Mandarin with Nana

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Transcripts

嗨大家好，我是你们的普通话老师Nana。

不知道大家在早上去上班、去上学的时候，都会搭乘什么交通工具呢？

我的话，我经常会坐地铁。

地铁就是underground / subway 地铁。

那在坐地铁的时候，有很多事情都不能做。比如因为现在疫情的原因，疫情，就是pandemic。

由于现在疫情的原因，我一定要在地铁站里面戴着口罩。

mask 口罩。

所以在地铁里面就完全不可以吃东西，也不可以喝水。

因为我不可以把口罩摘下来，因为我不想影响到其他人。

我想现在大家生活的很多地方都是类似的情景吧。

那么在平时的时候，当大家还不需要戴口罩的时候，你生活的地方，地铁里面有没有一些特殊的规则呢？

我之前生活在新加坡，新加坡的地铁里面有很多规定。

rules 规定。

比如，不可以在地铁里面吃东西，喝东西，喝水也不可以，否则就要罚款。

罚款，fines。

并且呢新加坡是一个热带国家tropical country，所以他们那里有很好吃的榴莲。

榴莲 durian 

啊，想想就流口水了。

可是因为榴莲很臭，所以在新加坡的地铁上，也不可以带榴莲上车哦。

不知道大家生活的地方，都有什么特别的规定呢？你可以带榴莲上地铁吗？

欢迎大家来告诉我。

Okay! 那这边就是今天的内容了，我们下次再见吧，拜拜!

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English

Hi everyone, I'm your Mandarin teacher Nana.

I wonder what transport you would take when commuting to work/commuting to school?

For me, I always take the underground/subway.

When one's on the underground, many things are not allowed. For example, because of the pandemic, I must wear a mask when I'm in the underground station. So eating is completely not allowed on the train, nor drinking. Because I can't take off the mask, (also) because I don't want to affect other people.

I think nowadays, most places people live in are of similar situations. So during the normal times, when mask-wearing is unnecessary, are there any special rules in the place you live in? I used to live in Singapore, and there are many rules in the Singapore underground. For example, eating is not allowed. Drinking is also not allowed, or you would be fined. 

Also, Singapore is a tropical country, so they have many delicious durians. Oh, my mouth's watering just thinking of it. But as durians are smelly, in Singapore underground, durians are not allowed on the trains. 

I wonder what special rules are there in the places you live in? Could you bring a durian to the train? You're welcome to tell me. Okay! So this is the content of today. See you next time. Bye bye!

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Transcripts

嗨大家好，我是你们的普通话老师Nana。

最近大家的身体还好吗？我身边最近有很多人都生病了。

因为最近天气很干燥，而且现在是从春天变成夏天的过程，这个过程非常容易让人生病。

我们把这个过程叫做换季。

换季——那换就是更换、换一个。季——就是季节。

季节season 

so change season / season changing 换季

那生病了之后很难受吧，我们基本上会得什么病呢？一般在这种时候是不是会感冒啊？

感冒，我前两天就感冒了，而我吃了很多的药，才把这个感冒给治好。

感冒就是cold，我得了感冒就是 I caught a cold。

我吃了好多药啊，所以大家一定要保重身体哦，注意要多喝水，勤锻炼.

勤锻炼——勤就是指的要“经常”，勤奋的勤。

经常锻炼、勤锻炼。

而且一定要注意保暖哦，多穿些衣服吧。

好，一定要保持健康，不要生病哦，我们下次再见吧，拜拜!

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Traditional Chinese

嗨大家好，我是你們的普通話老師Nana。

最近大家的身體還好嗎？我身邊最近有很多人都生病了。

因為最近天氣很乾燥，而且現在是從春天變成夏天的過程，這個過程非常容易讓人生病。

我們把這個過程叫做換季。

換季——那換就是更換、換一個。季——就是季節。

季節season

so change season / season changing 換季

那生病了之後很難受吧，我們基本上會得什麼病呢？一般在這種時候是不是會感冒啊？

感冒，我前兩天就感冒了，而我吃了很多的藥，才把這個感冒給治好。

感冒就是cold，我得了感冒就是 I caught a cold。

我吃了好多藥啊，所以大家一定要保重身體哦，注意要多喝水，勤鍛煉.

勤鍛煉——勤就是指的要“經常”，勤奮的勤。

經常鍛煉、勤鍛煉。

而且一定要注意保暖哦，多穿些衣服吧。

好，一定要保持健康，不要生病哦，我們下次再見吧，拜拜!

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English

Hi everyone, I'm your Mandarin teacher, Nana.

How's everyone's health recently? Many people around me have been sick lately.

Since lately the weather's been very dry, and it's in the process from Spring to Summer. This process makes people get sick easily.

We call this process "a change of seasons"

"A change of season" —— 换 means change; 季 means season(s)

After getting sick, it must be very uncomfortable. Basically, what kind of sickness would we get? Usually, would we catch a cold during this period? 感冒 means cold. 我得了感冒就是 I caught a cold.

I've had lots of medicine, so take care of yourself! Please be mindful to drink more water and exercise often.

