Today we're looking at an idiom that we can use to talk about being very happy, I hope you find it useful!

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Text One--课文1 
xiǎomíng：wèi！
dàwèi：wèi！shìxiǎomíngma？
xiǎomíng：wǒshì。
dàwèi：wǒshìdàwèi。wǒyǒuyīxiēhànyǔwèntí。qǐngnǐbāngwǒyīxiàér，xíngma？
xiǎomíng：xíng。
dàwèi：nǐshénmeshíhòuyǒukòngér？
xiǎomíng：míngtiānxiàwǔzěnmeyàng？
dàwèi：hǎo。nǐzhōngwǔzàinǎérchīfàn？wǒmenyīqǐchīwǔfànba。
xiǎomíng：wǒzàixuéshēngshítángchīfàn。
dàwèi：zánmenshíèrdiǎnbànzàishítángménkǒujiàn。
xiǎomíng：hǎo。míngtiānjiàn！

小明：喂！
大卫：喂！是小明吗？
小明：我是。
大卫：我是大卫。我有一些汉语问题。请你帮我一下儿，行吗？
小明：行。
大卫：你什么时候有空儿？
小明：明天下午怎么样？
大卫：好。你中午在哪儿吃饭？我们一起吃午饭吧。
小明：我在学生食堂吃饭。
大卫：咱们十二点半在食堂门口见。
小明：好。明天见！

Text 2--课文2
wǒzàiběijīngxuéhànyǔ。měitiānshàngwǔshàngkè，xiàwǔzàitúshūguǎnxuéxí，wǎnshàngzàisùshèkàndiànshì，huòzhěgēntóngwūliáotiānér。jīntiānzhōngwǔwǒgēnyīgèzhōngguópéngyǒuyīqǐchīfàn。wǒmenzàixuéshēngshítángménkǒujiànmiàn。wǒchángxiǎngjiā，chánggěibàbàmāmādǎdiànhuà。wǒbùchánggěitāmenxiěxìn。
我在北京学汉语。每天上午上课，下午在图书馆学习，晚上在宿舍看电视，或者跟同屋聊天儿。今天中午我跟一个中国朋友一起吃饭。我们在学生食堂门口见面。我常想家，常给爸爸妈妈打电话。我不常给他们写信。


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我们在食堂门口见面  wǒmenzàishítángménkǒujiànmiàn

Emma och Lukas pratar om sina hobbyer.    

Den här podden har en långsam och en snabbare version av dialogen.    

Emma and Lukas talk about their hobbies. There is a slow-speaking version followed by a faster version at natural speed.
 
There are also questions at the end. 

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Emma och Lukas 

今日は、日本昔ばなしの中でも特に有名な「傘地蔵」というお話を紹介したいと思います。

⚪︎笠地蔵とは？

笠＋地蔵

・笠（Hat）
雨・雪・日光などを防ぐため、かぶったり、さしたりするもの。
このお話に登場する「笠」は、昔ながらの「笠」です。三角形の形をした帽子です。もう一つの「傘」（英語のumbrella）とは形が違うことに注意してください。

・地蔵＝お地蔵様 （Jizo-）
仏教の神様の石像です。 お地蔵様を正しくは「地蔵菩薩（じぞうぼさつ）」といいます。お地蔵様は仏教という宗教の神様の一つです。日本では、お地蔵様は神社や、道路のわきに置いてあることが多いです。道路のわきにあるお地蔵様は、その土地、その場所を悪いものから守る土地の神さまとして、信仰を集めています。

...という訳で「傘をかぶった神様の石像」についてのお話です。

それでは、物語をゆっくり話していきます。短い物語なので、ぜひ 最後まで聞いてみてくださいね。物語を話した後にいくつかの単語について解説していきます。

Storytelling（にほんご）

かさじぞう（笠地蔵）- Japanese Falktales①

La mia città è una città speciale, unica al mondo, ma anche molto simile a tutte le altre. Si trova nel nord-est della penisola italiana, sul Mare Adriatico. Si chiama Venezia. Ci sei mai stato/a?
Venezia è una città molto, molto antica. Ancora oggi possiamo camminare tra i palazzi d’epoca, visitare le chiese medievali, andare a vedere le opere d’arte nei musei. Per questo motivo ci sono sempre tanti turisti, d’estate e d’inverno, in primavera e in autunno.
In tutte le altre città del mondo ci sono strade asfaltate e macchine, autobus e tram. A Venezia, invece, ci sono i canali: i canali sono dei corsi d’acqua salata. Invece delle macchine, ci sono le barche.
Nelle città normali le persone camminano sui marciapiedi; a Venezia camminiamo sui ponti.
Per andare al lavoro o a scuola andiamo alla fermata ad aspettare il vaporetto. I vaporetti sono autobus sull’acqua.
Nonostante tutto questo, Venezia è una città come le altre: c’è un ospedale, ci sono le università e le scuole. Ci sono i supermercati, i mercati e i negozi di alimentari. Ci sono due cinema dove possiamo guardare i film con gli amici e tanti ristoranti dove mangiare cibo delizioso.
C’è anche un famoso festival del cinema e un celebre festival d’arte e architettura.
Viviamo in belle case antiche e trascorriamo le giornate come le persone di tutte le città del mondo: lavoriamo o studiamo, andiamo in palestra o a fare yoga, passeggiamo o andiamo al bar con gli amici.
Ci sono solo due parchi pubblici, purtroppo un po’ piccoli, perché a Venezia non c’è spazio per costruirne di più grandi. Ma non importa, perché alcune delle altre isole della laguna sono immerse nel verde.

