ChinesePod

Yes, yes, and the last day was in Washington. Obama received the delegation of President Xi and the First Lady at the White House and I heard the leaders of the two countries met for a full three hours.

Go to Lesson

哈哈，美好的事情总是让人向往。我看白宫晚宴上，奥巴马夫人米歇尔和彭丽媛女士都好光彩照人啊！

hāhā ，měihǎo de shìqing zǒngshì ràngrén xiàngwǎng 。wǒ kàn báigōng wǎnyàn shàng ，àobāmǎ fūren mǐxiēěr hé pénglìyuán nǚshì dōu hǎo guāngcǎizhàorén ā ！

Ha ha, everyone's always eager for such great things to happen. Michelle Obama and Peng Liyuan were both so dazzling!

Go to Lesson

到了汉代，皇宫里夏季便有了“清凉殿”，内有多重降温装置，以石头为床，用玉晶盘装冰块，还有人站在一旁对着扇扇子，清凉无比。

dào le Hàndài ，huánggōng lǐ xiàjì biàn yǒu le “qīngliáng diàn ”，nèi yǒu duōchóng jiàngwēn zhuāngzhì ，yǐ shítou wèi chuáng ，yòng yù jīng pán zhuāng bīngkuài ，háiyǒu rén zhàn zài yīpáng duì zhe shān shànzi ，qīngliáng wúbǐ 。

In the Han Dynasty, the palace had a "cool hall" in the summer, with multiple cooling devices inside, such as a stone bed, plates made from jade crystals to store ice cubes and people using fans. The coolness was incomparable.

Go to Lesson

明清时期，皇家宫殿房间内出现了可移动的冷源，即贮放冰块的柜子，上面镂空，作为冷气出孔，中部空间还可储存食物，如西瓜、冷饮等。

MíngQīng shíqī ，huángjiā gōngdiàn fángjiān nèi chūxiàn le kě yídòng de lěngyuán ，jí zhùfàng bīngkuài de guìzi ，shàngmiàn lòukōng ，zuòwéi lěngqì chūkǒng ，zhōngbù kōngjiān hái kě chǔcún shíwù ，rú xīguā 、lěngyǐn děng 。

In the Ming and Qing dynasty, rooms in the royal palace placed ice cubes in cabinets which were hollow on the top to let the cool air flow. The space in the middle of the cabinets were used to store food such as watermelons and cold beverages etc.

Go to Lesson

明月几时有，把酒问青天，不知天上宫阙，今夕是何年？…人有悲欢离合，月有阴晴圆缺，此事古难全。但愿人长久，千里共婵娟。”

míngyuè jǐ shí yǒu ，bǎ jiǔ wèn qīngtiān ，bùzhī tiānshàng gōngquè ，jīn xì shì hé nián ？…rén yǒu bēihuānlíhé ，yuè yǒu yīnqíngyuánquē ，cǐshì gǔ nán quán 。dànyuàn rén chángjiǔ ，qiān lǐ gòng chánjuān 。”

"When did the bright moon first appear? I hold a glass to the heavens to ask, what date can it be in the divine imperial palace? Human life is full of both joys and sorrows, just as the moon waxes and wanes, and makes it hard to get satisfaction. If only men could live longer on the earth, although a thousand miles apart, they could both enjoy the beautiful glimmer of the same moonlight."

Go to Lesson

上片确实离愁别绪多，不过还不能一概而论，作者的意思是他想要离开繁杂的人间回到他逍遥的月宫，可是又想着月宫中应该十分冷清，不如留在人间，一样可以在月光下潇洒地起舞弄清影，此时他的情绪是矛盾的。

shàng piàn quèshí líchóu biéxù duō ，bùguò hái bùnéng yīgàiérlùn ，zuòzhě de yìsi shì tā xiǎngyào líkāi fánzá de rénjiān huí dào tā xiāoyáo de yuè gōng ，kěshì yòu xiǎng zhe yuè gōng zhōng yīnggāi shífēn lěngqīng ，bùrú liú zài rénjiān ，yīyàng kěyǐ zài yuèguāng xià xiāosǎ de qǐwǔnòngqīngyǐng ，cǐ shí tā de qíngxù shì máodùn de 。

The first part does indeed have a lot of the sorrowful sentiment of parting, however you can't lump it all in together. The author means that he wants to leave the complexity of the human world and return to the freedom of the palace on the moon, but he is also thinking that the palace on the moon will be quite cold and cheerless, so he'd be better off in the world, where he can dance freely under the moonlight, so at this point he is feeling ambivalent.

Go to Lesson

川菜的话，口味就是麻辣鲜香，最有名的菜色就得数“水煮鱼”、“宫保鸡丁”、“麻婆豆腐”啦。湘菜也重辣，不过更油腻。

Chuāncài dehuà ，kǒuwèi jiùshì málà xiānxiāng ，zuì yǒumíng de càisè jiù děi shǔ “shuǐzhǔyú ”、“gōngbǎojīdīng ”、“mápó dòufu ”la 。xiāngcài yě zhònglà ，bùguò gèng yóunì 。

In terms of Sichuanese food, the flavor is hot and numbing and fresh and fragrant. And one must count "poached sliced fish in hot chili sauce", "Kung Pao Chicken" and "Mapo Tofu" among them. Hunanese cuisine is also very spicy, but more oily too.

Go to Lesson

哇，布达拉宫、唐古拉山、纳木错…都是我垂涎了很久的地方，无奈身体不好，不敢去海拔那么高的地方。

wā ，Bùdálāgōng 、Tánggǔlāshān 、Nàmùcuò …dōu shì wǒ chuíxián le hěn jiǔ de dìfang ，wúnài shēntǐ bùhǎo ，bù gǎn qù hǎibá nàme gāo de dìfang 。

Wow, the Potala Palace, Tanggula Mountain, Namtso…are all places I have been coveting for a long time, but I’m afraid to go to high altitude places due to my poor health.

Go to Lesson

白宫在9日发布的新闻公告中说：“唐纳德·特朗普总统和沙特王储穆罕默德的对话富有成果。他们磋商了沙特在确保中东稳定、维持对伊朗极限施压和人权问题方面重要性的内容。”

Báigōng zài rì fābù de xīnwén gōnggào zhōng shuō ：“Tángnàdé ·Tèlǎngpǔ zǒngtǒng hé Shātè wángchǔ Mùhǎnmòdé de duìhuà fùyǒu chéngguǒ 。tāmen cuōshāng le Shātè zài quèbǎo Zhōngdōng wěndìng 、wéichí duì Yīlǎng jíxiàn shīyā hé rénquán wèntí fāngmiàn zhòngyàoxìng de nèiróng 。”

The White House said in a press release on the 9th: "The dialogue between President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad was fruitful. They discussed Saudi Arabia's importance in ensuring stability in the Middle East and maintaining pressure on Iran and human rights. ""

Go to Lesson

你怎么每次都这么无耻。好吧，那我就不管你了，我想吃油爆大虾、香煎仔排、宫保鸡丁，那我们就去外婆家吃好了。

nǐ zěnme měicì dōu zhème wúchǐ 。hǎoba ，nà wǒ jiù bùguǎn nǐ le ，wǒ xiǎng chī yóubào dàxiā 、xiāngjiān zǎipái 、gōngbǎojīdīng ，nà wǒmen jiù qù wàipójiā chī hǎo le 。

How can you be so shameless every time! OK, I guess I don't need to worry about you. I want to eat sauteed shrimp, fried pork chops and Kung Pao Chicken, so I guess I'll go to The Grandma's to eat.

Go to Lesson