This channel is created for improving my students' listening skill. 
By listening to this channel podcast, your listening skill will improve. 
I will narrate short stories for you. 

Kalim Karimi

大家好，您正在收听中文播客《丹霞说》，我是丹霞。今天我要给你们介绍一下儿我的朋友。

我有一个好朋友，她叫夏白雪。
夏是夏天的夏，不是下雪的下。
为什么她的名字是夏白雪？因为她爸爸姓夏，但是她在冬天出生，出生那天下雪了，所以她叫夏白雪。

白雪家有四口人，她父母、她弟弟和她。她爸爸有自己的商店，她妈妈在学校工作，是英语老师，而他弟弟还是中学生，所以和爸妈住在一起。
白雪在公司上班，有时候她工作非常忙。但周末的时候，她会回家看看家人。

这些词语你听明白了吗？

夏天Xià tiān summer     
下雪xià xuě to snow            
冬天dōng tiān  winter 
名字míng zì name         
因为yīn wèi  because          
出生chū shēng to be born    
所以suǒ yǐ  so
父母fù mǔ  parent      
 商店shāng diàn shop, store  
学校xué xiào  school    
中学生zhōng xué sheng middle school student 
公司gōngsī the company       
工作gōng zuò  to work; the work    
上班shàng bān to go to work  
周末zhōu mò  weekend    
回家huí jiā 


好，现在我们再听一次！

I have a good friend whose name is Xia Baixue.

Xia is xia in summer"xia tian", not the xia in snow"xia xue".

Why is her name Xia Baixue? Because her father's surname is Xia, but she was born in winter. It snowed on the day of her birth, so her name is Xia Baixue.

There are four people in Bai Xue's family, including her parents, her younger brother and her. Her father has his own shop, her mother works in school and is an English teacher, while his brother is still a middle school student, so he lives with parents.

Bai Xue works in a company. Sometimes she is very busy. But on weekends, she will go home to visit her family.

Do you understand these words?


HSK1&2 Vocab Based - Short Story Podcast

01. 我的朋友夏白雪Wǒ de péngyǒu xià báixuě My friend Baixue Xia

Vous apprendrez de quelle oeuvre est tirée cette citation, sa signification à l'époque et son sens actuel.

Citations littéraires éclairées

Citation 1 : "la valeur n'attend point le nombre des années"

大家好！我现在在云南大理。
Hello everyone, now I am in Dali, Yunnan Province. 
大理在中国的西南部，
Dali is in the southwest of China, 
离缅甸很近。
very close to Myanmar.
我在路上走的时候，
When I was walking on the road,
经常会有卖东西的人叫我金花。
I was often called "Jinhua" by people selling things. 
原来金花是白族人对女孩的称呼，
 It turns out that Jinhua is a how Bai ethnic people call a girl, 
意思是善良美丽的女孩。
 which means "kind and beautiful girl". 
白族是这里的少数民族，
 The Bai Nationality is a minority here, 
大家可以看一下这是他们的服装，
 you can see, this is their clothing, 
很有民族特色。
 which has ethnic characteristics.
我以前生活在广州。
I used to live in Guangzhou. 
在广州，我们叫陌生的女孩
 In Guangzhou, we call strange girls 
靓女或者美女，
"liàng nǚ" or "měi nǚ", 
意思是漂亮的女孩子。
which means beautiful girls.
广州话的发音是“leng3 neoi5”。
The pronunciation in Cantonese is "leng3 neoi5".
我们去饭店吃饭的时候，
When we go to a restaurant, 
也会叫服务员靓女。
we will also call the waitress "liàng nǚ".
如果是年纪大一点的，我们就叫阿姨。
If she is a little older, we call her "auntie".
我的老家在潮汕，
My hometown is in Chaoshan, 
在那里我们叫女孩子“妹”。
where we call girls "mèi",
潮汕话的发音是“muê6”。
pronounced " muê6 " in Chaoshanese.
In other parts of China,
在中国其他地方也有很多不同的叫法。
there are also many different ways to call a girl. 
 For example, in Beijing, you can call her "gūniang" or "guīnǚ".
例如：在北京可以叫“姑娘”或者“闺女”。
 In Shanghai, you can call "xiǎogūniang" or "nunu".
在上海可以叫“小姑娘”或者“囡囡”。
In Sichuan, you can call "yāomèi" or "nǚwá".
在四川，可以叫“幺妹”或者“女娃”。
你还听说过什么叫法吗？
Have you heard of any other way to call girls?
留言告诉我吧。
 Leave a comment and tell me.
下期视频见!
 See you in the next video!
Find video verson in my Ins/Youtube channel “Daily Chinese with Yuli”.

Yuli's Chinese Channel

How do people call girls in China？（Intermediate level）

안녕하세요. 
오늘은 추운 날씨를 한국어로 말하는 방법을 공부할 거예요. 

먼저(first of all), 날씨가 추워요. 날씨가 추울 때, 추운 날씨라고 해요. 
‘차갑다-차가운 날씨’ 말하지 않아요. ‘차갑다’는 ‘차가운 물’을 말할 때 같이 사용해요. 
‘추운 물’ 말하지 않아요. ‘춥다’는 날씨하고 같이 말해요. 

