Learn more about the origin of the expression "down to the wire" and how you can you use it in everyday conversations!

An Elephant In The English Room

Episode One: Down To The Wire

Histórias curtas em português básico

Viva a vida!

揠苗助长[yà miáo zhù zhǎng]：pull;spoil/shoot/help/grow;to try to help the shoots grow by pulling them upward.
宋国 sòng guó：Song state in the Warring States Period (475-221 B.C.) in Chinese history.
嫌 xián：to dislike and avoid
庄稼 zhuāng jia：crops
拔高 bá gāo：pull upward
疲乏 pí fá：tired; exhausted
一大截 yī dà jié；a wide margin
枯死 kū sǐ：wither; dry up and die
This idiom also known as “拔苗助长[bá miáo zhù zhǎng]“.Literally means to do harm to a thing by being over-enthusiastic about it.

乐读中文 (Lè Dú Zhōngwén) - "Joyful Chinese Stories"

揠苗助长[yà miáo zhù zhǎng]

Konnichiwa! What kind of meal do you imagine when you hear "food which is good for health"?

Usage of Slow Japanese:
STEP 1. Listen to the episode without seeing scripts.
STEP 2. Go to mochifika.com/podcast/ and check "Key vocabularies of this episode", listen again to the episode while seeing the list.
STEP 3. Check the whole script, it'll fill the gap in your understanding.

Scripts and key vocabularies of this episode are here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/slow-japanese-21-63537351?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copy_to_clipboard&utm_campaign=postshare

Slow Japanese

Episode #21 - Healthy food?

❥ In this podcast, Melo reads from The Aesop for Children found for free online at: https://www.read.gov/aesop/001.html
❥ Listen and learn the moral of each story.
❥ Practice listening and/or reading comprehension by answering the quiz questions.
❥ Today's fable is called “The Fox & the Stork” and can be found here:
https://www.read.gov/aesop/016.html
❥The moral of today’s fable is: 
“Do not play tricks on your neighbors unless you can stand the same treatment yourself.”

❥ 在这个播客中，梅洛朗读了《儿童伊索》，可在网上免费找到：https://www.read.gov/aesop/001.html
❥聆听并学习每个故事的寓意。
❥ 通过回答问答问题练习听力和/或阅读理解。
❥ 今天的寓言叫"狐狸与鹳"，可以在这里找到：
https://www.read.gov/aesop/016.html
❥今天的寓言故事的寓意是： 
"不要欺骗您的邻居，除非您自己也能忍受同样的待遇。"

Life Lessons from Aesop's Fables

Episode 15: The Fox & the Stork

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Listen to me reading a news article about the Country & Western superstar's charity that has helped thousands of underprivileged children across the world.

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News article: Dolly Parton reading scheme helps children in care

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This is very helpful especially for the introverts who are afraid to speak in public 🧡
