The difference between China and foreign countries

Beginner Chinese Listening

Beginner Chinese Listening：中外的不同  The difference between China and foreign countries

In this episode we will learn Gender in Hindi.

Daily Hindi Vocab

Episode 4

聊中西文化，也聊很多东西！
第四十六期，一年一度的年度总结来啦！我也没想到一个人说了半个小时，哈哈，感谢大家又一年的支持。新年快乐：）
00:00 - 00:48 问候
00:48 - 04:15 2022年播客数据、情况总结
04:15 - 06:35  我抑郁了吗？
06:35 - 11:11 2022年从学生那里学到的东西
11:11 - 14:38 2022年的看书总结
14:38 - 18:09 2022年我想推荐的书
18:09 - 25:53 2022年语言学习情况总结
25:53 2022年和2021年心态的转变

聊聊东西 - Talk to Me in Chinese

046. 2022, were you happy? 2022年，你幸福吗？

Слова из эпизода: высокий - очень значительный, возвышенный (книжн.) - high; чистая красота - pure beauty; непременно - обязательно - necessarily; глупый - неумный - silly, foolish; вглядеться - пристально рассматривать - gaze, scrutinize; всмотреться - рассмотреть внимательно - take a close look, examine closely, peer; черта - особенность, качество - trait, characteristic, feature; взгляд - gaze, look, sight; мало-помалу - постепенно, понемногу - little by little, gradually; поразительное безобразие - ужасное, неприятное зрелище - shocking ugliness; увлечься - целиком отдаться занятию, чувству -  fall for, take a fancy to, be fascinated; удовлетвориться - быть довольным - be satisfied, content; гарем - harem; исполненный - полный, наполненный чем-то - filled, full of; необычайный - выдающийся, удивительный - extraordinary, remarkable; двигать - приводить в движение, перемещать - move; исполнять - в значении создавать, творить сейчас, осуществлять - do, fulfill, accomplish; строить судьбу - создавать судьбу, планировать будущее - build one's destiny; явно или тайно - открыто или скрыто - openly or secretly; присутствовать - находиться, быть на месте - be present, attend; событие - то, что случилось - event, happening, occasion; грация - изящность, элегантность - grace; своего рода - определенного типа, особого рода - a kind of, a sort of; воплощение - олицетворение - embodiment, incarnation; дурной собой - некрасивый человек - bad-looking, ugly; блестеть - сверкать, сиять - shine, glitter; материя - вещество, материал - matter, substance; палить - гореть, сжигать - burn, scorch; будить - пробуждать, вызывать - awaken, arouse; шевелить мысль - внушать идеи, активизировать мысль - stir up thoughts; поднимать дух - вдохновлять - lift spirits; на высоте своего достоинства - во всей красе, на пике своей значимости - at the height of one's dignity; мелочь - незначительная вещь - small detail; не грязнить чистоту - сохранять чистоту, не пачкать - keep purity, not soil.

Reading Russian

Отрывок из романа "Обрыв" И.А. Гончаров

Explores the ways these two modal verbs are the same in some ways and different in other ways.

The English Toolbox

Must vs. Have to

In today's podcast we will read Mulan's story, a brave and tenacious girl who strives to uphold her family's honor.

Source and transcription: https://www.principessedisney.com/2011/09/mulan-riassunto-storia-disney.html

 


🧚🏾‍♀️ STORIE PER BAMBINI #QuickItalianWithMara

⚔️  MULAN

Cuentos en Español

Hansel y Gretel Part 2

In this short episode, you will learn the meaning of the term  (  Persuade  ) 

Engsavvy ( 504 Absolutely Essential Words )

Lesson 3 word 5 ( Persuade ) 

Covered with pins and adornments, Vivianne Robinson is hard to miss in the streets of Paris.

The Olympics superfan has attended seven Summer Games over 40 years. But this trip to Paris came at a cost of $10,000.

Robinson, 66 and from Los Angeles, maxed out her credit cards and worked two jobs to afford the trip and the 38 event tickets she bought. And she has to work two more years to make up the money she spent.

"It was hard to save up and it's a big budget, but it's a thousand times worth it," she says.

Robinson's fascination with the Olympics started when her mother worked as a translator for athletes during the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Her mother would come home after work with pins from athletes that she gave to her daughter.

Her hobby of collecting pins led her to Atlanta 1996, where she made rice necklaces for athletes in exchange for their pins.

"I got all the pins and I got to meet all the athletes. And in those days, it wasn't high security like now," she said. "Now you can't even get near the athletes' village."

From there: Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, London 2012 and Rio 2016. She got a visa for Beijing 2008, but couldn't afford the trip. It was similar for Tokyo: she bought tickets, but got refunded as COVID-19 soared and the Games were held without spectators.

Robinson's outfits started simply but have become more complex over time. She spent a year working on her Paris outfit, which has hundreds of adornments. People often stop her in the street, asking for a photo.

As soon as these Olympics end, she will start working on the next Summer Games — which will be in her hometown in Los Angeles.

"I'm going to do it forever," she said. "I'm going to save all my money and just concentrate on Olympics."