Believe it or not, it is essential to know native English accents. If you are a non-native speaker and haven't studied any phonetics course, you will have difficulty understanding or listening to native speakers of English.

Listen to the tips within the episode and check your understanding by taking the quiz.

How to Learn English

Is learning native English accents important?

speaker:孟晚舟 Mèng Wǎnzhōu出生于中国四川，任正非之女，现任华为公司副董事长、首席财务官(CFO)。
Mèng Wǎnzhōu ,informally known in China as the "Princess of Huawei",is a Chinese business executive who is the deputy chair of the board and CFO of telecom giant and China's largest privately held company, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., founded by her father Ren Zhengfei. 

script: 
因为我儿子今年初三。所以我之前跟他交流过。他大学应该读什么专业？什么专业更适合于他的这个性格特征？和适合他长项。我当时记得我跟我儿子说了一句话。我说你不管你将来选择什么样的职业，一定不要和选择和机器竞争的职业。等你毕业的时候，人工智能一定会方兴未艾。你那个时候去和机器竞争。你根本不是他的对手。工业革命解决了。人的一些工作由机器来承担，他解决了人的这个体力问题。而信息革命，他将解决人类的智力问题。所以我们会看到在未来10年，20年，很多的工作将会被机器承担。而我们在选择择业的时候，我们就要考虑还有什么样的工作是机器承担不了的。这是我们要去看到的第一个趋势。

选择   xuǎn zé ；to choose
人工智能  rén gōng zhì néng； artificial intelligence (AI)

translation:
Because my son is in the third year of junior high school. So I talked to him before. What major should he study in college.What major is more suitable for his character,and suits his strengths. I remember I told him that no matter what career you choose in the future, never choose an industry that competes with robots. By the time you graduate, artificial intelligence will be in the ascendant. If you go compete with robots then. You can't beat them. The Industrial Revolution has solved the problem that some of the work of man is undertaken by the robots, which solves the physical problem of human beings. As for the information revolution, it will solve the problem of human intelligence. So we will see the fact that in 10 or 20 years, a lot of work will be done by robots. And when we choose a career, we have to consider what kind of jobs can’t be undertaken by robots. This is the first factor we need to consider.

One Minute Chinese—— Celebrity speeches & interviews with Chinese & English script

05.孟晚舟：选择比天赋更重要 Meng Wanzhou: Choice is more important than talent

This episode is about saying GREETINGS in Japanese... please check below for the grammar notes and important Japanese phrases I have mentioned in the podcast. 

1.  こんにちは！　Hello /Good day
     ヤッホー　　Hello (to your friends)

2.  おはようございます！　Good Morning
     おはよう　　　morning ( for friends or family)

3.　こんばんは！　Good Evening 

4. おやすみなさい　Good Night
    おやすみ　　　Good night ( for friends or family)

5. ありがとうございます　Thank you
    ありがとう　Thanks ( for friends or family)

6. すみません　Excuse Me
   
7. ごめんなさい　I am sorry
    ごめんね　sorry  ( for friends or family)

8. また　あした　See you tomorrow

9. じゃ　また　See you Again 

10. さようなら　Good Bye

See you in the next lesson.....じゃまたね

Mandakini Munasinghe

Learning Japanese (JLPT N5)- 1st  Lesson - PART 02

Do you want these ”吃香”的工作？ :)

Blabla Chinese 

13. the Most Popular Jobs in China  中国最吃香的职业

To all of my students and friends. Thank you for a terrific year. 2023. Now let's fly into 2024. And let's do some great things together. Happy. New year to you all. And thank you for all you do.

English My Way

Happy New year.

みなさんは「控える」の意味を知っていますか？「控える」というのは今までより量や回数を減らしたり、その行動をしないようにすることです。

つまり、「最近、アルコールを控えています」と言うと、「アルコールを飲む量を減らしている」または「アルコールを飲まないようにしている」と言う意味です。
最近はダイエットのために炭水化物を控えている人がたくさんいます。炭水化物というのはごはんや、パン、パスタのことです。
また、ガソリン代が高いので、「車に乗るのを控えています」という人もいるかもしれません。パンデミックが始まってから控えることばかりで辛いという人が多いと思います。たまには控えるのをやめてみるのもいいかもしれません。私はふだん炭水化物を食べる量を控えています。でも、ときどきお腹いっぱいになるまでパスタを食べると、とても幸せな気持ちになります。

みなさんは今、控えていることがありますか？
最近控えるのをやめたことはありますか？

よかったら私のレッスンに来て教えて下さい。

量： りょう　amount
回数：number of the times
炭水化物：たんすいかぶつ　curbs
ガソリン代：がそりんだい　gas price
辛い：つらい　tough, hard
ふだん：usually
たまに≒ときどき

Nihongo Short Story by Noriko

控える-Today’s Word

In this story, a grape named Sweety supports his grapevine as they face an attack from children. This is Part 4 of 5. 

The farmhouse was home to a small family who owned and operated the winery. Their three children, two twin girls and a boy, loved playing hide and seek in the maze-like structure of the grapevines. 

The eldest sister was chasing her brother, who was the youngest of the three, through the alleyways of the vineyard. In order to keep their balance as they sped around the corners, they would grab hold of a grapevine and swing themselves around, almost launching themselves like a slingshot. They laughed with carefree delight, enjoying the acrobatics of their game. Little did they know just how traumatizing this was for the inhabitants of the vines. 

Sweety held on with every bit of strength he had. His vine was shaking tremendously as the children swung themselves around. Fear gripped every grape on that vine. They all remembered the horrific moments of their brothers and sisters falling to their deaths. 

Sweety thought that this shaking was more than anything a storm could do. Maybe it would even be enough to tear down the entire vine. Being a natural-born leader and the spiritual guardian of his vine, Sweety knew he had to do something. 

“Hey!” screamed Sweety. “Stop your foolish game! Can’t you see you’re killing us! Play somewhere else and leave our homeland alone!” 

The eldest sister hesitated for a moment. She swore she heard something, like a faint voice, but she quickly disregarded it and continued playing. Sweety’s voice was tiny, almost inaudible. The sound of a stick breaking was far louder than his attempt at communicating with the humans. 

Round and round the kids went. They chased each other, grabbing the weak grapevines and spinning. With each spin, a few grapes fell to their death. All around, Sweety saw innocent grapes suffering their lowest honor. 


Being a Cloud

Sweety the Grape

〈#169〉　雪の利用「利雪」

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
〈#169〉3月6日月曜日　天気/晴れ　気温/2℃ 

沼田町/ぬまたちょう
・雪の冷気を利用して、米を貯蔵
・道内でも特に雪が多い
・雪を利用することを「利雪/りせつ」
・気温5℃、湿度70%
・米を新鮮に保存


［単語］
冷気/れいき…冷たい空気
貯蔵/ちょぞう…長い時間置く
湿度/しつど…空気の中の水がどのくらいかわかるためのもの
新鮮/しんせん…新しい
保存/ほぞん…長い時間、同じままにすること。




レッスン待ってます♪

北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#169〉　雪の利用「利雪」

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