你好，请问，卫生间在哪里/哪儿？
nǐ hǎo ， qǐng wèn ， wèi shēng jiān zài nǎ lǐ / nǎ ér ？

谢谢
xiè xiè

日常中文（Daily Chinese）

Where is the bathroom?  卫生间在哪里？

第四个行星是一个实业家的星球。
The fourth planet belonged to a businessman.
这个人忙得不可开交，小王子到来的时候，他甚至连头都没有抬一下。
This man was so much occupiedthat he did not even raise his head at the little prince's arrival.
小王子对他说：“您好。您的烟卷灭了。”
"Good morning," the little prince said to him. "Your cigarette has gone out."
三加二等于五。五加七等于十二。十二加三等于十五。
Three and two make Five. Five and seven make twelve. Twelve and three make Fifteen.
你好。十五加七，二十二。二十二加六，二十八。
Good morning. Fifteen and seven make twenty-two.Twenty-twoand six make twenty-eight.
没有时间去再点着它。
I haven't time to light it again.
二十六加五，三十一。
Twenty-six and Five make thirty-one.
哎哟！一共是五亿一百六十二万二千七百三十一。
Phew! Then that makes Five-hundred-and-one-million,six-hundred-twenty-two-thousand, seven-hundred-thirty-one.
“五亿什么呀？”小王子问。
"Five hundred million what?" asked the little prince.
嗯？你还待在这儿那？
Eh? Are you still there?
五亿一百万，我也不知道是什么了。我的工作很多!

Five-hundred-and-one million, I can't stop, I have so much to do!
我是很严肃的。
I am concerned with matters of consequence.
我可是从来也没有功夫去闲聊！二加五得七…
I don't amusemyself with balderdash. Two and Five make seven...
“五亿一百万什么呀？”小王子重复问道。
"Five-hundred-and-one million what?" repeated the little prince,
一旦他提出了一个问题，是从来也不会放弃的。
who neverin his life had let go of a question once he had asked it.
这位实业家抬起头说。
The businessman raised his head.
我住在这个星球上五十四年以来，只被打搅过三次。
During the Fifty-four years that I have inhabited this planet, I have been disturbed only three times.
第一次是二十二年前，不知从哪里跑来了一只金龟子来打搅我。
The First time was twenty-two years ago, when some giddy goose fell from goodness knows where.
它发出一种可怕的噪音，
He made the most frightful noise that resounded all over the place,
使我在一笔帐目中出了四个差错。
and I made four mistakes in my addition.
第二次，在十一年前，是风湿病发作，
因为我缺乏锻炼所致。
我没有功夫闲逛。我可是个严肃的人。
现在…这是第三次！
我计算的结果是五亿一百万…

几百万什么？
这位实业家知道要想安宁是无望的了，就说道：

几百万个小东西，这些小东西有时出现在天空中。

苍蝇吗？
Flies?
不是，是些闪闪发亮的小东西。
Oh, no. Little glittering objects.
是蜜蜂吗？
Bees?
不是，是金黄色的小东西，这些小东西叫那些懒汉们胡思乱想

我是个严肃的人。我没有时间胡思乱想。


小王子-The Little Prince-Read in Chinese

小王子第29章：很严肃的人

Try it now！ 听播客回答问题，Listen to the podcast and answer the questions below. There will be a text tomorrow after you finish the exercise！
1.有后天去西安的软卧吗？yǒu hòu tiān qù xī ān de ruǎn wò ma ?
2.有后天去西安的硬座吗？yǒu hòu tiān qù xī ān de yìng zuò ma?
3.为什么没有大后天的票？wèi shén me měi yǒu dà hòu tiān de piào?

