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今天，我们来看看道德经的第一章。Now let's look at the first chapter of Tao Te Ching.
"道，可道，非常道。名，可名，非常名。无名，天地之始；有名，万物之母 。故常无欲，以观其妙；常有欲，以观其徼。此两者同出而异名，同谓之玄。玄之又玄，众妙之门。"
The Tao that can be followed is not the eternal Tao.
The name that can be named is not the eternal name.
The nameless is the origin of heaven and earth.
While naming is the origin of the myriad things.
Therefore, always desireless, you see the mystery
Ever desiring, you see the manifestations.
These two are the same
When they appear they are named differently.
This sameness is the mystery,
Mystery within mystery;
The door to all marvels. 
(Translated by Yi-Ping Ong)


Wisdom From the Past 古典智慧拾贝

古典智慧拾贝之道德经第一章 Tao Te Ching Chapter One

(We have more English speaking than usual)
My frined, Renata and I both work as tour guides before Covid 19.
Now she's trying new tour, so I interviewed about it.

Akari Talks Japan

Talk about new tour possibility with Renata

안녕하세요. Hello~
한국어 듣기 수업 시작해요. Let's start with the Korean listening class.
선생님 읽어요.  I read it.
잘 들으세요. Please listen well.

I posted the sentences on my blog. 
https://blog.naver.com/laramcraft/222667045933
https://youtu.be/1KICOtGrMS8

The basics are important.
It is also good to check the basics of 한글 Hangeul before this listening class.
1-1. Korean alphabet - Vowels 모음 - What is Hangeul?
https://youtu.be/0YzhJ9p2lcs
2-1. Korean alphabet - Consonants 자음 -what are the consonants 자음?
https://youtu.be/lckgvQ_vreA
3-1. Korean alphabet - Final Consonants 받침 - What are the final consonants 받침?
https://youtu.be/sLlFmG30fNI

This is a class to listen to Korean conversational sentences.
In this voice recording for listening, 
After reading many sentences in Korean conversations sentences, 
Check out how much you understand the sentences with a voice recording. 
Never look at the sentences when listening to the voice recording. 
And Listen to the sentence repeatedly until you hear it completely. 

You are listening to the Sejong Korean conversation. (세종학당)
There are four books in total. (Korean conversation, 1, 2, 3, 4.)
It consists of 1st and 2nd courses for beginners and 1st and 2nd courses for intermediate.
Each course is conducted in 14 units. (2 grammar - for each unit.) 
This listening class you are taking is Korean Conversation 1. (Beginner 1) 
Please listen carefully.

Korean Listening Class 한국어 문장 듣기 - Korean teacher, Grace

Korean Conversation 1 - Lesson 2. Part 1 -아요/-어요/-여요(1), Part 2 에 가요  (Beginner 1)

In this episode I talk about what Syrians do in their daily lives.


Real Syrian Arabic

The syrian routine الروتين السوري

In this episode, I focus on how to greet as well as how to introduce yourself in Afrikaans. 
The greeting part of the lesson focuses on how to greet throughout the duration of the day. This episode is translated in a formal manner of speaking Afrikaans. Below is the translated words and sentences. In hierdie episode fokus ek op hoe om te groet asook hoe om jouself in Afrikaans voor te stel.
Die groetgedeelte van die les fokus op hoe om deur die loop van die dag te groet. Hierdie episode word op 'n formele manier van Afrikaans vertaal. Hieronder is die vertaalde woorde en sinne. 
Good morning            Goeie more
Good afternoon         Goeie middag
Good evening             Goeie naand
Good day                      Goeie dag
My name is Marz        My naam is Marz
What is your name?   Wat is jou naam?
Pleased to meet you  Aangenaame kennis

Afrikaans jou lekker taal

Greetings and introduction

 ¡México el Segundo lugar en potencia turística a nivel mundial! 😍

Por supuesto nosotros 🧒🧑hicimos una lista de los 5 mejores lugares turísticos para visitar este hermoso país. 🇲🇽

Si te gusta viajar✈️, disfrutar del turismo 🤩 y aprender Español…🤯 ¡Escucha completo este podcast!🎧

✴️¡Nos vemos en clase! ✴️

Aprende México 

Episodio #2 - Los 5 lugares más turísticos de México.

