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中文分级阅读 HSK 2: My little cat 我的小猫

clover Tao — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 01:56:28 +0000

我的小猫 HSK 2: My little cat

HSK 2: My little cat 我的小猫

我有一只小猫。它叫小黑，因为它是黑色的。我的小猫长得很可爱，也很小，只有手掌那么大。

我的小猫喜欢吃鱼和香肠。它经常跳上我的桌子看着我，我常常把它抱在怀里抚摸它。

冬天的时候，我的小猫常常睡在我的床上，当它想吃东西的时候，它会喵喵地叫。我很喜欢我的小猫，可是后来它死了，我非常伤心地把它埋了。我希望小黑在天堂可以过得很好。

I had a little cat. Its name was Little Black because it was black. My little cat was very cute and small, only as big as the palm of my hand.

My little cat liked eating fish and sausage. It often jumped on my desk and looked at me. I often took it in my arms and touched it.

In the winter, my little cat often slept in my bed and meowed when it wanted to eat. I liked my little cat very much, but it died later. I was so sad that I buried it. I hope Little Black has a good life in heaven.

Read more: 我的爱好 My hobby

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中文分级阅读 HSK 1: Self-introduction in Chinese for Level 1 Learners

clover Tao — Wed, 16 Feb 2022 13:34:51 +0000

Self-introduction in Chinese 中文自我介绍

你好，我叫小桃，我今年25岁了，我来自中国，我住在上海，我是一名老师。我会说英语，中文和日语。

我喜欢骑自行车、打羽毛球、看书。我喜欢吃饺子，面条和包子。我会做饭。

今天天气不好，下雨了。我不喜欢下雨天，你呢？

Could you please tell me something about yourself in Chinese？

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中文分级阅读：我的爱好 My Hobby – Chinese Writing Practice For HSK 2 Beginners

clover Tao — Wed, 16 Feb 2022 10:23:25 +0000

Chinese writing practice for beginners

我现在最大的爱好是骑自行车，我几乎每个星期都会去公园或者湖边骑自行车，以前我在澳大利亚读书的时候也是每天骑自行车去学校。我觉得骑自行车非常方便，又可以锻炼身体，尤其是天气好的话，微风拂面，骑自行车真的是一种享受。跟开车相比的话，骑自行车你可以感受到风，可以闻到花香，阳光可以洒在你的脸上。你能更好的感受到你周围的自然环境。当然冬天我不骑自行车，因为很冷。。。。?

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HSK2 (Level 2) Graded Chinese Reading: Story of Xiaotao Part 1

clover Tao — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 03:51:16 +0000

小桃的故事continue

小桃有很多梦想，长大后她想去环游世界（huan2 you2 shi4 jie4 travel around the world），所以现在她很用功地读书（study hard）。

小桃每天6点起床，因为她7点要去学校上课。她很喜欢运动，所以很少生病。她喜欢打羽毛球和踢足球。她现在一米四几，她希望自己能长到一米六几。她的爸爸是一名医生，工作很忙，有时候周末也要上班。她的妈妈是一名小学老师，有很多的学生。

她的爸爸喜欢看报纸，有时候看到开心的地方，还会读给她听。妈妈喜欢唱歌，她会唱很多歌。

小桃的房间是淡蓝色的，因为她喜欢安天空的颜色，可以思考很多问题。她喜欢每天晚上躺在床上看书，也喜欢看小说，她最喜欢的小说是西游记。

周末有空的时候，她们一家人会去外面饭馆儿吃饭。小桃最喜欢吃小笼包和西红柿炒鸡蛋，爸爸最喜欢吃饺子，妈妈最喜欢吃蔬菜。爸爸还喜欢喝绿茶，午饭后，他经常喝一杯绿茶。这个周末，妈妈打算去给小桃买衣服，因为以前的衣服太小了，不能穿了。

小桃最近在学骑自行车，妈妈给她买了一辆新的自行车，是红色的，她很喜欢，每天下午放学后都要骑一会儿。小桃很喜欢看动画片，但是妈妈不让她每天看，有时候作业太多，也没时间看。快要考试了，小桃要好好学习了哦！

HSK1 Listening Practice_Some Stories about Xiaotao

Chinese Greaded Reading: Some Stories about Xiaotao (Part 2)

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Chinese Greaded Reading: Some Stories about Xiaotao (Part 2)

clover Tao — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 02:39:18 +0000

上次的考试小桃考得很好，题都做完了，得了第一名。

妈妈很高兴，所以给她做了很多好吃的，有鸡肉，鱼，蔬菜，还有她最爱吃的西红柿炒鸡蛋。妈妈说吃鸡蛋对身体好，有营养。

这个周末，哥哥生病了，因为天气太冷了。所以爸爸让他多喝热水，好好休息，不要喝茶。妈妈经常忘记东西，今天早上她找不到自己的手机了，小桃帮她在电脑旁边找到的。

哥哥比小桃大六岁，他很喜欢唱歌，也喜欢下象棋。他经常和朋友一起去唱歌。他唱歌唱得很好听。这个学期（semester），他们班来了一个新的英语老师，长得很漂亮，姓王，叫芳芳。

