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Giant Dreams Midget Abilities by David Sedaris read by Teacher Alyse
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"WHEN YOU'RE PLAYING YOUR GUITAR, MAKE BELIEVE YOU'RE PLAYING AN ACTUAL WOMAN," MISTER MANCINI TOLD ME. "GRAB HER BY THE NECK AND MAKE HER HOLLER."

My father loves jazz and has an extensive collection of records and reel-to-reel tapes he used to enjoy after returning home from work. He might have entered the house in a foul mood, but once he had his Dexter Gordon and a vodka martini, the stress melted away and everything was "Beautiful, baby, just beautiful." The instant the needle hit that record, he'd loosen his tie and become something other than the conservative engineer with a pocketful of IBM pencils embossed with the command think.

"Man, oh man, will you get a load of the chops on this guy? I saw him once at the Blue Note, and I mean to tell you that he blew me right out of my chair! A talent like that comes along only once in a lifetime. The guy was an absolute comet, and there I was in the front row. Can you imagine that?"

"Gee," I'd say. "I bet that was really interesting."

Empathy was the wrong tack, as it seemed only to irritate him.

"You don't know the half of it," my father would say. " 'Really interesting' my butt. You haven't got a clue. You could have taken a hatchet and cut the man's lips right off his face, chopped them off at the quick, and he still would have played better than anyone else out there. That's how good he was."

Because it was the music we'd grown up with, I liked to think that my sisters and I had a genuine appreciation for jazz. We preferred it over the music our friends were listening to, yet nothing we did or said could convince him of our devotion. Aside from replaying the tune on your own instrument, how could you prove you were really listening? It was as if he expected us to change color at the end of each selection.

Three by Sedaris ( Adult 18+ )

Giant Dreams Midget Abilities

Let's make Japanese sentences together.   If you make a sentence in Japanese, write it in the comment section! I will correct your sentences

【Today's  topic】
【⚪⚪ところ】

(Verb タ形）+ところ

この文法はJLPT N4の表現(ひょうげん)です。

意味(いみ)は、動作(どうさ)・動(うご)きの直後(ちょくご)を表(あらわ)します。


📕Verb辞書形
(おりた　終わった　でた)

(ex)
「いま、どこにいる？」
「いま、電車(でんしゃ)をおりたところ」

where  are you....
I'm just got off the train.

「いまから、ランチいかない？」
「あ～ごはんを食べ終わったところで、またこんどいこうね。」

「もう学校ついた？」
「いま、家(いえ)をでたところ」

Japanese teacher Noriko’s room

(Verb タ形）+ところ

Kotimaan matkailu kesällä tarjoaa jokaiselle matkailijalle jotain uutta! Tässä jaksossa puhun Suomen kesästä ja siihen liittyvistä sanoista, kuten suvista. Päiväretkien lisäksi voi matkustaa pidemmälle Suomeen ja tutustua esimerkiksi ruukkialueisiin, kartanoihin ja huvilarakennuksiin tai mennä huvittelemaan huvipuistoon. 
Mistä sinun kesäsi koostuu? Omaani kuuluu matkustelu Suomessa, saunominen ja uiminen. Aurinkoista kesää!

Suomea for you

26. jakso: Suvi suloinen - Kesä Suomessa

我想你了
wǒ xiǎng nǐ le

我很想你
wǒ hěn xiǎng nǐ

日常中文（Daily Chinese）

I miss you  我想你了

Listen and repeat:

puddle, pig, penguin, platypus, peacock, pineapple, parrot, panther, pirania, porcupine, puffin

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Captain Seasalt And The ABC Pirates

Letter P

大家晚上好啊，我是丹霞。您现在收听的是中文台词频道，今天的台词出自电影《七月与安生》，由周冬雨和马思纯主演。

        “十三岁到十五岁，是七月和安生形影不离的三年。 有时候七月是安生的影子，有时候安生是七月的影子。她们在书里读到：如果踩住一个人的影子，那个人一辈子不会离开。但是安生说一辈子太长了，她只想活到二十七岁。

        初中毕业，七月考上了最好的高中，安生进了职业学校。用安生的话说，熬了九年终于考进了一所 不需要交作文、没有操行评分的学校，正和她的胃口。”

                                                                                                           ——电影《七月与安生》/<Soulmate>                 

形影不离Xíng yǐng bù lí always together; be after each other like shadows
影子 yǐngzi shadow
踩住 cǎi zhù keep the feet upon; step on
一辈子 yībèizi  all one's life; throughout one's life
职业学校 zhíyè xuéxiào vocational school
熬 áo  to endure
操行 cāoxíng  behavior or conduct of a student
评分 píng fēn  grade; score
合胃口 hé wèi kǒu  be to one's taste


"From 13 to 15 years old, Qiyue and Ansheng have been always together for three years. Sometimes Qiyue is the shadow of Ansheng, and sometimes Ansheng is the shadow of Qiyue. They read in the book: if you keep stepping on a someone's shadow, that person will never leave. But Ansheng said that a whole lifetime is too long, and she only wants to live up to 27.

After graduating from junior high school, Qiyue was admitted to the best high school, and Ansheng entered a vocational school. In Ansheng's words, after nine years hard life, she finally got into a school that doesn't need to hand in a composition and doesn't have a code of conduct. It was just to her taste. "

Chinese Lines 中文台词

01. 形影不离Follow like a shadow——《七月与安生Soulmate》

De seguro que si eres de las personas que ha entrado al mercado laboral o está inmerso actualmente en la búsqueda de un trabajo formal habrás escuchado de las habilidades blandas en el mundo de hoy, además de las habilidades duras. Pero, ¿qué es eso? ¿Para qué sirve? ¿Cuáles posees? ¿Aplica solo al mundo laboral o la práctica de estas mejoran mis relaciones interpersonales? Todo esto y más podrás aprenderlo aquí. 