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Cita con el Español

Your go-to podcast for beginner Spanish learners who want to ignite their language skills! 🎉 

In each episode, we'll dive into essential grammar concepts and vocabulary in bite-sized portions.


Spanish Tapas: Content Review

¡Resolvamos la siguiente situacion problematica juntos!

Rincon de las Matematicas

Acertijo: La pelota de basketball

¿Sabéis que en español hay muchísimas expresiones que los españoles utilizamos muy a menudo para expresarnos? Pues, en el vídeo de hoy vamos a hablar de expresiones idiomáticas muy importantes que se construyen con partes del cuerpo.

Un bocado de español

Las PARTES del CUERPO en las Expresiones Idiomáticas en español

第一单元 简单的爱情
课文1 

阅读课文并掌握以下语法及词汇：
（1）law法律; lawyer 律师；
我的专业是法律，我是一名律师。

（2）impression印象
我对他印象很好；
他给我留下很深的印象

（3）熟悉
对...熟悉
be familiar with ...

（4）不仅...而且/也/还
the conjuction "不仅"is used in the first clause, often floowed by"也/还/而且"in the second clause, indicating a further meaning in addition to what has been said in the first clause.
例句：他不仅足球踢得好，性格也不错。

踢足球；打篮球；打羽毛球
【注】when we use our feet ,we use "踢"（kick）；when we use our hand , we use "打"--打篮球；打羽毛球；打兵乓球。

（5）性格 personality
性格古怪


HSK reading and comprehesion

HSK4 （上）

Let's do a big exercise on syllables with compound finals

Who says Chinese is hard？ 谁说中文很难

Drills in Chinese Pinyin_  syllables with compound finals

Let's make Japanese sentences together.   If you make a sentence in Japanese, write it in the comment section! I will correct your sentences!  

【Today's  topic】
【⚪⚪ばかり】 

(Verb タ形）+ ばかり 

この文法はJLPT N4の表現(ひょうげん)です。 

意味(いみ)は、ちょっとまえに～がおわった。
何(なに)か動(うご)きが、おわってから　あまり時間(じかん)がたっていない。 

📕動詞タ形
(食べた　切った　した) 

in my case👩  
おなかへってる？Are you hungry?

いや～今(いま)食べたばかりで、おなかへってないんだよね。 
I have just ate , so I'm  not hungry. 

(ex) 
かみの毛(け)を切(き)ったばかりで、きぶんがいい。I have just got my haircut,  So I feel  great. 

さいきん、入社(にゅうしゃ)したばかりで、よく仕事内容(しごとないよう)がわからない。

Short sentences ➕ your feelings=you can speak a lot of Japanese. 


Japanese teacher Noriko’s room

(Verb タ形）+ ばかり 

Do you know how to get better at anything? Athletes do. They work with a coach. 

You don’t have to try to get better at something on your own--a coach can help! Surgeon Atul Gawande says in a popular Ted Talk,  "Great coaches are your external eyes and ears, providing a more accurate picture of your reality." 

Some people seek out coaches proactively. They hire a professional coach to help with their resume, cover letter, LinkedIn Profile, and interview responses before they ever apply for a job. These people undoubtedly get jobs quicker because they hired a coach. However, the majority of people wait too long to get a coach, only seeking out help after a period of failure. 

In this Express to Impress Podcast episode, you will learn different approaches to bet better at something and the tremendous career opportunities from working with a coach. You’ll hear how others’ lives have been enriched by working with coaches. I talk about my experience working coaches in Brazil and the US. You’ll also hear a story about one of my clients - an engineer in Taiwan who enlisted my help after trying and failing to get a job for years.  You will find out what type of professional coaches exist and how they can help you. If you want to increase your English vocabulary, continue listening to the end, where you’ll hear definitions of five idioms and phrases that came up during the episode.

Episode originally published on August 14, 2020.
Transcript at express-to-impress.com/get-a-job/
Infographics at pinterest.com/ExpresstoImpress/ 

Express to Impress

How to Get Better At Anything, Including Getting A Job 

Mouth Movement when Speaking (with transcript)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L7CvnMGlCEEeW8QYLd4dgvQvhlCpPMuD/view?usp=drive_link