Who says Chinese is hard？ 谁说中文很难

Ep.5 How to Say Your Nationality_Country Name in Mandarin Chinese (Like it please subcribe my channel)

I asked Stephanie about her learning path. she learns French and shares her experiences with us. Hope you enjoy listening to this mini podcast. If you have any ideas, opinions and suggestions, don't hesitate to comment below. 
thank you in advance for listening to this podcast


a session with you

a session with Stephanie

Il podcast di oggi ci porta in un luogo magico ricco di storia: Firenze! Scopriremo insieme i luoghi da visitare, le esperienze da non perdere e alcune curiosità su una delle città più amate dagli stranieri e dagli stessi italiani.


Level: Intermediate
Source and transcription: https://www.discovertuscany.com/it/firenze/

🗺   CITTÀ ITALIANE #QuickItalianWithMara

🪞 FIRENZE

So when I was deciding which topic to focus on for our second episode I really only needed to look at what the people I work with are actually asking for. One of the most common topics that I discuss with people is presentations. Presentations can be great opportunities to use those English skills that you work so hard on, but they also have their own stresses and challenges. Today we’re going to look at some vocabulary that you might hear when watching a presentation and some that you might want to use when giving your own. At the end we also have our 'big discussion question' to help you with your speaking practice. You can find the vocabulary from this podcast in the vocabulary sets on my profile. I hope you enjoy today's podcast and I look forward to meeting you on a call very soon!

Breakout Business English

Breakout Business English - Ep 2. Presentations

LUKE: Hello? Hi, Stephanie, how are things at the office?
STEPHANIE: Hi, Luke! How are you? Can you please stop and pick up 
extra paper for the computer printer?
LUKE: What did you say? Can you repeat that, please? Did you 
say to pick up ink for the printer? Sorry, the phone is 
cutting out.
STEPHANIE: Can you hear me now? No, I need more computer paper. 
Listen, I’ll text you exactly what I need. Thanks, Luke. 
Talk to you later.
LUKE: Thanks, Stephanie. Sorry, my phone has really bad
reception here.



LANGUAGE NOTES
• There are a few ways to express a lack of understanding and to request additional 
information. The most common ones are stated, but you can also say “Excuse me” or 
simply “I can’t hear you.” In a more formal situation, try saying “I’m sorry?” or “I beg 
your pardon?” (with a rising intonation).
• When asking someone to clarify information try saying Can you please repeat that? / 
Can you spell that for me? / Can you please write down the address for me?
• Cutting out describes a difficulty in understanding a caller due to poor cellphone 
reception. If you are having trouble understanding the caller, you can also say The 
line is breaking up / I am losing you. If the phone call is disconnected because of poor 
reception, you can say The call dropped.
• Talk to you later is the equivalent in a phone conversation of “See you later” in a 
regular, face-to-face conversation.
• Reception here means the availability of cellular service, the possibility to receive and 
give calls on a cellphone. Cellphone reception can be limited in remote areas, inside 
large buildings or underground (in the subway, for instance).

English Conversation practice (30-day challenge)

Day 7: Asking them to repeat

أَمَامَ  delante
خَلْفَ detrás
 Al lado بِجَانِبِ
تَحْتَ  debajo 
فَوْقَ encima 
عَلَى يَمِين a la derecha
عَلَى يَسَار  a la izquierda
Cerca de قَرِيب - ة مِنْ 
Lejos de بَعِيد - ة عَنْ 


الأمَاكِن  - Los lugares 
Colegio مَدْرَسَة  
Barrio حَيّ
Edificio  بِنَايَة
Banco  بَنْك
Ayuntamiento بَلَدِيَّة 
Plaza سَاحَة 
Hotel فُنْدُق
Panadería مَخْبَزَة 
Carnicería مَجْزَرَة 
Locales  مَحَلاَّت
Hospital مُسْتَشْفَى 
Tiendas دَكَاكَين 
مَطْعَم  Restaurante 
مَطَاعِم  restaurantes 

Aprende árabe con Radia 

En el barrio - في الحي

In this episode we will talk about learning a foreign language and common misconceptions and mistakes that usually accompany it. As well as what you can do and try to make the learning process easier, smother and more efficient!

Vlad's teaching tales

Learning a foreign language

This episode is about a common slang in Farsi.You can listen and learn at any level you are.

Hope you enjoy it.

Spoken Persian 

God as an attorney! خداوکیلی؟

Script

おはようございます。日本語だんだんポットキャストのゆかりです。

きのうは、日本のトイレは無料(むりょう)の話をしました。

今日はトイレと水の話をします！

日本のトイレをつかったことがありますか？

私はもちろん、あります。

日本のトイレは、紙(かみ)をながすことができますね。

"紙(かみ)"はトイレットペーパーのことです。

ながすことができる、

べつの言い方(かた)では、

「ながせます」といいます。

日本のトイレは紙をながせます。

紙をながせない国もありますね。

ごみばこに、すてなければなりません。

紙をながすことができません。

あなたの国ではどうですか？

トイレに紙をながせますか？

紙をながすことができますか？

明日のポッドキャストでは、

日本のトイレで、なぜ紙をながせるのか、お話しします！


では、今日も最後まで聞いてくれて、だんだん、です。

また明日！

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Today's Keywords

◻︎流す(ながす)
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