In this episode, Karen and Baiwei talked about the culture shock and reverse culture shock when they went to China and returned to their hometown.

Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

反向文化冲击 Reverse culture shock

《老奶奶让座 Old Lady Gives Up Her Seat 》
        10月19日，在公交车上，一个80岁的老奶奶给一个90岁的老爷爷让座。
        老奶奶看见一个老爷爷上车了，就站起来让老爷爷坐。老奶奶问老爷爷今年多大年纪。老爷爷说他90岁了。老奶奶说她比老爷爷小，所以她应该让座。
         人们都说老奶奶是好人，我们应该向老奶奶学习。

年纪 - niánjì - age
让座 - ràngzuò - to give up one's seat for sb
站 - zhàn - to stand
问 - wèn - to ask
上车 - shàngchē - to get on or into (a vehicle)

1）老奶奶多大年纪了？
2）老爷爷多大年纪了？
3）老奶奶比老爷爷大还是比老爷爷小？
4）老奶奶比老爷爷小几岁？
5）老爷爷比老奶奶大几岁？

Merry's Channel（HSK 二）

HSK 二  《老奶奶让座 Old Lady Gives Up Her Seat 》

Why should we study Sanskrit?

1.Sanskrit is the Mother of All Languages. 

2.It increases our understanding and cognition skills of Brain.

3.It’s highly structured and versatile language.

4.Sanskrit Mantras can help in relaxation and calmness.

5.Sanskrit is perhaps the world's oldest language. It is the language of yoga, ayurveda and all ancient texts.

6.Sanskrit is termed as the “language of Gods”.

7.It helps us to understand ancient Sanskrit texts, shlokas and other Sanskrit words in their true context, with nothing getting lost in translation.


Learn Sanskrit with Professor Ashish

Why should we study Sanskrit? Sanskrit is the Mother of All Languages.  It increases our understanding and cognition skills of Brain. It’s highly stru

要不是亲眼所见，我简直不能相信：I couldn't believe it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes:
这些争奇斗艳的贡品不是道具，它们都是“真“的：These competing tributes are not props, they are "real".
真正的面食、真正的民间艺人手工制作。Real flour, handmade by real folk artists.
它们叫做“面贡”。They are called "tributes made of flour".


新鲜事儿（Anecdote）

关帝庙里的面贡

Today we will read an article. You should listen and read in parallel. Ideally after doing that twice you should read text out loud by yourself. 

Article we will read today is:  Жизнь на автопилоте: почему мы делаем многие вещи, не задумываясь
Source: https://trends.rbc.ru/trends/social/625807aa9a7947aa6750fb30

After listening to the text, please answer the following questions in comments: 
1) Что такое автоматичность? Опишите своими словами.
2) Приведите 3 примера ежедневных действий, которые вы делате в режиме автоматичности.
3) В каких случаях автоматичность опасна?

Если вам понравилась эта статья и вы хотели бы ее обсудить - приходите ко мне на урок.

Listen and read

Жизнь на автопилоте (B1-B2)

The amount of courses and teachers promising and encouraging you to speak like a native is overwhelming! But is that or should it be the ultimate goal? I discuss this, giving mine as well others' points of view on this subject.

British English with Maria

To speak like a native or not  - that is the question!

Molte persone non sanno di questo piccolo trucco. L'alfabeto si studia in due modi.
Alfabeto scritto e parlato!

Nel podcast spiego e ti insegno come migliorare la tua pronuncia in no time!

I Podcast Secondo San Luca

Alfabeto Italiano - Due modi di lettura!

In this episode, we’ll explore the interesting and useful idiom pair: "事半功倍" and "事倍功半". You’ll learn the meaning of these two Chinese idioms, their differences, and how understanding them can help you express yourself more clearly. Plus, I’ll share some insights on how to remember them easily by comparing their effects—literally. Tune in to discover how these idioms can add more depth to your Chinese skills！

Learn Chinese and Have Fun!

事半功倍 vs 事倍功半：An Interesting Idiom Pair

 This episode is about 'The Korean alphabet(한글)'.
이번 에피소드는 한글에 대한  이야기입니다.

The key vocabulary I speak about in this episode:

1.세종 대왕  King Sejong the Great
2.조선의 4(네)번 째 왕 the 4th king of the Joseon dynasty
3.입말 spoken language
4.글말 written language
5.한자 Chinese characters
6.양반 refers to a social class in traditional Korean society, commonly known as the royal class
7.언어 language
8.발명되다 to be invented
9.모음 vowel
10. 자음 consonant

감사합니다. 