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La mia città

        大家好啊，我是丹霞。您现在收听的是中文台词频道，今天的台词出自电影《后来的我们》。如果你在大城市上大学，毕业了以后，你会离开那儿吗？我们来听听电影中林见清是怎么说的：

        “毕了业，谁愿意离开北京？每次路过天安门的时候我就在想，所有最好最神奇的事情都会在这里发生。
        我明白北京不是我的家，我宁可拥抱现实中的无家可归，也不想放弃搏一把的机会。都说这儿的生活艰难，但我不怕，至少我在北京混过。
       北京的一天真的很短，短到还没有开始就结束了，所以每天早上一睁眼，我就觉得我离梦想又进了一步。”
——林见清  电影《后来的我们》/<Us and Them>

毕业bìyè  graduate; graduation
神奇shénqí magical, amazing
宁可……也不……nìng kě……yě bù…… would rather... than...
拥抱yǒng bào  to embrace
无家可归wú jiā kě guī homeless
搏一把bó yī bǎ  fight, bet
艰难jiān nán difficult; hard
至少zhì shǎo  at least
睁眼zhēng yǎn open one 's eyes
离lí  part from; be away from
进步jìnbù improve ; step forward


Chinese Lines 中文台词

06. 毕了业，谁愿意离开北京？Who would want to leave Beijing after graduation? Hang in there! --《后来的我们Us and Them》

全家福

今年，我们拍了一张全家福。我们一家人，爷爷、奶奶、爸爸、妈妈、哥哥、姐姐、弟弟和妹妹都在照片里。还有我们的两个孩子，一个儿子，一个女儿。猫和狗也在照片里。

照片中，爷爷和奶奶坐在椅子上，爸爸和妈妈站在他们的后面。哥哥和弟弟站在左边，姐姐和妹妹站在右边。拍照的时候，大家都很开心。

坐          zuò              Sit
椅子      yǐ zi              Chair
站         zhàn             Stand
后面     hòu miàn    Behind
左边     zuǒ bian      Left side
右边     yòu bian      Right side
开心     kāi xīn          Happy

1.今年，他们拍了一张什么照片？
a) 风景照
b) 全家福
c) 朋友合影
d) 个人照
2.照片里有几个人？
a) 6个人
b) 8个人
c) 10个人
d) 12个人
3.照片里坐在椅子上的人是谁？
a) 爸爸和妈妈
b) 哥哥和姐姐
c) 爷爷和奶奶
d) 弟弟和妹妹
4.照片中，站在爷爷奶奶后面的是谁？
a) 哥哥和弟弟
b) 爸爸和妈妈
c) 姐姐和妹妹
d) 儿子和女儿

开口说汉语    "Chinese Chit-Chat"

全家福 Family portrait

When we talk about Lionel Messi, it's easy to talk about numbers. He has been named the best men's player in the world eight times. He has won one World Cup, four European Champions League trophies and an Olympic gold medal.

He has scored more than 800 goals for his clubs and his country.

But these numbers only tell some of the story. It's also his balance, the way he moves his feet, slides the ball through another player's legs and finds space on the field.

Soccer is often called "the beautiful game," and for many people, no one has ever played it quite as beautifully as Messi.

His story began in Rosario, Argentina, where he was born in 1987. There, when he was a child, he played for a club called Newell's Old Boys.

Clubs around the world soon heard about the young star in South America, and aged 13 he moved with his family to Spain, where he joined FC Barcelona's junior team.

By the age of 16, he was already playing for the club's adult team. Goals, then trophies, came quickly, and he never looked back.

He was soon a global star, and one of the world's highest paid sportspeople.

Messi left Barcelona in 2021, having scored more goals for the club than anyone else. He joined Paris Saint-Germain, and then, two years later, Inter Miami in the US.

In 2022, he was Argentina's captain and the star player in his country's World Cup win. Messi, at just 170 centimeters tall, had become a giant of the sport.




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A Giant of the Sport: The Lionel Messi Story

In this episode we’re going to talk about one of my favorite idioms which can be used when you agree with someone.
