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The Social Evolutionary

Black Friday - can you get a discount on ANYTHING?

Este es un episodio, como otros anteriores, sobre el vocabulario y los temas que suelen aparecer en el DELE B2 y C1. En este caso es un episodio sobre el alquiler de vivienda.

DELE exam (B2-C1)

20. Vocabulario: alquiler de vivienda

Cloth and clothes: The difference and how to use it in everyday life. I have included examples on how you can use this in everyday life.

English speaking with Xoliswa 

Difference between cloth and clothes.

In questo episodio parleremo degli Italiani e lo sport, di quali sport praticano e di quali seguono. 

Italiano Chiaro - Cultura e Tradizioni 

Gli Italiani e lo Sport

Read and follow along:. 

The Youth in Asia
"THAT'S IT," MY MOTHER SAID AFTER HAVING SADIE PUT TO SLEEP. "MY CAT DAYS ARE OVER."

In the early sixties, during what my mother referred to as the "tail end of the Lassie years," my parents were given two collies they named Rastus and Duchess. We were living in upstate New York, out in the country, and the dogs were free to race through the forest. They napped in meadows and stood knee-deep in frigid streams, costars in their own private dog-food commercial. According to our father, anyone could tell that the two of them were in love.

Late one evening, while lying on a blanket in the garage, Duchess gave birth to a litter of slick, potato-sized puppies. When it looked as though one of them had died, our mother placed the creature in a casserole dish and popped it into the oven, like the witch in "Hänsel and Gretel."

"Oh, keep your shirts on," she said. "It's only set on 200. I'm not baking anyone; this is just to keep him warm."

The heat revived the sick puppy and left us believing our mother was capable of resurrecting the dead.

Faced with the responsibilities of fatherhood, Rastus took off. The puppies were given away, and we moved south, where the heat and humidity worked against a collie's best interests. Duchess's once beautiful coat now hung in ragged patches. Age set in and she limped about the house, clearing rooms with her suffocating farts. When finally, full of worms, she collapsed in the ravine beside our house, we reevaluated our mother's healing powers. The entire animal kingdom was beyond her scope; apparently, she could resurrect only the cute dead.

The oven trick was performed on half a dozen peakish hamsters but failed to work on my first guinea pig, who died after eating a couple of cigarettes and an entire pack of matches.


Three by Sedaris ( Adult 18+ )

The Youth in Asia

Text：
老师：这个星期有什么安排？
lǎoshī：zhège xīngqī yǒu shénme ānpái ？
Teacher: What are your plans for this week?

学生xuésheng：今天我想去附近逛逛。 jīntiān wǒ xiǎng qù fùjìn guàngguang,
         Student:     I want wander around nearby today.
            明天早上我去“天安门”广场。míngtiān zǎoshang wǒ qù “ tiān ān mén ” guǎngchǎng.
            I will go to Tiananmen SquareTomorrow morning.
            星期二去颐和园、星期三去故宫。xīng qī èr qù yí hé yuán、xīng qī sān qù gù gōng.
            I will go to the Summer Palace on Tuesday and the Forbidden City on Wednesday.
            星期四我想去北京胡同儿逛逛。xīngqīsì wǒ xiǎng qù Běijīng hútòngr guàngguang.
            I want to go for a stroll in Beijing's Hutongs on Thursday.
            星期五我想去尝尝“北京烤鸭”。xīngqīwǔ wǒxiǎng qù chángchang “ Běijīng kǎoyā ”.
            I want to try 'Beijing Roast Duck' on Friday

老师：太好了，那星期六、星期日呢？
lǎoshī： tàihǎo le，nà xīngqī liù、 xīngqī rì ne ？
Teacher: Great, what about Saturday and Sunday?

学生：星期六我要去长城，星期日就在酒店休息。
xuésheng：xīngqī liù wǒ yào qù cháng chéng,xīngqī rì jiù zài jiǔdiàn xiūxi.
Student: I'm going to the Great Wall on Saturday and will take a rest at the hotel on Sunday.

老师：很棒，祝你玩得开心！
lǎoshī：hěn bàng，zhù nǐ wánde kāixīn ！
Teacher: Wonderful, have fun!

New words：
安排 ān pái：plan；arrange （in details）
星期 xīng qī：week + 一 yī～Monday、二 èr~Tuesday、三 sān~Wednesday、四 sì~Thursday、五 wǔ ~Friday、六 liù~Saturday、**日 rì~Sunday
今天 jīn tiān：today
明天 míng tiān：yesterday
附近 fù jìn：nearby；close to

逛逛guàngguang：go for a walk；wander around 
尝尝chángchang：try；taste
p.s：In Chinese,verbs can be reduplicated to indicate that they happen briefly or "a little bit." 

广场 guǎng chǎng：square
想 xiǎng：think；would like to（just an idea）
要 yào：will；want（strong will or idea and want to make it）
就 jiù：just or then（ 就 jiù + Verb Phrase）
休息 xiūxi：rest；take a rest

Welcome to visit China ”欢迎来中国!“

L5 日程安排[rì chénɡ ān pái]～Arranging daily activities

传说南朝·梁画家张僧繇画龙不画眼珠，说画上眼珠就会变成真龙飞走。人们不信，要他画上。结果他刚给两条龙点上眼珠，这两条龙就飞走了。后用「画龙点睛」比喻文学艺术创作等在关键之处用一两笔点明要旨，会起到激活整体的作用，使通篇变得更精彩传神。

中华成语典故

中华成语典故----画龙点睛

Cuando estaba conociendo el país de Lao, un día antes de visitar las Cataratas Li Phi, coincidía que en un hostal de mala muerte, el vigilante nocturno, era un apasionado del fútbol y esa misma noche, España jugaba la final de un torneo importante. Me convenció con señas para ver el partido juntos a lo que acepté de buen agrado. El problema es que que no teníamos ninguna lengua en común para comunicarnos, y por eso decidí usar el traductor de Google para que pudiéramos comunicarnos durante la retransmisión del partido de fútbol.

AUDIO-ARTÍCULOS (Nivel B2-C1)

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