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English with Hamed

Learn English with Real News: California Wildfire Explained

La seconda puntata di questa serie di podcast sulle città italiane è dedicata a Milano. Meta di molti turisti ogni anno, è una città moderna ma anche ricca di quartieri storici che ve ne faranno innamorare.

Level: Intermediate
Source and transcription: https://www.italia.it/it/milano


🗺   CITTÀ ITALIANE #QuickItalianWithMara

⛪️  MILANO

最近在中国很多人“三阳”了，也有一些人是“二阳”，那“一阳”、“二阳”、“三阳”的数字是什么意思呢？让我来给大家解读一下吧~

Chinese Learning with Lily

关于“一阳”、“二阳”、“三阳”的数字

Immerse yourself in the beauty of language through literature and poetry. By reading stories and verses, you unlock cultural insights, expand vocabulary, and develop a deep emotional connection to the language. Use tools like annotation, contextual vocabulary learning, and creative exercises like writing your own poetry to make language learning enriching and enjoyable. Remember, every story you read and every poem you recite is a step closer to fluency.

💃🏻111 Tips for Learning a Language 

Tip 62 : How to learn a language through Literature and Poetry 

Jag pratar om Skandinaviens alkoholkultur och erfarenheter jag haft med alkohol och Sverige. Jag pratar om dokumentären "Jävla Pappa" som sänds på svt nu. 

Niklas, en deprimerad ung man, och hans alkoholiserade far, Leif, står vilsna inför livet och sin relation. De gör som män alltid gör när de inte kan prata om sina känslor. De försöker bygga något. Ganska snart går det åt helvete, både med relationen och den husbil de försöker bygga, och de tvingas konfrontera sina känslor. Niklas skildrar en komplicerad familjerelation med både ömhet och humor.

Jag rekommenderar att ni tittar på den:
https://www.svtplay.se/video/eb7Mkro/javla-pappa

Tankar på svenska

Tankar På Svenska : Skandinavisk alkoholkultur

In this episode we will talk about 【Fate and choice】, you will learn how to say 【mental internal friction,blame fate or other people】 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【命运和选择】的话题。
这两天，一个名为《回村三天，二舅治好了我的精神内耗》的视频在网上火了起来。两天的时间，1900多万的播放量、12万条评论、300多万的点赞和投币、100多万的收藏和转发。视频讲述了生活在农村的二舅平凡又有力量的一生，感动了很多人。二舅小学和初中都是全校第一，因为发烧后医生的错误治疗导致一辈子残疾。但是二舅并没有怨天尤人，他辛勤地做木工活赚钱，不仅领养了一个小女孩，还照顾着八十多岁的老母亲。除此之外，他还免费帮村里的邻居修各种电器。如果不是因为那次意外，二舅的人生会是完全不一样的结局。但是二舅从来没有这样想过，他的人生拿到了一副烂牌，但是他把这副烂牌打得很精彩。
作者说自己是个四肢健全、上过大学的人，又生在一个充满机遇的时代，他理应度过一个比二舅更为饱满的人生，而不应该因为一些暂时的小困难而陷入精神内耗。我想这也是很多人看了这个视频后很触动的原因，我们在二舅身上看到了勇气和对生活的热爱。
如果你是二舅，你会做什么样的选择呢？留言告诉我吧。我们下期见。
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精神内耗	/	jīng shén nèi hào	/	mental internal friction
播放量	/	bō fàng liàng	/	view counts
评论	/	píng lùn	/	comment
点赞	/	diǎn zàn	/	give a like
投币	/	tóu bì	/	give the coin
收藏	/	shōu cáng	/	add to favorites
转发	/	zhuǎn fā	/	repost/retweet
残疾	/	cán jí	/	disabled
怨天尤人	/	yuàn tiān yóu rén	/	blame fate or other people
领养	/	lǐng yǎng	/	adopt
一副烂牌	/	yí fù làn pái	/	be/get dealt a bad hand
四肢健全	/	sì zhī jiàn quán	/	able-bodied
饱满	/	bǎo mǎn	/	full,meaningful
触动	/	chù dòng	/	touch (people's feeling)


Yuli's Chinese Channel

命运和选择 Fate and choice（Advanced level）

What are the difference and how can we use these techniques to engage Art of Persuasion in any area of our lives..

Lets go!

Baffling Lingo

Arguments Discussion Debating 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/13I0RCIzWMA_Uw-hmlf3UwlYS7vXvRQo-/view?usp=drivesdk