Tommy and Emily discuss what is Christmas? What? are the presents for? Why do we give presents?

English My Way

The meaning of Christmas

안녕하세요, 여러분! 오늘 팟캐스트에서는 한국어에서 자주 쓰이지만 학습자들에겐 생소할 수 있는 표현
[ -가지고]에 대해 이야기해 보려고 해요. 
우리가 흔히 아는 [그래서, -기 때문에, 왜냐하면] 등의 여러 표현 외에도, 일상 대화에서 [-가지고]라는 표현을 굉장히 많이 사용해요.
영어로는 ‘because’ 나 ‘since’의 의미로 이해하면 돼요.

우선, [-가지고]는 약간 구어체적인 느낌을 주는데요, 특히 친구들끼리 편하게 대화할 때 자주 쓰여요. 
예를 들어, “아, 늦잠 자가지고 수업에 늦었어”라고 하면 “늦잠 자서 수업에 늦었어”와 비슷한 의미지만, 좀 더 캐주얼하게 들리죠.

예문으로 볼까요?
"배가 너무 고파가지고 편의점에서 뭐 좀 샀어."

여기서 -가지고는 "너무 배고파서"의 뜻이에요. 이렇게 가볍게 이유를 덧붙이는 느낌이죠.

"버스를 놓쳐가지고 학교에 걸어갔어."

“버스를 놓쳐서”라고 할 수도 있지만, [-가지고]를 쓰면 좀 더 말하는 사람의 불만스러운 느낌이 잘 살아요.

마찬가지로,
"길이 막혀가지고 늦었어."

길이 막혀서 늦었어 대신, 더 원어민스러운 느낌이 들죠.

여러분도 평소 대화에서 [-아서] 나 [-기 때문에] 대신 [-가지고]를 한번 써보세요!
한국인 친구들이 여러분의 한국어 실력에 깜짝 놀랄지도 몰라요!

[ㅇㄱㄹㅇ 덕후 톡] Real Deok-hu Talk Straight from K-media

Why Koreans Say -가지고 Instead of ‘Because’!

Globish, anyone? In this episode, we'll talk about how to communicate effectively in an international business setting. Since most people in an international business environment speak English as a second language, that will be our focus. I'll share tips for native English speakers and English Language Learners, including where to focus your English language-learning efforts, so you're ready to excel in an international business setting. 

To succeed in an international business environment, I suggest going back to the basics. Tune in to find out how you can go back to the basics. 

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Episode originally published March 18, 2022

Original theme music by Lucas Knutter 

Read the transcript at https://www.express-to-impress.com/international-business/

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Materials cited:

How to speak up when you don't understand something, which can be found at https://www.express-to-impress.com/asking-for-clarification/

Globish.com for 1500 vocabulary words with definitions

Rachel's English 100 Most Common Words in American English 
Youglish for pronunciation, which can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1kBRXkQ6cI&list=PLrqHrGoMJdTR76CbHRqi7uLbpEtTUU7eR

Business English Pod for business vocabulary, which can be found at https://www.businessenglishpod.com/

Anki language app for help memorizing new vocabulary, which can be found at https://www.ankiapp.com/

perfect-english-grammar.com/past-simple.html for grammar practice

Express to Impress

Less is More: Tips for Effective International Business Communication

Hello and welcome to another episode of Engine English. 

Today's episode is part one on 21 essential business English idioms. People still seem to have doubts about the differences there are between general and business English. 

Although there’s substantial overlapping, there are some clear differences. I will give you 10 useful idioms that you can use in the office with examples that will help you understand how you can use them. 

Engine English

21 Essential Business Idioms Part 1

Reviewing Japanese Grammar via Genki1

Let's Review Lesson 2, Genki 1

Bonjour à tous, c'est Virginie ! J'ai écrit pour vous une histoire pour vous aider en français ! Vous pouvez me demander le PDF si cela vous intéresse ! Il s'agit d'une histoire , dont le MP3 existe pour tous les chapitres ! Dans le PDF vous trouverez le texte, puis les explications nécessaires pour comprendre le texte, avec du vocabulaire, de la grammaire et un quiz pour vérifier vos connaissances ! C'est parti ! Si vous voulez la suite, dites le moi !

