Intermediate Chinese Listening：中国的语言 China’s languages

Intermediate Chinese Listening

Have you ever gone to a mall and entered several stores only to purchase nothing? Do you think this is normal or do people normally buy something? Well I had this exact same question! I thought "how many people actually buy something when they enter a retail store?". I did a little research and that is the topic of this episode! It is spoken at a normal native speed and has some questions you can answer at the end. Please let me know what you think in the comments and what your answers are to those questions! Thanks for listening :)

The English Umbrella

Shopping or Just Looking? (Conversion Rate)

飞飞  跳跳（圣野）
小蜻蜓，会飞；
小蚱蜢，会跳。
飞一飞，跳一跳；
小弟弟，会长高。

Read Rhymes With Shirley

飞飞  跳跳

This is the best essay book ever in Korea! 
Nine fascinating stories centered on life and travel. 
If you have been looking for a book to study Korean. 
This is the book you have been waiting for!

떼려야 뗄 수 없는 작가의 삶과 여행을 중심으로 펼쳐지는 아홉 가지의 매혹적인 이야기, 그리고 마지막에 수록된 작가의 말까지, 어느 글 하나 놓칠 수 없게 만드는 힘이 문장마다 깃들어 있다.
한국어를 진심으로 공부하는 분들께 강력하게 추천드립니다!


그거 봤어? Did you watch it?

30. Why I travel (여행의 이유)

Odcinek poświęcony 2 słynnym obrazom, które można obejrzeć w Krakowie

POLish your language

Słynne obrazy w Krakowie

Learn about the people and the businesses that thrived during the pandemic.

New English US

Business English: Pandemic Millionaires (upper-intermediate)

I spent my first month in Japan living on this tiny island in Ehime prefecture called Yugejima. Have a listen and see what you think :) 

April in Tokyo

#1: 弓削島、愛媛

On her first day at a new school, Sara was nervous. The computer suddenly stopped working in the middle of her lesson, and the students started whispering. Without panicking, she smiled, grabbed a marker, and turned the lesson into a game on the board. The students got excited and joined in. After class, another teacher said, “Wow, you were really on the ball.”
Sara laughed and said, “I had to be — teaching always keeps you on your toes.”


Tom works in an office. One morning, his boss asks for a report.
Tom already has the information ready. He answers quickly and fixes a small mistake.
The boss smiles and says,
“Good job, Tom. You’re really on the ball today.”

Idiom : "On the ball” means alert, quick to understand, and doing your job well.

If you are on the ball, you:
pay attention
understand quickly
react fast be
are prepared

Examples:
Our new teacher is really on the ball — she noticed the mistake immediately.
You have to be on the ball in this job; things change fast.

English Mini Lessons

On the ball

LA AUTOPISTA URBANA SUR DE LA CIUDAD DE MÉXICO.