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五十步笑百步 [wǔ shí bù xiào bǎi bù]：fifty/pace/laugh at/hundred/pace. One who retreats fifty paces mocks one who retreats a hundred. 
梁惠王liáng huì wáng：King Hui of Liang state in the Spring and Autumn Period of Chinese history
孟子 mèng zǐ：Mencius who was a thinker, politician, educator in the Spring and Autumn Period.
河内hé nèi 、河东 hé dōng：Ancient place names.
收成 shōu chéng：crop;harvest
灾害 zāi huāng：disaster
邻国 lín guó：neighbouring state or country 
道理 dào lǐ：principle;truth;reason
打仗 dǎ zhàng：fight; go to war; make war
交锋 jiāo fēng：clash;meet
丢盔弃甲 diū kuī qì jiǎ：hrow away one's shield and armour；fly pellmell
打比方dǎ bǐ fang：to make an analogy
嘲笑 cháo xiào：laugh at ; mock
逃跑 táo pǎo：escape，run away
胆小怕死 dǎn xiǎo pà sǐ：Cowardly and afraid of death
This idiom means that people should not criticize someone for something, because you have done the same thing or have the same fault.

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

五十步笑百步 [wǔ shí bù xiào bǎi bù]

This will be the first episode of the adventure of a Chinese boy named Mustaqim who is trying to find a teacher to learn the Arabic language, so a long research journey around the world begins with him.

Short Stories in Arabic

Mustaqim is looking for a teacher

Oi gente, aqui é Aneleh, sua tutora de português favorita. No podcast de hoje, vou contar para vocês sobre uma lenda do folclore brasileiro chamada "A Lenda do Curupira". Ela fala sobre um ser mítico que protege a floresta contra caçadores e contra aqueles que derrubam as árvores. No final, trarei algumas palavras com seus significados em inglês para ajudar caso vocês tenham dificuldade com o vocabulário.
E se quiserem acompanhar o script do podcast é só clicar nesse link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fe50CW49qj1Er-EVhVvQdxAPXf2okoDfjSLUfBApBx0/edit?usp=sharing
 Vamos lá?

Portuguese Drops 

Lendas do Brasil - Curupira 

IELTS Speaking Part 1 - Games.

Q. What games are popular in your country? [Why?]
Q. Do you play any games? [Why/Why not?]
Q. How do people learn to play games in your country?
Q. Do you think it’s important for people to play games? [Why/Why not?]

How do you plan your IELTS Speaking answers? Do you have a successful formula?



IELTS-SPEAKING 8-9 BAND IS POSSIBLE. DAILY SPEAKING PRACTICE PART 1,2 & 3. Listen daily.

IELTS Speaking Part 1 - Games.

Recommended to listen repeatedly until you understand. Key words and Commonly used phrases, Please read after me. You can record the phrases you read and send it here, I'll correct the pronunciation for you. Follow me ,you will learn more Chinese.

 Key words and common phrases：
还是、爬山、小心、一条裤子、记得、衬衫、美元、新鲜、太甜了、只有、放着、饮料、或者、很舒服、花园、绿色、参加比赛、拍照片、二年级、聪明、热情、努力、总是、回答、火车站、饿死了、超市、蛋糕、年轻、认真、客人、又大又甜、又年轻又漂亮

Merry's Channel (HSK三）

HSK三 Key words and common phrases (2 ) , Please read after me 请跟我读

In this episode we are going to learn how to say family members in Chinese. Let's learn it in a song!
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As a beginner, there're some vocabularies that you didn't learn before, and native speaker's speed seems too fast to understand. But don't worry, let's do it step by step. 
Step 1: listen and catch the words you know already, have a guess about the content.
Step 2: look at the text to check if you guessed it right. 
Step 3: listen one more time, repeat after it.
Step 4: practice until you can speak as the normal speed without looking at the text. 
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爸爸的爸爸叫什么？
bà bà de bà bà jiào shén me ？
What do we call Dad's dad?
爸爸的爸爸叫爷爷。
bà bà de bà bà jiào yé yé 。
Dad's dad is Grandpa.
爸爸的妈妈叫什么？
bà bà de mā mā jiào shén me ？
What do we call Dad's mom?
爸爸的妈妈叫奶奶。
bà bà de mā mā jiào nǎi nǎi 。
Dad's mom is Grandma.
爸爸的哥哥叫什么？
bà bà de gē gē jiào shén me ？
What do we call Dad's older brother?
爸爸的哥哥叫伯伯。
bà bà de gē gē jiào bó bó 。
Dad's elder brother's name is Uncle.
爸爸的弟弟叫什么？
bà bà de dì dì jiào shén me ？
What do we call Dad's younger brother?
爸爸的弟弟叫叔叔。
bà bà de dì dì jiào shū shū 。
Dad's younger brother is Uncle.
爸爸的姐妹叫什么？
bà bà de jiě mèi jiào shén me ？
What do we call Dad's sister?
爸爸的姐妹叫姑姑。
bà bà de jiě mèi jiào gū gū 。
Dad's sisters are called aunts.

Yuli's Chinese Channel

家庭称呼歌 ① Learn family members in a song （Beginner）

<Transcript>
ありえないという言葉を知っていますか？ありえないとは何か信じられないことが起こった時に使う言葉です。大阪弁ではありえへんといいます。
みなさんには、最近「ありえない」ことが起こりましたか？
今日私は朝起きて外にありえない景色が広がっていました。外が雪で真っ白になっていました。天気予報では雪の予報が出ていましたが、「まさか積もらないだろう」と思っていました。先週は日中の気温が15度ぐらいまで上がり、暖かったのでようやく春が来たと喜んでいました。ところが、今日はまるで冬に戻ったみたいです。みなさんの住んでいるところの天気はどうですか？こういう暖かくなったり、さむくなったりする時期は風邪をひきやすいので気をつけてくださいね。

関西弁：かんさいべん　Kansai dialect
景色：けしき　view
天気予報：てんきよほう weather forecast
雪（ゆき）が積（つ）もる：snow pile up, We get snow on the ground
まさか：There is no way that~, It’s impossible
日中：にっちゅうdaytime
気温：きおん　temperature
喜ぶ：よろこぶ　glad
冬（ふゆ）に戻（もど）る: return to winter
時期：じき　season
風邪（かぜ）をひきやすい：easy to catch a cold