“杯弓蛇影”这则成语的意思是误把映入酒杯中的弓影当成蛇。比喻因错觉而疑神疑鬼，自已惊扰自已。

中华成语典故

中华成语典故--杯弓蛇影

This is the first in a 5 part episode series. I will teach you the most common business idioms that you can use at the office today! These idioms are also common in everyday life as well. Check back soon for the next part of this series!

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Today's idioms are:
1- A long shot
2- Back to the drawing board
3- To corner the market
4- Hands are tied
5- Up in the air

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текст молодца на этой неделе о человеке, который переехал из пригорода Чикаго в город Портленд, и о различиях, которые он испытал между ними.

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2.2 Пригород

みなさんは、星(ほし)や天体(てんたい)に興味(きょうみ)はありますか？今日(きょう)は、先日(せんじつ)日本(にほん)で見(み)られた天体(てんたい)ショーのお話(はなし)ですが、ことばが少(すこ)し難(むずか)しくなってしまいました。(すみません……)
＜Vocabulary>
星(ほし:hoshi) ~Stars
天体(てんたい:tentai) ~Astronomical objects
興味(きょうみ:kyoomi)がある ~Interested in
皆既月食(かいきげっしょく:kaiki gesshoku) ~Total lunar eclipse
天王星食(てんおうせいしょく:tenousei shoku) ~Uranus eclipse
珍しい(めずらしい:mezurashii) ~Unusual
天体ショー(てんたいしょー:tentai shoo) ~Astronomical show
〜自体(じたい:jitai) ~　~ itself
それほど〜ない(sorehodo~nai) ~Not so much
最中(さいちゅう:saityuu) ~in the process of
惑星食(わくせいしょく:wakusei shoku) ~Planetary eclipse
重なる(かさなる:kasanaru) ~Overlapping
〜年ぶり(ねんぶり:nen buri) ~First time in ~years
次(つぎ:tsugi) ~Next
チャンス(ちゃんす:chansu) ~ chance
〜年後(ねんご:nen go) ~After ~years
太陽(たいよう:taiyoo) ~Sun
地球(ちきゅう:chikyuu) ~Earth
月(つき:tsuki) ~Moon
惑星(わくせい:wakusei) ~Planet
まっすぐ(:massugu) ~Straight
一直線(いっちょくせん:icchokusen) ~Straight line
並ぶ(ならぶ:narabu) ~In a line
食の間(しょくのあいだ:syokuno aida) ~During eclipses
何万光年も離れた星(なんまんこうねんもはなれたほし:nanmankoonenmo hanareta hoshi) ~Stars tens of thousands of light years away
〜と言ったら (:~to ittara) ~when I say,I mean~
ご先祖様 (ごせんぞさま:gosenzo sama) ~ancestors
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その頃(そのころ:sonokoro) ~In those days
想像する(そうぞうする:souzou suru) ~Imagine
不思議な気持ち(ふしぎなきもち:fushigina kimochi) ~Wondering, Feel strange
繋がる(つながる:tsunagaru) ~Connecting
すごく(:sugoku) ~Very
ロマンがある(:roman ga aru) ~Romantic 
その後(そのご:sonogo) ~Afterwards,After that
道行く人(みちゆくひと:michiyuku hito) ~People on the road
おしゃべり をする(:osyaberi wo suru) ~Chatting on
スマホ(:sumaho) ~Smartphones
お月様(:otsuki sama) ~the moon
眺める(:nagameru) ~gaze at, look out over
何か(:nanika) ~I don’t know why I feel,but
みんな繋がっている感じがして(みんなつながっているかんじがして:minna tsunagatteiru kanji ga shite) ~I feel like we're all connected
暖かい気分(あたたかいきぶん:atatakai kibun) ~Warm mood
ひと時(ひととき:hito toki) ~a (short) time

にほんごのこばなし⭐️Japanese Short story⭐️byみどり

#3 ロマンがある(中級向け)

Mu5735飞机失事
关注新闻的你一定注意到了，这个星期，和中国有关的新闻始终是飞机失事。是的，在2022年3月21日，一架从中国昆明飞往中国广州的飞机在飞行了一个多小时后坠毁了。飞机上共有机组9人，旅客123人。他们全部遇难。
事情发生后，全国震惊。医生、警察、飞行专家等纷纷赶往事发地，经过了十几个小时的调查和研究，他们找到了失事飞机和人员身体的部分碎片，如今，飞机为什么会突然坠毁？飞行员为什么没有报告飞机的异常情况？这些问题或许永远得不到解决。我们看到的是，旅客家属的悲痛与伤心。
飞机上最小的旅客刚刚一岁多，她得了很奇怪的病。爸爸妈妈向亲戚朋友借了一些钱打算带他去广州治病。孩子的妈妈耳朵有问题，她什么都听不到。孩子的爸爸是一个普通的农民。这是一家人第一次坐飞机，也是最后一次坐飞机。一岁多的孩子，还没来得及体验这个世界，就着急地离开了。
警察在事发地找到了一个黑色的蝴蝶结，它静静地躺在那儿。这个蝴蝶结是女生收到的生日礼物，很难想象，送礼物的人现在面临着多大的伤心。
明天和意外，你永远不知道哪一个会先来，但是明天总会来，只是如果意外先来了，明天就会是所有人的明天，但它不属于你。珍惜现在，珍惜你身边的每一个人。

