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My Story

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Im Audio betone ich die -ng`s. 

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An einem stillen Morgen ging Lara singend den Pfad entlang. Die Strömung des Flusses rauschte leise, während Vögel in den Zweigen sangen. Langsam begann die Sonne, den Nebel zu durchdringen, und brachte Licht auf den Hang. Lara blieb stehen, blickte über die Wellen und hing ihren Gedanken nach.

Plötzlich sprang ein Hund aus dem Gebüsch und begann, um sie herumzuspringen. Lara griff nach einem langen Stock, schwang ihn weit und warf ihn ins Gras. Der Hund sprang los, brachte den Stock zurück und fing sofort an, weiterzuspielen. Lara lachte, während die Zeit verging.

Ein Klang von Kirchenglocken drang aus der Ferne und erinnerte Lara daran, dass es spät wurde. Doch sie blieb noch einen Moment stehen, um die Aussicht zu genießen. Der Wind rauschte durch die Zweige, während am Horizont ein bunter Drachen im Himmel hing. Es war ein Morgen voller Bewegung, Begegnung und Gesang.

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬
𝐎𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧, 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐰
𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐝𝐬
𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩
𝐀𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩, 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐚.

𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐤
𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐤𝐲, 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐬𝐲, 𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝,
𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬
𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐬.

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐯𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫, 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬,
𝐒𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐠𝐥𝐲!
𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐩𝐢𝐩𝐞;
𝐀𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐬, 𝐦𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐰!

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐞𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐤𝐲
𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐰𝐦𝐚𝐧;
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬,
𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠.

— 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦 𝐀𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐫, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐯𝐢𝐥 (𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐧𝐨, 𝐂𝐀: 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝, 𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟒)

𝗗𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗔𝗞 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗔𝗜𝗦 ? 😉

🕊️𝕻𝖔𝖊𝖒 " 𝖑'𝖆𝖑𝖇𝖆𝖙𝖗𝖔𝖘" 𝖋𝖗𝖔𝖒 𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖑𝖊𝖘 𝕭𝖆𝖚𝖉𝖊𝖑𝖆𝖎𝖗𝖊 ( 𝖓𝖆𝖗𝖗𝖆𝖙𝖔𝖗 𝕻𝖆𝖙𝖗𝖎𝖈𝖐 )🦢

Jag berättar om när jag gjorde henna i Cypern. Jag berättar om hur jag blev scammad!!! Men - allt slutar lyckligt. Hur? Lyssna och se!

Easy Swedish with Viktoria

Ep. #13 - Henna

memorizing and using new vocabulary is an essential part of mastering the English language. By following these tips, you can effectively learn and retain new vocabulary words, expand your vocabulary, and improve your overall language skills.

English Learning tips

How to learn new vocabulary 

How do we make an apology in Chinese? 
对不起[duì bù qǐ]，抱歉 [bào qiàn]  /不好意思 [bù hǎo yì si]

If you bump into someone else on the street. you can say: 抱歉/不好意思/对不起
I'm sorry for being late 抱歉我迟到了。/对不起我迟到了。/不好意思我迟到了。
Sorry I didn’t hear you. 抱歉/不好意思/对不起，我没有听到你说的话。
Sorry, could you repeated it again? 抱歉/不好意思/对不起，你可以重新说一遍吗？

really sorry  很抱歉 [hěn bào qiàn]， 很 means very
I'm really sorry for being late. 很抱歉我迟到了。

You also can say 非常抱歉/非常不好意思 [fēi cháng]，非常 also means very, extremely; highly
I'm really sorry for being late.非常抱歉/非常不好意思我迟到了。

Cara：I’m really sorry, is your car okay？非常不好意思，你的车有没有事？ 
The driver：It’s okay, you can go. 没事，你可以走了。

It’s okay in Chinese, 没事[méi shì]/没关系[méi guān xi]
It's OK. Don't worry about it. 没关系，不要放在心上。

At the end of today, I’ll leave you with a question:  can we say 非常对不起? Could you try to make a sentence？

Okay , that’s all for today. Thanks for listening. If you like my podcast ,you can subscribe to it. and If you have any question or suggestion about my podcast, feel free to message me or we can discuss it in our class. I’ll see you next time.我们下次节目再见。


Talk to Cara in Chinese

10. 道歉 make an apology

おにぎりがある棚からあるおにぎりが目についた、それは明太子だ。私は漢字が少し読める。
最初の字は[明] 明日や明るいの漢字だ、次は[太]
太いや太陽の漢字だ、最後に[子] 子供や餃子(ぎょうざ)に使われている漢字だ。写真を見ても何か全然わからない。緊張するが店員に聞くことにした。一人の店員がおにぎりの棚の横で新しいサラダの商品を補充していた。その男は若くて長い黒髪を後ろで束ねていた。インナーメッシュをしてあるようで水色の髪が少し耳のあたりから見えた。