Seeb (apple), representing beauty
Seer (garlic), representing good health
Serkeh (vinegar), representing patience
Sonbol (hyacinth), representing spring
Samanu (sweet pudding), representing fertility
Sabzeh (sprouts), representing rebirth
Sekeh (coins), representing prosperity

Farsi (Persian) pods

Persian New Year 1402 (Haft-Seen)

In this episode we will talk about 【微信 Wechat】, you will learn how to say 【Social media,like,comment】 ect. The material helps you get used to different voice and accent. 
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It is recommended that you study in the following ways:
Step 1: Gist listening. Listen to get the main idea. (more times if necessary)
Step 2: Read the text to find out words you didn't get, then look up the dictionary. 
Step 3: Listen and imitate as much as you can without looking at the text.
Step 4: Write down what you hear if you want to practise writing.
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大家好，我是Yuli。欢迎收听我的播客。
今天想和大家分享一些【社交媒体】相关的词。
国外社交媒体平台有:Facebook（脸书）、Instagram（ins）、Twitter（推特）等等。中国用得最多的社交软件有微信（wechat）、微博（MicroBlog）、抖音（Tik-tok）等等。
我们先来看看跟微信有关的词。在中国，几乎每个人都有微信。微信可以用来发信息，发语音（信息），打语音电话，打视频电话。除了一对一聊天，还有很多微信群，家人群，朋友群，工作群。我们还可以用微信来付款，转账，发红包。付款的时候可以你扫商家的二维码，或者商家扫你的付款码。所以买东西的时候经常会听到这样的话：“我扫你，还是你扫我？”转账的金额可以比较高，每天最高可转账20万元。发红包的金额最高是一个200块，一般用在朋友和家人间。例如我朋友生日的时候，我会给他发一个188.88的红包，因为8在中国是一个幸运的数字。
认识一个新朋友的时候，我们一般会加微信。扫对方的二维码就可以添加好友，对方通过后你们就是微信好友了。你可以根据关系把他分组，例如家人，朋友，同事。如果你不想和一个人再聊天了，可以删他(的)微信，甚至是拉黑他。
微信还有一个功能叫朋友圈。我们可以在朋友圈发文字，图片，视频。你的微信好友可以给你点赞，评论。如果你发的朋友圈只想给一部分人看，那就设置分组可见，只有你选择的组可以看到你发的朋友圈。
微信的功能还有很多，公众号可以看文章，视频号可以看视频，小程序可以快速地使用很多常见的手机软件。点外卖，购物，医院挂号等等都可以通过微信。可以说，我们的生活根本离不开微信了。
你用过微信吗？你最喜欢什么功能？留言告诉我吧。我们下期见。
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社交媒体	/	shè jiāo méi tǐ	/	Social media
平台	/	píng tái	/	Platform
语音	/	yǔ yīn	/	Voice
视频	/	shì pín	/	Video
微信群	/	wēi xìn qún	/	WeChat Group
付款	/	fù kuǎn	/	make payment
转账	/	zhuǎn zhàng	/	Transfer money
发红包	/	fā hóng bāo	/	Send Red Envelope(lucky money)
扫	/	sǎo	/	scan
商家	/	shāng jiā	/	merchant
二维码	/	èr wéi mǎ	/	QR Code
金额	/	jīn é	/	Amount
添加好友	/	tiān jiā hǎo yǒu	/	Add Friends
分组	/	fēn zǔ	/	divide into groups
删	/	shān	/	delete
拉黑	/	lā hēi	/	black out
朋友圈	/	péng yǒu quān	/	Moments
点赞	/	diǎn zàn	/	Like
评论	/	píng lùn	/	Comment
小程序	/	xiǎo chéng xù	/	mini program
挂号/guà hào/outpatient registration