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Useful Travel Phrases_01

Narrator: Malala Yousafzai was born in 1997 in the Swat Valley in northern Pakistan. Her father was a social activist and educator, and he named his daughter after a female hero who led the Afghan people to victory in an 1880 battle against the British.

Narrator: Malala attended the girls’ school that her father had founded, but when the Swat Valley came under the control of the Taliban in 2007, the family, including her two younger brothers, had to leave. The Taliban is a political and religious group that follows a strict form of Islam. They do not believe that girls should attend a school or that women should play an active part in society. Upon the family’s return in 2008, Malala gave her first public speech, called “How dare the Taliban to take away my basic right to an education?” As the Taliban continued with their violent campaign of closing and destroying girls’ schools, Malala started to blog for the BBC under a different name. During the next few years, she made two documentaries with a US filmmaker about the local situation and met with United Nations workers. Her activism attracted global attention, including a nomination from South African archbishop Desmond Tutu for the International Children’s Peace Prize.

Narrator: On the ninth of October 2012, Malala was traveling home from school when a Taliban gunman got onto her bus and asked, “Who is Malala?” She was shot in the head and had to be transferred to the UK for medical care. She and her family stayed in that country with relatives, and she continued her studies thereafter she got better. She did not visit Pakistan again until 2018.

Narrator: The Taliban’s violent actions led to a new international focus on and action for girls’ educational rights, and Malala’s work was right at the heart of these efforts. In 2013, on her sixteenth birthday, she gave a speech at the United Nations in New York. She was also named one of Time magazine’s most influential people of the year and published her life...

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

STORY OF MALALA YOUSAFZAI

this song is about travelling . My home is in China.I would like to travel to the world and  welcome foreigners to China as well . This is my first original song ,hope you like .thank you !  
the lyrics:
wǒ yǒ yīgè jiā  zài     zhōngguó  ā
我 有  一个 家    在         中国      啊           
měilì  d dìfāng xiǎoxiǎo de jiā
美丽  的   地方     小小 的    家      
yángguāng wēnnuǎn zhe wǒde xīn
阳光 温暖 着 我的 心                   
měiyī tiāndōu chōngmǎn huānlè
每一 天都 充满 欢乐     
nǐde jiā shìfǒu zài yuǎnfāng ā
你的 家 是否 在 远方 啊          
穿过 大西洋 北美洲                
tóngyīgè shìjiè bùtóng de jiā
同一个 世界 不同 的 家        
wǒmen yìqǐ xīnliánxīn
我们 一起 心连心            
běijīng chángchéng chàng gǔlǎo de gē
北京 长城 唱 古老 的 歌             
shànghǎi wàitān shàng xīngguāng cuǐcàn
上海 外滩 上 星光 璀璨       
qù shìjiè kànkan
去 世界 看看          
yáoyuǎn de xīfāng
遥远 的 西方            
hē kāfēi chī pīsà enjoy life
喝 咖啡 吃 披萨 enjoy life         
bālí lúfúgōng shénmì de mèng
巴黎 卢浮宫 神秘 的 梦        
bólín de jiǔbā dàjiēxiǎoxiàng
柏林 的 酒吧 大街小巷     
lái zhōngguó guàngguang
来 中国 逛逛                   
wǒmende jiāxiāng
我们的 家乡                  
chī huǒguō bāojiǎozi málàtàng
吃 火锅 包饺子 麻辣烫      
wǒdejiā
我的家    My home 
words translation
我I 有have  一 个 one 家  home 在 in  中国China  啊
美丽  beautiful   地方place  小 小  small 家home 
阳 光the  sun  温 暖  warm 着我的my  心heart 
每 一 天 everyday  都 all 充满 full of 欢乐 jpy 

你的  your 家 home  是否if 在  in 远 方 far 
穿 过cross  大西 洋Atlantic 北美 洲North America
同一个 same 世 界 world 不同   different  的家home 
我们 we 一 起 together 心连心 heart to heart 
长 城 Greatwall唱 sing  古 老 old  的 歌song 
上海 外滩  The bund 上 on 星 光start light 璀 璨 shining 
去go  世 界world  看 看 see 
遥 远 far  西方Western 
喝  drink 咖啡 coffe  吃  eat 披 萨 enjoy life 

巴 黎 Paris 卢 浮 宫 Louvre神 秘  mysterious 的 梦 dream 
柏 林 Beilin 的 酒 吧 bars 大 街小 巷 everywhere 
来  come to  中 国China  逛 逛 stroll 
我 们 的 our  家 乡hometown 
吃  eat 火锅hot pot    包 饺 子dumpling   麻辣 烫  spicy hotpot
我 的家 My home 



中文歌曲  （learn chinese through chinese songs)

我的家   my home 

这里是one minute Chinese, 每天一分钟，中文很轻松(qing1song1, light soft)！ 我们一起听一分钟，想一分钟，说一分钟，今天的话题是重复(chong2fu4, repeat)。
重复的意思是一次又一次地做同样的事情，比如你说一次对不起，又说一次对不起，我们就可以说，你重复在说对不起。
那么，如果我每天都在重复做一件事情，会有什么结果（jie2guo3, consequence）？会发生什么呢？比如每天早上起来跑步。对，我会养成（yang3cheng2,cultivate）一个习惯(xi2guan4, habit)，跑步是一个好习惯，人们把这样的重复叫做坚持(jian1chi2, persevere in)！
但是如果我每天去酒吧(jiu3ba1, bar)喝酒到天亮，白天睡觉，这就是一个坏习惯，这样的重复，也被叫做堕落(duo4luo4, degenerate)。
坚持或者堕落，这两种重复都有很强大(qiang2da4, powerful)的力量(li4liang4, power)，它们都能改变一个人，一群人，一个国家，甚至一个世界。
你的生活里，有什么是重复在做的吗？它的力量很大哦,你知道怎么驾驭（jia4yu4, control, dominate, master）它吗？

One minute Chinese

Episode 2  Repeat 重复的力量

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Natural Spanish Fluency

3/100 CERRAR 🔐 Los 100 verbos más importantes de español

IELTS Preparation. Band 8-9 Answers. Part 3 - Influence of television. Q1-2.

1. How popular is watching television in your country?
2. Tell me about the types of programmes that are generally on television in your country.

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IELTS Preparation. Band 8-9 Answers. Part 3 - Influence of television. Q1-2.

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"Magic" Floating Balls!

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