秋叶 (Autumn Leaves)

By: Echo Yu in Suzhou, China
Staff Member, Break Diving’s Fluency Project

我喜欢秋天,我更喜欢秋天的落叶。
  我喜欢独自一人坐在秋千上看秋的落叶。看着它们静悄悄的脱离枝脉,一片一片,悠悠荡荡,像一个个小精灵们无忧无虑的飞在空中。
  记忆中的秋天仍是硕果累累的金黄色。下课铃响起,我和伙伴们便迫不及待的冲出教室,在大榕树下的落叶堆里试图寻找最强健的“筋”(树叶的叶脉),试图在“拔筋”(两个人将各自的叶脉交叉,用力拽,谁的叶脉先断即为输)活动中摘得头筹。那时,每个秋天我总是乐此不疲的寻找着“筋”,转瞬已过十多年,却再没有体会过专心寻找一根打遍天下无敌手的“筋”的执着之情了。

  儿时总是有数不清的美好回忆,一片叶子,一截粉笔甚至一块石头都能开心的玩上一天。长大后却远远没了那份耐心,眼里丢失了很多美好。我不在驻足看一片枯黄的秋叶翩然落下,而是裹紧大衣,行色匆匆。有多久没有好好感受秋天了呢,每每想至此,便免不了自责忘记了生活的本质。
  看着落叶幽幽的从枝头姿势悠然的划落下来,没有任何叹息。不免感叹,叶这短短一生,有风掠过,有云掠过,有鸟陪过,有蝶舞过。它品味春天的风雨,夏天的艳阳,留着清光的气息,浓阳的呢喃。
  来年,来年这里又是一方绿葱之地。
  明霞的暖秋,静丽的落叶,温暖的思绪,簌簌的落下。
  秋千的环绕,风儿带来了积藏已久的哀怨和彷徨,寻觅。寻觅灿烂,抓住即逝的美丽,让它闪亮,在记忆中存香。


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Founder & Executive Director, Break Diving, Inc.

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Constant practice and constant correction.

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圣诞的歌声响起来 (The Sounds Of Christmas Have Arrived)

by Claire Hanbing Lu
Volunteer, Break Diving’s Chinese Fluency Project

1225日是圣诞节,它是西方国家一年中最盛大的一个节日。每到这天降临,不论你是谁,桌上总会横七竖八地摆满贺卡,写满祝福的语句。

放学后,同学们莫不在便利店买彩带、买气球,冒着鹅毛大雪点缀教室和走过的每处路段。而学校往日的严肃学风取而代之的则是圣诞节浓郁的气氛。还有那久违了的安谧恬静无处不存在着欢乐,把平日里大家伙之间激烈的竞争抛在脑后。快看啊!那远方就像是被蜡笔涂抹,配上纷纷扬扬的大雪,衬托出圣诞节的纯真无邪。

来到大街上,每个角落都让人感受到过节的气氛。几乎所有的商场都摆放着一颗高大的圣诞树,有的摆在大厅,有的放在门口 。那塔形的圣诞树似穿着一件绿衣裳,身上挂着的一个个小铃铛,轻轻一碰,叮当、叮当发出动听的声音;五颜六色的小灯,好像天上眨眼的星星;红彤彤的小灯笼,一闪一闪的,漂亮极了!

圣诞老人,我衷心地期望您在圣诞树上为我悬挂成千上万个圣诞铃铛!愿我的祝福像风铃,给所有我爱的人们带去叮叮铛铛的快乐!当铃铛响起那是我为家人祈福的声音。十二个月里的风会敲响祝福的音符,把我轻轻的祝福送给不管是身边还是遥远的家人,愿他们福如东海、万事胜意、身体健康! 圣诞老人,请您在圣诞树上为我挂上平安蛋!掬一把温馨的祝福给我心系的家人,但愿关怀与祝福永远与你们同往!圣诞老人,请您在圣诞树上挂上可爱的圣诞帽和圣诞围巾还有些可爱的小礼物。所有的小朋友就在圣诞节里快快乐乐,开开心心迎接新年!

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大熊猫奇遇记 (Memories of a Happy Encounter With a Giant Panda)

by Claire Hanbing Lu in Canada
Chinese Fluency Project Program Assistant, Break Diving, Inc.

(If you need help understanding, use an online translator tool, or use Pleco’s Live Character Reader)

                                                  大熊猫奇遇记 

我最喜欢的动物,就是大熊猫了。熊猫既是珍稀动物,也是中国的国宝。

 熊猫刚出生只有150克左右重。相当于妈妈体重的千分之一。但是,过了一个月以后,熊猫的体重可达2公斤,过三个月后,体重可达56公斤重了。等小熊猫四、五个月大时,熊猫妈妈就会教小熊猫爬树、洗澡、游泳剥食等本领。长大成年以后每天要吃20公斤的箭竹,有时它们也会捕捉竹林里的竹鼠美餐一顿哦!我第一次见到熊猫时,它们因四肢较短所以行动缓慢。但毛茸茸的面孔上却嵌着一对乌黑发亮的眼睛。那两个黑眼圈,近看就像蘸足了墨汁写的一个字;远看又像戴了一副墨镜,再加上一身墨墨黑黑的毛,更显得美丽可爱,使我从此抵抗不了它们的魅力。

