 - Day 9 tā shì shéi (Free Chinese Lesson) 

Who says Chinese is hard？ 谁说中文很难

EP.9 How to Recognize People _Who is she_” in Chinese  (Like this subcribe my channel)

Topic related Vocabulary 

1. Fascinated (adjective) = Extremely interested or attracted by something.
2. Curiosity (noun) = A strong desire to know or learn something
3. Mesmerized (adjective) = So attracted or interested that you can’t look away; completely captivated.
4. movie buff = someone who is very knowledgeable and passionate about film


IELTS speaking part-2 🗣️ (2 Minutes)

Describe an area of science (biology, robotics, etc.) that you are interested in and would like to learn more about

En este episodio hablaremos de las recomendaciones que hace la Organización Mundial de la Salud a través de la FAO para el consumo de frutas y verduras, y mencionaremos los 9 beneficios que tiene la ingesta de estos alimentos en nuestra salud

¡Hablemos de salud!

Frutas y verduras: Los beneficios de su consumo

 A busy restaurant. A customer is trying to order soup. The waiter gets everything hilariously wrong

Search for phrasal verbs!

Waiter, There’s a Phrasal Verb in My Soup!

庭の梅が咲きました。梅の花が咲くと、本格的に春が来るなとそわそわします。梅の話から、神社、そして地元の伝統工芸の話をしています。


Today I talk about Japanese plum, ume blossoms. Seeing ume blooming, I feel I have to do something just because spring is coming! 
The topics move from ume blossoms to the shrine, and local traditional crafts.


+++ words +++
様子（ようす）　　　　　　　appearance
感動（かんどう）する　　　　be moved, touched
梅干し　　　　　　　　　　　pickled dried ume(plum)
梅の実（うめのみ）　　　　　ume, Japanese plum
漬ける（つける）　　　　　　pickle, preserve in (salt, suger...)
干す（ほす）　　　　　　　　dry (in the sun)
植える（うえる）　　　　　　plant
お参りに行く（おまいりにいく）go to pray
人形（にんぎょう）　　　　　doll
素朴な（そぼくな）　　　　　rustic
伝統工芸（でんとうこうげい）traditional crafts

+++ grammers +++
Nばかり　　　　　　　　　　 only N
V1たり、V2たり　　　　　　　do such as V1 and V2
N好き（Nずき）　　　　　　　person who like N ⇔Nぎらい

Country Life in Japan とかいとちがう　かもしれない　いなかのくらし

梅の花から天神さん、張り子のお話

Intermediate Chinese Listening：年龄和称呼  Age and address

Intermediate Chinese Listening

Tune in to the latest episode of the Express to Impress podcast to hear the best of 2020!

We'll review successes in 2020, and you'll hear clips from the most popular episodes. If you missed them the first time or want to reinforce your learning, you won't want to miss it.

You'll hear clips from the most popular episodes:
-How to Answer "Can you tell Me About Yourself?"
-Introducing the Shadowing Technique for English Learning
-How to Answer "Why Should We Hire You?"
-How to Learn A New Language

Episode originally published January 8, 2021.

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Best of 2020: Express to Impress Podcast

Today we're talking about the idiom "bells and whistles", we'll also hear the phrase, "nice-to-have". I hope you find today's vocabulary useful!

DAILY Business English VOCABULARY builder

I don't really need these bells and whistles! 

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