Today we're talking about the idioms "free rein" and "carte blanche" 

For instance, "the architect given carte blanche to design the store", or "you have free rein to hire anyone you want".

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You're free! Do whatever you want!

Hi！I am Sylvia, your native mandairn teacher from China.
Are you confused with the expression of "a little bit" in mandrain?
Why can't you just say "一点儿“ in mandarin to show all the "a little”?

Hope you will understand how to say the  correct " a little" after listening this audio!

Welcome to leave your comments if you have any questions!
 

Sylva Mandarin

一点儿VS有点儿VS一下儿， how do we say “a little” in mandarin？

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가: 우산이에요?
나: ____________________.
1)  네, 우산이 있어요.               2) 네, 가방이에요.
3)  아니요, 우산이 예뻐요.         4) 아니요, 우산이 커요.

1. 
1)  네, 물을 해요.                        2) 네, 물이 아니에요.
3)  아니요, 우유를 안 마셔요.         4) 아니요, 우유가 맛있어요.

2.
1)  공부를 좋아해요.                   2) 한국어를 배워요.
3)  열심히 공부해요.                   4) 정말 재미있어요.

3.
1)  일이 재미있어요.                    2) 열심히 일해요.
3)  어제 일했어요.                       4) 학생들을 가르쳐요.

4.
1)  네, 친구예요.                   2) 네, 친구가 없어요.
3)  네, 친구가 있어요.            4) 아니요, 친구를 만나요.

5
1)  어제 샀어요.                       2) 쇼핑몰에서 샀어요.
3)  어제 샀어요.                       4) 친구가 샀어요.









1) 3 / 2) 2 / 3) 4 / 4) 3 / 5) 2

한국어 토픽 듣기 

한국어 토픽 1

日本人(にほんじん)がハマる日本ドラマ
Japanese people are into this drama.
일본인이 빠졌던 일본드라마

NANAのにほんごpodcast 

【Japanese Podcast#22】日本人(にほんじん)がハマる日本ドラマ！Japanese people are into this drama!

Level : B2
Nivel de dificultad : B2

⚡ En este episodio hablaremos de uno de los cazadores más inteligentes del mundo
⚡Te platicaré una estrategia para capturar a este animal

Lindo día para ti,

SEASON 2 : Chat & eat 🌮 TEMPORADA 2 : Charlar y comer

CAPITULO 2 : ¿Cazando o pescando? 🐙 CHAPTER 2 : Hunting or fishing?

How do we make an apology in Chinese? 
对不起[duì bù qǐ]，抱歉 [bào qiàn]  /不好意思 [bù hǎo yì si]

If you bump into someone else on the street. you can say: 抱歉/不好意思/对不起
I'm sorry for being late 抱歉我迟到了。/对不起我迟到了。/不好意思我迟到了。
Sorry I didn’t hear you. 抱歉/不好意思/对不起，我没有听到你说的话。
Sorry, could you repeated it again? 抱歉/不好意思/对不起，你可以重新说一遍吗？

really sorry  很抱歉 [hěn bào qiàn]， 很 means very
I'm really sorry for being late. 很抱歉我迟到了。

You also can say 非常抱歉/非常不好意思 [fēi cháng]，非常 also means very, extremely; highly
I'm really sorry for being late.非常抱歉/非常不好意思我迟到了。

Cara：I’m really sorry, is your car okay？非常不好意思，你的车有没有事？ 
The driver：It’s okay, you can go. 没事，你可以走了。

It’s okay in Chinese, 没事[méi shì]/没关系[méi guān xi]
It's OK. Don't worry about it. 没关系，不要放在心上。

At the end of today, I’ll leave you with a question:  can we say 非常对不起? Could you try to make a sentence？

Okay , that’s all for today. Thanks for listening. If you like my podcast ,you can subscribe to it. and If you have any question or suggestion about my podcast, feel free to message me or we can discuss it in our class. I’ll see you next time.我们下次节目再见。


Talk to Cara in Chinese

10. 道歉 make an apology

Accidents happen, let's find out how Herman Sherman dealt with one in this week's story.

Comprehension Questions:
- Where was the man injured?
- How serious was his injury?
- What was he doing when he was injured?
- What did Sherman say was the only problem? 
- What did he refuse?
- What happened to the employee?

Wyn's Way to English

Wyn's Way to English - Listening Practice "Man Injured at a fast food place"

В этом видео мы поговорим о московском метро, о его линиях и станциях. Остановимся на станции "Маяковская" и ответим на 2 вопроса: кто такой Маяковский и что посмотреть на этой станции в Москве.

Мороз и солнце: русская литература

#3 Москва. Метро. Маяковский | Listening Russian A1 - A2

ことばは生き物だという表現があるように、どんな言語にも日々新しいことばが生まれています。
時折、ネイティブ話者でも意味がわからないことばに出会うことがありますよね。
今回は、最近気になっている新語について話します。

As the expression "language is a living thing" suggests, new words are being created every day in every language.
Even native speakers sometimes encounter words whose meanings they do not understand. 
This time, we talk about new words that have been on our minds recently. 

♤ キーワード
・体たらく（ていたらく：a miserable or pathetic state of a person / affairs）
・造語力（ぞうごりょく：word-building capacity）
・無限（むげん：infinity）
・効率的（こうりつてき：efficient）
・早送りする（はやおくりする：fast forward）
・巻き戻す（まきもどす：rewind）

♧ 理解度チェッククイズ  
1. 「アルモンデ料理」とはどんな料理？ 
2. 「タイパ」は何の略で、どういう意味？

♢ 前回のクイズの答え 
1. フミが最近よく使っているのは、どんなペン？  
→ フリクションという書いた文字が消えるペン
2. フミが海外で働いていたときに使っていたのは、どんなペン？
→ 胸ポケットで映える、ちょっと高めの金属製や木製のペン 

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