A look at when to use the prepositions "for" and "since" to indicate how long something has been happening.  An easy-to-remember rule is presented, then the viewer is given practice exercises.

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For vs. Since

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听众朋友你们好，欢迎来到茶时话中文，我是Penny。这是一个纯中文话题节目，我来和你用中文聊聊生活中有意思的话题，同时学习一些汉语词汇。让我们一边喝茶一边聊起来吧。

今天我们来聊聊社交媒体。这两年，不论是脸书facebook，推特Twitter 还是Instagram，或者是中国热门软件微信、微博，我们好像在上面花的时间越来越长了。社交软件的确是新颖又好玩，拓展了人际关系，能带给你大量的信息和层出不穷的体验，可是，它们也是有很多的弊端。

首先，它们减少了人们对于现实生活中交际的渴望。中国有一个新词叫“社恐”，也就是社交恐惧症，这个网络热词很好地描述了人们过度地依赖微信等软件，导致有些人逐渐失去了现实中人际交往的能力。有趣的是，很多公司也依赖这种聊天软件进行内部和外部的沟通，导致很多雇员宁愿发个消息，也不愿意站起来和现实中近在咫尺的同事沟通。这非常严重地让许多人减少了现实中的社交。

其次，社交软件的设计就是要抓取用户的注意力，当你的注意力成为了社交软件的消费品，你会发现，你很容易对它们上瘾。任何人都很难抗拒手机上跳出的通知和消息，因为它们通常来自于你的朋友。有一个方法是关闭通知提示，但是这也很难做到，因为你有可能漏掉重要的那一条消息。这种不想要又不能拒绝的感觉非常令人不适。甚至会有人排斥现实中的关系，每天沉浸在网络的社交中，因为真实的人际关系往往很难处理，更需要智慧和思考。

今天浅谈了一下社交媒体，或者社交软件的弊端。感谢收听。
希望你喜欢今天的播客，我们下次见。

拓展tuò zhǎn （expand）
层出不穷céng chū bú qióng （emerge in endlessly）
弊端bì duān （disadvantage，dark side）
社交恐惧症shè jiāo kǒng jù zhèng （social phobia）
过度地guò dù dì  (excessively)
依赖yī lài  (rely on)
宁愿níng yuàn (would rather; prefer)
近在咫尺jìn zài zhǐ chǐ （near at hand; around the corner; at one's fingertips;）
抓取zhuā qǔ  (grasp)
注意力zhù yì lì (attention)
消费品xiāo fèi pǐn （consumer goods）
上瘾shàng yǐn （be addicted to）
抗拒kàng jù （resist）
漏掉lòu diào （omitted）
令人不适lìng rén bú shì （make sb. Feel uncomfortable）
排斥pái chì (repel; reject; exclude)
沉浸chén jìn (immerse, immersion)

茶时话中文 Tea Time Chinese

茶时话中文 - 社交软件的弊端

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Gender neutral endings in Thai คำลงท้ายที่เป็นกลางทางเพศในภาษาไทย

中文学习小故事

小龙的饺子冒险

in this audio,you will learn vocabulary about traveling and check in a hotel.  Learn the grammar in context with comprehensible input, hope you enjoy the little story with the picture.

Story learning Chinese with Annie

easy Chinese story with pic(beginner)—-comprehensible input

In this episode we will learn more interesting "Color" phrase, you will learn how to say 【evil mind,put sb. in blacklist,rejoice too soon】 ect.
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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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大家好，我是Yuli。欢迎收听我的播客。
今天继续和大家聊一聊一些有趣的颜色短语。颜色我们一般用“深”和“浅”来形容。例如，浅蓝色，light blue，深蓝色，dark blue。如果一件衣服的颜色很多，或者很亮，我们可以说这件衣服颜色很鲜艳。“给点儿颜色看看”你知道是什么意思吗？它的意思是“让对方知道你的厉害，使对方感到害怕。”例如“他总是欺负我的好朋友，今天我要给他点儿颜色看看。”
我们来看看黑色有什么有意思的用法。第一个，黑心，一个人的心是黑色的，说明他的心很坏。例如“他是一个黑心商人，为了赚钱竟然卖过期的食品。”第二个，黑车。黑车不只是黑色的车，还有一个意思是“不合法经营的出租车”。如果一个人不小心上了黑车，那是很危险的。第三个，“拉黑”，拉到黑名单。如果你的微信上有一个朋友，你不想再收到他的信息，那你可以把他拉黑。最后一个，“黑脸”。如果我们说：“他黑着脸”，意思是他很不高兴。
接着我们来看看白色。第一个，小白，我们说一个人是小白，意思是他没有经验。例如“我刚接触这个工作，还是个小白，要向各位多多学习。”第二个，“白”加动词或者形容词。例如，“我去他公司找他，结果他不在，我白跑一趟了。”“本来以为他能陪我过生日，结果他要加班，我白高兴一场。这里的“白”是没有结果的意思。
哪个用法你觉得最有意思呢？留言告诉我吧。我们下期见。
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鲜艳	/	xiān yàn	/	bright-colored
给点儿颜色看看	/	gěi diǎn ér yán sè kàn kàn	/	give sb. a lesson
欺负	/	qī fù	/	bully,tease
黑心	/	hēi xīn	/	black heart; evil mind
黑车	/	hēi chē	/	unlicensed/illegal car
拉黑	/	lā hēi	/	put sb. in blacklist
黑着脸		hēi zhe liǎn		a face like thunder,pull/wear a long face
小白	/	xiǎo bái	/	green hand
接触	/	jiē chù	/	get in touch with
动词	/	dòng cí	/	verb
形容词	/	xíng róng cí	/	adjective
白跑一趟	/	bái pǎo yí tàng	/	go to a place in vain
白高兴一场	/	bái gāo xìng yì chǎng	/	rejoice too soon

Yuli's Chinese Channel

有趣的“颜色”短语（二）Interesting "Color" phrase Part 2（Intermediate level）


“I think one of the most difficult decisions I ever had to make was choosing what major and university to apply for after graduating from high school. I had to make this decision about 3 years ago, at which time I was at a crossroads in my life, and had to decide something that I knew would affect my whole future life in a pretty short space of time. 

Since I can remember, I loved anything to do with computers, and knew I wanted to further my studies in something related to computers, especially programming. After a few weeks of research on the internet, I narrowed my choice down to two universities. I was at my wits end trying  to make a decision between these two universities, when my mother reminded me that two of my cousins had both graduated in computer science. After some really sound advice from my cousins I decided to apply to the university which specialised in coding.

I can happily say that I think I made a really good decision, thanks to the great advice from my cousins, and I'm really happy with my choice, as well as with what I have learned in the last 3 years. I’m also feeling very confident about my future, and because of making this decision, I now feel very confident that I will find a good job in the future.


IELTS 85 Speaking

Describe a difficult decision you made

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