Modern Chinese(時代華語)B1- Reading(短文)

Master the soft, unstressed “A” in English! This episode focuses on the schwa /ə/, the most common vowel in unstressed syllables. Through guided practice, you’ll learn to hear and produce the middle, initial, and final A schwa in words like banana, alone, and sofa. Contrast stressed vs. unstressed A, refine your ear, and practice naturally flowing English pronunciation with simple, repeat-after-me exercises.
Transcript: 
Middle Schwa: Banana, Family, Animal, Company, Chocolate, elephant , celebrate, personal, president, different, support, cinema.  
Initial Schwa: about - again - ago - around - awake - allow - alone - adapt - ahead - across - attend - attempt - amount - agree - apart - assist - achieve 
 Apple (/æ/) – about (/ə/)
 Agent (/eɪ/) – alone (/ə/)
 Army (/ɑː/) – again (/ə/)
 Actor (/æ/) – around (/ə/)
 Able (/eɪ/) – ago (/ə/)    
Final Schwa: sofa - comma -pizza - idea - agenda - extra - drama - algebra - camera - tuna - banana - umbrella - formula - opera


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İngilizçe - selamlar

House

前两天，和学生上课时，讨论起来如果城市是一个人，那么你对这个人的印象是什么样的。聊得非常开心，希望大家和我们一起讨论。
The other day, when I had class with my student, we talked about if we consider a city as a person, what would be the image of your city? We had a very interesting conversation. And I sincerely invite you to join our discussion. 

她说广州像一个小商贩，每天起早贪黑忙忙碌碌。但是他的生意总是做不了很大，一直是马马虎虎的样子。
She said Guangzhou is like a small trader. Working from dawn to dusk, hustling and bustling. But his business is always a small business, hard to expand. 
 
而一海之隔的香港却是个非常成功的生意人，西装革履，派头十足。值得广州好好学习。
Otherwise, Hong Kong which is in the Ocean apart is a very successful businessman. Wear fancy suits, and be very flamboyant. It’s a very good example for Guangzhou.

Crystal Gao's Chinese Language Journey

6. 我在广州生活了5年了／I ‘ve lived in Guangzhou for 5 years. 

Is it hard to learn Cantonese?  Not really! In my opinion, saying in correct Cantonese tones is the most important thing. 
Follow me, take it easty to learn about tones of Cantonese. (HK Jyutping) 

 si1       si2           si3       si4        si5            si6
 诗         史            试        时          市            事
 poem   history   try     time     market    matter
  
ji1        ji2       ji3         ji4          ji5             ji6  
 姨       椅        意          移         已              易
aunt   chair   mean   move   already     easy

 fu1            fu2       fu3        fu4            fu5            fu6
 夫              虎          富         扶               妇              父
husband   tiger     rich     support     woman    father

Remember, just practise it like singing a song , you will say them smothly  :)


Easy  Cantonese 

Take easy to learn about tones of Cantonese  (1)

zhè shì yī gè tǔ dòu 。
这 是 一 个 土 豆 。
This is a potato.
zhè ge tǔ dòu shì zōng sè 。
这 个 土 豆 是 棕 色 。
This potato is brown.
zhè ge tǔ dòu shì tuǒ yuán xíng 。
这 个 土 豆 是 椭 圆 形 。
This potato is oval-shaped.
wǒ men kě yòng tǔ dòu zuò shǔ tiáo 。
我 们 可 用 土 豆 做 薯 条 。
We can use potatoes to make French fries.
wǒ men xǐ huan chī tǔ dòu 。
我 们 喜 欢 吃 土 豆 。
We like eating potatoes.

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Disturb	打扰	dǎrǎo
Diverge	发散	fāsàn
Divide	划分	huàfēn
Divorce	离婚	líhūn
Divulge	透露	tòulù
