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Uyghurche Learning FM/ئۇيغۇرچە تىل ئۆگىنىش

Chapter 1, Exercise 16

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### 📝 내 최애가 선물을 준다고?

BTS 진은 팬들에게 간식차를 돌리고, 뉴진스는 굿즈 상자를 나눠주었습니다.

한국에선 연예인이 팬에게 선물하는 문화, ‘역조공’이 실제로 존재합니다.

이 문화는 단순한 팬서비스를 넘어서, 한국의 정서인 '정(情)'과도 깊은 관련이 있습니다.

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Basic questions in Greek

Lily:  Lucy,我每次看见我的男朋友和别的女生聊天聊得很开心，我就很吃醋。
Lucy：醋是很酸的东西呀，为什么你不开心要喝醋？
Lily:  不是，我说的吃醋是那个意思。
Lucy:  哪个意思？
Lily:  就是除了吃真的醋以外，吃醋还比喻嫉妒，多指男女关系方面。有时也称醋意、醋劲儿、醋坛子。比如说：
1：看到你对别的女生好，我就不想理你了。这一次我真的吃醋了。
2：我女朋友醋意大发，我要好好哄哄她。
3：我男朋友吃起醋来，醋劲儿挺大的。
4：我看到你们聊得那么好，我的醋坛子都被打翻了。

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Lily:  Lucy, wǒ měi cì kànjiàn wǒ de nán péngyǒu hé bié de nǚshēng liáotiān liáo de hěn kāixīn, wǒ jiù hěn chīcù.
Lucy: Cù shì hěn suān de dōngxī ya, wèishéme nǐ bù kāixīn yào hē cù?
Lily:  Búshì, wǒ shuō de chīcù shì nàgè yìsi.
Lucy:  Nǎge yìsi?
Lily:  Jiùshì chúle chī zhēn de cù yǐwài, chīcù hái bǐyù jídù, duō zhǐ nánnǚ guānxì fāngmiàn. Yǒushí yě chēng cùyì, cùjìn er, cùtánzi. Bǐrú shuō:
1: Kàn dào nǐ duì bié de nǚshēng hǎo, wǒ jiù bùxiǎng lǐ nǐle. Zhè yí cì wǒ zhēn de chīcùle. 
2: Wǒ nǚ péngyǒu cùyì dà fā, wǒ yào hǎohǎo hǒng hǒng tā.
3: Wǒ nán péngyǒu chī qǐ cù lái, cùjìn er tǐng dà de.
4: Wǒ kàn dào nǐmen liáo de nàme hǎo, wǒ de cùtánzi dōu bèi dǎ fānle.

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Lily: Lucy, I get jealous every time I see my boyfriend chatting happily with other girls.
Lucy: Vinegar is very sour, why are you unhappy to drink vinegar?
Lily: No, that's what I meant when I said jealous.
Lucy: What do you mean?
Lily: In addition to being really jealous, jealousy is also a metaphor for jealousy, mostly referring to the relationship between men and women. Sometimes it is also called醋意, 醋劲儿, and 醋坛子. For example:
1: Seeing that you are nice to other girls, I don't want to care about you anymore. This time I was really jealous. 
2: My girlfriend is jealous, I have to pamper her.
3: My boyfriend is jealous, and he is very jealous.
4: I saw that you guys were chatting so well, my vinegar jar was knocked over.【very jealous】

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第4集-【你吃醋吗？vinegar or jealous】-with Lily-趣味中文 interesting Chinese

Chinese story:
《漂亮的学校大门》
“我说不来，又叫我来，这个大门又旧又烂，我不想在这里念书！”一位女学生在大学门口大声地说。

在中国，学生很多，但是大学却不多，所以要考上一所大学不是一件容易的事。这位年轻的女学生非常努力地考上大学，难道只是希望学校有一个漂亮的大门？

大部分的学生都喜欢学校有一个漂亮的大门，当自己的爸爸、妈妈，或者朋友来参观的时候，他才会觉得有面子。

大部分中国的大学都希望有一个漂亮的大门，因为这是一个学校的形象。大学是这样，一般的中学、小学也是这样的。

有漂亮的校门是很好的事，但是如果学生只是因为学校没有漂亮的大门，就不想读大学，这就变成了一件奇怪的事。


English translation:
The beautiful school main gate

I said I don’t want to come. Why you asked me to come here? The main gate of this school is old yet rotten. I don’t want to study here.” A female student shouted in front of a university’s main entrance.
In China, students are too many. But universities are few. Getting an admission to a university is a tough work. This young female student must’ve studied very hard to gain approval for a place. Is it only for a beautiful school main gate?
Many students want their school to have a beautiful main gate. So that when their parents or friends come to visit them, they would feel proud of themselves.
In fact, most universities in mainland China definitely want to have a beautiful main gate which stands for the image of a school. Universities want that, and general high schools and elementary schools want that as well.
It is certainly a good thing to have a great-looking main gate. But if a student doesn’t want to go to a university simply depends on the outward appearance of main gate, this is really a weird thing.

Yasmine's Chinese Reading - intermediate

漂亮的学校大门 The beautiful school main gate

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Ingredients:
3 onions
3 carrots
2 potatoes
1 parsnip or turnip
3 celery sticks
250 g  mushrooms
1 ½ tbsp plain flour 
500 ml vegetable stock made with 1.5 stock cubes
1 tbsp Balsamic vinegar
1 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp tomato puree
1 tsp mixed herbs
2 dashes of Tabasco sauce
120 g frozen peas
Freshly ground pepper

Method:

Roughly chop all the vegetables (except frozen peas) and place in a large bowl.
Stir in the flour, herbs and pepper.
Tip into slow cooker.
To the stock add and mix in the Balsamic vinegar, soy sauce, tabasco sauce and tomato puree.
Pour over the vegetables.
Cook until vegetables are tender.