Have you ever thought why the Dead Sea in Jordan is called "dead"?
In this episode, we talk about some surprising and some other logical reasons!

Share in the comments if you have visited the Dead Sea, used any of its health products or plan on visiting!

5-minute English Tea Time

ep10. The Dead Sea:  Why "Dead"?

When the occurrence of something is known,“是……的" can be used to emphasize the time, manner, place, purpose and doer involved in the occurrence of the event. “是”can be omitted in positive and interrogative sentences, but not in negative sentences.
tā shì jīn tiān lái běi jīnɡ de 。  
她是今天来北京的。She came to Beijing today.
wǒ shì kāi chē qù xī ān de 。   
我是开车去西安的。I went to Xi 'an by car.
zhè shì zài shànɡ hǎi mǎi de 。  
这是在上海买的。I bought it in Shanghai.
wǒ shì lái yún nán lǚ yóu de 。  
我是来云南旅游的。I came to Yunnan for traveling.
wǎn fàn shì dà wèi zuò de 。
晚饭是大卫做的。David cooked dinner.

wǒ men bú shì zuò fēi jī qù de 。 
我们不是坐飞机去的。We didn't go by plane.

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是……的

Learn the basics of European Portuguese with this video, listen and repeat all the words and pause as many times as you need to make sure  you get all the words and meanings right. made by a native Portuguese teacher from our platform this video will help you memorize and learn the correct pronunciation of the words. listen to on repeat and learn Portuguese faster!!

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Basic phrases in Portuguese part 1, Frases básicas em Português Europeu

昨天  zuótiān      yesterday         今天  jīntiān      today       明天 míngtiān      tomorrow   
几  jǐ     several/ a few     号  hào   number/ size     
今天几号？Jīntiān jǐ hào?  What's the date today?   
今天5号。 Jīntiān 5 hào.  Today is the 5th.

零基础汉语---zero basic Chinese

第六课 lesson 6

qiū tiān dào le，lǎo shān yánɡ zài tián li shōu bái cài 。
秋天到了，老山羊在田里收白菜。
xiǎo bái tù hé xiǎo huī tù lái bānɡ mánɡ。
小白兔和小灰兔来帮忙。
lǎo shān yánɡ hěn ɡǎn jī tā men，shōu wán bái cài，
老山羊很感激他们，收完白菜，
tā sònɡ ɡěi xiǎo huī tù yì chē bái cài， 
他送给小灰兔一车白菜，
yě sònɡ ɡěi xiǎo bái tù yì chē bái cài。
也送给小白兔一车白菜。
xiǎo bái tù shuō：“xiè xiè nín，lǎo shān yánɡ，   
小白兔说：“谢谢您，老山羊，
wǒ bú yào bái cài，nín sònɡ ɡěi wǒ yì xiē cài zǐ bɑ！” 
我不要白菜，您送给我一些菜子吧！”
xiǎo bái tù huí dào jiā，zhònɡ hǎo le cài zǐ。
小白兔回到家，种好了菜子。
màn màn de，bái cài zhǎnɡ dà le。
慢慢地，白菜长大了。
xiǎo huī tù de bái cài chī wán le，
小灰兔的白菜吃完了，
kàn dào xiǎo bái tù jiā zhònɡ zhe hěn duō bái cài， 
看到小白兔家种着很多白菜，
tā xiàn mù jí le，yě qù lǎo shān yánɡ jiā yào le cài zǐ。 
他羡慕极了，也去老山羊家要了菜子。
dì èr nián，xiǎo huī tù yě yǒu zì jǐ de bái cài chī le。
第二年，小灰兔也有自己的白菜吃了。

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老山羊的礼物

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EL NOPAL 2.

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Many students are afraid of speaking because they worry about vocabulary. Find easy ways to describe things. Here is a fun example of describing cheese!

The Social Evolutionary

How can you describe cheese?

Each week I read an interesting news article from the BBC. Listen along to the words and pronunciation and I will also share with you the link to the story so that you can read along as well.

The BBC news article from this week's episode can be found here: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-62797773