Hello and welcome to another episode of Engine English. Today's episode is part two of my 21 essential business English idioms. People still seem to have doubts about the differences there are between general and business English.  Although there’s substantial overlapping, there are some clear differences. I will give you 11 useful idioms that you can use in the office with examples that will help you understand how you can use them.

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Episode 5: 21 Essential Business Idioms Part 2

Зора Нил Херстон была американской писательницей, антропологом и фольклористом. Она родилась в Алабаме, штат Алабама, в 1891 году. Зора училась в Харварде и Барнарде. Она была известна своим исследованием афроамериканской культуры и фольклора в Южной Америке и на Карибах. Она путешествовала по многим странам, включая Кубу, Доминиканскую Республику, Гаити и Бразилию. Зора написала много книг и статей, в том числе "Their Eyes Were Watching God". Она является важным представителем афроамериканской литературы и культуры.

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2.4 Зора Нил Херстон

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Lily's Chinese 对话

20240215毛泽东自传节选

WAITER: Hello, I’ll be your waiter today. Can I start you off with
something to drink?
RALPH: Yes. I’ll have iced tea, please.
ANNA: And I’ll have lemonade.
WAITER: OK. Are you ready to order, or do you need a few minutes?
RALPH: I think we’re ready. I’ll have the tomato soup to start, and the
roast beef with mashed potatoes and peas.
WAITER: How do you want the beef — rare, medium, or well done?
RALPH: Well done, please.
ANNA: And I’ll just have the fish, with potatoes and a salad.


LANGUAGE NOTES
• Can I start you off with something to drink? Notice how the question starts with 
“Can.” Since this is a yes/no question, the intonation rises at the end.
• And I’ll have lemonade. Notice how Anna stresses “I’ll” and “lemonade” to 
emphasize her choice.
• Are you ready to order, or do you need a few minutes? The word “or” signals 
a choice here. Notice the rising intonation on order, and the falling intonation on 
minutes (the first choice is “Are you ready to order?” and the second choice is “Do 
you need a few minutes?”).
• I’ll have the tomato soup to start, and the roast beef with mashed potatoes and
peas. Notice that “tomato soup,” “roast beef,” “mashed potatoes” and “peas” are 
stressed because the food order is the important information here. Notice also that 
“tomato soup,” “roast beef” and “mashed potatoes” are compound words. The stress 
falls on the second word in each phrase.
• Well done, please. Notice that the subject and verb are omitted in the response; only 
the necessary information is given.
• I’ll just have the fish. Anna says “just” here to mean that she does not want a starter.

English Conversation practice (30-day challenge)

Day 10: 

June and Yuli have a talk about Chinese Blind Date, this episode is part 4: Can we trust what the matchmaker says, you will learn how to say 【objective,tend to】 ect. (This is casual talk so there're some repetition and unnecessary words, which is also very natural authentic dialogue.)
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It is recommended that you study in the following ways:
1st time: listen without looking at the text.
2nd time: look at the text and write down the new words, later look up the dictionary. 
3rd time: listen again without looking at the text.
4th time: repeat after it without looking at the text.
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June：还有就是一般相亲的时候我们是有通过中间人去介绍，可能这个人是你的亲戚，对吧？也可能是你父母的朋友，中国叫做媒婆或者媒人嘛。你觉得媒人说的话都是真的吗，或者是你觉得百分之多少是可以相信的？
Yuli：因为我就经历过那一个相亲的对象，那个是我小叔他的朋友的儿子，所以他们说的还算挺客观的吧。就是介绍了一下他的学历、他的工作、他的年龄，还有家里的情况，就是这些。还是蛮客观的，就没有太夸大的成分。网上有一些段子（看到）都会说，如果说这个人很老实，可能是一般，潜台词就是可能也不帅。
June：我觉得很多人会谎报，有的是会谎报身高，有的是会谎报年龄。
Yuli：年龄也会谎报吗？是报大还是报小？
June：对，看情况。这边也有报大，也有报小。相亲可能女方她的年龄，在二十七八岁，基本上如果相成功了就会想要结婚了，对吧。所以她会倾向于找一个比较成熟稳重，那如果像你刚刚说的有的人可能大学在读的时候就去相亲了，但是那个时候才20岁左右吧，20到22岁。那女生可能会觉得偏小，然后有的人就会谎报说，噢这个男生已经25岁了。所以就是因为你报太小的话，可能他就一开始就不想见面，就不给机会了，对不对？那谎报年龄也有报偏小一点的，但可能就是大家都是觉得，因为在中国好像大部分的时候是30岁好像是一个界限，特别是对女生而言。所以有的人会觉得，差一两岁，差不多可能如果31， 32，有的可能会报30岁这样子。就是（先）觉得要有一个见面的机会。
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中间人	/	zhōng jiān rén	/	middleman
媒婆	/	méi pó	/	matchmaker
客观	/	kè guān	/	objective
夸大	/	kuā dà	/	exaggerated
段子	/	duàn zi	/	joke
老实	/	lǎo shí	/	honest,decent
潜台词	/	qián tái cí	/	subtext
谎报	/	huǎng bào	/	lie about sth.
倾向	/	qīng xiàng	/	tend to
成熟稳重	/	chéng shú wěn zhòng	/	mature and steady
偏小	/	piān xiǎo	/	on the small side
界限	/	jiè xiàn	/	dividing line

Yuli's Chinese Channel

Two Chinese girls talking about "Can we trust what the matchmaker says? 媒人说的话可信吗？"（Intermediate level）

Today we’ll learn two very useful words。

中国文化

对不起

みなさん、相撲は知っていますか。
今回のポッドキャストは、相撲について話しています。

Do you all know sumo wrestling?
In this podcast, we talk about sumo.

Plain Japanese Podcast やさしい にほんご ポッドキャスト

#9 相撲 Sumo

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
〈#126〉10月21日金曜日　天気/くもり　気温/13℃ 

池田町/いけだちょう
・カナダのイアン・マッケイ駐日大使が来た
・高校生の時にホームステイをしていた
・その時に通った高校に行って、今の高校生と交流をした

［単語］
駐日/ちゅうにち...日本にいる
大使/たいし...自分の国のため、他の国にいる人。
ホームステイ/ほーむすてい…外国人留学生が、国の家族と一緒に生活すること。
交流/こうりゅう…違う考えの人や文化の人がいっしょに話しをすること

レッスン待ってます♪


北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#126〉10月21日金曜日　カナダの大使が高校で交流

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1givcXTvWkDURCyWnInHuIyETS33f2Jl9/view?usp=drivesdk