Christmas... New Year... The Spring Festival... Valentine's Day... With so many festivals approaching, the gift-giving season has officially arrived. In this episode, Karen and Baiwei chatted about gift-giving etiquette including regifting, returning gifts and writing wishlists! 

Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

“送礼季”到啦！It's The Gift-giving Season!

Let's prepare you for your first day of work. You might encounter some unfamiliar terms. Do you know the meaning of #Orientation, #Onboarding, Mentor, Probationary period, Employee handbook? We will have a look at the meanings of these terms.

Do you know how to #introduce yourself on your first day? Formally and informally? How to make small talk? How to use ice breakers and elevator pitches?

What about Job descriptions? Qualifications? Performance metrics?
Let's go through it together. 


#Business_English #Job #introduction #description #performance #Business

Business English with Ali

Mastering Your First Day at Work: Introductions and Job Descriptions in Business English

From this episode, we are going to learn how to read time.

點dím/dim2 ( o‘clock)
分fān/ fan1（minute）
半bun/ bun3（half）
字jih/ zi6（5 minutes）

1.	5:00：五點（鐘）
ńgh dím( jūng) /ng5 dim2( zung1)

2.	2:37 兩點三十七分
léuhng dím sāam sahp chāt fān/ loeng5 dim2 saam1 sap6 cat1 fan1

3.	7:30：七點半chāt dím bun/ cat1 dim2 bun3   

4.	4:05 : 四點一個字sei dím yāt go jih/ sei3 dim2 jat1 go3 zi6
or 四點一sei dím yāt/ sei3 dim2 jat1
or四點零五分sei dím lìhng ńgh fān / sei3 dim2 ling4 ng5 fan1

而家幾（多）點呀？(What time is it now?)
yìh gā géi( dō) dím a?
ji4 gaa1 gei2( do1) dim2 aa3?

而家八點。(It is 8 o’clcok.)
yìh gā baat dím. 
ji4 gaa1 baat3 dim2.

Practice：
3:00   5:30   4:48   9:35   


Daliy Conversations for Cantonese (粵語會話）

11. Reading Time（讀時間）part1

我叫李建明，是一家电器集团的公关部主任，今天公司派我去机场接美国一家贸易公司的史密斯先生。飞机晚点了，我等了一个多小时史密斯先生才到。我们交换了名片，我帮他拿着行李上了车。

Business Chinese

Business Chinese: Meeting a client at the airport

La leyenda de La Llorona ha trascendido las barreras del espacio y el tiempo hasta llegar a ser parte de la cultura del pueblo mexicano.
La leyenda de La Llorona tiene diversos elementos simbólicos: la mujer, la maternidad atormentada, la noche, el agua, lo blanco, la voz y el silencio, la muerte de los hijos, la Plaza y la luna, entre otros.

HISTORIAS Y LEYENDAS DEL MUNDO!

La leyenda de la llorona en la cultura mexicana

Learn to speak about e-commerce, IT, website design, and general user experience online. Great for upper-intermediate and advanced English learners!
Happy learning!

New English US

Learn IT English : UX (User Experience), websites, apps, and online business

Vaccine: 疫苗 [yì miáo]
Covid-19 vaccine新冠疫苗 xīn guàn yì miáo
Get vaccinated: 打疫苗 (colloquial)  / 接种疫苗(formal) jiē zhòng yì miáo
I'm vaccinated: 我打了疫苗。wǒ dǎ le yì miáo
I'm double vaxxed: 我打过两针疫苗。(针 is the measure word of Vaccination)
I'm triple vaxxed: 我打了三针(疫苗)。
I just got my fourth dose: 我刚打了第四针(疫苗)。
After you get vaccinated, you’ll have antibody. 抗体【kàng tǐ】
So that’s go through a short dialogue between Cara and John.
Cara: John,你打新冠疫苗了吗？John,have you get the Vaccine?
John: 我打了三针（疫苗），你呢？I'm triple vaxxed, and you？
Cara: 噢，我没有打过（疫苗）。Oh, I never Get vaccinated. 
John: 为什么？Why？
Cara: 我觉得疫苗不安全。I don't think the vaccine is safe.

Okay , that’s all for today. I hope you like the series of COIVD-19 podcasts. If you have any question or suggestion about my podcast,feel free to message me or we can discuss it in our class.Thanks for listening. If you like my podcast ,you can follow it. I’ll see you next time.我们下次节目再见。


Talk to Cara in Chinese

8. 疫苗Useful expressions of Vaccine

El Aguacate Mexicano.

México es el primer productor mundial con un volumen de 2 millones 29 mil toneladas de aguacate en 2017.

Las entidades con mayor volumen de cosecha son: Michoacán, Jalisco, México, Nayarit y Morelos, en conjunto suman 95% de la producción total del país.

El 82.7% del valor de la producción nacional del fruto corresponde a Michoacán, sin embargo, Jalisco y el Estado de México mostraron un gran dinamismo en el volumen.

De acuerdo con datos del Servicio de Información Agroalimentaria y Pesquera (SIAP), las características geográficas adecuadas para la producción del aguacate son las siguientes:

Altitud: 1,600 a  2,200 msnmm.

Lluvia: 1,050 a 1,150 mm.

Temperatura: 15 a 19 grados centígrados.

Edafología: Suelo permeable y profundo, franco-arenoso sin calcáreos ni cloruros, pH de 6.0-7.5

¿Sabías que?... El aguacate Hass (el fruto de mayor preferencia en el mundo) es el resultado de un híbrido obtenido de una variedad mexicana y guatemalteca.



Spanish México

El Aguacate Mexicano.

In today’s Chillchat, we talked about different life habits, lifestyles and how to care for our physical and mental health based on our experience. We also included some funny and interesting habits as well. One very useful grammar pattern as usual. Let’s go! (As the title suggests, we are not doctors so please consult your doctor for any medical advice.)

Note: This podcast is intended for language learning ONLY. Not for promoting or criticizing any political party or ideology. Let’s keep it friendly and accessible to all :)

Also, all of the experiences are the hosts’ own experiences so please do your own research if you need more information.