勤锻炼 —— 勤 means "often, frequently". 勤奋的勤 (the same 勤 used in hard-working (勤奋))

Exercise frequently, exercise often.

And please be mindful and keep (yourself) warm. Wear more clothes.

OK, please keep healthy and don't get sick. See you next time. Bye bye!

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Transcripts

欢迎你来收听我们最新一期的播客。

今天来跟大家聊一个东西叫做锦鲤。

锦鲤

锦鲤呢，就是koi fish。

它是一种鲤鱼，鲤鱼就是carp，carp fish。

所以它是鲤鱼的一种。

那为什么要聊到它呢？因为如果你有用中文来上一些网，比如微博之类的话，你可能经常会见到这个词叫做锦鲤。

有的时候大家会说转发锦鲤，转发就是repost。

转发锦鲤，哎，这个是什么意思呢？

锦鲤本身只是一种观赏鱼，观赏的意思，就是欣赏，就是看看这个东西有多好看。

观赏。

所以观赏鱼只是因为它外表非常的鲜艳，颜色很丰富，所以人们喜欢把这些锦鲤养在家里来看着它，觉得它美丽漂亮。

可是呢，它还有一层含义，就是大家认为锦鲤代表着好运，特别有运气。

所以呢，有的时候大家在网上面看到某一个人，他特别好运，那大家就会来转发。

把他当做一个非常好运的象征，好像锦鲤一样，来转发它，希望能把他的好运来带给自己。

所以转发锦鲤的意思，就是想要借由这个人的好运带给自己，让自己也能变好运的意思。

转发锦鲤。

有的时候我们会看到一个人，他啊，考试考得非常好。

然后他在网上面放了自己的成绩，大家可能会把他的成绩转发一下。

那有的时候，可能有一个人他中奖了，中了一个很大的奖，那大家可能在转发的时候，就会像开玩笑一样地说：“转发锦鲤～转发锦鲤”，希望自己也能沾沾好运。

Okay！那这边就是我们今天的内容了，关于锦鲤。

那我们下次再见吧，拜拜。

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English

Hi everyone, I'm your Mandarin teacher Nana.

Welcome to the latest episode of our podcast.

Today I want to talk to you about a thing called koi.

锦鲤 Koi

锦鲤 is koi fish.

It is a kind of carp. 鲤鱼 is the carp. Carp fish.

So it's a kind of carp.

So why talk about it? Because if you use Chinese on some websites, like Weibo, you might often see this word called koi

Sometimes people will say to repost koi. 转发 is to repost.

Reposting koi, ah, what does this mean?

Koi itself is just a kind of ornamental fish. 观赏's meaning is to appreciate; to see how good-looking this thing is.

观赏

So the ornamental fish, just because its appearance is very bright and rich in colour, people like to keep these kois at home and look at it, thinking it's beautiful.

However, it also has another layer of meaning. That is, people think that the koi represents good luck. With especial luck.

So, sometimes when people see someone on the Internet, that he's particularly lucky, then people will repost it.

Taking him as a symbol of good luck, like koi fish, and repost it, hoping to bring his good luck to oneself.

So the meaning of reposting koi is that you want to bring good luck to yourself by the person's good luck. It means making yourself lucky.

Reposting koi.

Sometimes, we will see a person, he, ah, he did very well on in the exam.

Then he posted his grades online. People might repost his results.

That sometimes, there may be a person who wins a prize. A big prize. When reposting, people may say jokingly: "reposting koi ~ reposting koi", hoping they can also be lucky.

Okay! That's all for today about koi.

I'll see you next time, bye-bye!

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Transcripts
嗨大家好，我是你们的普通话老师Nana。

欢迎你来收听我们最新一期的播客。

最近很多人都在考试，那我想起我以前上学的时候，我的同桌他好厉害呀，他回回都能考班里面的第一名。

他学习真的很厉害，没有人能够打败他。

这种人，我们通常会管他们叫学霸。

学霸。

学呢，就是学习study。那霸是指的好像霸王、霸主一类的这种人。

这种用词是很多武侠小说里面会用到的一种词。

所以学霸就是指的在学习这方面不会被人打败，好像永远都不会输的这么样的一个人。

那学霸这个词在字典里面估计是查不到的，因为它一开始也是起源于一个网络用语，是从网上开始被大家使用起来的。

可是现在已经非常普遍了，几乎每一个人都会听过这个词，也会用这个词——学霸。

所以回想一下你的身边，在以前上学的时候，或者假如你现在是个学生，你的身边有没有这种学霸呢？

或者你自己就是一个学霸？

那大家都会开玩笑说，见到学霸要抱大腿。

大腿就是我们腿上面的那个部分，那抱大腿就是“考试的时候请帮我一把吧，学霸～”

