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In this episode, we'll explore common phrasal verbs related to transportation, demystifying their meanings and providing practical usage examples. Stay tuned to elevate your English skills, and don't forget to visit Ian's Italki profile to experience his unique methodology and take your language learning to new heights. Fasten your seatbelts; it's time to boost your English!

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Phrasal Verb about Transportation 

This is the first episode of a short series titled From Cali to Barcelona, today's topic: coffee.

Este es el primer episodio de una serie corta que he titulado De Cali a Barcelona, el tema de hoy: café. 

Español para conversar

De Cali a Barcelona 1 - Café

大卫：美玲，你明天几点下班？ 如果有时间，就和我一起去商场走一下吧。
美玲 ：大卫，我明天四点下班，是去我们以前去过的那一家商场吗？
大卫： 是的，你的生日快到了，我想买件衣服送给你。
美玲： 那家商场的东西不便宜，比我们公司附近商场的衣服贵多了。
大卫： 那我们明天就去你公司附近的商场走走，好吗？ 
美玲： 好吧！明天下午见。
大卫： 明天见！

Listening & Speaking (Mandarin)

大卫与美玲的电话约会   Dàwèi yǔ Měilíng de diànhuà yuēhuì   (HSK 2-3)

안녕하세요. Hello~
한국어 듣기 수업 시작해요. Let's start with the Korean listening class.
선생님 읽어요.  I read it.
잘 들으세요. Please listen well.

I posted the sentences on my blog. 
https://blog.naver.com/laramcraft/222775612267
https://youtu.be/OXbGHhYsZuY

The basics are important.
It is also good to check the basics of 한글 Hangeul before this listening class.
1-1. Korean alphabet - Vowels 모음 - What is Hangeul?
https://youtu.be/0YzhJ9p2lcs
2-1. Korean alphabet - Consonants 자음 -what are the consonants 자음?
https://youtu.be/lckgvQ_vreA
3-1. Korean alphabet - Final Consonants 받침 - What are the final consonants 받침?
https://youtu.be/sLlFmG30fNI

This is a class to listen to Korean conversational sentences.
In this voice recording for listening, 
After reading many sentences in Korean conversations sentences, 
Check out how much you understand the sentences with a voice recording. 
Never look at the sentences when listening to the voice recording. 
And Listen to the sentence repeatedly until you hear it completely. 

You are listening to the Sejong Korean conversation. (세종학당)
There are four books in total. (Korean conversation, 1, 2, 3, 4.)
It consists of 1st and 2nd courses for beginners and 1st and 2nd courses for intermediate.
Each course is conducted in 14 units. (2 grammar - for each unit.) 
This listening class you are taking is Korean Conversation 1. (Beginner 1) 
Please listen carefully.

Korean Listening Class 한국어 문장 듣기 - Korean teacher, Grace

Korean Conversation 1 - Lesson 10. Part 1 -으시-/-시-,  Part 2 -으러 가다/-러 가다  (Beginner 1)

说到这里，他就长时间地陷入沉思之中。
And he sank into a reverie, which lasted a long time.
然后，从口袋里掏出了我画的小羊，看着他的宝贝入了神。
Then, taking my sheep out of his pocket, he buried himself in the contemplation of his treasure.
你们可以想见这种关于“别的星球”的若明若暗的话语使我心里多么好奇。
You can imagine how my curiosity was aroused by this half-confidence about the "other planets."
因此我竭力地想知道其中更多的奥秘。
I made a great effort, therefore, to find out more on this subject.
你是从哪里来的，我的小家伙？
My little man, where do you come from?
你的家在什么地方？
What is this ‘where I live, of which you speak?
你要把我的小羊带到哪里去？
Where do you want to take your sheep?
他沉思了一会，然后回答我说：
After a re?ective silence he answered:
好在有你给我的那只箱子，夜晚可以给小羊当房子用。
The thing that is so good about the box you have given me is that at night he can use it as his house.
那当然。
That is so.
如果你听话的话，我再给你画一根绳子，