날씨를 말할 때는 ‘날씨가 춥다’, ‘추운 날씨’ 말해요. 

제가 살고 있는 곳은 날씨가 아주 추워요.
지금 -15°예요. 기온(temperature)을 말할 때 − 한국어로 ‘영하’라고 말해요. 그리고 ° 한국어로 ‘도’라고 말해요. 그래서  -15° 한국어로 영하 십오 도예요. 

여려분이 살고 있는 곳은 기온이 몇 도예요? 추워요? 안 추워요?

저는 요즘 너무 추워서 집에만 있어요.
특히 차가운 바람 때문에 귀가 너무 시려워요 (a.시리다).

겨울에 추운 날씨 때문에 귀, 코, 손, 발이 너무 춥고 아주 조금 아플 때  
‘시리다-시려워요’ 한국 사람들이 말해요.
귀가 시려워요. 
코가 시려워요.
손이 시려워요.
발이 시려워요.
또 사람들이 많이 추울 때 이렇게 말해요.

손이 꽁꽁 얼었어.
발이 꽁꽁 얼었어.
와~ 얼어 죽겠어~
와~ 너무 추워서 얼어 죽을 것 같아~

‘v.얼다’를 이렇게 자주 말해요. 
‘adv.꽁꽁’을 ‘얼다’하고 같이 말해요. 아주, 단단하게, 많이 얼었을 때 사용해요. 

제가 사는 곳은 너무 추워서 요즘 밖에 나가면 정말 얼어 죽을 것 같아요.
여러분이 사는 곳은 어때요?
밖에 나가면 귀가 시려워요?
10분만 밖에 있어도 손이 꽁꽁 얼 만큼 추워요?

한국어를 공부하는 여러분 모두 날씨는 춥지만 따뜻한 겨울을 보내기를 바랍니다.

감사합니다. 


Korean with Rumi

추운 날씨_When it's cold

Hi! Welcome to the first episode of this channel. In this episode, I will be reading to you a short story called "The Goose Girl". 

The objective of this episode is for you to listen. At the end of the episode, please feel free to contact me or comment if you have any questions about anything! 

This episode will test your listening skills, and your ability to comprehend and understand. A quiz set will be made available for you to test out your memory, and listening comprehension skills. So, listen carefully, and attempt the quiz! 

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Episode I: Short Story - The Goose Girl

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I’ll introduce Japanese culture in easy Japanese.
Today’s Theme is “お盆（ぼん）《Bon festival》”.
This episode is JLPT-N3 level.

I created a quiz on this episode.
After listening, please take the quiz!

Please use this audio for listening and shadowing practices.

☆Words☆
お盆（ぼん）：Bon festival
Obon is one of the Buddhist events. In Buddhism, it is believed that the spirits of family ancestors come back to this world during the Obon period between July and August, and a series of events take place to commemorate them.
Obon is regarded as one of the most important family occasions of the year in Japan.
Although Obon is not an official holiday, many offices are temporarily closed for business during this period. 

盆踊（ぼんおど）り：Bon Festival dance
Bon Odori is a traditional Japanese dance that is generally performed at events or festivals during Obon holidays.
Participants wear yukata, a casual traditional Kimono-style garment, and dance to traditional music while circling around a stage to honor the spirits of ancestors.

移動（いどう）する：move

仏教（ぶっきょう）：Buddhism

先祖（せんぞ）：ancestor

もてなす：treat / welcome

仏壇（ぶつだん）：Buddhist altar

迎（むか）え火（び）：welcoming fire
“迎え火” is a sacred fire that is often burned on August 13th in front of each household to guide the spirits of their ancestors back home.

提灯（ちょうちん）：chochin lantern

送（おく）り火（び）：seeing off fire
"送り火"is lit on the last day of Obon, which is generally August 16th to send the ancestors back to their world.

五山送り火（ござんのおくりび）：
The Send-off Bonfires of Five Mountains (Gozan no Okuribi) refers to the annual bonfires lit at various 5 locations including Nyoigatake (Mt. Nyoi known as Mt. Daimonji) on August 16 in Kyoto City.

阿波踊（あわおど）り：
“阿波踊り” is the largest and the most famous bon festival dance in Japan, attracting more than 1 million visitors from August 12 to 15 every year. 

☆Script for this episode
The scripts (URL) are listed in the overview section of the channel.

☆Quiz for this episode


Simple Japanese Listening with Meg（めぐ）Smile

#43 Japanese culture / お盆《Bon festival》 // N3 Level /Japanese listening

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
7月8日金曜日　天気/晴れ　気温/25℃ 

厚岸町/あっけしちょう
・厚岸町で作られたウイスキーが世界最高賞を受賞
・イギリスの専門誌「ワールド・ウイスキー・アワード」
・ウイスキーの名前は「厚岸ブレンデッドウイスキー処暑」


［単語］
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最高/さいこう…とても良い
賞/しょう…良いところをほめる
受賞/じゅしょう…もらう　　　　　　　
専門誌/せんもんし…特別なものの雑誌
処暑/しょしょ…8月23日ごろ

ワールド・ウイスキー・アワード　World Whiskies Awards

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