今天下班后，妈妈买了一些苹果，苹果两块五一斤，比昨天便宜。天气真冷，明天可能会下雪。妈妈让小桃多穿点衣服。哥哥就是衣服穿得太少才生病的。晚上，妈妈做了米饭，粥和白菜豆腐。妈妈说小桃吃得太少了，应该多吃一点。妈妈做饭做得很好吃，爸爸比妈妈做得更好吃。所以爸爸应该经常做饭。

听妈妈说，小桃的表哥有女朋友了，长着两个大眼睛，皮肤很白，非常爱笑，是个很好的女孩儿。表哥今年25岁了，在银行上班，长得也很帅，个子一米八，所以他们真是郎才女貌。

妈妈说他们每个星期都去电影院看电影，因为表哥的女朋友很喜欢看电影，很有意思，他们这个周末还想去。

这个星期天气很好，每天都是晴天，但是很冷。快过年了，爸妈每天都有很多事情要做，要买很多年货。虽然商店里的东西不便宜，但是质量还不错。妈妈给小桃买了一件外套，两百多，小桃很喜欢。

新年就要到了，小桃全家准备去广东旅游，因为广东是南方，很暖和，冬天有二十多度。他们已经定好了飞机票。

北京快要下雪了，时间过得真快，一年又要过去了，希望明年会更好！

西红柿炒鸡蛋：scrambled eggs with tomatoes

营养：nutrition

表哥：cousin from mothers’ side

个子：height

年货：stocking

白菜豆腐：toufu with cabbage

就是。。。才：…. Is just that…., because….

郎才女貌：idiom, a perfect match between a man and a girl （the beauty and the geek）

HSK1 Listening Practice_Some Stories about Xiaotao

HSK2 (Level 2) Graded Chinese Reading: Story of Xiaotao Part 1

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起床困难症

clover Tao — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 09:11:55 +0000

又到冬天了，天气渐渐变冷，起床开始变得困难，虽然我很早就醒了，但是就是不想起床，我常常要上课的最后几分钟才起来，但是夏天我总是起得又早又快。
你呢，对你来说冬天起床困难吗，或者你有什么好的起床快的方法吗？

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金秋 Refreshing Golden Autumn in northern China

clover Tao — Sun, 12 Sep 2021 13:21:38 +0000

Golden Autumn 金秋

每到秋天，我想到的第一个成语就是“秋高气爽”。在中国北方，每年立秋后你就能感觉到气温的显著变化，温度不再那么热，尤其是早上和晚上会有丝丝的凉意。中午的太阳耀眼，但是不再灼热。如果你来中国北方旅游，最好不要错过九月和十月，你能最大程度的感受到秋天的美好。阳光和煦，微风拂面。骑着自行车不紧不慢的游荡在大街上，看看风景，真的是很惬意的一件事啊。

When it comes to autumn, the first idiom that comes to my mind is “refreshing in autumn.” In northern China, after the start of autumn every year, you can feel a marked temperature change, not so hot, but slightly cool, especially in the morning and evening. The midday sun is bright but no longer scorching. If you travel to northern China, you’d better not miss September and October because you can experience the beauty of autumn to the fullest. The sun is warm, and the breeze blows. Riding a bicycle leisurely wandering in the street and appreciating the scenery is a very comfortable thing!

Golden Autumn

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Buzzword: 凡尔赛

clover Tao — Sun, 12 Sep 2021 06:33:06 +0000

Buzzword: 凡尔赛

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吃不到葡萄说葡萄酸 It’s sour grapes

clover Tao — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 04:58:40 +0000

吃不到葡萄说葡萄酸 It’s sour grapes

今天，我们来学习一个寓言故事，叫做《吃不到葡萄说葡萄酸 It’s sour grapes》！

森林里住着一只狐狸。

有一天，狐狸来到了一片大草原上，发现了一棵葡萄树。葡萄树上结满了一串串晶莹透亮、香气扑鼻的葡萄。它想：这葡萄一定又甜又好吃!它看着葡萄，舌头舔着嘴巴，直流口水。

狐狸想吃葡萄，它急忙伸手去抓。可是，树太高了，够不着。于是，狐狸用尽力气，跳了上去用手抓，还是没够着，只抓下了几片叶子。它想：我要是能像猫一样会爬树就好了。狐狸又试了好几次，还是没够着。旁边的小兔啦，小鹿啦……都笑狐狸是个傻瓜。

狐狸累得汗流浃背，喘着粗气说：“这葡萄还没熟，一定很酸!一定是不好吃的。”说着它垂头丧气地回家了。它边走边回头看一眼它心爱的葡萄，心里酸酸的。它边走边自己安慰自己说：“这葡萄没有熟，肯定是酸的。”

Today, we will learn a fable called “It’s sour grapes.”

