New words 09-2
 
1. 喜欢 (xǐ huan) v. to like, to love
2. 打 (dǎ) v. to hit, to play
3. 篮球 (lán qiú) n. basketball
4. 唱歌 (chàng gē) v. to sing (songs)
5. 太极拳 (tài jí quán) n. taijiquan, a traditional Chinese shadow boxing
6. 上网 (shàng wǎng) v. to surf the Internet
7. 他们 (tā men) pron. they, them
- 们 (men) suf. used after a noun to indicate a plural number
8. 都 (dōu) adv. both, all
9. 吃 (chī) v. to eat
10. 中国菜 (Zhōng guó cài) n. Chinese food
11. 呢 (ne) part. used at the end of a special, alternative or rhetorical question
12. 睡觉 (shuì jiào) v. to sleep

中文每日一练

每日一练

Examples of a range of more advanced or more descriptive words and phrases that you can use as alternatives for "interesting"

Never at a Loss for Words

Episode 5 - Never at a Loss for Words - synonyms for "interesting"

In this episode for upper-intermediate and advanced English learners, my daughter and I talk about our predictions for the second part of Stranger Things 4. The first seven episodes were released at the end of May and the last two episodes come out July 1st. We recorded this episode on June 17th and try to guess what'll happen in those last two episodes. 

WARNING: This episode contains SPOILERS (we talk about what happened in the first seven episodes, so don't listen to this if you haven't already watched it).

We'd love to hear your predictions in the comments, or, if you're listening to this after the last two episodes come out you can find out if we were right or not!  (Music by Lesfm from Pixabay)

Conversations With a Friend

Stranger Things Season 4, Part 2 PREDICTIONS!

In this podcast you will know some different market places of each region of Colombia, in this podcast we will focus on the Andina region.

Región Andina

Productos de las Plazas de mercado: aguacate, Banano, Café, Caléndula, Coles, Granadilla y Mandarina.

Grandes tradiciones en productos característicos de la región.

- El chorizo de Villamaría

- Tinto en termo

- La Forcha

Remember that I teach Spanish on italki, you can book a class for more information you can look at it on my profile :)

Colombia

Las plazas de mercado en la Region Andina

Un fine settimana ordinario e tranquillo.

Passiamolo insieme!

Il podcast del modenese!

Riflessioni: pizza, caffè e fine settimana

I want to speak English; this is the wrong goal!

Do you want to be more motivated to achieve your English-language-related goals but sometimes feel demotivated?

Do you feel the desire to achieve the goals faster but see yourself at a slow pace?

And do you believe there are methods to help you?

If you'll turn to psychology and look at solutions for your English language-related goals, you'll find something I am here to help you gain—the understanding of secondary gains!

In psychology, a secondary gain is when you benefit from a problem. It’s when you receive advantages from unwanted conditions, circumstances, or limitations. In other words, you benefit from not overcoming problems. 

It doesn’t mean the problem is positive, but the benefits of having the problem support you in keeping it rather than solving it.

Secondary gains are guides to help you get unstuck. They’re an invitation to understand the advantages you receive from retaining problems instead of solving them.

In simple terms, you crave attention and accidentally injure yourself. As a result, people care for you. You get what you want (attention), but at the expense of what you don’t want (injury).

Is it now clear to you? What are your secondary gains from not following through on your language learning goals that you benefit from?

This might be a game-changer for you in learning to communicate in English confidently and fluently.

Give it a go and allow yourself some space to think and resolve some uncommon issues. Good luck.

The Habits of Women Growing Into Strong, Confident English Communicators

I want to speak English - this is a wrong goal!

Why do some global teams thrive while others drown in 24/7 meetings and constant confusion? The problem isn't the people; it's the "operating system." This episode of The Global Professional Podcast provides the framework for mastering remote operations. Learn how to replace the "hallway conversation" with an intentional system that builds clarity, trust, and efficiency, regardless of time zones.

The Global Professional Podcast

Episode 151 - Mastering Remote Operations

Serbian language journey

Kod zubara - drugi deo

Уже апрель.
Весну всегда ждут с нетерпением. Она даёт надежду и тепло. Весной просыпается желание жить активно, наслаждаться солнечными лучами под звуки пения птиц. Весна - это не просто очередная пора года. Это состояние души. Время новых планов и идей. 