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Palavras-chave:
Cumprimentos
Cumprimentar
Tudo bem?
Como está?

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久しぶり：ひさしぶり　long time no see
引っ越す：ひっこす　move to 
中心：ちゅうしん　center
公用語：こうようご　official language
うれしい：glad
簡単に：かんたんに　easily
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みなさん、お久しぶりです。こんにちは。


私は去年ドイツからベルギーのブリュッセルに引っ越しました。ベルギーはヨーロッパの中心にあり、とても小さい国ですが公用語が３つあります。ドイツ語とフランス語とオランダ語です。ブリュッセルにはフランス語を話す人が多いです。英語を話せる人もたくさんいます。そして、ブリュッセルには日本人がたくさんいるので、日本の食べ物を簡単に買うことができます。これは私にとってうれしいことです。もう一つブリュッセルに住んでいてうれしいことはパンやケーキがとてもおいしいことです。ドイツのパンやケーキも好きですが、わたしはベルギーのパンやケーキのほうがもっと好きです。皆さんはブリュッセルに来たことがありますか？よかったら私のレッスンに来てブリュッセルについて教えてください。ではまた次のエピソードでお会いしましょう。さようなら。


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ブリュッセルに引っ越しました（I moved to Brussels）

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„ö“ ist besonders wichtig, wenn man zwischen Indikativ und Konjunktiv II wechseln möchte. Vor allem beim Verb: konnten - könnten

Die richtige Aussprache klingt im Englishen eigentlich wie das Wort Vogel „bird“. Man könnte das Wort auch wie  „börd“ aussprechen. 

Viel Spaß beim Hören, Erkennen und Mitmachen:

Lena öffnete fröhlich die große Holztröte. „Können wir morgen über die Brücke stöbern?“, tönte es plötzlich. Überrascht schob Lena die blöde Tröte zurück ins Körbchen. Ihr Löwe, der flauschige Stofflöwe, nickte. „Natürlich, Löwi! Aber vorher müssen wir flöten üben.“ Lena stöpselte den roten Kopfhörer an und drückte auf „Play“. Flötentöne flossen fröhlich durchs Zimmer. „Höchst motivierend!“, dachte Löwi, rollte sich zusammen und döste ein. Lena, glücklich über Löwis Geduld, spielte weiter. Doch plötzlich ertönte ein lauter Knall – das Stöpselgerät explodierte! „Blöd gelaufen!“, murrte sie, zog die Decke über Löwi und schlief ebenfalls ein.

Aussprachehilfe 

ö - Umlaut

第五天，还是羊的事，把小王子的生活秘密向我揭开了。
On the fifth day again, as always, it was thanks to the sheep–the secret of the little prince's life was revealed to me.
好像默默地思索了很长时间以后，得出了什么结果一样，他突然没头没脑地问我：
Abruptly, without anything to lead up to it, and as if the question had been born of long and silent meditation on his problem, he demanded:
羊，要是吃小灌木，它也要吃花罗？
A sheep–if it eats little bushes, does it eat flowers, too?
“它碰到什么就吃什么”，我说。
"A sheep," I answered, "eats anything it finds in its reach."
连有刺的花也吃吗？
Even flowers that have thorns?
有刺的也吃！
Yes, even flowers that have thorns.
那么刺有什么用呢？
Then the thorns–what use are they?
我不知道该怎么回答。
I did not know.
那会儿我正忙着要从发动机上卸下一颗拧得太紧的螺丝。

At that moment, I was very busy trying to unscrew a bolt that had got stuck in my engine.
心里很着急，我发现机器故障似乎很严重，
I was very much worried, for it was becoming clear to me that the breakdown of my plane was extremely serious.
饮水也快完了，担心可能发生最坏的情况，
And I had so little drinking-water left that I had to fear for the worst.
那么刺有什么用呢？
The thorns–what use are they?
小王子一旦提出了问题，从来不会放过。
这个该死的螺丝使我很恼火，
我于是就随便回答了他一句：“刺么，什么用都没有，这纯粹是花的恶劣表现。”
And I answered with the first thing that came into my head: "The thorns are of no use at all. Flowers have thorns just for spite!"
噢！
Oh!
可是他沉默了一会儿之后，
There was a moment of complete silence.
怀着不满的心情冲我说：“我不信！”
Then the little prince flashed back at me, with a kind of resentfulness: "I don't believe you!"
花是弱小的、淳朴的，它们总是设法保护自己，
Flowers are weak creatures. They are naive. They reassure themselves as best they can.
以为有了刺就可以显出自己的厉害。
They believe that their thorns are terrible weapons.
我默不作声。
I did not answer.
我当时想的，“如果这个螺丝再和我作对，我就一锤子敲掉它。”
At that instant I was saying to myself: "If this bolt still won't turn, I am going to knock it out with the hammer."
小王子又来打搅我的思绪了。
Again the little prince disturbed my thoughts.
你却认为花…
“嗷，不，”我哭着说，“算了吧，算了吧！我什么也不认为！”
我是随便回答你的。
I answered you with the first thing that came into my head.
我可有正经事要做。
Don't you see–I am very busy with matters of consequence!

小王子-The Little Prince-Read in Chinese

小王子第15章：螺丝的烦恼

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