抱大腿。

Okay！那这边就是我们今天的内容了，关于学霸，那么我们下次再见吧，拜拜。

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Traditional Chinese

嗨大家好，我是你們的普通話老師Nana。

歡迎你來收聽我們最新一期的播客。

最近很多人都在考試，那我想起我以前上學的時候，我的同桌他好厲害呀，他回回都能考班裡面的第一名。

他學習真的很厲害，沒有人能夠打敗他。

這種人，我們通常會管他們叫學霸。

學霸。

學呢，就是學習study。那霸是指的好像霸王、霸主一類的這種人。

這種用詞是很多武俠小說裡面會用到的一種詞。

所以學霸就是指的在學習這方面不會被人打敗，好像永遠都不會輸的這麼樣的一個人。

那學霸這個詞在字典裡面估計是查不到的，因為它一開始也是起源於一個網絡用語，是從網上開始被大家使用起來的。

可是現在已經非常普遍了，幾乎每一個人都會聽過這個詞，也會用這個詞——學霸。

所以回想一下你的身邊，在以前上學的時候，或者假如你現在是個學生，你的身邊有沒有這種學霸呢？

或者你自己就是一個學霸？

那大家都會開玩笑說，見到學霸要抱大腿。

大腿就是我們腿上面的那個部分，那抱大腿就是「考試的時候請幫我一把吧，學霸～」

抱大腿。

Okay！那這邊就是我們今天的內容了，關於學霸，那麼我們下次再見吧，拜拜。

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English

Hi everyone, I'm your Mandarin teacher, Nana.

Welcome to the latest episode of our podcast.

Recently, a lot of people are having exams. I remember when I went to school before, my deskmate was so good. 

He is always the best performing one in the class.

He is really good at studying. No one can defeat him on that.

This is the kind of person we usually call a 学霸 (straight-A student/high-achieving student ).

Straight-A students.

学 is to study. The 学 in 学习 (study). 霸 refers to 霸王/霸主(overlord) kind of person.

This word is used in many martial arts novels (Wuxia fiction).

So 学霸 is the kind of person who can't be beaten by others in his studies as if he will never lose.

The word 学霸 probably cannot be found in the dictionary, because it, in the beginning, also originated from the Internet. It has begun to be used by everyone on the Internet.

But now it's so common that almost everyone has heard and used the word 学霸.

So please recall. When you were in school, or if you're a student now, are there any students around you who are these 学霸?

Or, are you a straight-A student yourself?

Everyone jokes about having to 抱大腿 (to hug/hold the thigh) of the 学霸.

大腿 are the part above our legs, and holding thighs means "Please help me out in the exam, straight-A student!"

抱大腿 (to hug/hold the thigh).

Okay! So that's all for today about the straight-A students. I'll see you next time, bye-bye.

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Transcripts

嗨大家好，我是你们的普通话老师Nana。

欢迎大家来到我们的播客频道  Learn Mandarin with Nana

这个频道是专门为了想学普通话的大家而准备的，如果你想要提高自己的普通话水平，练习普通话听力，那么这个频道可以帮助你了解在当今中国，和年轻人交流，你真正需要知道的词汇。比如网络用语——在网上大家会用的词 what people use on the internet、有趣的文化 interesting culture、热门话题 hot topics等等。

现在我生活在中国，教授语言课程，那么在此之前，我在新加坡和英国生活了八年时间，也很喜欢去其他国家旅行，所以会在节目中介绍一些不同文化的见闻。

每一期节目呢，都为大家准备了简体中文、繁体中文、拼音、以及英文翻译版本的文稿，希望这个频道能够对你有所帮助。

那么我们一起享受普通话学习吧！

Okay！ 希望能在后面的节目中多多见面哦，拜拜！

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Traditional Chinese

嗨大家好，我是你們的普通話老師Nana。

歡迎大家來到我們的播客頻道Learn Mandarin with Nana。

這個頻道是專門為了想學普通話的大家而準備的，如果你想要提高自己的普通話水平，練習普通話聽力，那麼這個頻道可以幫助你瞭解在當今中國，和年輕人交流，你真正需要知道的詞彙。比如網絡用語——在網上大家會用的詞 what people use on the internet、有趣的文化 interesting culture、熱門話題 hot topics等等。

現在我生活在中國，教授語言課程，那麼在此之前，我在新加坡和英國生活了八年時間，也很喜歡去其他國家旅行，所以會在節目中介紹一些不同文化的見聞。

每一期節目呢，都為大家準備了簡體中文、繁體中文、拼音、以及英文翻譯版本的文稿，希望這個頻道能夠對你有所幫助。

那麼我們一起享受普通話學習吧！

Okay！ 希望能在後面的節目中多多見面哦，拜拜！

Hi everyone, I'm your Mandarin teacher Nana.

Welcome to Learn Mandarin with Nana, our podcast channel.

This channel is for those of you who want to learn Mandarin. If you want to improve the level of your Mandarin and practice your listening skills, this channel will help you understand the vocabulary you really need to know to communicate with young people in China today. For example, Internet slang -- 在网上大家会用的词 (what people use on the Internet), 有趣的文化 (interesting culture), 热门话题 (hot topics), etc.

Now I live in China and teach language courses. So before that, I lived in Singapore and the UK for 8 years, and I really enjoy travelling to other countries. So, I will introduce some knowledge about different cultures in the programme.

In each episode, I have prepared transcripts in simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese, pinyin and English translation for you. I hope this channel will be helpful to you.

So let's enjoy learning Mandarin!

Okay! I hope to see more of you in the future. Bye Bye!