Learn Chinese with Yoyo Mo

不好意思。Bù hǎo yì si. Excuse me. / I'm sorry.   这个词是以前我的一个英国朋友感到困惑的。Zhè gè cí shì yǐ qián wǒ de yī gè Yīng guó péng yǒu gǎn dào kùn huò de. This word used to puzzle one of my British friends before.   “不好意思” 比 “对不起” 的程度要低一些。“Bù hǎo yì si” bǐ “duì bù qǐ” de chéng dù yào dī yī xiē. The degree of "Excuse me" is a bit lower than that of "I'm sorry".   我举两个例子...

我回来啦！我又回来啦！ wǒ huí lái la！wǒ yòu huí lái la！ I'm back! I'm back again! 这么多年过去，我的数字资产还在，我的播客还有浏览量。 zhè me duō nián guò qù，wǒ de shù zì zī chǎn hái zài，wǒ de bō kè hái yǒu liú lǎn liàng。 After so many years have passed, my digital assets are still there, and my podcasts still have views. 刚刚来到2025年，我们都要做积极乐观的人哦！ gāng gāng lái dào èr líng èr...

现代社会，互联网的发达，以及疫情的影响，让更多的人能在家工作。 In modern society, with the development of the Internet, and the impact of the epidemic, more people can work from home. 越来越多的人不再需要一个固定的单位去上班，例如去一个公司里上班，去一个部门上班，去一个机构里上班。 More and more people no longer need a fixed unit to go to work, such as to go to work in a company, a department or a...

今天给大家念一篇文章。 I'll read you an article today. 我的一个朋友，现在在许多人看来事业顺利，生活美满。但大家不知道的是，他刚毕业的时候，曾经经历过一段艰难的日子。 A friend of mine now has a successful career and a happy life in the eyes of many people. But what we don't know is that he went through a hard time when he first graduated. 因为他所学的专业比较冷门，他在求职的时候常常碰壁。很多投出去...

我有一个朋友，想自己开一个烘焙店。 I have a friend who wants to open her own bakery. 嗯，她的弟弟本身就是开烘焙店的。烘焙店是什么呢？主要就是做一些蛋糕点心。 Well, her brother owns a bakery himself. What is a bakery? It makes cakes and desserts. 据说他们主要利润最大的产品就是生日蛋糕，一个生日蛋糕的成本可能只要二三十元，但是售价一般都是一百多以上。 It is said that their most profitable product is...

有一个理论说，一个人越炫耀什么，他就越缺什么。 There is a theory that what a man shows off, what he lacks. 你认同这种说法吗？鉴别一个人真正的实力，就要看他在炫耀什么。 Do you agree with that? To judge a man's real strength is to see what he is showing off. 如果他炫耀自己是名校毕业，那么学历就是他的上限，如果他炫耀他有百万的豪车，那么车子就是他的上限。 If he shows off that he graduated from a famou...

当我们走出学校，开始工作，开始组建自己的家庭，开始有了孩子，我们就有了更多的压力。 When we get out of school, start working, start having a family, start having kids, there's more stress. 我们周围的大多数人都没有定期的进行体育锻炼，所以很多人都一直处在亚健康的状态。 Most of the people around us don't do physical exercise regularly, so many of them are in the state of sub-health all the time. 在中...

最近，一艘货轮卡在了苏伊士运河中间，几百艘船无法通行，导致了巨额的经济损失。 Recently, a freighter got stuck in the middle of the Suez Canal, impassable to hundreds of ships and causing huge economic losses. 苏伊士运河开建于1859年，在大量的埃及苦工的劳作下，经历了十年才完成。 The Suez Canal was built since1859 and took ten years to complete with the work of a large number of Egyptian laborers. 苏...

最近我在学习关于流行音乐的课程，还是比较有意思的。 Recently, I have been taking a course on pop music, which is quite interesting. 我了解到了很多的音乐形式是如何起源的，比如，爵士，摇滚，嘻哈，民谣。 I learned about the origins of many forms of music, such as jazz, rock, hip-hop, folk. 在历史上有很多优秀的音乐人，用他们特别艺术魅力的创作，给人类带来了美的享受，比如Beatles，Bob Dylan，Michael Jacks...

