Yajie: Welcome to Chinese Studio on China Radio International. Dajia hao, wo shi Yajie.
Cam: And wo shi Cam. Yajie, I love watching movies, what about you?
Yajie: Yes, same here. I’m a big movie fan…
Cam: My favorite Chinese movie star is Zhang Ziyi… she is so pretty!
Yajie: Yes, She is very popular with foreigners… This week, we are going to talk about movies on Chinese Studio.
Cam: let’s get started.
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中国将发行2019年版第五套人民币 China upgrades 5th edition of its currency
The People’s Bank of China announced Thursday that the latest(最新的 zuìxīn de) 5th series of the 2019 edition renminbi notes
Lesson 139 In the Office (3)
Yajie: Welcome to Chinese Studio on China Radio International. Dajia hao, wo shi Yajie.
Cam: And wo shi Cam. I am already becoming a little more organized this week Yajie, thanks to these lessons.
Yajie: That is good news, Cam. Shall we continue more with Key Words of the Day?
Cam: Sounds good!
Lesson 138 In the Office
Yajie: Cam, you can be disorganized sometimes, so we are talking about organization and the office on this week’s Chinese Studio. Welcome to the show, listeners, Wo shi Yajie.
Cam: And wo shi Cam. One item that comes in useful is a filing cabinet… but how do I say that in Chinese?
Yajie: ok, you’ll know it after the key words of the day.
Lesson 136 – Revision of Chores
Cam: Hello everyone! Welcome to Chinese Studio on CRI. Wo shi Cam.
YJ: Welcome. Another weekend is coming and time for us to review what we learned during the week.
Cam: First, listen to the Sentences in the Week!
Lesson 135 – Chores 3
YJ: Perfect Chinese your way, in only five minutes a day, welcome to Chinese Studio on CRI, wo shi yajie,
Cam: wo shi Cam.
YJ: Cam, we are busy cleaning the house this week… so I guess maybe one of your hobbies is doing the laundry…
Cam: Yajie, I have a clean house, but laundry is definitely not one of my favorite things.
YJ: sorry, but we need to continue with our lessons. Today we are going to talk about cleaning clothes and tidying up the bedroom!
Lesson 134 – Chores 2
Cam: We are learning all about cleaning this week on Chinese Studio. Welcome to the show everyone, wo shi Cam.
YJ: And wo shi Yajie. We talked about the kitchen yesterday Cam,and we’ll continue more of that in today’s show.
Cam: Let’s listen to Key Words of the Day.
Lesson 134 – Chores 2
Cam: We are learning all about cleaning this week on Chinese Studio. Welcome to the show everyone, wo shi Cam.
YJ: And wo shi Yajie. We talked about the kitchen yesterday Cam,and we’ll continue more of that in today’s show.
Cam: Let’s listen to Key Words of the Day.
Lesson 133 – Chores 1
Cam: Hello everyone! Welcome to Chinese Studio on CRI. Wo shi Cam.
YJ: And wo shi Yajie. Cam… I have been to your apartment, and I know it’s very clean.
Cam: Well… I do my best. I certainly like living in a clean place. Having my home in a mess is very stressful!
Yajie: Well, this week, we are going to learn more about jobs around the house.
Cam: Sounds good. Let’s check Key Words of the Day.
十二生肖 the Twelve Zodiacs
十二生肖(shí èr shēng xiāo,the Twelve Zodiacs)
十二生肖,是中国古代纪年用的一组动物图像,由十一种源于自然界的动物 –“鼠、牛、虎、兔、蛇、马、羊、猴、鸡、狗、猪”加中国传说中的“龙”组成。十二生肖与中国农历中的“十二地支”搭配后的排列顺序为“子鼠、丑牛、寅虎、卯兔、辰龙、巳蛇、午马、未羊、申猴、酉鸡、戌狗、亥猪”。其中狗排位第十一。很多西方人把生肖看作是中国的“星座”。基于一个12年的循环,每一年都有一个动物作为象征。生肖在古代还被用作代表一天的时间,也就是我们所说的时辰。一天有12个时辰,每个时辰为现在的两个小时,子时是十二个时辰中的第一时辰(即23点整至凌晨1点整),与子时相配合的动物是子鼠。根据中国的传统哲学,人出生在某个时辰,通常被认定为本性中带有某种动物的原始特性,如:老鼠代表智慧,牛代表勤奋,老虎代表勇猛,兔子代表谨慎,龙代表威猛,蛇代表柔韧,马代表勇往直前,羊代表和顺,猴子代表敏捷,鸡代表恒定,狗代表忠诚,猪代表随和。总而言之,所有这些有关于生肖的含义也都来自古人对后代的美好祝愿。