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"I'm Afraid"

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Confusing words
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Confusing words - journey, trip, holiday, vacation, travel

今天是中国的“六一儿童节”（Children's Day）,先祝italki的大朋友、小朋友节日快乐。当然，也祝福顺利解封的上海的小伙伴，在大家迷茫、痛苦的时候，仍然保持“世界以痛吻我，我却报之以歌”的生活态度，永葆童心，心怀希望。今天和大家分享海子的一首诗《面朝大海，春暖花开》


       《面朝大海，春暖花开》

　　                                    海子

　　从明天起，做一个幸福的人

　　喂马、劈柴，周游世界

　　从明天起，关心粮食和蔬菜

　　我有一所房子，面朝大海，春暖花开

　　从明天起，和每一个亲人通信

　　告诉他们我的幸福

　　那幸福的闪电告诉我的

　　我将告诉每一个人

　　给每一条河每一座山取一个温暖的名字

　　陌生人，我也为你祝福

　　愿你有一个灿烂的前程

　　愿你有情人终成眷属

　　愿你在尘世获得幸福

　　我只愿面朝大海，春暖花开。

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面朝大海，春暖花开

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こんにちは！
Japanese daily life podcast のAtsushiです。
このPodcastは、日本語を勉強しているみなさんに向けたPodcastです。


今日は、僕が作った日本語学習のための本について話します。

僕は日本語のレッスンをしている時に、言葉の使い方やちがいを説明する時によく例文を使います。例文を使うと、わかる人が多いです。

それで、例文がたくさんある日本語の本を作ろうと思いました。

今までで5冊作りました。
名詞
動詞
数字
語句
関西弁

それぞれたくさんの例文を載せました。

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これからも本はたくさん作ろうと思います。
Podcastももちろんほとんど毎日作っていきますね！

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ということで、今回も最後まで聞いていただき、ありがとうございます！ではまた！

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20240113凡卡

大家好，您正在收听中文播客《丹霞说》，我是丹霞。

01 白雪放假啦！Báixuě fàng jià la! Baixue is on holiday!

今天，白雪告诉我，下个星期她有七天的假期，这是她的年假。她跟我分享了她的计划。

放假的时候，她一点儿也不想待在家里。因为她非常喜欢运动，所以她打算下个星期每天都去锻炼锻炼。她觉得工作日的时候，每天待在办公室八九个小时，需要坐在电脑前面很长时间。如果不运动，身体会慢慢变得不健康。

星期一早上她打算去公园跑步；
星期二她可能去游泳；
星期三她和朋友们去打篮球；
星期四她想去小河边骑自行车；
星期五她会去爬山。
星期六她不出门儿，她得打扫一下儿她的家，然后喝喝咖啡看看书，好好儿休息一下儿。

她问我星期天有没有空，她想和我一起去买衣服，吃饭和看电影。我高兴地答应了！真希望星期天快点儿来呀！

这些词语你知道吗？

年假 nián jià  n. annual leave, annual holiday
分享 fēn xiǎng v. to share
骑自行车 qí zì xíng chē v.o. to ride bike
答应 dā yìng  v. to say yes, to promise
希望 xī wàng  v. to hope


Today, Bai Xue told me that she has seven days' holiday next week, which is her annual leave. She shared her plan with me.

She doesn't want to stay at home at all during the holiday. Because she likes sports very much, she plans to exercise every day next week. She felt that she needed to sit in front of the computer for a long time when she stayed in the office for 8 or 9 hours every day on weekdays. If don't exercise, body will slowly become unhealthy.

She is going to run in the park on Monday morning;

She may go swimming on Tuesday;

On Wednesday, she went to play basketball with her friends;

On Thursday, she wants to go cycling by the river;

She will go climbing on Friday.

She doesn't go out on Saturday. She has to clean her house, drink coffee, read books and have a good rest.


She asked me if I was free on Sunday. She wanted to go shopping, dinning out and watching movies with me. I said yes happily! I really hope this Sunday come soon!

 HSK3 Vocab Based - Short Story Podcast

01 白雪放假啦！Báixuě fàng jià la! Baixue is on holiday!

**This story contains graphic and explicit material it is not recommended for children only for mature audiences**

In this episode The Sick Rat and the Healthy Rat, a healthy lab rat belittles her dying neighbor by claiming that he brought the illness on himself with his "hatefulness and negative energy.

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