私「　すみません、、」
店員A 「はい、」
私「これはなんですか？」
店員A「おにぎりです。」
私「このピンク色の写真の物はなんですか？」
店員A「 明太子　(め•ん•た•い•こ) です。」
私「めんたいこ？？」
店員A「明太子とは魚のたらのたまごです」
私「どんな味ですか？」
店員A「塩の味が強くて、めんたいこの風味があります。」
私「わかりました、買います。どうもありがとうございました！」

私は会話が終わったとたんどっと疲れた。緊張はまだ残っているが、汗ばんだ両手で明太子と梅のおにぎりを一つずつ持ちレジへと向かった。



[単語リスト]

餃子　ぎょうざ

緊張　きんちょう

補充する　ほじゅうする

束ねる　たばねる

水色　みずいろ

梅　うめ

風味　ふうみ

汗ばむ　あせばむ



I noticed a  onigiri from the shelf with onigiri, it is cod roe. I can read a few kanji. The first character is [mei], which means tomorrow or bright, the next is [tai], which means thick or sun, and the last is [ko], which is used for children or gyoza (dumplings). I had no idea what it was even though I looked at the pictures. I was nervous, but decided to ask the staff. One of the staff was restocking new salad items next to the onigiri (rice ball) shelf. The man was young and had long black hair tied back. He seemed to have an inner mesh, and a little bit of his light blue hair was visible around his ears.


I  "Excuse me," 
Staff A  "Yes," 
I "What is this?" 
Staff A  "It's an onigiri." 
I  "What is this pink thing in the picture?" 
StaffA  "It's mentaiko." 
I  "Mentaiko? 
Staff A  "Mentaiko is the egg of cod roe" 
I  "What does it taste like? 
Staff A  "It has a strong salt taste and mentaiko flavor. 
I  "Okay, I will buy it. Thank you very much!" 

I was exhausted as soon as the conversation ended. My nerves were still in place, but with sweaty hands I took one mentaiko and one ume onigiri and headed for the cash register.




[word list].
　
dumpling   餃子　ぎょうざ

Tense　 緊張　きんちょう

restock 補充する　ほじゅうする

bundle　  束ねる　たばねる

light blue   水色　みずいろ

Plum    梅　うめ

flavor　  風味　ふうみ

to sweat　  汗ばむ　あせばむ



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Vol.49 読む練習　日本旅行物語2 Reading Practice Japan Travel Story 2

📺Learning a new language by watching TV is always a good way to pick up the spoken language and to absorb the culture. Today we will take a look at the Taiwanese TV and radio awards (like Emmy awards). Maybe you can find some good shows from their list, so that you can not only enjoy the show but also learn some Chinese in the meantime!
📣Please follow 10minChineseNews（@learnwithzhe）

📺利用电视节目来学习新的语言，一直都是一个很好学习口语并且了解文化的方法。
今天我们来看看台湾电视广播奖-金钟奖的新闻（类似美国的艾美奖）。
也许你能从中找到不错的节目，这样你就能同时能享受好节目，顺便学一点中文。
📣欢迎追踪 10minChineseNews（@learnwithzhe）
[00:00] introduction
[02:39] explanation
[11:14] discusion 

生词：
聲量/声量 (lit.)volume (now)Online Response Rates
排行 ranking
揭曉/揭晓 reveal
穩坐第一/稳坐第一 be no.1 place without any pressure so far
緊追在後/紧追在后 (chase) closely behind
来源：https://cnews.com.tw/%e8%b6%a8%e5%8b%a2%e6%b0%91%e8%aa%bf%e5%a4%a7%e6%95%b8%e6%93%9a%e3%80%8b%e9%87%91%e9%90%9857/

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#16 金钟57戏剧节目奖声量排行揭晓

Talking with good English vocabulary involves not just the content words to amplify the meaning inherent in your piece but also the functional and transitional words to have them well backed up with the right expression. 

It helps get over any hesitation in speaking fluently and any distraction as to how the dialogues are knit. It creates a positive impression on the examiner and gives a better sense of the value presented in your words.

In the podcasts there are 15 relevant words & it's meaning that you can start using now and here are some more for you to see:

Active Vocabulary Words
Basic
Media updates
To go viral, phishing
Traffic, live streaming
Synergy, mentions
Communities, campaigns
Platform, engagement
Online content/Digital resources
Web influence
Widgets, Search Engine
On fleek, keep score, know your meme
Shares, Stories, Sign-ups, Visits, Views/Impressions, and likewise

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