 它们之中有些是馋嘴鬼,有些是懒家伙,有些是乖孩子,还有些是小调皮。它们有时两腿一蹬翻了个身;有时憨态可掬的走起路来;有时又笨拙的吃着美味的竹子,模样十分惹人喜爱。管理员叔叔阿姨们一来,那些馋嘴鬼们便争先恐后地扑了上去,争夺那些美味的竹纤维营养饼。有些人被大熊猫们搂着腿寸步难行,还有些人更是被大熊猫们扑倒在地上,引起大家一片笑声。

 许多人都不知道大熊猫是生物界的活化石,其实它们在地球上至少生存了八百万年!特别有意思的是以前大熊猫主要是以吃肉为生的,因为生存环境的关系,它们迫不得已改变了饮食习惯,改吃草木植物为主。

 并且,半个世纪以来,熊猫外交都是中国外交的独特方式之一。1972年,大熊猫玲玲兴兴被赠送给美国,引起巨大的轰动。动物园开放首日就有两万多人前来参观,可谓是空前的景象。2015年,习近平主席访问美国时,夫人彭丽媛和奥巴马总统夫人米歇尔共同为新生的大熊猫幼崽取名为贝贝。大熊猫是我们的好朋友。为了保护这一标志性物种,我们必须开展有效的防范措施、并处理新出现的威胁。


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Español / Spanish Language Resources

Compiled & recommended by Dr. Monroe Mann, PhD, Esq, MBA, LLM, ME, EMT
Founder & Executive Director, Break Diving’s Fluency Project

Estoy estudiando español y espero que estos recursos te ayuden!

An ever growing list of hand-picked tools tested and approved by Fluency Project founder Monroe Mann:

APPS/aplicaciones

BOOKS/libros

  • Assimil Spanish (I ADORE THIS SERIES, FOR EVERY LANGUAGE)
  • Living Language Spanish (beginner to advanced)
  • Collins Easy Learning Spanish Conversation
  • Collins Easy Learning Spanish Grammar
  • Collins Easy Learning Spanish Vocabulary

WEBSITES/sitios web

  • Yabla Spanish at Yabla.com
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Deutsch / German Language Resources

Compiled & recommended by Dr. Monroe Mann, PhD, Esq, MBA, LLM, ME, EMT
Founder & Executive Director, Break Diving’s Fluency Project

Ich studiere Deutsch und ich hoffe diese Ressourcen helfen Ihnen!

An ever growing list of hand-picked tools tested and approved by Fluency Project founder Monroe Mann:

APPS/applications

BOOKS/livres

  • Assimil German (I ADORE THIS SERIES, FOR EVERY LANGUAGE)
  • Living Language German (beginner to advanced)
  • Collins Easy Learning German Conversation
  • Collins Easy Learning German Grammar
  • Collins Easy Learning German Vocabulary

WEBSITES/sites

  • Yabla German at Yabla.com
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Français / French Language Resources

Compiled & recommended by Dr. Monroe Mann, PhD, Esq, MBA, LLM, ME, EMT
Founder & Executive Director, Break Diving’s Fluency Project

Je suis un étudiant de français et j’espère que ces ressources vous aideront.

An ever growing list of hand-picked tools tested and approved by Fluency Project founder Monroe Mann:

APPS/applications

  • Larousse French Dictionary
  • Trivia Crack (Intermediate to Advanced)
  • Living Language French (Beginner to Advanced)
  • Memrise
  • Brainscape
  • Audible French Audiobooks
  • Radios France
  • News in Slow French
  • Radio France
  • Busuu
  • Duolingo (good to get you started)
  • Larousse Dictons
  • Plango
  • Larousse Citations
  • Collins En-Fr
  • Le Journal – Le Figaro
  • 7 Jours Sur La Planète  (AWESOME — Intermediate to Advanced)
  • Setting Up Anki for Foreign Language Vocabulary Fluency – The Fluency Project Way

BOOKS/livres

  • Assimil French (I ADORE THIS SERIES, FOR EVERY LANGUAGE)
  • Living Language French (beginner to advanced)
  • Collins Easy Learning French Conversation
  • Collins Easy Learning French Grammar
  • Collins Easy Learning French Vocabulary
  • Speaking Better French by Rosenthal
  • Any books by Frédéric Lenoir (Advanced)
  • Anything by CLE International

WEBSITES/sites

  • Yabla French at Yabla.com
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Italiano/Italian Language Resources

Compiled & recommended by Dr. Monroe Mann, PhD, Esq, MBA, LLM, ME, EMT
Founder & Executive Director, Break Diving’s Fluency Project

Sono uno studente d’italiano e spero che troviate questi strumenti utili.

An ever growing list of hand-picked tools tested and approved by Fluency Project founder Monroe Mann:

APPS/applicazioni

BOOKS/libri

  • Assimil Italian (I ADORE THIS SERIES, FOR EVERY LANGUAGE)
  • Living Language Italian (beginner to advanced)

WEBSITES/siti

  • Yabla Italian at Yabla.com
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