In today's daily challenge the topic I'll ask you about is friends.

In one minute I will ask you 7 or 8 questions to inspire your thoughts and to have you go through your daily portion of spoken English :)

Enjoy it and see you tomorrow!

One minute speaking challenge - Challenge yourself to speak English daily!

One Minute English Challenge - Friends!

Hello everyone, here is my favorite poem and its story in a nutshell, enjoy! let me know if you would like to get the poem, I will send it to you : )

Şiirler/Poems 

Mavi Gözlü Dev, Miniminnacık Kadın ve Hanımelleri

听众朋友你们好，欢迎来到茶时话中文，我是Penny。这是一个纯中文话题节目，我来和你用中文聊聊生活中有意思的话题，同时学习一些汉语词汇。让我们一边喝茶一边聊起来吧。

今天的话题是，你喜欢住在大城市，还是小城市呢？在我看来，它们。大城市有很多精彩的活动，也非常的包容。包容的意思就是，大城市能理解各种各样的人。相对来说，小城市就没有那么包容。因为小城市甚至乡村居住的人们见识比较少。而大城市的人们见多识广，如果你有比较小众的爱好，大城市的人见怪不怪，小城市的人可能会对你另眼相看呢。

大城市的压力也比较大。相比小城市，人们更难在大城市生存，因为生活水平高，消费也贵。在中国的大城市比如北京、上海和广州，消费可以非常的高，而收入却有高有低。为了生存，人们必须有很强的赚钱能力。小城市就比较安逸了，消费不高，生活节奏不快，人也随和。

你喜欢大城市还是小城市呢？欢迎留言，感谢收听，希望你喜欢，我们下次见。

各有利弊 gè yǒu lì bì  （each has pros and cons）
包容 bāo róng (contain, inclusive, tolerate)
见识 jiàn shí (experience, knowledge, insight, sense)
见多识广 jiàn duō shí guǎng （see the world; know all the answers;）
小众 xiǎo zhòng （Minority; minority of the population; niche）
见怪不怪 jiàn guài bú guài （Surprising; acquaint; Get Used to; to face dangers calmly）
另眼相看 lìng yǎn xiàng kàn （regard sb. with special respect or new views）
消费xiāo fèi （consume; consumption）
收入 shōu rù (income)
赚钱能力 zuàn qián néng lì (ability to make money)
安逸 ān yì (at ease, coziness, ease)
生活节奏 shēng huó jiē zòu （the pace of life）
随和 suí hé  (easygoing)


茶时话中文 Tea Time Chinese

茶时话中文 - 大城市还是小城市

This episode is about the trend of live selling in the Philippines.

5-minute Talks with Dea

Live Selling in the Philippines

Script : https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpOxECycmsSUzElB4JzSQVfn8HFfWw6wz&si=bai-l86H0b_Z7WUx

Healing Korean while you sleep

Healing Korean with Sweet dream Ep.4

成语故事

塞翁失马

Harriet Rich moved to Valladolid, Mexico from the US, when she retired, about 15 years ago. I stayed at the Airbnb she has there, in 2023. It feels like a blessing to say we’ve been friends ever since. 

These days, we’re playing around with podcasting. Here we are, talking about writing and publishing and more!

Hear and There

10. An interview with Harriet Rich, a self-published fiction writer 

안녕하세요. Hello~
한국어 듣기 수업 시작해요. Let's start with the Korean listening class.
선생님 읽어요.  I read it.
잘 들으세요. Please listen well.

I posted the sentences on my blog. 
https://blog.naver.com/laramcraft/222913641940
https://youtu.be/QjDC7QGJ_Ow

The basics are important.
It is also good to check the basics of 한글 Hangeul before this listening class.
1-1. Korean alphabet - Vowels 모음 - What is Hangeul?
https://youtu.be/0YzhJ9p2lcs
2-1. Korean alphabet - Consonants 자음 -what are the consonants 자음?
https://youtu.be/lckgvQ_vreA
3-1. Korean alphabet - Final Consonants 받침 - What are the final consonants 받침?
https://youtu.be/sLlFmG30fNI

This is a class to listen to Korean conversational sentences.
In this voice recording for listening, 
After reading many sentences in Korean conversations sentences, 
Check out how much you understand the sentences with a voice recording. 
Never look at the sentences when listening to the voice recording. 
And Listen to the sentence repeatedly until you hear it completely. 

You are listening to the Sejong Korean conversation. (세종학당)
There are four books in total. (Korean conversation, 1, 2, 3, 4.)
It consists of 1st and 2nd courses for beginners and 1st and 2nd courses for intermediate.
Each course is conducted in 14 units. (2 grammar - for each unit.) 
This listening class you are taking is Korean Conversation 2. (Beginner 2)
Please listen carefully.

Korean Listening Class 한국어 문장 듣기 - Korean teacher, Grace

Korean Conversation 2 - Lesson 11.​  Part 1 -지 말다,  Part 2 -아야 되다/-어야 되다/-여야 되다  (Beginner 2)

When we can see English Learning as fun, then we are half way to our destination. It doesn't have to be a painful part of your diary if you manage it well.