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Stories to Stimulate!

This podcast is aimed at intermediate to advanced students who are interested in seeing life through the eyes of an online English teacher living in Cape Town, South Africa.  

The real life of an English teacher in Cape Town

Want to learn 5 common idioms that can be used in both business and ordinary life? Nicole will introduce them to you so clearly and  simply that you can use them in your conversation immediately!

5 Weekly Idioms 

这里是one minute Chinese, 中文一分钟，每天都不同！ 我们一起听一分钟，想一分钟，说一分钟，今天的话题是你最喜欢什么时候？
有人喜欢早上，有人喜欢晚上，有人喜欢春天，有人喜欢冬天，有人喜欢运动的时候，有人喜欢和爱人(ai4 ren2)lover在一起的时候。
我最喜欢看书的时候，在书里，我可以在一百万年((yi4 bai3 wan4 nian2)one million year前的森林里，也可以在2099年的外太空(wai4 tai4 kong1)outer-space，我可以是一位科学家， 也可以是一位明星，在这样的时间里，我可以去不同的世界，也有不同的我，所以，看书是我最美好的时光(shi2 guang1)time,days, moments。
你呢？你最喜欢什么时间呢？

One minute Chinese

你最喜欢什么时候？

In this episode we're going to learn how to talk about study plan in Chinese.
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Tips of using this audio:
* First time, listen and understand the general idea of the audio without looking at the text.
* Second time, listen and figure out the details.
* Third time, listen and look at the text, find the words you need to learn.
* listen several times and try to retell it aloud.
* create your own similar story by changing some words.
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两个星期后，我姐姐去中国上大学。
liǎnɡ ɡè xīnɡ qī hòu ， wǒ jiě jie qù zhōnɡ ɡuó shànɡ dà xué 。 
My older sister will go to China for college after two weeks.
她去学汉语。她以后想做翻译。
tā qù xué hàn yǔ 。 tā yǐ hòu xiǎnɡ zuò fān yì 。 
She is going to learn Chinese. She wants to be an interpreter in the future.
我们全家在中国住过四年。
wǒ men quán jiā zài zhōnɡ ɡuó zhù ɡuò sì nián 。
Our whole family had lived in China for four years. 
我们现在住在曼谷。
wǒ men xiàn zài zhù zài màn ɡǔ 。 
Now we live in Bangkok.
我和姐姐都很喜欢中国。
wǒ hé jiě jie dōu hěn xǐ huɑn zhōnɡ ɡuó 。 
My sister and I both really like China.
我以后也想去中国上大学。
wǒ yǐ hòu yě xiǎnɡ qù zhōnɡ ɡuó shànɡ dà xué 。 
I also want to go to college in China in the future.
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New words:
……后  … … hòu              after
以后             yǐ hòu          in the future, afterwards
全家             quán jiā      the whole family
曼谷             màn ɡǔ       Bangkok

Story Chinese

上大学 go to college (beginning level)

100 ひゃく
200　にひゃく
300　さんびゃく
400　よんひゃく
500　ごひゃく
600　ろっぴゃく
700　ななひゃく
800　はっぴゃく
900　きゅうひゃく
1000　せん
2000　にせん
3000　さんぜん
4000　よんせん
5000　ごせん
6000　ろくせん
7000　ななせん
8000　はっせん
9000　きゅうせん


ようへい先生　　N4,N5チャンネル

みんなの日本語　３か　100～9000　How to read 

Today we're talking about the word "setback" and a word that people commonly confuse with it, "drawback". I hope you find it a useful discussion.

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I hope this doesn't cause you any setbacks!

关于问题，你知道些什么？
你每天问几个问题呢？
你听过最棒的问题是什么？
你能问出很好的问题吗？
让我们来聊一聊～

中文小天地 Little Chinese world

我们一起来聊“问题”

In Chinese, there are a lot of ways to say washroom. Like ‘洗手间、厕所、卫生间’and so on. The ones Crystal often used are ‘洗手间’and ’卫生间’.‘洗手间(xi3 shou3 jian1)’ is like washroom in English, literally meaning ‘the room to wash hands’.’卫生间(wei4 sheng1 jian1)’’s literal meaning is hygiene room. The usage of these two is almost equally as frequent. The other one is ‘厕所(ce4 suo3)’, like the toilet in English. But I don't use it so often, to girls it's coarse.

OK, let's learn this Chinese together! ‘Excuse me, Where's the washroom?’-“请问，洗手间在哪儿？”’请问(qǐng wèn)’ is often used when you ask questions to others—for example,  asking for directions, asking the time. It's like Excuse me in English. “洗手间(xǐ shǒu jiān)”means toilet, “洗手间”. In“在哪儿(zài nǎr)”, “在” means ‘at’, “哪儿“means where “在哪儿” is “where is”。 So, “Excuse me, where is washroom” in Chinese is ”请问，洗手间在哪儿(qǐng wèn, xǐ shǒu jiān zài nǎr?)

Crystal Gao's Chinese Language Journey

3. 洗手间在哪儿？/ Where’s the washroom? 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1USDpdAcsTlvW1I0bg9xlB-sAMcPCr3H1/view?usp=share_link


Amrutham 

Prepositions of time 

Escucha a estas personas diciendo de dónde son y cuáles son sus nacioanalidades. 