今天我想讲一讲，语言的环境对于学习语言的重要性。 Today I want to talk about the importance of language environment for language learning. 有一个综艺节目特别有意思，参加节目的都是一些外国人，但是他们的中文特别好。 There is a TV show that is very interesting. There are some foreigners participating in the show, but their Chinese is very good. 他们就在节目上聊一些话题，比如说，各个国家不同的文化等等...

酸奶是很利于健康的食物，而且也很好吃。 Yogurt is a very healthy food, and it tastes good, too. 但是我们在超市里面买的酸奶都含有很多的糖分，不仅吃起来非常甜，而且还有一些不利于健康的添加剂。 But the yogurt we buy in the supermarket contains a lot of sugar, not only tastes very sweet, but also has some unhealthy additives. 所以很多爱健康的人就自己做酸奶。 So many health-loving people make their own...

你喜欢野餐吗？ Do you like picnics? 每一年春天到来了，天气变暖活了，很多人就想出去野餐。 Every year when spring comes, the weather gets warm, many people want to go out for a picnic. 通常大家是去公园里铺上野餐垫，放上很多好吃的，有的时候还可以放风筝。 Usually people go to the park, put picnic mats, put a lot of delicious food, sometimes you can fly kites. 我很喜欢组织野餐活动，从2013年开始，我就组...

在城市里，有很多人喜欢种菜，有的人会租一片小小的地来种菜，而更多的人呢，就在自己家的阳台上种菜。 In the city, a lot of people like to plant vegetables, some people hire a small ground to plant vegetables, and more people, plant vegetables on the balcony of his home. 看着自己埋下的种子慢慢地长出绿芽，长出叶子，开出花朵，最后结成果实，真是一件非常美好的事情。 It is a wonderful thing to see the green...

2月26号是元宵节，元宵节是春节后的第15天，这一天有什么习俗呢？ The Lantern Festival falls on February 26th, the 15th day after the Spring Festival. What customs are there on this day? 有的地方会吃饺子，有的地方会吃汤圆。 In some places people eat dumplings, and others eat glutinous rice balls. 其实对于年轻人来说，已经没有那么多的讲究了，就跟平常差不多。 In fact, for young people, there is no so muc...

TikTok所属的公司是一家非常厉害的公司，在几年的时间里发展得非常强大。 The company TikTok belongs to is a formidable company that has grown very strong in the space of a few years. 在这里工作的人的薪水也属于全国顶级的。 The salaries of those who work here are among the highest in the country. 最近看了一个关于它的创始人的访谈，我们看看他是怎么说的。 I recently watched an interview with its founder, a...

今年春节上映的电影中，票房第一的是一部喜剧电影，它讲的是关于自己和妈妈之间的故事。 jīn nián chūn jié shàng yìng de diàn yǐng zhōng , piào fáng dì yī de shì yī bù xǐ jù diàn yǐng , tā jiǎng de shì guān yú zì jǐ hé mā mā zhī jiān de gù shì . The No. 1 movie at the Chinese New Year box office this year is a comedy about the actress and her mother. 主人公穿越到了她妈妈年轻时候的那个年代，跟他的妈妈像...

这是一个信息大爆炸的时代，这是一个娱乐化的时代。 zhè shì yí gè xìn xī dà bào zhà de shí dài , zhè shì yí gè yú lè huà de shí dài . This is an age of information explosion, this is an age of entertainment. 大多数的人都极少读书，大家每天忙着在手机上社交，看娱乐新闻，看搞笑的视频，更加没有时间静下心来去看书。 dà duō shù de rén dōu jí shǎo dú shū , dà jiā měi tiān máng zhe zài shǒu jī shàng shè jiāo ,...

