Story learning Chinese with Annie

Story learning Chinese with Annie-----Three things I like the most at home

In this episode I read a passage from the book risky business for listening practice.

Books for Bilinguals

Risky buisness pt. I

Here I am gonna be talking about the basic features about Turkish, you can skip this episode, if you already know, otherwise, enjoy!

5 minutes Turkish everyday

Everyday Turkish episode 1

In this episode we will talk about the two main good luck traditions for the new year´s eve.

Leggende e tradizioni italiane

Capodanno

You will know about some mistakes that you should avoid on your first vacation in Colombia

1. Suponiendo que en todas partes es seguro en Colombia

2. Hailing Cabs en la calle en Colombia

3. Solo Estancia en las Ciudades de Colombia.

4. Dejar tu libro de frases en español en casa

5. Juzgar mal el clima en Colombia

6. Hablando de Pablo Escobar con los locales

7. Dejando su teléfono celular tirado alrededor

8. Visitar Colombia durante el mes pico de vacaciones

9. Ignorar los carnavales en Colombia.

10. Olvidando el transporte público en Colombia

11. Olvidarse de llevar un montón de dinero en efectivo

12. Tratando de verlo todo en dos semanas

Remember that I also teach Spanish on italki, in case you want to book a class with me :)

Colombia

12 errores de novato que debes evitar en tus vacaciones en Colombia

这里是one minute Chinese, 中文一分钟，每天都不同！我们一起听一分钟，想一分钟，说一分钟，今天的话题是好事还是坏事？
很久以前，有个老人叫塞翁。他住在长城外面。有一天，塞翁养（yang3, raise）的马(ma3, horse)跑了。他的邻居(lin2ju,neighbour)们都为他感到(gan3dao4,feel)难过(nan2guo4,sad)。
“也许(ye3xu3,maybe)这会是件好事呢！”塞翁却这么说。
几个月后，塞翁的马自己跑回了家，还带了一匹好马回来。人们都很羡慕(xian4mu4, envy)他，和他说，你太幸运(xing4yun4,lucky)了。
塞翁却说：“也许这不是什么好事呢！”
没多久，塞翁的儿子就喜欢上了骑(qi2, to saddle)马，一天他从马上掉了下来，摔断(shuai1duan4, to break by falling)了腿。邻居们都替(ti4, stand in for)塞翁难过。
“也许这会是件好事呢！”塞翁却说。
一年后，战争(zhan4zheng1, warfare)爆发(bao4fa1, break out)了，年青人都必须参军(can1jun1,join the army)去打仗(da3zhang4, to fight)。死了很多人。塞翁的儿子却因为摔断了腿不能去当兵(dang1bin1,be a soldier)，而保住了性命(xing4ming4,life)。
这个故事说的就是一句很有名的中国成语(cheng2yu4,pharse)：塞翁失马，焉知非福(sai1weng1shi1ma3, yan1zhi1fei1fu2, the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best)：意思是塞翁丢失了马，这有可能是一件幸运的事。在日常生活里，我们可以这样说，虽然你失去了之前的工作，但是你找到了一份更好的工作，这可真是塞翁失马呀。你有相同的经历吗，欢迎来和我分享。


One minute Chinese

Bad thing, or good thing? 中国成语-塞翁失马

Another simple dialogue between Charlotte and Pierre.

Charlotte rencontre Pierre

2 - Une boîte de chaussures

Today's vocabulary words are the noun subsidy and the verb to subsidise.

DAILY Business English VOCABULARY builder

Don't worry, someone else will pay for it!

I sitdown with Carl Honoré is a bestselling author, broadcaster and two-time TED speaker. He is also the voice of the Slow Movement. 

After working with street children in Brazil, Carl covered Europe and South America for the Economist, Observer, Miami Herald, Houston Chronicle, National Post (Canada), Time and other publications. 

His first book, In Praise of Slow, chronicles the global trend toward putting on the brakes in everything from work to food to parenting. The Financial Times said it is “to the Slow Movement what Das Kapital is to communism”.

Carl’s second book, Under Pressure explores how to raise and educate children in a fast world and was hailed by Time as a “gospel of the Slow Parenting movement”.

Carl’s third book, The Slow Fix, explores how to tackle complex problems in every walk of life, from health and relationships to business and politics, without falling for superficial, short-term quick fixes.

His fourth book, Bolder: How To Age Better And Feel Better About Ageing, is a spirited manifesto against ageism.

Carl recently published his first children’s book, It’s The Journey Not the Destination
Published in 36 languages, Carl has landed on bestseller lists in many countries. 

In Praise of Slow was a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week and the inaugural choice for the Huffington Post Book Club. It also featured in a British TV sitcom, Argentina’s version of Big Brother and a TV commercial for the Motorola tablet. 

Under Pressure was shortlisted for the Writers’ Trust Award, the top prize for non-fiction in Canada. 

Bolder was also a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week as well as a Reader’s Digest (UK) Book of the Month.

Carl featured in a series for BBC Radio 4 called The Slow Coach in which he helped frazzled, over-scheduled people slow down. He also presented a television show called Frantic Family Rescue on Australia’s ABC 1.

Carl lives in London. While researching his first book on slowness he was slapped with a speeding ticket.