３月といえば、出会いと別れの季節です。
日本では４月に新年度が始まり、３月に終わるので、春は入学・入社祝いなどで贈り物をすることがよくあります。
今回は、アヤが中国人の生徒に聞いた贈り物のタブーについて話します。

March is the season of encounters and partings. 
In Japan, the new academic and fiscal year begins in April and ends in March, so we often give gifts in the spring to celebrate someone’s enrollment or joining the company. 
This time, Aya talks about the taboo of gifts that she heard from her student from China.

♤ キーワード
・年度（ねんど：academic and fiscal year）
・節目（ふしめ：milestone）
・弔う（とむらう：mourn）
・喪服（もふく：mourning dress）
・心機一転（しんきいってん： get a fresh start）

♧ 理解度チェッククイズ 
1. 中国でタブーとされている贈り物は？ 
2. それをプレゼントとしてあげるのは、どのくらい失礼？

♢ 前回のクイズの答え
1. フミが春を感じるのはいつ？
→ 札幌雪まつりが終わる頃
2. 日本の気候について、二人が子どものときと比べて変わったことは？
→ 四季がはっきり感じられなくなった

BGM special thanks：MusMus

アヤさんとフミさんの日本語雑談（Aya and Fumi’s Japanese Chit-Chat）

Episode 25：贈り物のタブー

In this episode of Your Spanish Journey, I'll talk about HABITS and some study habits to improve your Spanish skills. 

Your Spanish Journey

¡No pongas más excusas! - Top tips to improve your language learning habits.

What does it mean to be innovative in business?

In order for a business to survive in today's world, it is important that we regularly review what we are doing and how we are doing it. By considering new ideas and new ways of doing things, and trying to innovate, we can improve on our products/services, increase sales, reduce costs and make our processes more effective and efficient. Innovation is key to increasing profits.

There are several ways a company can be innovative with their products and services. Today we will look at four of them.

1. Using the latest technology to improve your product/service

When we think of innovation, we often think of new technologies. While they might be impressive, we should not use new technologies just because they are available. It is important to consider how the technology can improve our product/service and make a difference to our customer. Companies that produce cars, toiletries, household appliances, etc. often have a large R&D department to work on making their products better.

2. Responding to customer demands by changing what is on offer

By listening to customer feedback, we can get their opinions on how we are doing and find out about what it is that they want. We also need to be aware of changes in customer demands and keep up with the times. When fast-food restaurant McDonald's realised that the market wanted healthier choices, they introduced fruit and salads, while removing the 'super-size' option from their menus.

The Habits of Women Growing Into Strong, Confident English Communicators

Innovation in business

Vidéo avec sous-titres: 
https://youtu.be/PJwR0n38lP8?si=4QwKJSAFHsru4CmU 


French Stories For All

Blabla Podcast de mon ami

When speaking, don't use the pronoun 'I'.
(I think... I suggest... I propose...)

Instead, use 'you'.
(You can... You need to... You should...)
This makes your audience feel the focus is on them, and then they will want to listen to what you have to say.

Even better, to fully integrate yourself into a global team, use 'we'.
(We have to... We could... We will be able to....)
This shows you are all working towards the same goal and helps people accept you into their circle.

All Ways Business

Change your pronouns

日本の食卓事情２

日本では外食（がいしょく）は高（たか）いし、栄養（えいよう）が偏（かたよ）るから自炊（じすい）が一番（いちばん）良（よ）いと考（かんが）える人が多い気がする。あっさりしたメニューの次（つぎ）の日は味（あじ）の濃（こ）い献立（こんだて）にしたり、和食（わしょく）が続（つづ）けば、中華（ちゅうか）料理（りょうり）や韓国（かんこく）料理・イタリアン風（ふう）など様々（さまざま）な国（くに）の料理も作（つく）ったり、色（いろ）んな料理を作るために家（いえ）に常備（じょうび）している調味料（ちょうみりょう）の種類（しゅるい）もかなり多い。料理好（ず）きなら分かるが、料理することが苦痛（くつう）なら作らなければいいのに、なぜここまで頑張（がんば）るのか。

izm's room

日本の食卓事情２【全３話】

【结语】
我们为什么要出走，有时是想逃逸，有时是想恋爱，有时是怀念诗意。
无论如何，总有一个理由让我们想要暂时离开熟悉的人和环境，去让自己放一下空。
那么，放下当前的平凡，试着投入和体验另一种平凡。
平凡处，亦是闪光处。

【今日话题】
在生活中，你是否经常去旅行，或者想要去旅行呢，又是什么驱使你想要踏上旅程呢？

Ruby's  Reading club of  Chinese

优雅是种力量（八）平凡，才是人生唯一的答案

how to say hello and how r u in Thai? lets seee

finn ur thai friend

Basic greeting ~

𝒖𝒏 𝒂𝒏 ? 𝒖𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒏é𝒆 ? (𝒂 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 )𝒖𝒏 𝒋𝒐𝒖𝒓 ? 𝒖𝒏𝒆 𝒋𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏é𝒆 ? (𝒂 𝒅𝒂𝒚)  
𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒔𝒆 ? 😴𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆🙄

𝑰 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕 . 🤔

𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒛𝒛 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒕✒️

𝑯𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝑭𝑼𝑵 !🙏💓