Le français avec Virginie

Chapitre 2 La plus petite maison du bonheur

👉We all must stand for Turkey and Syria, where a destroying earthquake happened!🙏
VOCABULARY (CYR):
1.	Светска банка – међународна организација одговорна за обезбеђивање финансија и давање савета земљама.
2.	Земљотрес – снажно подрхтавање земљиног тла.
3.	Хитна помоћ – вид изванболничке здравствене заштите, спашавање живота.
4.	Магнитуда – величина, степен, интезитет.

VOCABULARY (LAT):
1.	Svetska banka – međunarodna organizacija odgovorna za obezbeđivanje finansija i davanje saveta zemljama.
2.	Zemljotres – snažno podrhtavanje zemljinog tla.
3.	Hitna pomoć – vid izvanbolničke zdravstvene zaštite, spašavanje života.
4.	Magnituda – veličina, stepen, intezitet.
Срећно учење! / Srećno učenje!📚

SERBIAN TO GO

Помоћ Турској због земљотреса - Pomoć Turskoj zbog zemljotresa (News B2 level)

In this episode we will talk about 【Chinese wine culture】, you will learn how to say 【brew beer,propose a toast】 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.
大家好，我是Yuli。欢迎收听我的播客。
今天想和大家聊一聊【中国的酒文化】。
中国的酒文化博大精深。一壶美酒从千百年前传承到现在，酒已经成了生活中必不可少的饮品。酒的酿造,在我国有着相当悠久的历史。三四千年前，勤劳的祖先就发明了酿酒技术。
在古代，主人和宾客一起饮酒时，要相互跪拜。晚辈在长辈面前饮酒，通常要先行跪拜礼，然后坐入次席。长辈让晚辈饮酒，晚辈才可举杯；长辈酒杯中的酒尚未饮完，晚辈也不能先饮尽。
到了现代则没有那么复杂，一般是由主人说一些祝酒词；由晚辈倒酒以示尊敬；敬酒时要按顺序来，不能这一个那一个。
细数整个历史，中国的文学艺术家和酒有着很大的缘分。李白是唐代伟大的浪漫主义诗人。他每逢作诗作词必定要酒相伴,不喝就写不出来，越喝写诗词越顺畅，诗词越美。
与酒有关的诗句也有很多。例如“酒逢知己千杯少”，意思是指酒桌上遇到知己，喝一千杯酒都还嫌少。形容性情相投的人聚在一起总不厌倦。还有“何以解忧，唯有杜康”，意思是：有什么可以排解我的忧愁，那就只有美酒了。（相传酒是杜康发明的，所以常常会用杜康这个人名来指代美酒）。还有一句“醉翁之意不在酒”，比喻一个人做一件事的本意不在此，而在别的方面。
你们国家的酒文化是什么样的？留言告诉我吧。我们下期见。
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博大精深 	bó dà jīng shēn	broad and profound
传承	chuán chéng	inherit
酿造	niàng zào	brew (beer, etc.)
悠久	yōu jiǔ	long (history)
行跪拜礼	xíng guì bài lǐ	Curtsey of kneeling down
次席	cì xí	second seat
祝酒词	zhù jiǔ cí	toast
敬酒	jìng jiǔ	propose a toast
细数	xì shǔ	to run through
浪漫主义	làng màn zhǔ yì	romanticism
每逢	měi féng	whenever
顺畅	shùn chàng	smooth
性情相投	xìng qíng xiāng tóu	congenial
厌倦	yàn juàn	tired of
排解忧愁	pái jiě yōu chóu	eliminate sorrow

Yuli's Chinese Channel

中国酒文化 Chinese wine culture （Intermediate and advanced level）

Governments around the world need to do the following:
• set targets to reduce the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
• get developing countries to sign up to environmental targets
• convince certain countries that they must take climate change seriously
• introduce public information campaigns
• reduce air travel, which is a major source of pollution
• increase the use of renewable energy.