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Let's learn some collocations and vocabulary about people's personalities, characters and behaviors.

English Podcast with Amirreza

People's characters!

This episode explains the meaning of the proverb "You can't teach an old dog new tricks" with an example.

American English Proverbs

6 - You Can't Teach an Old Dog New Tricks

This story tells the adventures of Mara, a girl with really big ears, who is called "Orejotas" because of that. By Luisa Aguila y André Neves. Editorial Kalandraka

Short Stories for (our inner) Child(ren)

Episodio 1: Orejas de Mariposa

Język polski z przyjemnością! 

Telewizja

课文七   《青蛙写诗》
xià yǔ le
下雨了，
yǔ diǎnr xī lì lì  shā lā lā
雨点儿淅沥沥，沙啦啦。
qīnɡ wā shuō     wǒ yào xiě shī lɑ
青蛙说：“我要写诗啦！”
xiǎo kē dǒu yóu ɡuò lái shuō
小蝌蚪游过来说：
wǒ yào ɡěi nǐdānɡ ɡè xiǎo dòu hào 
“我要给你当 个小逗号。”
chí tánɡ lǐ de shuǐ pào pɑo shuō
池 塘 里的 水 泡 泡 说：
wǒ nénɡ dānɡ ɡè xiǎo jù hào
“我 能 当 个小句号。”
hé yè shànɡ de yí chuàn shuǐ zhū shuō
荷叶 上  的一 串  水 珠 说：
 wǒ men kě yǐ dānɡ shěnɡ lüè hào
“我们 可以 当  省  略 号。”
qīnɡ wā de shī xiě chénɡ le
青 蛙的诗 写  成 了：
ɡuā ɡuā  ɡuā ɡuā  ɡuā ɡuā ɡuā
“呱呱，呱呱，呱呱呱……”
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下雨 xià yǔ rain  个 gè  measure word 写xiě to write  诗shī  poetry
逗号dòu hào  comma 句号jù hào full stop  省略号shěnɡ lüè hào n. ellipsis


Iris读课本—— Original Chinese Textbook Reading（first to third grade）

课文七：青蛙写诗  A frog writing poems

5岁的马克向妈妈告状：“我们的小狗把我的皮鞋咬破了。”
 “那我们要惩罚它一下。”母亲回答说。 
“妈妈，我正是这样做的。我把狗盆里的牛奶全喝光了，让它饿一天。 看它下次还敢不敢这样。”

5 year old Make complain to his mother: our puppy bit my leather shoes.
"then, we need to punish him."mom said.
"yes, mom, definitely I did,I drank up all the milk in the dog bowl, let him hungry. see if he dares to do this again next time."

开心一刻 Jokes

惩罚（chéng fá, punishment)

Pedro: Oi, João! Beleza? 
João: Oi, Pedro! Tudo tranquilo e contigo?
Pedro: Tudo na paz! O que você vai fazer nesse final de semana? 
João: Eu vou pra praia sozinho… E você? 
Pedro: Que legal! Eu também tô querendo ir pra praia. Qual que você vai? 
João: Eu vou pra de Copacabana. 
Pedro: Não acredito! Eu também vou pra lá. 
João: Que ótimo! A gente pode se encontrar?
Pedro: Aham! Você vai chegar lá que horas? 
João: Umas 10:00 da manhã. E você?
Pedro: Ah entendi! Vou chegar umas 10:20. 
João: Perfeito! Eu posso esperar você no Quiosque céu e mar. Tá legal?
Pedro: Sim! Pode ser lá. 
João: Vou esperar você tomando um açaí. 
Pedro: Compra um pra mim também, hein! 
João: Tá bom!  Tamo junto! Até amanhã.
Pedro: Combinado! Até amanhã. 

Diálogos Informais do Rio

Um dia na praia de Copacabana. 

The character "头 - Tóu " is a pictophonetic character.
 Let's have a look at the traditional writing to make it easier to understand. 

 頭= 豆+页

 It consists of two parts: the radical "页" (pronounced xié) and the phonetic "豆 - Dòu ".

In this type of pictophonetic characters, the radical provides the meaning category of the character, while the diaphragm indicates the pronunciation . 

The original meaning of "页- xié" is head, Therefore "头 - Tóu" primarily means "head." It can also refer to a person's mind or intellect, and it can be used to describe the top or leading position of something, such as in a group or series.

Now let's go for the Usage

1.Noun:
General: "头 - Tóu" refers directly to the head of a person or an animal.
例如（For example）: 他的头很大。-Tā de tóu hěn dà 。 (His head is very big.)

 老头儿 - Lǎo tóur : Used informally to refer to an elderly man, where "头儿 - tóur" adds a sense of familiarity or endearment.
例如：公园里有几个老头儿在下象棋。- Gōng yuán lǐ yǒu jǐ gè lǎo tóu er zài xià xiàng qí 。
 (There are a few old men playing chess in the park.)

插头 - Chā tóu: Refers to the plug that connects devices to a power source, emphasizing the endpoint of the connection.
例如：请拔掉插头以断开电源。- Qǐng bá diào chā tóu yǐ duàn kāi diàn yuán 。
(Please unplug the plug to disconnect the power.)

2.Measure Word:

 "头" is also used as a measure word for livestock and some other animals.
例如：三头牛。- Sān tóu niú 。 (Three cows.)

3.Leadership or Priority: 
It can indicate the foremost or leading element.
例如：队伍的头。- Duì wu de tóu 。 (The head of the line.)

4. Idiomatic Expressions: 

例如：头痛 - Tóu tòng  (headache), 开头 -Kāi tóu (beginning), 破头 - Pò tóu (literally 'crack one's head', meaning to go to a lot of trouble), 抢破头 - Qiǎng pò tóu  (desperately competing, literally 'fighting until one's head breaks').

Chinese Item:
"虎头虎脑" (hǔ tóu hǔ nǎo) is an idiomatic expression in Chinese that describes someone, usually a child, who appears strong, energetic, and lively. 



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