In this episode we will look at the comparisons between learning a language and creating art. We look at the threshold between learning and creating in the privacy of our own mind and sharing our work with the public and how that relates to moving from static learning to active conversation.

Philosophical Friday

Philosophical Friday with a quote from Stephen King

雖然我是一個台灣人，但要靠大眾交通工具在南部旅行還是讓我有點焦慮，一起來聽聽我的屏東小旅行吧！
Even as a Taiwanese, relying on public transportation while traveling in the south still makes me a little anxious. Come join me as I share my short trip to Pingtung!

Fu-lan Speaking -- Natural Taiwanese Mandarin

EP9. First time travel to Pingdong on my own 第一次靠自己去屏東

Привет! Сегодня я расскажу вам мой любимый анекдот. «Анекдот» значит короткая, нереальная и смешная история. Вы можете слушать этот подкаст и читать текст: https://goo.su/zlymv
Приятного прослушивания 🌝


Lera teaches Russian

#10. Анекдот / Joke

秧秧老师的中文课堂-HSK专项练习

HSK4级听力题8

**The little black fish is the main character in our story . Its a long story that is divided into several episodes. this one is the Fourth episode
**Hope you enjoy listening to it
**if you need any help with the words or text, feel free to send me a message

Persian Podcasts / پادکست فارسی 

ماهی سیاه کوچولو (4) / The little black fish

一天yī tiān 晚上wǎn shang ，一yī 个gè 男孩nán hái 和hé 一yī 个gè 女孩nǚ hái 在zài 公园gōng yuán 散步sàn bù 。

男孩nán hái 说shuō :”今天jīn tiān 晚上wǎn shang 的de 天气tiān qì 不bù 太tài 好hǎo ，有点儿yǒu diǎnr 冷lěng 。”

女孩nǚ hái 说shuō :”是shì 的de ，我wǒ 也yě 觉得jué de 今天jīn tiān 晚上wǎn shang 有点儿yǒu diǎnr 冷lěng 。”

说shuō 完wán 后hòu ，男孩nán hái 看kàn 了le 看kàn 自己zì jǐ 的de 衣服yī fu。这zhè 时shí 女孩nǚ hái 心里xīn lǐ 很hěn 高兴gāo xìng ，她tā 以为yǐ wéi 男孩nán hái 要yào 把bǎ 自己zì jǐ 的de 衣服yī fu给gěi 她tā 穿chuān 。但是dàn shì 男孩nán hái 说shuō :”还好hái hǎo 我wǒ 今天jīn tiān 穿chuān 了le 两liǎng 件jiàn 衣服yī fu。”

A short and interesting Chinese daily article  for every day

take a walk 散步

Fill	窴	tián
Find	寻找	xúnzhǎo
Fire(d); eg as in to terminate one’s employment	解雇	jiěgù
Fish	钓鱼	diàoyú
Fix	修复	wéixiū


5 Verbs a Day. 每天学习五个动词。

C(29) Vocabulary Set: Fill Find Fire(d) Fish Fix

Pizza is one of the world's most popular fast foods. It's believed that over 5 billion pizzas are sold around the world every year. In the US alone, people buy about 3 billion pizzas each year, which is about 46 slices per person!

But it wasn't always as popular as it is today — in fact, it used to be looked down on, even by Italians!

The modern pizza we know today started in Naples, Italy, in the 18th century. Poor people in the city needed cheap food that was easy to eat as they looked for work. Street vendors sold them pizzas with simple toppings like garlic and tomatoes.

For a long time, pizza was looked down on as food for the poor, and visitors to Naples thought it was dirty and unappealing.

But this changed in 1889, when Queen Margherita of Italy tried pizza and loved it. The pizza with tomatoes, mozzarella and basil was named after her, and pizza started to become a national dish in Italy.

Pizza became a favorite in the US after Italian immigrants brought it with them. It became especially popular in cities like New York, and new styles like Chicago deep dish and Hawaiian were invented.

And it became even more popular with the invention of frozen pizza, which let people make their own pizzas at home.

Today, pizza is enjoyed around the world, with many different toppings and styles. But its basic form hasn't changed very much from all those years ago.

