Zhōnɡɡuó cài hǎo chī mɑ?   
A：中国        菜   好   吃 吗？
    Zhōnɡɡuó cài hěn hǎo chī. 
B：中国        菜    很   好  吃。
    Nǐ huì zuò Zhōnɡɡuó cài mɑ?
A：你  会   做    中国      菜   吗？
    Wǒ bú huì zuò.
B：我  不  会   做。


日常对话 daily conversation

在厨房

الطَبِيعَة مَلْيَانِة بالمَنَاظِر والأَصْوَات الرَهِيبِة.
المَطَر اللي بِيغَيِّر الجو بَعد نُزُولُه, أو مَنْظَر التَلج الأبْيَض اللي بِيغَطِي الدِنْيَا.
الهَوَا النْضِيف اللي مْنِتْنَفَسُه كِل صُبْح مَع رِيحِة الشَجَر الأخْضَر.
أو البَحر اللي ما بِينَام أَبَدًا و بيعْطِي شُعُور بِالحَيَاة والأَمَل لَكِل النَاس.
بَس للأسَف, الإنسان بِيسَاعِد على زِيَادِة التَلَوُّث اللي هُو أَكْبَر عَدُو للطَبِيعَة.
بِسَبب زِيَادِة المَبَانِي بِالعَالَم بِآخِر كَم سِنِة, بَدَأ النَاس يِسْتَغْنُوا عن الطَبِيعَة والحَدَايِق والغَابَات مشَان يزِيدُوا المَبَانِي.

Levantine Dialect (Level 2)

الطبيعة Nature 🏞️

In telephone screening interviews, it’s common for hiring managers to ask candidates for their salary expectations. Why do they ask this question? 

They want to make sure your salary expectations align with the amount they have budgeted for the job. The hiring manager is also testing you to see if you know and will ask for what you’re worth. 

While hiring managers have good reasons for asking this question upfront, it's tricky to answer it at the beginning of the job interview process. Consider that a salary is only one component of an overall benefits package. 

Yet, if you give a higher range than the company has set, they will eliminate you, and the company will never find out if you would have been worth paying a higher salary. So this question poses a real problem. 

You have to convince the employer to ask you this question later in the recruitment process or provide a well-informed range that doesn't get you eliminated from the candidate pool. By the time you are a top candidate, employers will be far more willing to give you the salary you want and deserve. 

In this episode, you will learn where to research an appropriate salary range for your role. You’ll also get three strategies for answering the question with sample responses.

By the end of the episode, you will be prepared to talk confidently about your salary expectations.

Read the transcript at https://www.express-to-impress.com/salary-expectations-interview/. 

Theme music by Lucas Knutter. 

Infographics at https://www.pinterest.com/ExpresstoImpress/_created/.

Episode originally published on November 27, 2020. 

Express to Impress

Salary Expectations: How to Answer This Interview Question

A fascinating tale that I think many of you will find both surprising and inspiring. Imagine owning a stunning purple Lamborghini, the epitome of luxury and speed. Now, imagine trading that in for something far less extravagant—a simple city bike, Oslo city bike. What would drive someone to make such a drastic change? Let's hear that from Jason Morgan aka. No-crown...

Everything Zenified 

From Purple Lamborghini to Oslo City Bike - A Journey of Transformation – Exclusive Interview with No-Crown

En el episodio de hoy conocemos TRES fragmentos de una obra extraordinaria, El infinito en un junco de Irene Vallejo, que nos hace un recorrido por la fascinante historia de la invención de los libros. Empecemos.

Español con todo 

El infinito en un junco - Fragmentos

Si viajas a Yucatán, es muy probable que escuches expresiones que no tienen sentido en el traductor, esto se debe a la mezcla de la cultura Maya, creando modismos únicos que hacen de la península yucateca un lugar tan pintoresco.
Vamos a practicar las siguientes palabras y frases: “nené” significa bebé, pero también se usa solo “Ne” como una manera amigable para hablar a alguien, “pásame ese negociante” se usa cuando queremos que nos traigan un objeto del que no recordamos el nombre, por ejemplo, en lugar de decir pásame el vaso, decimos pásame el negociante, “a platicar al parque” es una expresión que indica que no es momento ni el lugar para conversar, “lo busco, lo busco y no lo busco” es una expresión que implica que no encontraste lo que buscabas, “Xo” es una expresión que quiere decir que hagas silencio, “acechando” se usa para indicar que alguien te está observando a escondidas, “Fo” indica desagrado, como cuándo algo huele mal,  “Maa”  y “Mare” son expresiones de sorpresa o emoción, “chichí” significa abuela y por último tenemos la palabra “quita” que se usa para referirse a que alguien dejó un lugar o como orden de que te muevas de lugar.
Sigue disfrutando de este hermoso lenguaje. Feliz Navidad

Yuca-talk

Navidad a la Yucateca 2

Do you need to write something in Russian? Is there something wrong with punctuation that doesn't look like English? Let's find out.

All about Russian language 🌟

Russian Punctuation

Have you ever accidentally gotten on a bus that was going out of service?

What do you expect would happen next? The driver would probably open the door and tell you to get off, and they wouldn't start driving until the bus was empty.

But that's not what happened to two tourists in Kyoto.

When they accidentally got on a bus that was going out of service in early June, the driver just closed the doors and drove away with them still on board.

And yes, he knew they were there.

But he was afraid to talk to them because they were foreigners, and he didn't know how to communicate with them.

As The Asahi Shimbun reported, the tourists — a man and a woman — got on the bus through the back door after all the other passengers exited at Kyoto station.

When they realized what had happened, the tourists asked the driver to stop, but he didn't understand them and just kept driving.

He later said he thought it would be best to deal with them at the bus terminal office.

When the driver wouldn't stop, the tourists called the police. An officer spoke to the driver over the phone, and the driver finally stopped.

They had been driving for around 20 minutes, traveling a distance of about 4 kilometers.

The West Japan JR Bus Company said: "We are very sorry for the inconvenience caused. Our employee training was insufficient, and our employee did not handle the situation correctly. We will thoroughly train our employees in the future."

Kyoto has a number of train and subway lines, but some of its most famous sites are most conveniently visited by bus — including Kiyomizudera temple in the east, and the gold-covered Kinkakuji temple in the northwest.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Kyoto Bus Driver Keeps Tourists On Board Out-of-Service Bus

En el episodio de hoy hablo con mi tío sobre su pasión por el ferrocarril y su sueño recién cumplido de abrir un museo. Escucha nuestra conversación y dime qué te parece este episodio, ¿tú también eres un aficionado al ferrocarril? 

-Página web del museo del ferrocarril: https://museofc3gg.org/?fbclid=IwAR17i6A2_yqtMJoOhzMdQPgR7HEn1xqfBECnejlYTuu_652GTCzCHaRM4o0 

-Página de Facebook del museo del ferrocarril: https://www.facebook.com/IIIgeneraciones 
