In today’s episode, we’ll talk about a really useful word in Chinese—提前. It means “in advance” or “ahead of time,” but do you know the difference between how it works in Chinese and in English? Let’s dive in!

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Which Comes First? 提前 or In Advance?

En la clase de hoy vamos a ver qué son y cómo funcionan las perífrasis. Cómo se modifica el significado de los verbos de acuerdo al modo en que se combinan con otros. ¡Y todo en menos de 12 minutos!

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Aprendiendo español: PERÍFRASIS - TODO lo que NECESITAS SABER en menos de 12 MINUTOS

The second very frequent thing (of the two) that is worth fixing in your Russian. Check if you are doing this.

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Avete già deciso dove andrete in vacanza quest'anno? O magari ci siete già stati?
In questo episodio vi racconterò di quello che è il mio "viaggio dei sogni", usando tantissime parole utili relative a questo argomento.

Tutti a bordo, si parte!

Subtitled Italian

Season 01 / Episode 12 - Talking about holidays

Staying healthy can be difficult — it might mean we don't always get to eat and drink the things we want.

Sometimes we have to sacrifice some sweet things because we know they're not such a good idea!

But how far would you go to make sure you have a healthy diet?

A new survey has found that almost a quarter of people in the UK don't enjoy their meals because they put health before taste.

That means they're choosing to eat meals they don't like just because they're healthy.

However, the survey, by a bread company called Warburtons, also found that 74% of people aged between 25 and 44 aren't quite sure how to eat a balanced diet.

So it's perhaps not a surprise that people are eating meals they don't enjoy!

It's true that foods full of sugar, salt and butter can taste good, but experts say that healthy meals can taste great too.

And we can still enjoy some tasty things as part of a healthy diet.

In fact, some experts say that we shouldn't think of foods as "good" or "bad" — we should be able to enjoy everything in moderation.

This is something that older adults are better at, according to the survey, which included 2,000 people in the UK.

Adults over the age of 65 were most likely to put their enjoyment first when making food. Younger people admitted to eating meals in front of others to look like they're healthy — even if they don't like the food.

English Conversation/Dialogue

Survey: Young Adults Sacrifice Taste for Health in Meals

In this episode we are going to learn a Real Chinese Conversation【Arriving at the restaurant】. 
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Step 1: Listen and catch the words you know already, have a guess about the content.
Step 2: Check the script to learn one by one. 
Step 3: Listen and repeat after it.
Step 4: Practice until you can perform the dialogue. 
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A: 欢迎光临。请问您几位？
huān yíng guāng lín 。 qǐng wèn nín jǐ wèi ？
Welcome. How many are you?
B: 三个大人，一个小孩。
sān gè dà rén ， yí gè xiǎo hái 。
Three adults and a child.
A: 现在人很多，要拿号等位。
xiàn zài rén hěn duō ， yào ná hào děng wèi 。
Many people are waiting now. You may need to get a number and wait.
B: 大概要等多久？
dà gài yào děng duō jiǔ ？
How long will it take?
A: 大概20分钟。
dà gài èr shí fēn zhōng 。
About 20 minutes.
B: 那我们先拿个号吧。
nà wǒ men xiān ná gè hào ba 。
Let's get a number first.
A: 好的。这是您的号，B30，前面还有五桌。
hǎo de 。 zhè shì nín de hào ，B sānshí， qián miàn hái yǒu wǔ zhuō 。
Okay, then. Here's your number, B30. There are five tables ahead.
【二十分钟后】
【 èr shí fēn zhōng hòu 】
[Twenty minutes later]
A: B30的客人在吗？请用餐。
B sānshí de kè rén zài ma ？ qǐng yòng cān 。
Are B30 customers there? Please have your meal.
B: 在。
zài 。
Yes,we are here
A: 这边请。
zhè biān qǐng 。
This way, please.

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到餐厅 Arriving at the restaurant（Beginner）

Halo, apa kabar semua? Semoga semua sehat ya.
Cuaca di Jepang sekarang semakin sejuk. Saya menantikan musim gugur! Daun-daun di musim gugur sangat indah.

Ngomong-ngomong, dua hari lalu saya pergi ke bank. Meskipun sekarang ini banyak bank-bank digital menjamur di mana-mana, tapi di Jepang, beberapa bank masih konvensional. Jadi saya harus pergi ke bank untuk mengganti buku bank. Dan… saya lupa membawa stempel nama saya!  Di Bahasa Jepang, "stempel nama" artinya "はんこ”, di Bahasa Inggris artinya "personal seal". 

Saya bertanya ke orang Bank, apakah boleh mengganti stempel nama saya dengan tanda tangan. "Tanda tangan" itu artinya "signature" di Bahasa Inggris dan di Bahasa Jepang artinya "サイン”. "Maaf, tidak bisa, harus memakai stempel" jawab orang Bank. Aduh…. saya harus kembali lagi ke Bank minggu ini. 

Di Indonesia, kami memakai tanda tangan untuk identitas diri. Tapi di Jepang, hampir semua orang menggunakan stempel nama untuk dokumen-dokumen penting dan resmi. Bagaimana di negara kamu? Apakah juga memakai stempel nama untuk identitas diri? Atau menggunakan tanda tangan? Coba tulis di kolom komentar ya. 

Ok, sampai di sini cerita saya. Sampai jumpa lagi! 


Akhir minggu

Tanda tangan

In this audio recording I am talkign to you about the process I go through when answering these questions.

This is a process that I teach my students to discover & go through & succeed at speaking because they found themselves be more creative, less stuck and more words 'are becoming available' for them when they are speaking.

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