莎莎的肚子很神奇，总是会咕噜咕噜叫……
Salsa's stomach is amazing and always growling...  

CHINESE STORIES

莎莎的肚子咕噜咕噜叫

In this episode you will hear some information about a country called Moldova.

ROMANIAN

Moldova

В этом выпуске вы познакомитесь с Александром Сергеевичем Пушкиным и его сказкой "о рыбаке и рыбке". Он написал эту сказку в 1833 году. 
Похожие сюжеты есть почти во всех сказках мира. 
Спойлер: дедушка ловит волшебную рыбу, которая исполняет желания. Дедушке ничего не нужно, но его жена хочет получить дорогие вещи и стать королевой моря. В итоге, бабушка сначала получает, а потом теряет всё.
Эта сказка о том, что нельзя быть жадным и нужно ценить всё, что у тебя есть сейчас. 


Russian with a tale

А.С. Пушкин и его сказка "о рыбаке и рыбке"

        这个地方的猴子自由自在，会模仿人的动作。比如：拧开矿泉水的瓶盖喝水。它们很强壮，我们要与他们和睦相处。The monkeys in this area are free and imitate human movements. For example, they can unscrew the top of mineral water bottles to drink. They are strong, and we should live in harmony with them.

新鲜事儿（Anecdote）

黔灵山的猴子

One Piece 
航海王
ワンピース


Slam Dunk 
灌 篮 高 手
スラムダンク


Jujutsu Kaisen 
咒术回战
呪術廻戦


Chainsaw Man 
电锯人
チェーンソーマン


Black Clover
黒色四叶草
ブラッククローバー


Demon slayer
鬼灭之刃
鬼滅の刃

SAMURAI BROADCAST　侍放送

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¿Te consideras una persona puntual?

Si tu respuesta es sí. ¡Genial! Ser una persona puntual es algo muy bueno. Pero si tu respuesta es no, no te preocupes, es más normal de lo que parece. Ojo, no estoy diciendo que es bueno ser impuntual, solo digo que es bastante normal.

De hecho, en mi país usamos la expresión “hora ecuatoriana” para hablar de eso. Y en este episodio te quiero contar sobre eso.

Spanish with Andres T.

La hora Ecuatoriana

It is estimated that about 40 per cent of the world’s population use social media, and many of these billions of social media users look up to influencers to help them decide what to buy and what trends to follow.

So what is an influencer and how do we become one?
An influencer is a person who can influence the decisions of their followers because of their relationship with their audience and their knowledge and expertise in a particular area, e.g. fashion, travel or technology.

Influencers often have a large following of people who pay close attention to their views. They have the power to persuade people to buy things, and influencers are now seen by many companies as a direct way to customers’ hearts. Brands are now asking powerful influencers to market their products. With some influencers charging up to $25,000 for one social media post, it is no surprise that more and more people are keen to become influencers too. If you are one of them, then here are five tips on how to do it.

1. Choose your niche
What is the area that you know most about? What do you feel most excited talking about? Find the specific area that you’re most interested in and develop it.

2. Choose your medium and write an interesting bio
Most influencers these days are bloggers and micro-bloggers. Decide which medium – such as your own online blog, Instagram or Snapchat – is the best way to connect with your followers and chat about your niche area. When you have done that, write an attention-grabbing bio that describes you and your speciality area in an interesting and unique way. Make sure that people who read your bio will want to follow you.

3. Post regularly and consistently
Many influencers post daily on their social media accounts. The more you post, the more likely people will follow you. Also, ensure that your posts are consistent and possibly follow a theme.

I couldn't put it all here so I hope it was enough :) 

See you tomorrow for more practice on reading & comprehension.



The Habits of Highly Effective English Communicators

Social media influencers. Improving your reading & comprehension.

In this episode we are going to learn 【 Go to the Barber's】in Chinese. 
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As a beginner, there're some vocabularies that you didn't learn before, and native speaker's speed seems too fast to understand. But don't worry, let's do it step by step. 
Step 1: listen and catch the words you know already, have a guess about the content.
Step 2: look at the text to check if you guessed it right. 
Step 3: listen one more time, repeat after it.
Step 4: practice until you can speak as the normal speed without looking at the text.
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昨天我去理发店了。
zuó tiān wǒ qù lǐ fà diàn le 。
I went to the barber's yesterday.
我打算烫头发。
wǒ dǎ suàn tàng tóu fà 。
I was going to perm my hair.
发型师先帮我洗头、吹头发。
fà xíng shī xiān bāng wǒ xǐ tóu 、 chuī tóu fà 。
The stylist shampooed and blew my hair first.
我的头发又长又多，发型师帮我剪短剪薄。
wǒ de tóu fà yòu cháng yòu duō ， fà xíng shī bāng wǒ jiǎn duǎn jiǎn báo 。
My hair is long and long. The stylist helped me cut it short and thin.
我选了一个最近很流行的发型：大波浪。
wǒ xuǎn le yí gè zuì jìn hěn liú xíng de fà xíng ： dà bō làng 。
I chose a hairstyle that is very popular these days: big waves.
发型师说染棕色很适合我，我决定试试。
fà xíng shī shuō rǎn zōng sè hěn shì hé wǒ ， wǒ jué dìng shì shì 。
The stylist said that dyeing brown would suit me, so I decided to give it a try.
我的朋友看到我的新发型都说好看。
wǒ de péng yǒu kàn dào wǒ de xīn fà xíng dōu shuō hǎo kàn 。
When my friends saw my new hairstyle, they all said it is nice.

Yuli's Chinese Channel

去理发店 Go to the Barber's （Beginner）

Who do you spend the most time with at school or work?

Let's talk about our work colleagues or peers at school!  We've got some really useful vocabulary and expressions in this lesson.  Enjoy!

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