Today’s Theme is “不眠（ふみん）《sleeplessness》”.
This episode is JLPT-N3 level.

Please use this audio for listening and shadowing practices.

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Simple Japanese Listening with Meg（めぐ）Smile

#12 不眠（ふみん） // N3 Level

In this episode, you can notice the simple way to interact while hearing someone telling a story, using “然后呢？”. In this case, "然后呢？" means "and then?".  

今天我到外面走走，没想到发现了一大堆蚂蚁正在搬一只死了的虫子。
它们有的拉着脚，有的拉着头，还有的拖着身子 ，
几乎把整个虫子都围住了。可是虫子却一点儿也不动 。
不过，蚂蚁们也没有放弃，依然竭尽全力地拉着。 
最后在蚂蚁们坚持不懈的努力下，终于把虫子拖回了家。
蚂蚁这种坚持不懈的精神值得我们学习吧? 

Difficult words:

•  没想到 
[ méi xiǎng dào ]
didn't expect

•  身子 
[ shēn zi ]
body; pregnancy; health

•  几乎 
[ jī hū ]
almost; nearly; practically

•  围住 
[ wéi zhù ]
to surround; to gird

•  虫子 
[ chóng zi ]
insect; bug; worm; Classifiers: 条 

•  放弃 
[ fàng qì ]
to renounce; to abandon; to give up

•  竭尽全力 
[ jié jìn quán lì ]
to spare no effort (idiom); to do one's utmost

•  终于 
[ zhōng yú ]
at last; in the end; finally; eventually

•  坚持不懈 
[ jiān chí bú xiè ]
to persevere unremittingly (idiom); to keep going until the end

•  精神 
[ jīng shén ]
spirit; mind; consciousness; thought; mental; psychological; essence; gist; Classifiers: 个 

•  值得 
[ zhí de ]
to be worth; to deserve




我们说 - 我们学 Practical Conversations

Ant-蚂蚁 (Intermediate)  

In this dialogue, you will practice:
+ How to borrow something from your friend.
+ Express wishes, obligations, capabilities and possibilities.

Difficult words: (tones are marked as number 1-4 according to their names)
+ 手动挡 shou3dong4dang3: manual transmission
+ 停车场 ting2che1chang3: parking lot
+ 进步 jin4bu4: to improve