Chinese language has not many syllables, as a result, many Chinese words that sound the same have totally different meanings. The feature of Chinese allows speakers to use homophones quite often. There are six types of homophone rhetoric. This voice will introduce the first type.

Learning Chinese culture with Miss Zhang

Homophones1

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Always, sometimes, never / Всегда, иногда, никогда

Young people in South Korea are turning their backs on marriage, according to a government report.

A survey by Statistics Korea of Koreans aged between 19 and 34 found that just 36% have a positive opinion of marriage.

That's down from 56% in 2012.

The report found that many young Koreans feel they do not have enough money for marriage at a time when the cost of living is high.

Others said they don't think that marriage is necessary.

The report also found that only 28% of the women surveyed have a positive opinion of marriage.

This may be because women are choosing to put their jobs first — before marrying and starting a family.

Earlier in the year, Statistics Korea said that the number of marriages in the country in 2022 was the lowest ever recorded.

There were 192,000 marriages in 2022. The number of marriages recorded has now decreased in each of the last 11 years.

The government is worried, and has spent years trying to encourage young people to marry and have children, since the country's birth rate is also falling.

But more Koreans are happy to stay single. There is even a word for people who choose not to marry: bihon.

And instead of encouraging Koreans to marry, some people are asking the government to do more for single people who have chosen to live on their own.



Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Report: Fewer Koreans Have a Positive View of Marriage

Today I am inviting Maroun from Lebanon to answer the question: "What was the best time of your life?"
This is a new concept I want to do, invite French speakers with various accents and have a nice casual chat with them in French so that you can get to see how we speak! I hope this will be entertaining for you and that you will learn some words and pick up some expressions! This should be some quality French input for you, especially when paired with this PDF (or Google doc): 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vmiWtx_t7eAAvvnX7UaEw0pmSuNbqClfcO7QmhQ7H-E/edit?usp=sharing

Comment what subject you would like to see next!

The French of the world

That was the best time of his life! Podcast (FR) #1

I Libri In  Pillole di Federica

Quinto capitolo, Storia di un gatto e di un topo che divento' suo amico

In this episode of Hey Alexis!, two ESL teachers swap stories about working remotely, traveling the world, and the ups and downs of the digital nomad lifestyle. Perfect for adult ESL students who want to boost their listening skills, learn useful work-related vocabulary, and pick up natural English expressions for talking about remote work and life abroad!

Thanks to Jerome for being such a great guest!!!

Alexis : https://www.italki.com/en/teacher/9464070
Jerome: https://www.italki.com/en/teacher/4075458

Hey Alexis!

Remote Work Life: ESL Teachers Talk Digital Nomad Life 🌎💻

这集全中文播客里，Karen讲述了她这次移民体检的经历，一起来学习和体检有关的表达吧！


Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

(全中文) 美国移民体检经历！


两个许久未见得的朋友遇见了，他们会说什么？听完后，请回答以下问题
1. 刘老师在这边干什么？
2. 小王有女朋友吗？
3. 小王和刘老师下次什么时候见面？


Coco 的播客-----听见中国

偶遇老朋友。

Binaural Beats - Do they work? (With transcript for study)

Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mZdUDvJIhgeAu6lFREg_qR8k07d1o6kl/view?usp=drivesdk