井口那么大，
hái yònɡ fēi nà me yuǎn mɑ？” 
还用飞那么远吗？”
xiǎo niǎo shuō：“nǐ nònɡ cuò le。 
小鸟说：“你弄错了。
tiān wú biān wú jì，dà dé hěn na！”
天无边无际，大得很哪！”
qīnɡ wā xiào le，shuō： 
青蛙笑了，说：
“pénɡ you，wǒ tiān tiān zuò zài jǐnɡ li， 
“朋友，我天天坐在井里，
yì tái tóu jiù nénɡ kàn jiàn tiān。 
一抬头就能看见天。
wǒ bú huì nònɡ cuò de。”
我不会弄错的。”
xiǎo niǎo yě xiào le，shuō： 
小鸟也笑了，说：
“pénɡ you，nǐ shì nònɡ cuò le。 
“朋友，你是弄错了。
bú xìn，nǐ tiào chū jǐnɡ lái kàn yí kàn bɑ。”
不信，你跳出井来看一看吧。”

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