他们在聊啥？What are they talking about？

买票 mǎi piào：buy tickets

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
6月9日木曜日　天気/晴れ　気温/15℃ 

室蘭市/むろらんし
・アメリカの大学教員が高校を訪問
・国際交流がコロナのせいで中断していた
・対面の国際交流が2年半ぶりにあった

［単語］
教員/きょういん…学校の先生
訪問/ほうもん…会いに行くこと
交流/こうりゅう…違う考えの人や文化の人が一緒に話しをすること
中断/ちゅうだん…進むことができないこと
対面/たいめん…本当に会うこと

〜ぶり…長い時間があった。例：東京に1年ぶりに行く。
〜せいで…悪いことが起きた時の原因を説明する。例：雨のせいで、遊びに行けない。

レッスン待ってます♪


北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#76〉6月9日木曜日　アメリカの大学教員が高校訪問

*Suitable for Adults*
The manipulative crow  preys on a sheep’s smug vanity, to revolting ends—but understandable ones, for a crow. 
Send me a message me for your free pdf copy of this book and if you would like discuss it.
I hope you enjoy it.
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Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk ( Adult 18+) 

The Crow and the Lamb

The measure of a man is what he does with Power '

       -Plato 

Baffling Lingo

Plato #3

In this episode we are going to learn 【Greeting】in Chinese. 
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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. 
1st time: listen and catch the words you know already, have a guess about the content.
2nd time: look at the text to check if you guessed it right. 
3rd time: listen one more time, repeat after it.
4th time: practice until you can speak as the normal speed without looking at the text. 
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中国人怎么打招呼呢？
zhōng guó rén zěn me dǎ zhāo hū ne ？
How do Chinese people greet?
早上见面,我们说“早上好”，或者“早”。
zǎo shàng jiàn miàn , wǒ men shuō “ zǎo shàng hǎo ”， huò zhě “ zǎo ”。
When we meet in the morning, we say "good morning", or "morning".
上午9点到12点，我们说：“上午好。"
shàng wǔ jiǔ diǎn dào shí èr diǎn ， wǒ men shuō ：“ shàng wǔ hǎo 。"
From 9 am to 12 am, we say, "Good morning(before noon)."
中午12点左右，我们问：“你吃了吗？”
zhōng wǔ shí èr diǎn zuǒ yòu ， wǒ men wèn ：“ nǐ chī le ma ？”
Around 12 noon, we ask, "Have you eaten yet?"
下午12点到6点，我们说：“下午好。”
xià wǔ shí èr  diǎn dào liù diǎn ， wǒ men shuō ：“ xià wǔ hǎo 。”
From 12pm to 6pm, we say, "Good afternoon."
天黑了，我们说：“晚上好。”
tiān hēi le ， wǒ men shuō ：“ wǎn shàng hǎo 。”
It is getting dark and we say, "Good evening."
要睡觉了，我们说：“晚安。”
yào shuì jiào le ， wǒ men shuō ：“ wǎn ān 。”
Going to bed, we say, "Good night."

Yuli's Chinese Channel

打招呼 Greeting （Beginner）

・東北地方、秋田県の方言「ねねばねのにねれねねー」の紹介
・意味と使用例の紹介　
・「ねねばね」「ねれねねー」それぞれの意味とは？
・寝なくちゃいけないのに寝れないときはこの言葉を言おう
・まとめ

Nihongo tokidoki Inaka hougen with Megumi Na

「ねねばねのにねれねねー」ってどんな意味？秋田弁。Learning Tohoku dialect

Spain has said it wants to introduce a tax of up to 100% on property purchases for anyone from outside the European Union (EU) who is not a resident in the country.

That could mean a lot of potential buyers from places like Asia, the UK and the US being priced out of the market.

And that's exactly the idea.

Many Spaniards have said that they can't afford to buy property because of the number of homes being bought by foreign buyers.

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez recently shared the plan, saying that in 2023, 27,000 apartments and houses around Spain were bought by people from outside the EU.

He said these buyers didn't purchase the homes to live in, but to make money from them.

Spain is a popular vacation destination for people around the world, and many like to buy holiday homes for themselves.

But other buyers put their properties on the short-term rental market, using sites like Airbnb.

This has meant that there are fewer homes for local people to buy. The shortage of properties in popular areas has seen prices increase, with many locals unable to afford higher prices.

Sánchez also said he wants to increase taxes on landlords who rent their properties with companies like Airbnb.

However, the prime minister's plans may not become law; for now they're just ideas.

British people who spoke to the BBC after hearing the news weren't happy with these plans.

Michele Hayes from Manchester, who has been looking at properties in Spain, said: "How many working Spanish people want to live in holiday homes in these tourist areas anyway?"