Здравствуйте, дорогие слушатели!  Я хочу поделиться с вами маленькой историей, которую написал  русский писатель Лев Толстой.  Это басня о Льве и мыши и, на первый взгляд, между ними нет ничего общего. Но… как часто в жизни маленькие поступки могут менять большие судьбы!

«Stories & Mind»

Лев и мышь

Questo episodio di Italiano Chiaro ci porta nel cuore dell'automobilismo, esplorando la Ferrari, simbolo dell'eccellenza italiana. Dalla fondazione da Enzo Ferrari nel 1947, alla creazione di vetture leggendarie e le vittorie dei piloti iconici, tracciamo l'evoluzione di questo marchio globale. 

Italiano Chiaro - Cultura e Tradizioni 

La Ferrari

こんにちは！さゆりです。
今回のトピックは「いちご大福（だいふく）」です。
いつも聞いてくださってありがとうございます♡

Hi, i'm Sayuri!
Today's topic is "strawberry daifuku".
Thank you for listening to my podcast♡


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いちご大福（だいふく）

What is Doppiaggio? And what is Doppiaggese? Why are Hollywood movies always late to arrive to Italian cinemas? 
Are there positive sides of the Fascism repression? 
What grants the success of a Hollywood movie in Italy more - the movie itself or its dubbed version? 
Have a listen and let's find out together!


Language Tales

Impact of Fascism on Italian language


   a. Beat around the bush - To avoid addressing an issue directly.
      Example: "Stop beating around the bush and tell me what you really think."
   b. By the book - Following the rules and procedures precisely.
      Example: "The project must be done by the book to meet all the regulations."
   c. Lost in translation - Misunderstood or not effectively conveyed when translated from one language to another.
      Example: "The humor in the movie was lost in translation when it was dubbed into another language."
   d. Keep someone posted - To provide updated information to someone.
      Example: "Please keep me posted on any updates regarding the project."
   e. Break the ice - To initiate or start a conversation or social interaction.
      Example: "He told a joke to break the ice at the party."


IELTS Podcast 雅思博客

 Communication idioms

A：生日快乐！这是我送给你的！
B：是什么？是一本书吗？
A：对，这本书是我写的。
B：太谢谢你了！


日常对话 daily conversation

在教室

Here are five simple expressions to say "I don't understand" in Chinese, 
* 我不知道。 (wǒ bú zhī dào.) (I don't know.)
* 我不明白。 (wǒ bú míng bai.) (I don't understand.)
* 我搞不清楚。 (wǒ gǎo bù qīng chǔ.) (I don't understand.)
* 我不会。 (wǒ bú huì.) (I don't know how.)
* 我不懂。 (wǒ bú dǒng.) (I don't understand.)

Here are examples of them used in a sentence:
1. 我不知道 (wǒ bú zhī dào) - I don't know Example: 我不知道你在说什么。 (wǒ bú zhī dào nǐ zài shuō shén me.) (I don't know what you're saying.) 
2. 我不明白 (wǒ bù míng bai) - I don't understand Example: 我不明白这道题怎么做。 (wǒ bù míng bai zhè dào tí zěn me zuò.) (I don't understand how to do this problem.) 
3. 我搞不清楚 (wǒ gǎo bù qīng chǔ) - I don't understandExample: 我搞不清楚这个词的意思。 (wǒ gǎo bù qīng chǔ zhè gè cí de yì si.) (I don't understand the meaning of this word.) 
4. 我不会 (wǒ bú huì) - I don't know how Example: 我不会用这个软件。 (wǒ bú huì yòng zhè gè ruǎn jiàn.) (I don't know how to use this software.) 
5. 我不懂 (wǒ bú dǒng) - I don't understand Example: 我不懂你在讲什么。 (wǒ bú dǒng nǐ zài jiǎng shén me.) (I don't understand what you're talking about.)
 


Five Ways to Say XXX in Chinese

5 ways to say "I don't understand" in Chinese

Crowds of people queued up at Australia's Royal Sydney Botanic Garden on January 23, with some people waiting as long as three hours.

And for what?

A very smelly flower.

The titan arum, known as the "corpse flower," is a tall, pointed plant that releases an unpleasant smell when it blooms. The smell has been likened to things like decaying flesh, gym socks or rotting garbage.

The endangered plant is only found in the Sumatran rainforests in Indonesia, where there are thought to be fewer than 300 of them. It only blooms every 7 to 10 years in its natural habitat.

"The fact that they open very rarely, so they flower rarely, is obviously something that puts them at a little bit of a disadvantage in the wild," said Sophie Daniel from the Royal Sydney Botanic Garden. "When they open, they have to hope that another flower is open nearby, because they can't self-pollinate."

The flower at the botanic garden is the first to bloom there in 15 years, and she's been named Putricia — a combination of "putrid" and "Patricia" — by her fans.

Putricia's online fandom grew quickly and globally. A 24/7 live stream established by the botanic garden drew close to a million views in under a week, and people on social media planned to hurry to the garden as the plant opened. In just 24 hours, Putricia's bloom — and her stench — would be gone.

As she opened, the plant heated to 37 degrees Celsius to better spread her scent. In the wild, the smell tricks pollinators into landing on what they think is rotten meat and spreading pollen between flowers.

Up to 20,000 people filed past for a moment in her pungent presence, leaning in for a sniff or taking selfies.

It was difficult to say why the flower attracted such a following — but perhaps the answer lay in the "reverence" viewers felt in the presence of "such an amazing living being," Daniel said.




Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Crowds Gather in Sydney for Smelly Flower

Weird and Wonderful Idioms (with transcript)

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