昨天我买了一个小滑板，因为我经常要坐地铁，但是从家到地铁站，和出了地铁到目的地，都有很长一段路，只能步行，步行的话要半个小时左右。 zuó tiān wǒ mǎi le yí gè xiǎo huá bǎn , yīn wèi wǒ jīng cháng yào zuò dì tiě , dàn shì cóng jiā dào dì tiě zhàn , hé chū le dì tiě dào mù dì dì , dōu yǒu hěn zhǎng yī duàn lù , zhǐ néng bù xíng , bù xíng de huà yào bàn gè xiǎo shí zuǒ yòu . I bought a small skateboard...

现在很多人出门就只带一个手机就可以了，很多人出门已经不带钥匙或者钱包了。 xiàn zài hěn duō rén chū mén jiù zhǐ dài yí gè shǒu jī jiù kě yǐ le , hěn duō rén chū mén yǐ jīng bù dài yào shi huò zhě qián bāo le .  Now many people can go out with only a mobile phone, many people have no keys or wallet to go out. 首先，很多家庭已经安装了智能锁，我们不再用钥匙开门，而可以用指纹或者人脸识别或者密码就可以开...

最近几年，在中国的很多城市都出现了付费自习室这样的创业项目。虽然在中国这样的模式还比较新，但是在日本和韩国，在很多很多年以前就已经有了。 In recent years, start-up programs such as paid study rooms have sprung up in many Chinese cities. While this model is relatively new in China, it has existed for many years in Japan and South Korea.  它的主要特点是，首先它是付费的，每个月包月需要几百元人民币。 T...

今天是春节假期之后的第一个工作日，春节七天假就这样过去了。 Today is the first working day after the Spring Festival, and the seven-day Spring Festival has gone. 这几天我们去了几个地方玩，主要就是去商场购物，还有去公园散散步，看看美丽的风景，呼吸一下新鲜空气。 These days we went to several places, mainly shopping in the mall, and going to the park to take a walk, see the beautiful scenery, breathe...

我看到一个很有特色的面包店，它的面积不大，但是里面的东西很有特色，很多蛋糕面包是在一些大的面包连锁店里面所看不到的。 I saw a very special bakery, it is not big, but the things inside are very special, many cakes and breads are not seen in some big bakery chains. 店里面还将一些特色的产品切成小块，供顾客们品尝。 There are also some special products cut into small pieces for customers to taste. 我比...

你好，现在已经是二月了，虽然天气还有一点寒冷，但是已经能够感受到春天正向我们走来。 今年的春节是在二月十二号，我所在的小区里面早就已经挂上了一个个红色的小灯笼，非常有节日的气氛。 每一年的春节都是各个地方在外工作的人，长途跋涉回到自己的家乡过春节的时候，因为大家都想要在这个时候回家跟自己的家人团聚。 但是今年由于疫情的原因，各个地方都建议大家留在当地过春节，避免人口的大量流动，导致病毒的广泛传播。 对...

在中国，只有小部分的家庭有烤箱，因为传统的中国厨房里主要是用的炒锅、蒸锅、煎锅或者炖锅等等。 zài zhōng guó ，zhǐ yǒu xiǎo bù fèn de jiā tíng yǒu kǎo xiāng ，yīn wèi chuán tǒng de zhōng guó chú fáng lǐ zhǔ yào shì yòng de chǎo guō zhēng guō jiān guō huò zhě dùn guō děng děng 。 In China, only a small number of families have ovens, because traditional Chinese kitchens mainly use a wok, steamer, fryi...

你好，今天我们聊一聊厨房吧，打开我的厨房门，里面有热水壶、烤箱、微波炉、电饭煲、冰箱、锅碗瓢盆。 nǐ hǎo ，jīn tiān wǒ men liáo yì liáo chú fáng ba ，dǎ kāi wǒ de chú fáng mén ，lǐ miàn yǒu rè shuǐ hú 、kǎo xiāng 、wēi bō lú 、diàn fàn bǎo 、bīng xiāng、 guō wǎn piáo pén 。 Hello, today let's talk about the kitchen, open my kitchen door, there are hot kettle, oven, microwave oven, rice cooker, refr...