I began yoga at the age of 39. I live with it. It’s whenever and wherever.

台灣閩南語俗諺《講袂伸捙》

講不通、無法溝通

閩南語常用辭典參考

https://reurl.cc/aGjDWX

我的瑜伽老師

https://www.facebook.com/sujityoga

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Make yourself heard.There is nothing to be afraid of or worried about.

台灣閩南語俗諺《蒼蠅戴龍眼殼 ─ 崁頭崁面》

蒼蠅戴上龍眼殼後，身體和頭、臉自然都被蓋住了。

用來比喻人莽撞、不知死活

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Sending gifts and re-gifting is probably very common in Asian culture. However, if you re-gift something, you usually don't want to tell that person the origin of the gift.

台灣閩南語俗諺《拿籃子燒金紙》

假裝拿籃子裝金紙要燒給神明

但根本沒有這回事

就是做做樣子而已

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The state of your teeth says a lot about your overall health and can cause serious discomfort if you don't take good care of them.

台灣閩南語俗諺《無奶假病囝》

字面意思是假裝懷孕想吐

實際上就是說沒事裝有事

無病呻吟

閩南語常用辭典參考

https://reurl.cc/aGxkyG

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It was a night filled with light and beauty which left me feeling thankful and cheerful. This was the first time that I got to experience a cultural event hosted in Taiwan - of which I am very proud!

本集同步收錄每週五 14:00 在新北市立圖書館 YouTube 頻道

https://reurl.cc/leyyrA

首播的多益閱讀教室

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台灣閩南語俗諺《心裡感覺怪怪的 》

這個發音幾乎打不出字

大家多聽幾次就知道怎麼唸出這個超級地道的FU啦！

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I am sure there are a lot more examples and I would love to hear about your experiences too. I guess it all comes back to showing respect to cultural differences, and not judging. You can either like it or not, but you shouldn't judge whether a culture is right or wrong - it's just different.

本集同步收錄每週五 14:00 在新北市立圖書館 YouTube 頻道

https://reurl.cc/5pOEGG

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台灣閩南語俗諺《不是被太陽曬老的 》

意思是專業資深的經理人

是憑著實力跟積累

不是倚老賣老啦

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Whether you like paper books or digital ones, just figure out what suits you the best and enjoy the pleasure of reading!

本集同步收錄每週五 14:00 在新北市立圖書館 YouTube 頻道

https://reurl.cc/eOW7eK

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台灣閩南語俗諺《別人吃麵你喊燙 》

意思是在做事的人，有他自己的邏輯，旁人無需過度干涉。

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With the pressure on entering a good college or passing exams for better job opportunities, “reading” equals “studying” in most Asian cultures. I really don’t like that idea when “what you read” becomes “what you have to study” for specific purposes.

本集同步收錄每週五 14:00 在新北市立圖書館 YouTube 頻道

https://reurl.cc/NRpgep

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台灣閩南語俗諺《讀書讀到肩胛邊 》

意思是讀書是去學習為人處事的道理，但沒學到，反而悖離正道，是一句頗具批判意味，傳神的俗語。

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If you find something that you'd like to try, the most practical and simplest thing to say is, "Ni hao (Hello), wo yao… (I want…). It's easy to be overwhelmed, so it's perfectly fine to just use your finger to point to whatever you want to order. Then, end politely by saying, "Xie xie (Thank you)".

本集同步收錄每週五 14:00 在新北市立圖書館 YouTube 頻道

https://reurl.cc/Qb3Zgq

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另外更多台灣自然美的相關連結

https://www.afar.com/travel-tips/the-unique-natural-beauty-of-taiwan

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I didn't realize the differences until I was in Oxford for a summer program when I was 16. I can recall that the teacher called me “Miss America” after she asked me to read a paragraph in a reading class. Before then, I had only been exposed to American English.

本集同步收錄每週五 14:00 在新北市立圖書館 YouTube 頻道

首播的多益閱讀教室

https://reurl.cc/41kpxX

歡迎大家點擊收看

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