Reading of the short story "A Beleza Total" ("The Total Beauty") by the Brazilian modernist writer and poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade. 

In this episode, we work on textual interpretation and vocabulary, with the indication of tenses for some of the verbs contained in the text.

Practice your listening and (why not) your reading as well by grabbing a copy of this modernist text (easily found on Google) while listening to this special episode.

Verb tenses mentioned in the vocabulary section: 

* Pretérito Perfeito
* Pretérito Imperfeito
* Pretérito-mais-que-perfeito

Target audience: Portuguese Students from B1 Level 
Length: ~6 minutes

Music used in the podcast
Song: Brazilian Sunsets, by Ketsa
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Braziliant

Reading "A Beleza Total", by Carlos Drummond de Andrade

Zhōnɡɡuó cài hǎo chī mɑ?   
A：中国        菜   好   吃 吗？
    Zhōnɡɡuó cài hěn hǎo chī. 
B：中国        菜    很   好  吃。
    Nǐ huì zuò Zhōnɡɡuó cài mɑ?
A：你  会   做    中国      菜   吗？
    Wǒ bú huì zuò.
B：我  不  会   做。


日常对话 daily conversation

在厨房

Esta expresión es fácil de aprender y de aplicar en muchos contextos porque su significado es un adverbio con un significado bastante universal. 

Expresiones en español

En un abrir y cerrar de ojos

There are many reasons and there are 3 I will be discussing in the episide. Let me know what you think by sending me a message so we can discuss it further!

The Habits of Professionals Growing Into Strong, Confident English Communicators

Episode 2: What cause you to feel dissatisfied and unconfident about your spoken English?

Learn how to pronounce the French 'A' correctly. This episode guides you step by step with examples and tips for beginners.

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Transcription:

Bonjour ! 
Aujourd’hui, nous allons apprendre le son A en français. C’est un son très simple et clair. Vous le connaissez peut-être déjà dans d’autres langues. Écoutons quelques exemples pour commencer.

Le son A dans d’autres langues
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En espagnol : casa 
En italien : amico 
En japonais : karaoke 

Écoutez bien : le A est ouvert et clair, exactement comme en français.

Le son A dans des mots français simples
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Répétons ensemble quelques mots très utilisés :

chat
salade
banane
café
table
ami

Ouvrez bien la bouche et laissez le son sortir clairement. Répétez lentement, puis un peu plus vite.

Mini exercice 
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Maintenant, nous allons pratiquer le A avec des phrases simples, logiques et contenant beaucoup de A. Répétez après moi :

La banane et la salade sont sur la table.
Papa a acheté une grande banane.
La table du café est marron.
Anna regarde le chat avec un ami.
Marie a parlé à sa fille.

Répétez chaque phrase plusieurs fois. Concentrez-vous sur le son A dans chaque mot.

Conclusion 
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Voilà ! Aujourd’hui, vous avez pratiqué le son A en français. Vous l’avez entendu dans d’autres langues, dans des mots français simples, et dans des phrases avec beaucoup de A. Continuez à répéter ces mots et phrases tous les jours pour améliorer votre prononciation.

French pronounciation

How to Say ‘A’ in French

In this episode of the Streetwise English Podcast, I talk about the parable of the blind men and the elephant. 盲人摸象
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SWE 136 Parable of the Blind Men and the Elephant 盲人摸象 

日本語の先生のTinaです！
今日は、「猫舌（ねこじた）」という言葉を紹介します。

レッスンの予約もお待ちしています♪
いっしょに、日本語の勉強をがんばりましょ〜！

Tina Japa Go!

Episode 33. 猫舌（ねこじた）

我今天看见你和一个女的进了咖啡店。

HSK 3-6 Text Audios

HSK 3 Lesson 13 Text 2

Disc Golf 
Transcript by italki teacher Carl.
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Welcome back to another episode of Streetwise English. I'm your host, Carl. Today I want to talk to you about a new sport. This sport is growing, and it is very similar to golf. However, this is disc golf. So disc golf is like golf, except for you use a disc and instead of holes there are baskets and you will see the baskets with these chains hanging down and with a kind of a bucket thing.

And you throw the disc or the Frisbee into the chains. And then that counts  like putting the ball into a hole in golf. So the sport is great because there are a lot of free courses that you can play disc golf or Frisbee golf in. And just like golf, there are usually nine or 18 holes or baskets.

And the goal is to throw the disc, the Frisbee into the basket with as few throws as possible. So, for example, like in golf, you might have a course that is like par, par three. It takes three shots to get it into the hole So the same thing with disc golf, you have a par three course or par four.

So you're trying to get the disc into the basket in three throws or less. Now, some of the challenges with the disc golf courses are trees or obstacles. So sometimes the course will have a tree in the way and you'll have to throw the disc in a way that the disc curves around and goes around the tree so that you can get a clear look at the basket. Another interesting thing is that the discs are made of plastic according to Wikipedia.

Here it says that the discs are made of polypropylene, which is a thermoplastic polymer resin. So it's a very dense plastic And they're smaller in size than a Frisbee that you think of. Like from when I was a kid, I remember the Frisbees were quite large. But these Frisbees are small and there are different Frisbees for different throws.
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