2022年2月24日㈭
最近は、雪のニュースばかりです😳

［単語］
屋根（やね）...家の上の部分
倒壊（とうかい）...壊れること


北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#3〉2022年2月24日㈭　雪が多すぎ！

I want to talk to you about two very often confused words advice and advise. 
Advice. 
- Advice is a noun, an uncountable noun.It is spelled a-d-v-i-c-e. The ‘c’ sounds like an ‘s’. Advice. It is used to mean a suggestion about what you should do. 
Advise
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Advise is spelled a-d-v-i-s-e, and is a verb. The ‘s’ sounds like a ‘z’. Advise. It means to suggest what should be done, to recommend or to give information to someone. 
The main difference between advice and advise is the grammar.  So obviously, you can't use a noun in the place of a verb or a verb in the place of a noun. So if you know which is which and which pronunciation goes with which, you will never get it wrong. But a big problem is with advice being uncountable. So many times I hear, can I give you an advice? No no… it to give me a piece of advice or some advice - depending on whether you mean something singular or plural.
In theory it is very simple to understand, but if you don’t pay attention to learning the rules it can make a  big difference to you getting it right or wrong in Business English.
Every day, I hear so many advanced speakers who use these words wrong. So have a look, learn it, fix it, never get it wrong again. That's it today. Bye.


All Ways Business

Advice or Advise

Different "Vacations" in Chinese 中文有幾種"假"? Let's learn about it!

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Sherri Chinese

EP.9. Different "Vacations" in Chinese 中文有幾種"假"?

1 三声变调 Practice third tone sandhi
 
yě hěn hǎo　　nǐ děng wǒ　　wǒ yě zǒu　　mǎi wǎngkǎ
yǒudiǎnr yuǎn　yǒu xiǎoyǔ　 wǒ yǒu shuǐ　 nǐ yě hěn zǎo
 
2 辨音辨调 Read and distinguish
 
míngzi — mínzú　diànchí — diànqì　fēnxī — fēnqī　gōngrén — gōngrèn
hǎoxīn — hǎoxiē　jí zǎo — qǐ zǎo　jīngyàn — jīngxiǎn　lùfèi — lǜfèi
 
3 熟读音节 Read and repeat
 
kàn diànyǐng　　qù xuéxiào　　shàng shāngdiàn　　lái Běijīng
zài qiánmian　　zài hòumian　　zhǎo lǎoshī　　　hǎo péngyou
mǎi yīfu　　　chī shuǐguǒ　　xué Hànyǔ　　　xiě Hànzì

Chinese for Beginners Channel

【26】 Practice third tone sandhi三声变调

Öğrenmeyi öğrenmek | Emrah Safa Gürkan | TEDxIstanbul


Turkish listening

learning to learn | Emrah Safa Gurkan | TEDxIstanbul

In this episode we are going to learn a Real Chinese Conversation【Weekend Plan】. 
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A: 这（个）周末你有什么打算吗？
zhè （ gè ） zhōu mò nǐ yǒu shén me dǎ suàn ma ？
Do you have any plans for (this) weekend?
B: 还不知道呢。你呢？
hái bù zhī dào ne 。 nǐ ne ？
Don't know yet. What about you?
A: 最近天气很好，我打算去爬山。
zuì jìn tiān qì hěn hǎo ， wǒ dǎ suàn qù pá shān 。
The weather has been nice lately, I'm planning to go hiking.
B: 我很久没有爬山了，感觉很累。
wǒ hěn jiǔ méi yǒu pá shān le ， gǎn jué hěn lèi 。
I haven't climbed a mountain for a long time,(it) feels tiring.
A: 我要去的这个山很好爬，一点也不累。
wǒ yào qù de zhè ge shān hěn hǎo pá ， yì diǎn yě bú lèi 。
This mountain I'm going to climb is very easy to climb,not tiring at all.
B: 是吗？要爬多久？
shì ma ？ yào pá duō jiǔ ？
Is it so? How long does it take to climb?
A: 慢慢爬，两三个小时就爬完了。
màn màn pá ， liǎng sān gè xiǎo shí jiù pá wán le 。
Climb slowly, you'll finish in two or three hours.
B: 真的吗？听起来还挺轻松。
zhēn de ma ？ tīng qǐ lái hái tǐng qīng sōng 。
Really? Sounds easy.
A: 对啊。你要不要一起去？
duì a 。 nǐ yào bu yào yì qǐ qù ？
Yeah. Do you want to come along?
B: 可以啊，但是我没有登山鞋。
kě yǐ a ， dàn shì wǒ méi yǒu dēng shān xié 。
Sure, but I don't have any climbing shoes.
A: 我可以陪你去买。
wǒ kě yǐ péi nǐ qù mǎi 。
I can go with you to buy them.
B: 好啊，那我们下班后一起吃饭，吃完饭去逛街买鞋，怎么样？
hǎo a ， nà wǒ men xià bān hòu yì qǐ chī fàn ， chī wán fàn qù guàng jiē mǎi xié ， zěn me yàng ？
Well, how about we have dinner together after work and go shopping for shoes afterward?
A: 没问题。你想吃什么？
méi wèn tí 。 nǐ xiǎng chī shén me ？
No problem. What do you want to eat?
B: 好久没吃火锅了，你想吃吗？
hǎo jiǔ méi chī huǒ guō le ， nǐ xiǎng chī ma ？
It's been a long time since I had hot pot. Do you want some?
A: 火锅我也很喜欢吃，那就吃火锅吧。
huǒ guō wǒ yě hěn xǐ huan chī ， nà jiù chī huǒ guō ba 。
I like hot pot too. Let's have hot pot.
B: 行，晚点儿见。
xíng ， wǎn diǎn er jiàn 。
Okay, see you later.

Yuli's Chinese Channel

周末的打算 Weekend Plan （Beginner）

Story about a road trip from Washington D.C. to Los Angeles.
Have you had any road trip accidents or adventures?
In this episode you will hear about the dangers of potholes during a snow storm.


Streetwise English

SWE #4 Road Trip Part 2 - Potholes

Today we're talking about why you perhaps shouldn't use "difficult" at work, and why you might want to use "challenging" instead. I hope you find it useful!

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