Mu5735 Fēijī shīshì 
Guānzhù xīnwén de nǐ yídìng zhùyì dào le ， zhè ge xīngqī ， hé Zhōngguó yǒuguān de xīnwén shǐzhōng shì fēijī shīshì 。 shìde ， zài 2022 nián 3 yuè 21 rì ， yí jià cóng Zhōngguó Kūnmíng fēi wǎng Zhōngguó Guǎngzhōu de fēijī zài fēixíng le yí gè duō xiǎoshí hòu zhuìhuǐ le 。Fēijī shàng gòng yǒu jīzǔ 9 rén ， lǚkè 123 rén 。 Tāmen quánbù yùnàn 。 
Shìqíng fāshēng hòu ， quánguó zhènjīng 。 Yīsheng 、 Jǐngchá 、 fēixíng zhuānjiā děng fēnfēn gǎn wǎng shìfādì ， jīngguò le shí jǐ gè xiǎoshí de diàochá hé yánjiū ， tāmen zhǎodào le shīshì fēijī hé rényuán shēntǐ de bùfen suìpiàn 。 Rú jīn ， fēijī wèishénme huì tūrán zhuìhuǐ ？ Fēixíngyuán wèishénme méiyǒu bàogào fēijī de yìcháng qíngkuàng ？ Zhèxiē wèntí huòxǔ yóngyuǎn débúdào jiějué 。 Wǒmen kàndào de shì ， lǚkè jiāshǔ de bēitòng yǔ shāngxīn 。 
Fēijī shàng zuì xiǎo de lǚkè gānggāng yí suì duō ， tā dé le hěn qíguài de bìng。 Bàba Māma xiàng qīnqi péngyou jiè le yìxiē qián dǎsuan dài tā qù Guǎngzhōu zhìbìng 。 Háizi de Māma ěrduo yǒuwèntí ， tā shénme dōu tīngbúdào 。 Háizi de Bàba shì yí gè pǔtōng de nóngmín 。 Zhè shì yì jiā rén Dìyīcì zuòfēijī ， yě shì zuìhòu yí cì zuòfēijī 。 Yí suì duō de háizi ， hái méi láidéjí tǐyàn zhè ge shìjiè ， jiù zháojí de líkāi le 。 
Jǐngchá zài shìfādì zhǎodào le yí gè hēisè de Húdiéjié ， tā jìngjìng de tǎng zài nàér 。 Zhè ge Húdiéjié shì nǚshēng shōudào de shēngrì lǐwù ， hěn nán xiǎngxiàng ， sòng lǐwù de rén xiànzài miànlín zhe duō dà de shāngxīn 。 


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Mu5735 飞机失事

他专心地看着，随后又说：“我不要，这只羊已经病得很重了。给我重新画一只。”
He looked at it carefully, then he said:“No. This sheep is already very sickly. Make me another.”

我又画了起来。
So I made another drawing.
我的这位朋友天真可爱地笑了，并且客气地拒绝道：
My friend smiled gently and indulgently.

你看，你画的不是小羊，是头公羊，还有犄角呢。
“You see yourself,” he said, “that this is not a sheep. This is a ram. It has horns.”
于是我又重新画了一张。
So then I did my drawing over once more.

这副画同前几副一样又被拒绝了。
But it was rejected too, just like the others.
这一只太老了。我想要一只能活得很长的羊。
This one is too old. I want a sheep that will live a long time.

我不耐烦了。因为我急于要检修发动机，
By this time my patience was exhausted, because I was in a hurry to start taking my engine apart.
于是就草草画了这张画，并且匆匆地对他说道：
So I tossed off this drawing. And I threw out an explanation with it.
这是一只箱子，你要的羊就在里面。
This is only his box. The sheep you asked for is inside.


这时我十分惊奇地看到我的这位小评判员喜笑颜开。他说：
I was very surprised to see a light break over the face of my young judge:


这正是我想要的，你说这只羊需要很多草吗？
That is exactly the way I wanted it! Do you think that this sheep will have to have a great deal of grass?
为什么问这个呢？
Why?
因为我那里地方非常小
Because where I live everything is very small.
我给你画的是一只很小的小羊，地方小也够喂养它的。
“There will surely be enough grass for him,” I said. “It is a very small sheep that I have given you.”
他把脑袋靠近这张画。“并不像你说的那么小。瞧！它睡着了”
He bent his head over the drawing:“Not so small that– Look! He has gone to sleep.


就这样，我认识了小王子。
And that is how I made the acquaintance of the little prince.

小王子-The Little Prince-Read in Chinese

小王子第五章：结识小王子

En el episodio de hoy hablo con Nelly, futura abogada y creadora de contenido. En sus videos Nelly muestra las diferencias de la cultura española y la cultura británica de la mano de unos personajes muy particulares.

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There's an old English saying that goes: "Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise."

But according to a recent study, "late to bed and late to rise" may actually be better for your brain — though researchers didn't check if it does anything for your health or your wallet.

A study published in BMJ Public Health looked at data from nearly 27,000 people who reported how long they slept, and whether they were a "morning lark" — someone who wakes up early — or a "night owl," who sleeps late.

The participants, aged between 53 and 86, also did cognitive tests that checked their reasoning, memory, and how quickly they could process information.

It was found that night owls performed best on the cognitive tests — ahead of those who described themselves as neither morning people nor night people. And morning larks had the lowest cognitive scores of all.

People's bodies have times when they naturally prefer to sleep. And Raha West of Imperial College London, the study's lead author, said that while it's possible to gradually shift your sleeping times, it's very difficult to completely change from a morning person to a night person.

However, she also said the results just show the trend, and not the truth for every individual.

The authors also noted that their results, which focused on older adults, contrasted with past research on adolescents, which found that young morning larks actually had better health and better mental well-being.

Speaking to The Guardian, Jacqui-Ann Hanley of Alzheimer’s Research UK, who wasn't involved with the study, also said it isn't clear if being a morning person leads to poorer cognitive results in older adults, or if the weaker cognitive abilities that come with aging just make people get up earlier.

The study also found that people generally got better cognitive scores if they reported sleeping between seven and nine hours each night.

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