In this Chillchat episode, Karen and Baiwei discussed different ‘ask’ in Mandarin.

Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

"Ask" in Chinese - Don't Make This MISTAKE!

Listen to me reading a news article about movie The Substance (2024) and the horror genre.

Listen to English with Pip

News article: Demi Moore's latest movie nominated for five Golden Globes

ROMANCES DE RAFAEL DE LEÓN

GLOSA DE LA SOLEÁ

한국의 편의점 문화

한국에는 길을 걷다 보면 편의점을 자주 볼 수 있습니다. 서울처럼 큰 도시뿐만 아니라, 작은 마을에도 편의점이 있습니다. 편의점은 하루 24시간, 일주일 7일 동안 계속 열려 있어서 언제든지 이용할 수 있습니다.

편의점에서는 여러 가지 물건을 팔고 있습니다. 물, 음료수, 과자, 라면, 도시락, 과일 등 간단한 음식은 물론이고, 치약, 비누, 휴지 같은 생활용품도 있습니다. 또, 편의점에서는 휴대폰 충전기, 양말, 우산도 살 수 있어서 갑자기 필요한 물건이 생겼을 때 편리합니다.

최근에는 편의점에서 간단한 식사를 하는 사람들도 많아졌습니다. 도시락이나 컵라면을 사서 편의점 안에서 먹을 수 있습니다. 대부분의 편의점에는 전자레인지와 뜨거운 물이 있어서 바로 먹을 수 있게 도와줍니다. 어떤 편의점은 작은 테이블과 의자도 있어서 앉아서 먹을 수도 있습니다.

편의점에서는 음식이나 물건을 사는 것 외에도 다양한 서비스를 이용할 수 있습니다. 예를 들어, 편의점에서 택배를 보낼 수 있고, 공과금을 낼 수도 있습니다. 또, 복사기나 팩스를 사용할 수 있는 곳도 있습니다. 요즘은 편의점 안에 현금자동입출금기(ATM)도 있어서 돈을 찾거나 보낼 수도 있습니다.

한국의 편의점은 단순히 물건을 사는 곳이 아니라, 바쁜 현대인의 생활을 도와주는 공간입니다. 특히 혼자 사는 사람이나 늦게까지 일하는 사람들에게 편의점은 매우 편리한 장소입니다.

이렇게 편의점은 한국 사람들의 생활 속에서 중요한 역할을 하고 있으며, 앞으로도 더 다양한 기능을 가진 공간으로 발전할 것입니다.

한국의 문화

[한국어 레벨 2] 한국의 편의점 문화

Let's learn a new technique to reduce procrastination and increase our productivity!

Subtitled Italian

Season 01 / Episode 15 - Time planning: the pomodoro technique

Crow has some food and clever Fox wants it! Can Fox make Crow drop the food?

Bedtime Story

The Fox and the Crow

Tune into the latest Express to Impress Podcast episode to grow your English vocabulary. You’ll learn 5 American Idioms and Phrases like "to get at something.” 

This episode is a follow-up to the previous episode, Feeling Misunderstood? 5 Phrases to Use When Asking for Clarification. 

Learning to recognize and use phrases and idioms in English will allow you to communicate better with native English speakers. You won’t feel confused when you hear the phrases and idioms and will keep up with the conversation. 

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Episode originally published December 24, 2021.

Read the transcript at https://www.express-to-impress.com/american-idioms/

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Original theme music by Lucas Knutter

Express to Impress

To Get at Something and Other American Idioms and Phrases

Speaker 1: For me, having a dumbphone would be …dumb. I really like surfing the web on my phone to find out about things. If I hear the name of an actor I don’t know about, I can look them up, or if I‘m in a new place and I want to find a restaurant to go to, I can find somewhere easily. Plus, I love Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. I follow loads of celebrities and I love to watch concerts and live-tweet what is happening. Without my smartphone, my friends wouldn’t know what I was doing. It would feel very strange.

Speaker 2: I’m seriously thinking about getting a dumbphone. I hate how the battery on my smartphone is in control of my life. I always have to find somewhere to charge the phone when I’m out and I’m always worried about it. I also don’t like the way search engines record your history and use it to sell you things. I feel as though my attention is always taken away from everything I do with my smartphone because I use it so much. I was with a friend the other day and after a while, we were sitting there not talking, just looking at our phones. It was like our phones just killed the conversation. We didn’t even realize it was happening.

Speaker 3: I like the idea of a dumbphone. I’m just not sure if I would like it in practice. I travel a lot with my work, so it really helps being able to access my inbox when I’m out. If I didn’t, I would spend all my time in the office answering emails. I also have a favorite podcaster who I listen to all the time when I’m traveling. I can download his latest episode and pass the time when I’m on a flight or a train. I do enjoy being offline as I feel as though I am always using my phone to communicate, with email, Skype, phone calls, and text. But I think if I didn’t have access to the Internet most of the time, I would worry.