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For many students, the fourth-tone is hard to pronounce. A word with two fourth-tone syllables is more difficult to speak well. Just remember one point, we should do the fourth-tone from level 5 to level 1. Please read aloud after me. 
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How to pronounce a word with two fourth-tone syllables?

        三毛，一个才华横溢的女作家，她的文字充满了对生活的热爱和对自由的追求。河西，一个深情而内敛的画家，他的画作中蕴含着对美的追求和对情感的深刻理解。他们的爱情故事，如同他们的作品一样，充满了艺术和情感的交融。
        三毛和河西在一次偶然的机会下相识，两人很快被对方的气质和才华所吸引。他们的爱情，是在相互尊重和理解中慢慢培养起来的。三毛欣赏河西的才华，河西则被三毛的独立和坚强所打动。
在他们共同的生活中，三毛和河西互相支持，共同面对生活的挑战。三毛在河西的陪伴下，继续她的文学创作，而河西也在三毛的鼓励下，继续他的艺术探索。他们的爱情，不仅是情感上的交流，更是精神上的共鸣。
        三毛曾说：“河西是我的爱人，也是我的朋友，我们在一起，可以分享快乐，也可以分担痛苦。”河西则用他的画笔，记录下了他们生活中的点点滴滴，将他们的爱情永远定格在画布上。
        他们的爱情故事，虽然最终以悲剧收场，但他们的爱情，却如同他们的作品一样，永远留在了人们的心中。

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三毛和河西的爱情故事

Today’s Theme is “夏休みの宿題（なつやすみのしゅくだい）《summer homework》”.
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☆Words☆
算数（さんすう）：mathematics
国語（こくご）：Japanese（national language）
問題集（もんだいしゅう）：workbook
遊園地（ゆうえんち）：amusement park
小説（しょうせつ）：story, novel
経験（けいけん）：experience

☆Grammar☆
・～にとって：from the standpoint of 〜
・～おかげで：thanks to

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#27 夏休みの宿題 /summer homework // N3 Level

NOVA PASSANTE


1. sobre
esta pele branca
um calígrafo oriental
teria gravado sua escrita
luminosa
— sem esquecer entanto
a boca: um
ícone em rubro
tornando mais fogo
suor e susto
tornando mais ácida e
insana a sede
(sede de dilúvio)

2. talvez
um poeta afogado num
danúbio imaginário dissesse
que seus olhos são duas
machadinhas de jade escavando o
constelário noturno:
a partir do que comporia
duzentas odes cromáticas
— mas eu que venero (mais que o ouro verde
raríssimo) o marfim em
alta-alvura de teu andar em
desmesura sobre uma passarela de
relâmpagos súbitos, sei que
tua pele pálida de papel
pede palavras
de luz

3. algum
mozárabe ou andaluz
decerto
       te dedicaria
um concerto
            para guitarras mouriscas
e cimitarras suicidas
(mas eu te dedico quando passas
no istmo de mim a isto
este tiroteio de silêncios
esta salva de arrepios)

[Sublunar, 1991-2011]

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Nova passante - Carlito Azevedo

This time I'm talking about Naha in Okinawa. 

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#7: 那覇、沖縄

Humans have evolved over milennia to learn and use language, and we didn't evolve with textbooks!  How can we use our hardwired language superpower when we are learning second languages too?