Based on HSK vocab level 5, involving all aspects of daily topics, including but not limited to news, idioms, culture, Chinese literary works, film or TV series commentary, celebrity anecdotes, etc,.

HSK5 Vocab Based - Short Story Podcast

Danxia Tells is a short story set podcast based on HSK course vocabulary level 3. The content ranges from easy to difficult, involving all aspects of daily topics. Simple, easy and helpful.

 HSK3 Vocab Based - Short Story Podcast

Danxia Tells is a short story set podcast based on HSK course vocabulary level 4. The content ranges from easy to difficult, involving all aspects of daily topics. Simple, easy and helpful.

HSK4 Vocab Based - Short Story Podcast

Based on HSK vocab level 6, involving all aspects of daily topics, including but not limited to news, idioms, culture, Chinese literary works, film or TV series commentary, celebrity anecdotes, etc,.

HSK6 Vocab Based - Short Story Podcast

Chinese Lines is a podcast based on film and TV drama lines quoted, in addition which, it also involves the lines of some documentaries, chat shows, Stand up comics, Chinese songs, etc. 

Chinese Lines 中文台词

Danxia Tells is a short story set podcast based on HSK course vocabulary level 1 to 2. The content ranges from easy to difficult, involving all aspects of daily topics. Simple, easy and helpful.

HSK1&2 Vocab Based - Short Story Podcast

Discover the city that has inspired poets, writers, and musicians alike. A city that embraces strangers like a caring mother nurtures her children This podcast episode invites you to delve into its rich history and the tales cherished by Syrians.
This episode is a short version of a very long episode; you can find the full version in my podcast book, which provides an even deeper dive into this captivating topic.
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Beyond Borders: Immersing in Syrian Culture

The history of Damascus

在這集中我回顧了自己在2022年的一些目標，也公開2023年的新年新希望。不管你在什麼時間聽到這一集，都歡迎留言告訴我你最近的新目標是什麼。說出自己的目標可以加強自己的信心，我們一起加油！

In this episode, I review some of my goals in 2022, and disclose my New Year's resolutions in 2023. No matter when you hear this episode, please leave a comment and let me know what your recent new goal is. Speaking up your goals can strengthen your confidence. Let's fight for it together!

Fu-lan Speaking -- Natural Taiwanese Mandarin

EP1. 新年新希望 New Year's resolutions

here is a story by Virginia Woolf that I really liked it . It's a short story and I hop you find it interesting . 

English stories

A haunted house

"Va tutto liscio come l'olio" or "Matteo è un salame!" What do these idioms mean? And why is there food involved?

Discover 6 interesting Italian sayings and their origin in the latest episode of Cocai Italiano. The transcript will be released on Sunday in Cocai Italiano's Newsletter.
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6 modi di dire in italiano che contengono il cibo - 3 minutes Italian

''Chúng ta phải có niềm tin sắt đá vào chính mình"- Giorgio de Chirico

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Thay đổi tư duy, hãy cứ phi lý đi - rod judkins

La profe Karina me platica sobre Las Noches de la Nostalgia uruguayas.

Mucho que decir

La noche de la nostalgia Ft. Karina (Uruguay)

When the end of the working week arrives, it can be a little harder to keep going.

If you work from Monday to Friday, you might find yourself thinking about the weekend as your brain and body get ready to rest. You may feel that you're getting less work done.

You might even feel this way near the end of each work day.

And a study from the US has found that yes, it's true — we aren't as productive and we make more mistakes in the afternoons, especially on Fridays.

While most of us could probably have guessed that result, the researchers said most studies in the past have just asked workers about their feelings related to their productivity.

But this one actually used data based on computer use, including how fast people typed and the numbers of typos they made.

The researchers, from Texas A&M University, looked at the computer use of 789 employees working from the office of a big company in Texas.

They studied them for two years and looked at their computer use at different times of the day and week.

And they found that computer use "dropped significantly" on Fridays.

One of the researchers, Taehyun Roh, said: "Employees were less active in the afternoons, and made more typos in the afternoons — especially on Fridays."

The authors added that results like this should encourage bosses to think about flexible working arrangements or four-day working weeks to get the best from their employees.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Study: Workers Make More Mistakes on Friday Afternoons

Jimmy abita a Venezia in un appartamento al primo piano. A lui non piace il pianoterra perché quando c’è l’acqua alta, l’acqua entra in casa. Il primo piano è più sicuro.

Come quasi tutte le case di Venezia, anche la casa di Jimmy è antica. È grande e spaziosa, ma non troppo luminosa. La casa è pulita e ordinata. Ci sono tante piante, che Jimmy cura ogni giorno.

La casa ha un grande salotto con il divano, le poltrone, la libreria e la televisione. Davanti al divano c’è un tavolino. Sopra il tavolino c’è un vaso di rose e sotto il tavolino c’è un tappeto. Nella casa ci sono anche una cucina con il forno, i fornelli e il frigorifero - dove Jimmy tiene il cibo; un bagno con la vasca e due camere da letto. Nella camera da letto grande c’è un letto matrimoniale in mezzo a due comodini. Nella camera da letto piccola ci sono due letti singoli ed è la camera per gli ospiti. A casa di Jimmy ci sono anche un guardaroba per i vestiti e uno sgabuzzino dove conserva le scatole e i prodotti per pulire.

Marco abita al pianoterra in un bilocale. Bilocale significa che la casa ha solo due stanze: un salotto molto piccolo che comprende anche la cucina e una camera da letto dove Marco dorme, tiene la scrivania con il computer e l’armadio con i vestiti. Ha anche un bagno con doccia.

La casa di Marco è piccola, stretta, buia, un po’ sporca e molto disordinata. Per questo motivo Marco trascorre molto tempo a casa di Jimmy a giocare a carte con lui. Anche se sono molto diversi, insieme si divertono molto.


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