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Lily's Chinese 对话

20240213高尔基致罗曼罗兰的信

啊，是星星吗？
Ah! You mean the stars?
对了，就是星星。
Yes, that's it. The stars.
你要拿这五亿星星做什么？
And what do you do with Five-hundred millions of stars?
五亿一百六十二万七百三十一颗星星。
Five-hundred-and-one million, six-hundred-twenty-two thousand, seven-hundred-thirty-one.
我是严肃的人，我是非常精确的。
I am concerned with matters of consequence: I am accurate.
你拿这些星星做什么？
And what do you do with these stars?
我要它做什么？
What do I do with them?
是呀
Yes.
什么也不做。它们都是属于我的。

Nothing. I own them.
星星是属于你的？
You own the stars?
是的。
Yes.
可是我已经见到过一个国王，他…
But I have already seen a king who...
国王并不占有，他们只是进行‘统治’。这不是一码事。
Kings do not own, they reign over. It is a very different matter.
你拥有这许多星星有什么用？
And what good does it do you to own the stars?
它可以使我变得富有。
It does me the good of making me rich.
变富有了你想干什么？
And what good does it do you to be rich?
富了就可以去买别的星星，如果有人发现了别的星星的话。
It makes it possible for me to buy more stars, if any are ever discovered.
小王子自言自语地说：“这个人想问题有点象那个酒鬼一样。”
"This man," the little prince said to himself, "reasons a little like my poortippler..."

小王子-The Little Prince-Read in Chinese

小王子第三十章：拥有星星

Laura's English Podcast

Introduction

My English is poor” - Breaking Free: Step 3 (Episode 396)

Unlock Your Potential: The Essential Element for Confident Communication

Welcome to episode three of our series on transforming the belief “My English is poor.” Today, we’re going a step further.

My goal is to open up a world of possibilities, helping you imagine the difference a new perspective on your English can make.

How will your feelings shift? How will you perceive the world differently? How will your experiences change?

This is an essential step in developing a powerful, resilient belief – a bulletproof vessel against negativity – creating a structure that makes you more confident and assured.

If you’re finding this difficult, consider my VIP training. It’s designed to save you a great deal on continued learning costs, because without a shift in your core beliefs, a level of underlying dissatisfaction in yourself and in your English will always remain.



The Habits of Highly Effective English Communicators

My English is poor” - Breaking Free: Step 3 (Episode 396)

En este capítulo vas a aprender algo más sobre el protagonista y a pasar una tarde cualquiera en la ciudad. Seguro que hay muchas cosas que desconoces sobre Utrecht y su gente que te van a gustar. 

¿Cómo es una tarde cualquiera en tu vida?

Audiolibros de Joan

El Método Vamos. Capítulo 2.

How can you memorize what you need without wasting a lot of time or feeling bored?  Unfortunately, some of the strategies that we learned in school are not very efficient or effective.  Learn what works in this episode!

The complete text of this podcast can be found at https://www.difficultenglishexplained.com/whats-the-most-efficient-way-to-memorize-material-part-2/

Difficult English Explained

What's the most efficient way to memorize material? (Part 2)

Piensa un momento en la entrada de un baño público para mujeres; ahora dinos qué ves. ¿Por qué normalmente hay filas en los baños para las mujeres? Conversemos un poco sobre esta problemática, muchas veces normalizada. ¿Cómo más de la mitad de la población está siendo ignorada en investigación y diseño? En el siguiente google docs encontrarán el artículo del podcast así como vocabulario y verbos desconocidos: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11xzSVUt20ScCG2hKju2r8CALVS2Mtje6J5p0hl7tdNg/edit#heading=h.oo660ljy3s1e 

Voces Difusora

Investigación y diseño: el olvido de cuerpos divergentes 

In this episode you can hear days of the week and some questions and answers to them. Enjoy it!

Let's speak Albanian

Days of the week / Ditët e javës

In many parts of the world, summer has kicked in, and people are really feeling the heat.

But people in one city in the Middle East may have more reason to complain about the heat than anywhere else in the world.

This place is so hot that birds fall from the sky, some streets are air-conditioned, and, allegedly, fish boil in the sea.

This is Kuwait City, the capital of Kuwait, often called the hottest city in the world.

Temperatures often get as hot as 50 degrees Celsius in the summer — and sometimes even higher. In July 2016, the temperature reached 54 degrees Celsius in the north, which is the highest temperature Kuwait has experienced.

People are rarely seen walking outside in the summer, and many residents leave the city while it's this hot.

Kuwait has always been hot, but climate change has made the summers hotter and longer.

According to the Emirates Policy Center, between 1962 and 1999 there were 18 days when the temperature in Kuwait was 50 degrees Celsius or higher. Between 2000 and 2021, the number of days was 80 — and 64 of those were between 2010 and 2021.

The country is also getting less rain than before. As a result, it's experiencing more frequent and intense dust storms.

Living in these high temperatures is not good for humans. A study by the University of Roehampton in London found that the human body has an upper temperature limit of between 40 degrees and 50 degrees before it starts to malfunction.

At higher temperatures, a person may start to experience "heat stress," which can cause things like confusion, nausea, dizziness and fainting — and can be fatal.

Some may say that Kuwait is contributing to its own problems, since it's one of the world's largest emitters per capita of carbon dioxide, and uses only fossil fuels for energy.

But things may be changing. According to the International Energy Agency, the country plans to generate at least 15% of its energy from renewable sources by 2030.