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“这倒叫我有点紧张…我打不出哈欠来了…”小王子红着脸说。
"That frightens me... I cannot, any more..." murmured the little prince, now completely abashed.
“嗯！嗯！”国王回答道：“那么我…命令你忽而打哈欠，忽而…”
"Hum! Hum!" replied the king. "Then I – I order you sometimes to yawn and sometimes to–"
他嘟嘟囔囔，显出有点恼怒。
He sputtered a little, and seemed vexed.
因为国王所要求的主要是保持他的威严受到尊敬。
For what the king fundamentally insisted upon was that his authority should be respected.
他不能容忍不听他的命令。
He tolerated no disobedience.
他是一位绝对的君主。
He was an absolute monarch.
可是，他却很善良，他下的命令都是有理智的。

But, because he was a very good man, he made his orders reasonable.
“如果我命令一个将军,”他会说,举个例子,“如果我命令一个将军改变自己变成一个海鸟,”
"If I ordered a general," he would say, by way of example, "if I ordered a general to change himself into a sea bird,"
而这位将军不服从我的命令，那么这就不是将军的过错，而是我的过错。”
and if the general did not obey me, that would not be the fault of the general. It would be my fault.
小王子腼腆地试探道：“我可以坐下吗？”
"May I sit down?" came now a timid inquiry from the little prince.
“我命令你坐下。”国王一边回答，一边庄重地把他那白底黑花皮袍大襟挪动了一下。
"I order you to do so," the king answered him, and majestically gathered in a fold of his ermine mantle.
可是小王子感到很奇怪。
But the little prince was wondering...
这么小的行星，国王他对什么进行统治呢？
The planet was tiny. Over what could this king really rule?
他对国王说：“陛下…请原谅，我想问您…”
"Sire," he said to him, "I beg that you will excuse my asking you a question..."
国王急忙抢着说道：“我命令你问我。”
"I order you to ask me a question," the king hastened to assure him.
陛下…你统治什么呢？
Sire–over what do you rule?
国王非常简单明了地说：“我统治一切。”
"Over everything," said the king, with magnificent simplicity.
一切？
Over everything?
国王轻轻地用手指着他的行星和其他的行星，以及所有的星星。
The king made a gesture, which took in his planet, the other planets, and all the stars.
小王子说：“统治这一切？”
"Over all that?" asked the little prince.
“统治这一切。”国王回答。
"Over all that," the king answered.
原来他不仅是一个绝对的君主，而且是整个宇宙的君主。
For his rule was not only absolute: it was also universal.
那么，星星都服从您吗？
And the stars obey you?
“那当然！”国王对他说，“它们立即就得服从。我是不允许无纪律的。”


小王子-The Little Prince-Read in Chinese

小王子第24章：君主至上

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Tankar På Svenska : Skönhetsingrepp B2+

This episode introduces three idioms that use the word dog. Listen to the examples to hear how to use them. Please send me a message if you would like a copy of the audio script. 

Idiom Corner

the modal verb “会”，and its negative form "不会“， how to say in Chinese

HSK vocabulary

the modal verb “会”，and its negative form "不会“

元の記事/ Original Article↓
https://www.huffingtonpost.jp/entry/story_jp_62da52a8e4b0a6852c364957

☆目次
0:00 オープニング
1:19 Introduction
2:03 “「地頭がいい」は本当か？”
4:46 地頭
7:53 “環境が才能を引き出す、周囲の人が重要”
10:22 結果が重要？
13:58 “教育の実践者でありたい”
15:18 やればできる？

☆語彙
自己肯定感（じここうていかん）
言い訳（いいわけ）
地頭（じあたま）
学力（がくりょく）
主体的（しゅたいてき）
つまづく
論理（ろんり）
選択肢（せんたくし）
同感（どうかん）
顕著（けんちょ）
全面的（ぜんめんてき）
痛感（つうかん）

☆引用記事
ハフポスト日本版編集部. “ビリギャル・小林さやかさん「日本人の自己肯定感の低さ」に課題意識。コロンビア教育大学院に進学する理由とは【2022年 上半期回顧】”. HUFFPOST. 2022-07-24. https://www.huffingtonpost.jp/entry/story_jp_62da52a8e4b0a6852c364957

"After 5" by Japanese Teacher

“Education and low self-esteem of Japanese” 「ビリギャル・小林さやかさん「日本人の自己肯定感の低さ」に課題意識。コロンビア教育大学院に進学する理由とは【2022年 上半期回顧】」

CHISTES MEXICANOS

MARIDO Y MUJER...

You may already know that that word "inform" means to tell someone something. To give information to someone. For instance, "thanks for informing me about the change of venue". What you might not know is that it can also be used to mean "influence something" as in "my work is informed by years of experience" Or maybe "the decisions that we make are always informed by our company culture. So what do you think, have you ever heard this usage?