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SWE 174  $1.7 million dollar public toilet in San Francisco

        如果问学中文普通话的朋友：哪一部分最难？相信很多人都会说：“声调，四个声调。” 我经常对学生说：“说中文普通话就像唱歌一样，其实不难。” 或许有人会说：你这是：“站着说话不腰疼”，我要说的是：如果您把最困难的“四声”问题解决好了，说好普通话其实还是一件挺愉快的事情。

四季人生（The Four Seasons of Life）

4-四声与四味Four sounds and four tastes

In this short episode, we will prepare our mindset for creating a language and community vision. 

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Mindset Before Creating a Vision

The Democratic vice president Kamala Harris began the first — and possibly last — TV debate before the US presidential election with a power move, walking across the stage to shake Donald Trump's hand.

The two candidates had never met before the September 10 debate in Philadelphia, aired by ABC News.

"Let's have a good debate," Harris said.

"Nice to see you. Have fun," the former Republican president responded.

The exchange set the tone for the 90-minute debate to come: Harris controlled the conversation at times, tackling Trump on economic policy, crime, abortion rights, his refusal to concede his 2020 election loss and even his performance at his rallies.

Trump was measured at the start but grew more annoyed as the night went on.

Harris took the fight to Trump in a way that Joe Biden could not.

"You did in fact lose that election," Harris said of the 2020 race that Trump lost to Biden but still insists he won. "Donald Trump was fired by 81 million people," she said, referring to Biden's winning vote total.

A smiling Harris frequently shifted her message from Trump back to the American people.

"You will not hear him talk about your needs, your dreams and your needs and your desires," Harris said. "And I'll tell you, I believe you deserve a president who actually puts you first."

Trump was often on the defense, but he did push the main message of his campaign: inflation and immigration are causing Americans to suffer.

As he often does in his rallies and on social media, he made several false or unproven claims about migrants — including a debunked rumor that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, are hunting and eating pets. Officials in Springfield say they have no evidence of this happening.

"Talk about extreme," Harris said after Trump talked about dogs and cats being eaten.

Trump also tied Harris to Biden, falsely claiming the Biden-Harris administration caused the "worst inflation" the country has had.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Trump and Harris Face Off in Presidential Debate

IELTS Preparation. Band 8-9 Answers. Part 3 - Ceremony. Q4-Q6.

4. In what ways do men and women feel differently about marriage, in your opinion?
5. What sort of national events makes headlines in your country?
6. Does the media in your country pay more attention to global or national events?

What was useful that you can use in your future discussions? Imagine utilizing it in your own story - what might be new if you'll do this?

IELTS-SPEAKING 8-9 BAND IS POSSIBLE. DAILY SPEAKING PRACTICE PART 1,2 & 3. Listen daily.

IELTS Preparation. Band 8-9 Answers. Part 3 - Ceremony. Q4-Q6.

Tässä jaksossa kerron siitä, miten sanat 'minä' ja 'sinä' sanotaan suomen eri murteissa. Minä, mä, mää ja mie tarkoittaa kaikki samaa asiaa! Enjoy :)

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Mä ja sä = minä ja sinä

Давайте выучим больше полезных фраз, которые помогут нам увеличить наш словарный запас русского языка!
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Russian phrases with Darina

Phrases with Darina: part 2

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大家晚上好啊，我是丹霞。您现在收听的是中文台词频道，今天的台词出自电影《七月与安生》，由周冬雨和马思纯主演。

        “十三岁到十五岁，是七月和安生形影不离的三年。 有时候七月是安生的影子，有时候安生是七月的影子。她们在书里读到：如果踩住一个人的影子，那个人一辈子不会离开。但是安生说一辈子太长了，她只想活到二十七岁。

        初中毕业，七月考上了最好的高中，安生进了职业学校。用安生的话说，熬了九年终于考进了一所 不需要交作文、没有操行评分的学校，正和她的胃口。”

                                                                                                           ——电影《七月与安生》/<Soulmate>                 

形影不离Xíng yǐng bù lí always together; be after each other like shadows
影子 yǐngzi shadow
踩住 cǎi zhù keep the feet upon; step on
一辈子 yībèizi  all one's life; throughout one's life
职业学校 zhíyè xuéxiào vocational school
熬 áo  to endure
操行 cāoxíng  behavior or conduct of a student
评分 píng fēn  grade; score
合胃口 hé wèi kǒu  be to one's taste


"From 13 to 15 years old, Qiyue and Ansheng have been always together for three years. Sometimes Qiyue is the shadow of Ansheng, and sometimes Ansheng is the shadow of Qiyue. They read in the book: if you keep stepping on a someone's shadow, that person will never leave. But Ansheng said that a whole lifetime is too long, and she only wants to live up to 27.

After graduating from junior high school, Qiyue was admitted to the best high school, and Ansheng entered a vocational school. In Ansheng's words, after nine years hard life, she finally got into a school that doesn't need to hand in a composition and doesn't have a code of conduct. It was just to her taste. "