A：这是今天早上的报纸吗？
B：不是，是昨天的。
A：你听，是不是送报纸的来了？
B：我看一下。不是，是送牛奶的。


HSK Standard Course Level 2 Audio of the textbook

Lesson 3 text 2

C’était il y a trois ans. C’était un soir, dans une petite ruelle sombre près d’une des grandes gares. Elle se tenait dans l’encadrement d’une porte, sous un lampadaire qui éclairait à peine. Elle avait un visage jeune, très maquillé. C’est le maquillage qui m’a attiré, sa blancheur, comme un masque, et les lèvres rouge vif. Les femmes du Parti ne se maquillent jamais. Il n’y avait personne d’autre dans la rue, et pas de télécran. Elle a dit : deux dollars. Je. . .

Des extraits en français avec Aymaro

C'était il y a trois ans

“As I live in a pretty small town, I haven't had the opportunity to meet many people from different countries or cultures, but I've had the pleasure of getting to know James, an English teacher from the UK. 

James hails from London, and moved here about 2 years ago to work as an English tutor in one of the local high schools. I guess he’s in his mid-twenties, and being one of the few foreigners here, has become a kind of local celebrity. 

The first time I met James was at an English corner, which was held at one of the local coffee shops in town. I saw it advertised, and decided to go along, as I really needed to brush up on my English speaking skills. I remember, I was the first to arrive, and introduced myself to James, and was immediately taken aback when he started to introduce himself in the local dialect! 

We got chatting, and hit it off from the start, getting along like a house on fire. Not only did it turn out that we were both football fanatics, but also shared the same taste in music. 

We have since become the best of mates, and hang out at least once or twice a week. I really love chatting to him, and getting to learn all about English culture, as well as sharing different aspects of my own culture with him. I have great respect for James, as he has really made an effort to immerse himself into the local culture here. On top of that, getting to know him has been a real eye opener, and helped to dispel any negative cultural stereotypes.”

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Describe a person you know from another culture

LOS CHILES MEXICANOS 1.

En México todo el mundo, o casi todo el mundo, come chile. Sin importar esto, la cocina del chile es, estrictamente hablando, nacional. Es lo que nos define, aunque no de un modo exclusivo, frente a otras dietas y cocinas del mundo.

La multiplicidad de moles, muchos de ellos, como hemos visto, ya de uso corriente entre los antiguos mexicanos, aun cuando todavía no fueran “transmutados” por la presencia de los ingredientes traídos por los españoles, es formidable. Hay mole amarillito; mole negro, mole de olla, mole verde, mole de hierbas, pipián, manchamanteles, xoloztle, chorreado, embarrado, poblano, chimole…

Y en cuanto a las salsas…

Un recuento del Museo Nacional de Culturas Populares consigna más de cuarenta preparadas únicamente con chiles de fácil adquisición en el mercado. Nada más con el chile serrano pueden hacerse nueve salsas distintas: cruda, cocida, frita, asada, verde, roja, “mexicana” etc., según la enumeración hecha por ese omnívoro historiador de las comidas que es José N. lturriaga; añadiríamos las variaciones que se pueden lograr si a cada una de ellas se le añade o no ajo, o cebolla, o cilantro, según.

Por otra parte, el chile en México ha llegado a ser casi un símbolo patrio. Los mexicanos no sólo lo emplean en la mayoría de los platillos que consumen, sino que se identifican vital, ontológicamente con él.

La diversidad y la riqueza de los platillos preparados con este producto es impresionante, desde los típicos y consistentes moles de Puebla, Oaxaca y Yucatán, para hablar sólo de los más conocidos, hasta las refinadas salsas y adobos del Estado de México, Guadalajara o San Luis Potosí, la variedad de gustos, sabores e ingredientes que en las cocinas del país se emplean en conjunción con los diferentes chiles ha permitido el desarrollo de una gastronomía característica, sensual e incitante, de un gusto peculiar, que no obstante las transformaciones y las influencias, conserva una tónica particular, debida...



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USE FEEDBACK TO BOOST CONFIDENCE & ABILITY IN THE WORKPLACE!

Giving and receiving feedback is an everyday skill that has become even more important in today’s business world when more and more people are working from home or in remote locations.

The idea that an annual performance review is the only time when feedback is needed is as outdated as Microsoft Windows 95.

So why do both employees and managers the world over dread the annual ritual of a performance review?

The answer is easy. Companies have institutionalised the giving and receiving of feedback and created a strong negative emotional response to the whole idea of having one's performance analysed. No wonder we all anticipate this moment with fear and doom.

However, when done in the right way, with the right intentions, feedback can lead to even greater success and performance. So, let BizPod share with you some tips on how and when to give feedback effectively and how to receive it constructively.

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