안녕하세요 여러분! 오늘은 "시작이 반이다" 라는 속담에 대해서 이야기를 해봅시다.

필로우 토크 - Pillow Talk 

시작이 반이다

How many times have you been trapped in a boring presentation? How many times have you given a boring presentation? And why are so many presentations boring by the way?

Most people have a deep fear of giving presentations. A negative mindset, coupled with little preparation time, results in boring presentations.

However, when you learn to see the opportunities associated with giving presentations and learn how to prepare for them, you will be able to influence people, share ideas you are excited about, and motivate others.

In this Express to Impress Podcast episode, you will learn how to develop a positive mindset, plan, structure, prepare, and deliver an effective presentation. Your audience will not fidget anxiously or scan their phones from boredom, but be attentive from start to finish. Specifically, you'll discover six steps for creating a high-quality presentation that resonates with your listeners.

At the end of the episode, you'll learn definitions for English idioms and phrases.

Episode originally published on July 31, 2020.
Transcript at https://www.express-to-impress.com/give-a-presentation/.
Infographics for this episode at https://www.pinterest.com/ExpresstoImpress/. 

Express to Impress

How to Give Effective Presentations That Don't Bore Your Audience

Today we're looking at a common mistake when using the words "came" and "visit". There are a lot more texts where this grammar rule is important so I hope you find today's podcast useful!

DAILY Business English VOCABULARY builder

Never visit someone like this!

Easy Steps to Chinese Grammar⭐ 

How to use "也 (yě)" and "都 (dōu)" together to express "Children all like it too" ? You can find out the answer in this episode.


Easy Steps to Chinese Grammar 

6. Using "也 (yě)" and "都 (dōu)" together 【B1】

[ — Audio description, listen and read along for greater understanding. — ]
Comida é tudo que comemos para crescer e ter energia.
Tem muitos tipos, cada um com seu sabor e textura.
Frutas são doces e suculentas.
Carnes dão força e podem ser vermelhas ou brancas.
Laticínios vêm do leite de animais.
Doces são gostosos, mas devemos comer pouco.
Bebidas hidratam o corpo e podem ser quentes ou frias.
Comida é importante para a saúde.
Devemos comer de tudo um pouco para ter uma dieta equilibrada.

PORTUREAD - Listen to small texts and conversations samples in portuguese!

Comida gostosa!  — SMALL TEXT A1-B1 LEVEL.

本期视频根据两则新闻聊了关于异种移植及动物实验的话题。
涉及到的话题有：猪心移植，动物实验，马斯克，猴脑植入芯片等。
由于up主及朋友非该领域专家，仅为普通人的闲聊，如有错误，还请谅解。
希望该视频对大家的汉语和英语学习都有帮助！

Cherry Blablabla｜Chinese&English

Pig Heart Transplant｜Animal Testing｜Elon Musk’s Computer Chip Monkeys

I use HSK 1 vocabulary to tell you a Chinese folktale, the Cowherd and the Weaving Maid .

八百年前，有一个人，他有一只牛，他没有钱，他的家很小很小，大家都叫他牛郎。牛郎天天给牛吃好吃的东西，牛很喜欢牛郎。牛郎十八岁了，还没有女朋友。牛郎的牛会说话，有一天，他说，牛郎，你明天工作的时候，晚一点回家，你会看见一个美女，她是你的女朋友。 
天上有一个女人，她很漂亮，大家都叫她织女。织女八岁的时候，喜欢了一个男孩。这个男孩有一只牛。织女在天上工作，她工作的时候，可以看到牛郎。织女很想和牛郎说话。可是她的妈妈说，她太小了，现在还不可以有男朋友。现在织女十六岁了，她很想有一个男朋友。
有一天，她和朋友一起去玩水。她们很高兴，玩了五个小时，还不想回家。晚上六点，她们要回家的时候，下雨了。雨很大。织女的朋友们都飞回家了。可是织女的衣服不见了。这时候，织女听见一个人说：你好，请问这是你的衣服吗？织女不好意思地说：是的，谢谢你。织女看见这个人是牛郎，她心里非常高兴。织女很漂亮，是一个大美女。牛郎很喜欢织女，他很想织女做他女朋友，他说：“现在下大雨，你要不要去我家坐坐？” 织女高兴地说：“很谢谢你，我们去你家吧。” 牛郎做饭给织女吃，织女做漂亮的衣服给牛郎。织女和牛郎住在一起了，他们都很高兴。织女的妈妈知道后，她在天上看织女的男朋友。 她知道牛郎没有钱后，她不高兴了，她不想女儿和牛郎在一起。她叫织女回家。可是织女很喜欢和牛郎住在一起。织女不想回家了。一年后，她和牛郎有一个女儿。他们的女儿很可爱。织女很爱这个家。
织女妈妈知道后很不高兴。她去了牛郎家，带（dài = to bring）织女回家。织女回家后很不高兴，她很想回去牛郎家，看看牛郎和她的女儿。织女的爸爸很爱她，他叫牛郎七月七日来天上，看看织女。牛郎很高兴，他和女儿每年七月七日都会坐牛飞到天上，看织女。 

