Today we're looking at a common mistake when using the words "luck" and "lucky", and a higher level piece of vocabulary, "fortuitous". I hope you find it useful!

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It's so fortuitous that you found this podcast!

日本でどうやって部屋をかりますか？
websiteをしょうかいしています。
日本で部屋をかりるときのポイントをせつめいしています。

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Beginners 日本で部屋を借りる！

Did you feel confident in your last interview? 

If you didn’t feel confident, your interviewer likely didn’t perceive you as confident. 

Yet, in the U.S. and many other countries, interviewers prefer confident candidates. It seems to have an intoxicating effect on them, and many of them equate it (for better or for worse) with competence. So, it’s a skill worth learning! 

Tune into the latest Express to Impress podcast to learn which groups of people struggle most with confidence in interviews. You’ll also learn how you can overcome self-doubt to feel and project confidence in an interview.  Ultimately, you'll feel better, increase your interviewer's confidence in you, and land a job offer. 

Papers Cited:

Belmi P, Neale MA, Reiff D, Ulfe R. The social advantage of miscalibrated individuals: The relationship between social class and overconfidence and its implications for class-based inequality. J Pers Soc Psychol. 2020 Feb;118(2):254-282. doi: 10.1037/pspi0000187. Epub 2019 May 20. PMID: 31107052.

Exley, Christine L and Kessler, Judd B. The Gender Gap in Self-Promotion. National Bureau of Economic Research: Working Paper Series number 26345. 2019 Oct. doi: 10.3386/w26345.

Episode originally published June 28, 2021.

Original theme music by Lucas Knutter 

Read the transcript at https://www.express-to-impress.com/be-confident/

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How to Be Confident in an Interview

Spanish México

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“有点儿+adj.” can show how you feel about the current situation；

“Adj.+一点儿” can show what you are looking for or expecting for.

Ex: 这件衣服有点儿大，有小一点儿的吗？也有点儿贵，可以便宜一点儿吗？

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Chinese Grammar-“有点儿”VS“一点儿”

女: 今天天气怎么样？
男: 今天天气很好，太阳很大。 
女: 你喜欢晴天吗？
男: 是的，我喜欢晴天。晴天让我觉得很开心。 
女: 我也是。我不喜欢下雨天，因为下雨天很冷。 
男: 我同意，下雨天的时候我常常呆在家里。你喜欢刮风天吗？
女: 不太喜欢，刮风天出去不方便。 
男: 对，我也不喜欢。明天的天气预报说会下雨，还会刮风。
女: 那我们明天就不出去玩了吧？ 
男: 好的，我们可以在家看电影。

问题：

1.今天天气怎么样？
a. 下雨
b. 很好
c. 很冷
d. 多云

2.男的为什么喜欢晴天？ 
a. 因为晴天很冷
b. 因为晴天可以在家里
c. 因为晴天让他觉得很开心
d. 因为晴天可以看电影

3.他们明天打算做什么？ 
a. 去玩
b. 在家看电影
c. 去买东西
d. 去朋友家

开口说汉语    "Chinese Chit-Chat"

今天天气怎么样？ How's the weather today?


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