And if you are good I will give you a string, too,
白天可以栓住它。再加上一根杆子。我的建议看来有点使小王子反感。
so that you can tie him during the day, and a post to tie him to.
但是小王子对我喊到：“栓住它，多么奇怪的主意。”
But the little prince seemed shocked by this offer: "Tie him! What a queer idea!"
“如果你不栓住它，它就到处跑，那么它会跑丢的，”我说。
"But if you don’t tie him," I said, "he will wander off somewhere, and get lost."
我的这位朋友又笑出了声：“你想要它跑到哪里去呀？”
My friend broke into another peal of laughter: "But where do you think he would go?"
不管什么地方。它一直往前跑。
Anywhere. Straight ahead of him.
这时，小王子郑重其事地说：“这没有什么关系，我那里很小很小。
Then the little prince said, earnestly: "That doesn’t matter. Where I live, everything is so small!"
接着，他略带伤感地又补充了一句：“一直朝前走，也不会走出多远”
And, with perhaps a hint of sadness, he added: "Straight ahead of him, nobody can go very far..."

小王子-The Little Prince-Read in Chinese

小王子第七章：它跑到哪里去

In this episode we are going to listen to a conversation between two old friends. Let's listen what they are talking about.
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刘老师：哎呀，小王，你也在这儿啊！好巧呢！
               āi yɑ ， xiǎo wánɡ ， nǐ yě zài zhèr ā ！ hǎo qiǎo ne ！     
               Hi，xiao Wang,! It's so happen you are also here!
小 王：对呀，刘老师，您也在这儿啊！您在这儿忙些什么呢？
            duì yɑ ， liú lǎo shī ， nín yě zài zhè ér ā ！ nín zài zhè ér mánɡ xiē shén me ne ？ 
           Exactly, Ms Liu. You are here ,too. What are you busy with?
刘老师：我刚刚辅导完一个学生呀，你呢？
               wǒ ɡānɡ ɡānɡ fǔ dǎo wán yí ɡè xué shenɡ yɑ ， nǐ ne ？
              I just tutored a student. How about you?
小 王：哦，我没事儿，就在这边随便逛逛。
            ò ， wǒ méi shì ér ， jiù zài zhè biān suí biàn ɡuànɡ ɡuànɡ 。 
            o, nothing. I just strolled nearby randomly.
刘老师：跟你都好久不见了，最近在忙些什么呢？
               ɡēn nǐ dōu hǎo jiǔ bú jiàn le ， zuì jìn zài mánɡ xiē shén me ne ？ 
              Long time no see you. What are you busy with recently?
小 王：我还是像日常一样的工作呗，上下班，三点一线。
              wǒ hái shì xiànɡ rì chánɡ yí yànɡ de ɡōnɡ zuò bei ， shànɡ xià bān ， sān diǎn yí xiàn 。 
             Still work as usual, go to work, off work, three points and one line.
刘老师：跟女朋友还好吗？
                ɡēn nǚ pénɡ you hái hǎo mɑ ？ 
                Is your girlfriend good?
小 王：刘老师，我没有女朋友啊，您是不是记错人了啊？
               liú lǎo shī ， wǒ méi yǒu nǚ pénɡ you ā ， nín shì bu shì jì cuò rén le ā ？ 
              Ms Liu, I don't have girlfriend. Didn't you remember a wrong person?
刘老师：这样啊，那你赶紧去找一个女朋友吧！
               zhè yànɡ ā ， nà nǐ ɡǎn jǐn qù zhǎo yí ɡè nǚ pénɡ you bɑ ！ 
              So it is, then you hurry up to find a girlfriend.
小 王：好的，我也希望能找到一个满意的女朋友。
             hǎo de ， wǒ yě xī wànɡ nénɡ zhǎo dào yí ɡè mǎn yì de nǚ pénɡ you 。 
             Ok, I also hope to find a nice one.
刘老师：嗯，好的，那我们改天再约了哈，再见。
               èn ， hǎo de ， nà wǒ men ɡǎi tiān zài yuē le hā ， zài jiàn 。  
小 王：再见。
            zài jiàn 。  