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30 Day Record Yourself Challenge, Day 12: “What pets do you have?”

大家好! 今天的问题是 "你有什么宠物？" 我有一只猫。我的猫很大。他的名字是Theo。他是黑色的。 他十三岁。他睡觉很多，喜欢拥抱和睡在我的腿上。 但他很害羞，躲避陌生人。

This was the prompt that needed less preparation so far; I only needed to look up how to say he likes hugs and cuddles (settled for "sleeping on my legs") and that he's shy and hides from strangers.

拥抱 (yǒngbào) = hug(s) 腿 (tuǐ) = leg 害羞 (hàixiū) = shy 躲避 (duǒbì) = to hide, to avoid 陌生人 (mòshēng rén) = strangers

Here’s my cuddly panther:

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I’m doing the 30 Day Record Yourself Challenge for Japanese! I’m starting late and I’ll try to do it every other day. I answered the question using Siri first, so it typed it out for me and then I read and recorded it. This way I don’t have to stumble through the recording. Corrections welcome!

Day 6: What is your favorite hobby?

30 Day Record Yourself Challenge, Day 15: “Where would you like to live?“

大家好! 今天的问题是 "你想在哪里生活？" 我经常梦想住在苏格兰的爱丁堡。 那是我在世界上最喜欢的地方。 我第一次去那里是在我十六岁的时候。我只在那里呆了两天。 多年后我回来的时候，走出火车站的那一刻，我就哭了。 那里太美了。

I took these pictures in July 2017, when I spent a month there taking the CELTA course. It was really hard to pick the photos because I wanted to include so many beautiful places...

I’ll be trying the #30DRYC by @Fingtam.Languages in september for speaking practice.

I wanna try to post my recordings here. Don’t know if anyone will care to listen, but I’m open to constructive criticism.

30 Day Record Yourself Challenge, Day 13: “What will you do next weekend?”

大家好! 今天的问题是 "下个周末你做什么?" 下个星期六早上，我必须清理我的公寓。下午我想见一个好久不见的朋友。 下个星期天早上，我会跑步。之后我会和爸爸吃午饭和看电视剧。 我终于说服他看我最喜欢的电视剧！

(Best. Show. Ever.)

30 Day Record Yourself Challenge, Day 11: “What makes you happy?”

大家好! 今天的问题是 "什么让你快乐？" 和我的朋友在一起，跑步和听我喜欢的音乐让我很高兴。 旅行让我感到很快乐，但往往苦乐参半,因为我想家和人……

This led me to read up on the difference between 快乐 and 高兴 (apparently 高兴 is more appropriate for a temporary feeling, while 快乐 is better suited for long-lasting happiness, and is the form ued for wishing someone a happy holiday - 节日快乐 - or happy birthday - 生日快乐)

30 Day Record Yourself Challenge, Day 10: “Describe your city.“

大家好! 今天的主题是 "描述你的城市。" 我住在圣保罗。 圣保罗是一个非常大的城市。 有很多交通和很多污染，但是 有很多博物馆， 饭店，电影院，市集…… 这座城市总有事可做。 我喜欢住在这里，但有时我会想住在一个不那么炎热、更自然的地方。

I Google-translated some bits 😅

I overcame my laziness today and finally did another one!

30 Day Record Yourself Challenge, Day 16: “Describe some place you have traveled to.”

(I still can’t describe much though)

大家好! 今天的主题是 "描述一个你去过的地方" 二〇一〇年我去了日本。 我去京都参加一个大会,在那里呆了两个星期。 我真的很喜欢看京都的传统建筑。 我也很喜欢那里的菜！

(not my picture - I lost all my pictures of Japan when my hd died in 2013 😭)