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In todays episode we discuss "Summer Idioms". Special phrases used to describe our daily life.

Let's have a chat (Discussions In English) 

Episode 24 : What are Summer Idioms?

"It is only with heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eye"
If you want to reminisce the nostalgic innocence of childhood, this is you go-to book. 
A young prince meets a pilot whose plane crashed in the desert who begins to tell him all the wonders he saw and the planets he visited.

Word Wizardry

The Little Prince

春天到啦，不知道大家心情会不会也变得好起来。世界本身也许不太平，但仍然要记得热爱生活呀！
今天和大家分享的是张爱玲的《爱》里面的一个片段。

“于千万人之中遇见你所要遇见的人，于千万年之中，时间的无涯的荒野里，没有早一步，也没有晚一步，刚巧赶上了，那也没有别的话可说，惟有轻轻地问一声：“噢，你也在这里吗？”

Chilling Chinese 

张爱玲《爱》节选

C’était il y a trois ans. C’était un soir, dans une petite ruelle sombre près d’une des grandes gares. Elle se tenait dans l’encadrement d’une porte, sous un lampadaire qui éclairait à peine. Elle avait un visage jeune, très maquillé. C’est le maquillage qui m’a attiré, sa blancheur, comme un masque, et les lèvres rouge vif. Les femmes du Parti ne se maquillent jamais. Il n’y avait personne d’autre dans la rue, et pas de télécran. Elle a dit : deux dollars. Je. . .

Des extraits en français avec Aymaro

C'était il y a trois ans

提起葡萄，您是想起了法国的波尔多、还是新疆的吐鲁番？When you think of grapes, do you think of Bordeaux in France or Turpan in Xinjiang Province?
生产葡萄的地方很多，仅国内就有七大栽培区，它们是：There are many places to produce grapes. There are seven growing areas in China alone. They are:
（1）西北产区：包括新疆、甘肃、宁夏、内蒙西部等；Northwest producing areas: Xinjiang, Gansu, Ningxia, western Inner Mongolia, etc.
（2）黄土高原栽培区：包括陕西、山西，汉中等；Cultivation areas of Loess Plateau: Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hanzhong, etc.
（3）环渤海湾栽培区：包括河北、山东和京津地区以及辽宁等；Cultivation area around Bohai Bay: Hebei, Shandong, Beijing and Tianjin, Liaoning, etc.
（4）黄河故道栽培区：包括河南、山东鲁西南地区、江苏北部和安徽北部等；Old Yellow River cultivated areas: Henan, southwest Shandong, northern Jiangsu and northern Anhui, etc.
（5）南方栽培区：包括安徽、江苏、浙江、上海、重庆、湖北、湖南、江西、福建、广西等；Southern cultivation areas: Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Chongqing, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangxi, etc.
（6）东北中北部栽培区：包括吉林、黑龙江等；North-central cultivation areas of Northeast China: Jilin, Heilongjiang;
（7）西南栽培区：包括云贵高原、川西高原及金沙江沿岸河谷地区。Southwest cultivation areas: Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, west Sichuan Plateau and Jinsha River valley.


新鲜事儿（Anecdote）

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Tip #1: Slow down

Tip #2: Practise your intonation

Tip #3: Avoid filler words and sounds

Let's dive into them one by one in this podcast to prepare you to sound more professional when communicating in English!

For more tips and suggestions - check my podcasts.



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Poćwiczyć tryb przypuszczający - jeszcze lepiej ;)
A do tego poznać mnóstwo frazeologizmów...  -  to brzmi jak bardzo przyjemna lekcja polskiego! :) 

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MAJORKA

The Spanish have lots of yummy food. But when you see what their name means, it doesn't sound so good.
I wrote a romantic comedy novel about bad translations. "Loosely Translated", by Simon Wheeler, is on Amazon, as a digital book.