There lived a fox in the forest.

One day the fox came to a prairie and found a vine. The vine was covered with clusters of bright, fragrant grapes. The fox thought: The grapes must be sweet and delicious! He looked at the grapes, licked his tongue, and slobbered.

The fox wanted to eat the grapes, so he quickly reached out to grab them. But the tree was too high to reach. So, the fox jumped up and grabbed the grapes with his hands, but he could not reach them, and he only caught a few leaves. I wish I could climb trees like a cat, he thought. The fox tried several more times, but he still could not reach the grapes. Next to him, the rabbit, the deer, and the other animals laugh at the fox as a fool.

The fox was tired, sweating, and panting. He said to himself: “The grapes are not ripe, and they must be very sour! They won’t be yummy.” And he went home dejectedly. As he walked away, the fox looked back at his beloved grapes and felt sour. He comforted himself by saying, “These grapes are not ripe. They must be sour.”

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混合办公成新常态 The rise of hybrid working

clover Tao — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 07:11:45 +0000

The new norm of hybrid working

混合办公（hybrid working或hybrid-remote working）, 指个人、团队或组织一部分时间到工作单位、一部分时间以远程方式办公。也就是说，办公地点可以在办公室、家和第三空间之间切换。

在混合办公模式下，到办公室工作的员工数量减少。因此，企业可以缩减办公室面积，或者把办公室进行改装，增设共享工作空间（co-working space）和会议室，从而节约成本。同时，由于员工可以远程办公，企业的人才库可以大大扩充。从员工方面来讲，他们既可以根据个人喜好选择办公地点和方式，又可以因为地理位置不受限制而有更多的就业选择（job option）。

无论是远程办公（remote working）还是混合办公都得益于技术上的ABC——人工智能（AI）、大数据（Big Data）和云端（Cloud）。工作与生活、业务与娱乐、商业与消费、工作设备和个人设备之间的界限越来越模糊。人们越来越期望自己的工作具有跨时间（工作和生活的时间）、跨地点（工作的地点）和跨设备（手机电脑）的灵活性、自主性、可转移性。

混合办公方式由来已久，但因为新冠肺炎疫情和随之而来的远程办公试验而迅速推广，逐渐成为工作方式新常态。微软公司从2005年开始允许员工在任何时间、任何地点办公（work anytime and anywhere），只要按时完成任务就行。例如，今年4月，微软公司发布《Microsoft 2021工作趋势指数报告》，66%的受访在职人员希望公司保留远程办公选择。

与混合办公相关的一个新词是hybrid team（混合团队）。在这种新型工作结构中，团队有的成员远程办公，有的成员集中在办公室或别的某个地方工作。

当然，混合办公并非有利无弊。不是人人都有条件居家办公。因此，混合办公模式可能会伴随着社会经济和种族不平等（socioeconomic and racial inequality）。

Hybrid working, also known as hybrid-remote working, refers to individuals, teams, or organizations working on-site or remotely. In other words, the office locations switch between the office, the home, and the third space.

Thanks to hybrid-remote working, fewer employees come to the office. So companies can cut costs by downsizing or retrofitting offices with co-working spaces and meeting rooms. Meanwhile, employees can work remotely, so companies can significantly expand their talent pools. For employees, they can choose office locations and working styles according to their personal preferences. They also have more job options due to the unrestrained geographical location.

Both remote working and hybrid working benefit from the technology of ABC — artificial intelligence (AI), Big Data, and Cloud. The boundaries between work and life, business and entertainment, business and consumption, and work devices and personal devices are increasingly blurred. And people increasingly expect their work to be flexible, autonomous, and transferable across time (work and life), location (workplaces), and devices (mobile phones and computers).

Mixed working has been around for a long time, but it has become widespread as the new normal with the outbreak of the COVID-19 and the accompanying telecommuting experiment. Since 2005, Microsoft has allowed employees to work anytime and anywhere as long as they complete tasks on time. For example, in Microsoft 2021 Work Trend Index released in April, 66 percent of employees surveyed said they wanted their company to keep telecommuting as an option.

A new word related to hybrid work is hybrid team. In the new work mode of a hybrid team, some team members work remotely, while others work together in an office or somewhere else.

Of course, hybrid working is not without its drawbacks. Not everyone can work from home. Therefore, mixed working patterns may result in socioeconomic and racial inequality.

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