刻舟求剑[kè zhōu qiú jiàn]：mark/boat/find/sword to mark the boat in order to find the lost sword.
乘船chéng chuán：take  a ship/boat
渡江dù jiāng：cross a river
佩剑pèi jiàn：a double-edged sword;walking sword
记号jì hào：mark;sign signal;symbol
This idiom satirizes those who instead of taking changed circumstances account

乐读中文 (Lè Dú Zhōngwén) - "Joyful Chinese Stories"

刻舟求剑[kè zhōu qiú jiàn]

A lecture from a book called, Il Libro degli Alberi e degli Arbusti by Pierre Lieutaghi Italian Edition (1982) BUR Editore.

Enjoy

Luca Sensei 

I Podcast Secondo San Luca

Lettura di Pierre Lieutaghi Il libro degli alberi - I Podcast Secondo San Luca

Видео на странице https://www.russianincontext.com/
Парижские придирки: 
Подкаст "5 вещей, которые меня раздражают в Париже" - это мои откровенные мысли о том, что мне не нравится в этом городе. 
В этом эпизоде я поделюсь пятью вещами, которые вызывают у меня негативные эмоции. 
Моя цель - показать Париж без прикрас, рассказать о тех сторонах, которые обычно не обсуждаются в туристических историях. 
Этот подкаст предоставит честный взгляд на Париж, а не его романтический образ и создаст возможность для откровенных бесед о жизни и путешествиях в этом городе.

Paris Nags: 
The 5 Things That I Hate  in Paris podcast is my candid thoughts on what I don't like about this city. 
In this episode, I will share five things that make me feel negative. 
My goal is to show Paris unvarnished, to talk about the sides that are not usually discussed in travel stories. 
This podcast will provide an honest look at Paris, not a romanticized image of it, and create an opportunity for candid conversations about living and traveling in this city.

Learn more: https://www.russianincontext.com/
#paris #париж #travelvlog #russianinparis

russian in context

5 things I hate in Paris - 5 вещей, которые терпеть не могу в Париже

Before you take your IELTS speaking exam don’t you think it would be a a good idea to know what the examiners are looking for? What’s the difference between a band 5 and a band 6 ? What do you have to do to get a band 7 ? Why do some people get band 8? What’s the difference between a 7 and 8, or the difference between 8 and 9? IELTS examiners mark your work according to 4 different skills, or criteria. The first is 'fluency and coherence'. This podcast teaches you the key differences between different band scores when examiners mark your speaking test according to fluency and coherence.


IELTS Speaking Practice

IELTS band scores - Fluency and Coherence

In this episode we are going to learn 【Weather】in Chinese. 
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As a beginner, there're some vocabularies that you didn't learn before, and native speaker's speed seems too fast to understand. But don't worry, let's do it step by step. 
1st time: listen and catch the words you know already, have a guess about the content.
2nd time: look at the text to check if you guessed it right. 
3rd time: listen one more time, repeat after it.
4th time: practice until you can speak as the normal speed without looking at the text. 
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最近的天气很奇怪。
zuì jìn de tiān qì hěn qí guài 。
The weather has been weird lately.
今天天气很好，不冷不热。
jīn tiān tiān qì hěn hǎo ， bù lěng bú rè 。
Today the weather is good, neither too cold nor too hot.
昨天天气不太好，太热了。
zuó tiān tiān qì bú tài hǎo ， tài rè le 。
The weather was not very good yesterday, it was too hot.
明天很冷，气温只有10度。
míng tiān hěn lěng ， qì wēn zhǐ yǒu shí dù 。
Tomorrow is very cold, the temperature is only 10 °C.
下个星期下雨，我不会去公园跑步。
xià gè xīng qī xià yǔ ， wǒ bú huì qù gōng yuán pǎo bù 。
It's raining next week and I won't go running in the park.
你在哪个城市呢？
nǐ zài nǎ gè chéng shì ne ？
Which city are you in?
你那里今天是阴天还是晴天呢？
nǐ nà lǐ jīn tiān shì yīn tiān hái shì qíng tiān ne ？
Is it cloudy or sunny where you are today?

Yuli's Chinese Channel

天气 Weather （Beginner）

一些有趣的对话An interesting conversation

钱包呢？

In this episode you will learn common sayings that people use in Colombia, some of them are also used in any hispanic country. 

Spanish with Jas

EP 28. COMMON SAYINGS IN COLOMBIA

**Listen to this audio file to learn about Iran's culture and people
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Persian Podcasts / پادکست فارسی 

ایران زیبا / Beautiful Iran

What do professional coaches do right before a game starts? That's right - they will try their best to ramp up the spirits of athletes. They will tell stories, tell jokes, maybe get angry or shout if they have to. Why? To create a certain state of mind in the heads of those boys and girls with which they'll achieve the goal! 

The missing element in IELTS preparation is the word Attitude! Listen to the ideas in this audio and move into Episode 3 to discuss The Magic of Positive Attitude.