Chinese Folktale - Graded listening material for HSK 2

the Cowherd and the Weaving Maid 牛郎织女的故事

当我还只有六岁的时候，在一本描写原始森林的名叫《真实的故事》的书中，看到了一副精彩的插画，
Once when I was six years old I saw a magnificent picture in a book, called True Stories from Nature, about the primeval forest.
画的是一条蟒蛇正在吞食一只大野兽。
It was a picture of a boaconstrictor in the act of swallowing an animal.
页头上就是那副画的摹本。
Here is a copy of the drawing.
这本书中写道：“这些蟒蛇把它们的猎物不加咀嚼地囫囵吞下。”
In the book it said: “Boa constrictors swallow their prey whole, without chewing it.

然后就不能再动弹了；它们就在长长的六个月的睡眠中消化这些食物。
After that they are not able to move, and they sleep through the six months that they need for digestion.

当时，我对丛林中的奇遇想得很多。
I pondered deeply, then, over the adventures of the jungle.
于是，我也用彩色铅笔画出了我的第一副图画。
And after some work with a colored pencil I succeeded in making my first drawing.
我的第一号作品。
My Drawing Number One.



它是这样的：我把我的这副杰作拿给大人看，我问他们我的画是不是叫他们害怕。
It looked like this:I showed my masterpiece to the grown-ups, and asked them whether the drawing frightened them.

他们回答我说：“一顶帽子有什么可怕的？”
But they answered: “Frighten? Why should any one be frightened by a hat?”
我画的不是帽子，
My drawing was not a picture of a hat.

是一条巨蟒在消化着一头大象。
It was a picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant.
但由于大人们无法理解它,我做了另一个图:
But since the grown-ups were not able to understand it,I made another drawing:
于是我又把巨蟒肚子里的情况画了出来，以便让大人们能够看懂。
I drew the inside of the boa constrictor, so that the grown-ups could see it clearly.
这些大人总是需要解释。
They always need to have things explained.  
My Drawing Number Two looked like this:
大人们劝我把这些画着开着肚皮的，或者闭上肚皮的蟒蛇的图画放在一边，
The grown-ups’ response, this time, was to advise me to lay aside my drawings of boa constrictors,
还是把兴趣放在地理、历史、算术和语法上。
whether from the inside or the outside, and devote myself instead to geography, history, arithmetic and grammar.

就这样，在六岁的那年，我就放弃了当画家这一美好的职业。
That is why, at the age of six, I gave up what might have been a magnificent career as a painter.

小王子-The Little Prince-Read in Chinese

小王子第一章-当个画家

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
〈#129〉10月28日金曜日　天気/晴れ　気温/13℃ 

むかわ町
・シシャモ漁が今月1日に解禁　
・4日間で打ち切り
・例年は一ヶ月くらい続く
・今年の夏が暑すぎて、稚魚が生きられなかった。
・来年のため

［単語］
シシャモ/ししゃも…魚の名前。小さい魚。
漁/りょう…海や湖で魚をとる
解禁/かいきん…自由になること
打ち切り/うちきり…終わること
例年/れいねん…いつもの年
稚魚/ちぎょ…魚の赤ちゃん

レッスン待ってます♪
