What do we mean by an expectation?
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TASK 76 - EXPECTATIONS

Today, we're going to learn 7 fun idioms for talking about money. It doesn't matter whether you're made of money, if you feel like a million dollars, or if you think that money doesn't grow on trees, these idioms will help you to understand native speakers whenever you hear them talking about money. Just make sure that you don't 'pick up the tab' at the end of the evening! 

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Idioms about money

Zhōu shēn jīn nián 32 suì ， tā shì Zhōng guó rén ，
周       深    今   年   32    岁，    他 是  中       国    人，

tā de jiā xiāng shì hú nán shào yáng 。
他 的   家  乡   是    湖    南   邵      阳。

Zhōu shēn cóng xiǎo jiù rè ài yīnyuè ，shēngyīn hěn tèbié 。
 周      深       从    小      就   热 爱  音乐，     声音        很  特 别。

Tā huì chàng mín zú gē qǔ ，shí dài gē qǔ hé xì qǔ ，děng děng 。
 他 会    唱        民    族 歌 曲，   时  代  歌  曲   和  戏曲，   等  等。

Tā chàng guò 《Qíng shì hé wù 》，《Dà yú 》hé 《Dēng huǒ lǐ de Zhōng guó 》。
 他    唱     过     《情     是   何   物》，    《大鱼》  和   《 灯    火   里 的  中     国》。

2024 nián 4  yuè ， Zhōu shēn hái zài Lián hé guó zǒng bù ，chàng le yì shǒu 《Hé píng sòng》。
2024  年    4   月，        周    深    还   在    联    合   国  总   部，         唱    了  一  首    《  和   平    颂》。
 
Xiànzài yuè lái yuè duō de rén rèn shi Zhōu shēn ，xǐ huan tīng tā de gē le。
   现 在   越 来    越    多    的    人   认 识    周    深，         喜欢     听   他 的  歌 了。

Nǐ rèn shi Zhōu shēn ma ？Nǐ yě xǐ huan tīng tā de gē ma ？
 你  认  识    周      深      吗？ 你  也  喜  欢    听  他  的  歌 吗？



Zhou Shen is 32 years old. He is Chinese and his hometown is Shaoyang, Hunan.

Zhou Shen has loved music since he was a child and has a very special voice.

He can sing folk songs, contemporary songs and dramas, etc.

He has sung "What is Love", "Big Fish" and "China in Lights".

In April 2024, Zhou Shen also sang "Ode to Peace" at the United Nations headquarters.

Now, more and more people know Zhou Shen and like to listen to his songs.

Do you know Zhou Shen? Do you like listening to his songs?
	







Listening & Speaking (Mandarin)

有名的歌手--周深   (A well known singer--Charlie Zhou)     HSK3-HSK4

Výběr zajímavostí o České republice!

Czech Easily: Slow & Easy

7. Zajímavosti o Česku

CHISTES MEXICANOS

PIEDRAS EN LA VEJIGA.

  to travel     旅游   lǚ yóu
Where to travel   去哪旅游    
Travel to Beijing去北京旅游 
 Do you like to travel?   你喜欢旅游吗？ 
 I like to travel.我喜欢旅游。
Where do you want to travel? 你想去哪旅游？
I want to travel to Beijing. 我想去北京旅游。


HSK vocabulary

HSK words——旅游

Velar consonants are sounds you make with the back of your tongue touching the soft palate, also called the velum. It's the fleshy bit at the back of the roof of your mouth, near your uvula (the little dangly thing).

Production:
Raise the back of your tongue up to touch the velum. Airflow is blocked completely for a moment.

Examples in English:
/k/: This is the voiceless velar plosive, the sound at the beginning of "kit" or "cat."
/g/: This is the voiced velar plosive, the sound at the beginning of "game" or the "g" in "going."
/ŋ/: This is the velar nasal, the sound at the end of "sing" or "long." Notice how air can flow out your nose while making this sound.

Other interesting facts:
The sound /k/ is actually one of the most common consonant sound across all human languages! Velar consonants can be influenced by nearby vowels. They might move slightly forward in the mouth (called "fronting") before front vowels like /

i:/ or /ɪ/ or move back (called "retraction") before back vowels like /u/ or /ʊ/.

Some practice tongue twisters:
Kate keeps giving up in the morning
My gran’s going to see the king in the Congo
Can a king conquer a sinking kangaroo
Kick the giggling goblins guarding the gold
Kevin clung to the clinging kangaroo

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Target: British Accent 

Velar Consonants 

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