Arabic lovers :) 

Dhu al-Hijjah (the first ten days)

”夜猫子“
Are you a night owl? Let's talk about sleep in this episode.

Shay的中文小课堂

Idioms and Slangs Episode3-夜貓子

Oi gente, aqui é Aneleh, sua tutora de português favorita. No podcast de hoje falaremos sobre algumas gírias cariocas. Se você é iniciante e está se sentindo perdido, pode pular direto para a parte em que explico tudo isso em inglês em dois minutos e vinte segundos. (If you are a beginner and feel lost, you can skip straight to the part where I explain all this in English at two minutes and twenty seconds). 
Se você quiser acompanhar o script do podcast é só clicar nesse link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aelsJ2SO9QA_DI0fnhR39OJlkahJwV8mvS1AI3-mwR4/edit?usp=sharing
Vamos lá?

Portuguese Drops 

Gírias (slangs) 

友達（ともだち）のゆうこを紹介（しょうかい）いたします。
Let me introduce my friend, Yuko.

私（わたし）の同僚（どうりょう）です。
She is a colleague of mine.

こちらはクラスメイトのりんです。
This is my classmate, Rin.



Cheerful life

友達を紹介しよう。

The Paralympic Games are starting in Paris! So today I have a couple of pieces of vocabulary for you that come from sport and we can use at work. We have three idioms today, all involving balls. These are "get the ball rolling", "drop the ball", and "keep your eye on the ball". I hope you find them useful

DAILY Business English VOCABULARY builder

Please don't drop the ball!

"The Mouse and the Snake" is a short story by David Sedaris that explores themes of fear, vulnerability, and the unexpected connections between strangers. In the story, Sedaris recounts an incident from his childhood when he found a dead mouse in his family's pool. Initially repulsed, he decides to dispose of it by throwing it over the fence into a neighbor's yard. However, when he goes to retrieve it later, he discovers that a snake has coiled itself around the mouse, preparing to eat it.

Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk and other stories from David Sedaris ( Adult 18+) 

The Mouse and the Snake 

We all have colleagues who like to speak their minds. Perhaps we could even call these people aggressive or harsh. However, there are definitely other pieces of vocabulary we could use here. Today we're looking at the word "direct", "to speak one's mind", and "to sugar coat" something.

This is terrible work. I can't believe you did this!

In this episode we are going to learn how to 【Ask questions】. Don't forget to put your answers in comment. 
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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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你叫什么名字？
nǐ jiào shén me míng zì ？
What's your name?
你是哪国人？
nǐ shì nǎ guó rén ？
What nationality are you?
你多大了？
nǐ duō dà le ？
How old are you?
你在哪儿上班？
nǐ zài nǎ ér shàng bān ？
Where do you work?
你做什么工作？
nǐ zuò shén me gōng zuò ？
What job do you do?
你家有几口人？
nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén ？
How many people are there in your family?
你的中文怎么样？
nǐ de zhōng wén zěn me yàng ？
How is your Chinese?
你的名字怎么写？
nǐ de míng zì zěn me xiě ？
How do you write your name?
你会写汉字吗？
nǐ huì xiě hàn zì ma ？
Can you write Chinese characters?
星期六你想做什么？
xīng qī liù nǐ xiǎng zuò shén me ？
What do you want to do on Saturday?
一杯可乐多少钱？
yì bēi kě lè duō shǎo qián ？
How much is a cup of coke?
你几点起床？
nǐ jǐ diǎn qǐ chuáng ？
What time do you get up?
你什么时候学中文？
nǐ shén me shí hòu xué zhōng wén ？
When do you study Chinese?
今天几月几号？
jīn tiān jǐ yuè jǐ hào ？
What date is it today？
他们是谁？
tā men shì shéi ？
Who are they?

Yuli's Chinese Channel

问问题 To ask questions（for beginner）

In this episode we are going to learn 【Hobby 】in Chinese. 
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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 already, 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: practice until you can speak as the normal speed without looking at the text. 
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我有很多爱好。
wǒ yǒu hěn duō ài hào 。
I have many hobbies.
我喜欢做饭、看书和运动。
wǒ xǐ huān zuò fàn 、 kàn shū hé yùn dòng 。
I like to cook, read books and play sports.
我喜欢的运动很多，做瑜伽、徒步、爬山等。
wǒ xǐ huān de yùn dòng hěn duō ， zuò yú jiā 、 tú bù 、 pá shān děng 。
I like a lot of sports, doing yoga, hiking, climbing, etc.
我还喜欢和朋友去野餐和露营。
wǒ hái xǐ huān hé péng yǒu qù yě cān hé lù yíng 。
I also like to go picnicking and camping with my friends.
我喜欢听音乐，但是我不会唱歌，也不会乐器。
wǒ xǐ huān tīng yīn yuè ， dàn shì wǒ bú huì chàng gē ， yě bú huì yuè qì 。
I like to listen to music, but I can't sing or play an instrument.
我也喜欢看电影、电视剧和综艺节目。
wǒ yě xǐ huān kàn diàn yǐng 、 diàn shì jù hé zōng yì jié mù 。
I also like to watch movies, TV dramas and variety shows.
我最喜欢的是喜剧。
wǒ zuì xǐ huān de shì xǐ jù 。
My favorite is comedy.
你有什么爱好呢？
nǐ yǒu shén me ài hào ne ？
What are your hobbies?