Part 4. Listening & Comprehension:

Please answer the following questions of understanding:

Question 1:
On what date does Christmas take place?
a The date varies from year to year
b 20th December
c 31st December
d 25th December


Question 2:
Which mythical figure is said to deliver presents on Christmas?
a The Easter Bunny
b Saint Patrick
c Santa Claus
d Christmas Angel


Question 3:
How are children's present requests said to be granted or denied on Christmas?
a Randomly
b Through a specially designed mathematical formula
c Nobody is quite sure
d By reviewing their presence on either the "Good" or "Naughty" List


Question 4:
Which parties are said to help Santa Claus make and deliver presents?
a Elves
b He performs the work himself
c Magical reindeer
d A and C


Question 5:
On Christmas, where are presents typically found?
a Underneath the Christmas tree and in stockings
b In the chimney
c In the mailbox
d Hidden throughout the house


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皆さん、お久しぶりです！！
しばらくポッドキャストを休んでいましたが、また月１くらいのペースで更新していこうと思います！
今回は、最近気になっている新語について話します。

It’s been a while!
We have been taking a break from podcasting for a while, but we are going to start updating it about once a month again!
This time, we talk about new words that have been on our minds recently. 

♤ キーワード
・絡む（からむ：hang out）
・素行が悪い（そこうがわるい：behave badly）
・湯船に浸かる（ゆぶねにつかる：soak in the bath）
・出汁（だし：broth）
・属す（ぞくす：belong to）
・あるある（common things）
・黒装束（くろしょうぞく：dressed in black）
・積読（つんどく：the act of leaving a book unread after buying it, typically piling it up together with other such unread books）
・物騒な（ぶっそうな：dangerous）

♧ 理解度チェッククイズ
1. フミが最近気になっている言葉は？
2. それはどういう意味？
3. 元々どこで使われていた言葉？

♢ 前回のクイズの答え
1. フミが朝顔を育てようと思った理由は？
→ ２、３年前に育ててみたら、思いの外きれいだったから
2. 小学生用の朝顔の種にはどんな工夫がされている？
→ 子どもでも育てやすいように一手間加えてある 

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실례합니다. 인사동에 가려면 어떻게 가야 되나요?
请问, 仁寺洞怎么走?

앞으로 쭉 100미터 가시다가 사거리에서 왼쪽으로 돌아가시면 
바로 인사동이에요.
你你朝前直走100米，在十字路口往左拐就是仁寺洞。

감사합니다! 초행길이라, 찾기가 쉽지 않네요.
谢谢! 初来乍到, 不好找啊。

네, 추가 도움 필요하시면, 인사동 안내소에서 문의하시면 됩니다.
哦, 如果您还需要额外帮助, 可以到仁寺洞咨询处咨询。

사거리 十字路口
왼쪽으로 돌아가다, 좌회전 하다 左拐
초행길 初来乍到
초과의, 추가 额外

[YOON] 1분 한국어

인사동에 가려면 어떻게 가야 되나요? 请问, 仁寺洞怎么走?

In this episode we are going to learn 【Listening to music】in Chinese. 
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As a beginner, there're some vocabularies that you didn't learn before, and native speaker's speed seems too fast to understand. But don't worry, let's do it step by step. 
Step 1: listen and catch the words you know already, have a guess about the content.
Step 2: look at the text to check if you guessed it right. 
Step 3: listen one more time, repeat after it.
Step 4: practice until you can speak as the normal speed without looking at the text. 
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我喜欢听流行音乐。
wǒ xǐ huān tīng liú xíng yīn yuè 。
I like to listen to pop music.
我一般用手机听。
wǒ yì bān yòng shǒu jī tīng 。
I usually listen to it on my phone.
我喜欢坐地铁和做家务的时候听音乐，很放松。
wǒ xǐ huān zuò dì tiě hé zuò jiā wù de shí hòu tīng yīn yuè ， hěn fàng sōng 。
I like to listen to music while taking the subway and doing housework, it's very relaxing.
我最喜欢的歌手是周杰伦。
wǒ zuì xǐ huān de gē shǒu shì zhōu jié lún 。
My favorite singer is Jay Chou.
去KTV的时候我经常唱他的歌。
qù KTV de shí hòu wǒ jīng cháng chàng tā de gē 。
I often sing his songs when I go to karaoke.
最近他出了新专辑。
zuì jìn tā chū le xīn zhuān jí 。
Recently he has released a new album.
他的新歌我觉得很好听，旋律很动听，歌词也很美。
tā de xīn gē wǒ jué de hěn hǎo tīng ， xuán lǜ hěn dòng tīng ， gē cí yě hěn měi 。
His new songs I think are very good, the melody is very beautiful, the lyrics are also very beautiful.

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听音乐 Listening to music （Beginner）

"I scream and shout and burst into tears...."

Or

"I have various strategies to manage stress and to turn it into a positive factor in my performance"

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Piensa un momento en la entrada de un baño público para mujeres; ahora dinos qué ves. ¿Por qué normalmente hay filas en los baños para las mujeres? Conversemos un poco sobre esta problemática, muchas veces normalizada. ¿Cómo más de la mitad de la población está siendo ignorada en investigación y diseño? En el siguiente google docs encontrarán el artículo del podcast así como vocabulario y verbos desconocidos: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11xzSVUt20ScCG2hKju2r8CALVS2Mtje6J5p0hl7tdNg/edit#heading=h.oo660ljy3s1e 

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Hi Everyone! 

Today I wanted to impart some interesting facts about the late Queen of England, as well as some facts about King Charles III.

Rest in Peace, Queen Lizzie. <3

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The Late Queen Elizabeth II

We know we should appreciate people more often but do we know how to acknowledge them and why is it even so important? 

In a conversation when you acknowledge people, they feel heard and valued. They become more open-minded even if you are opposing their beliefs. It’s because, through your acknowledgment of their ideas, they know that you have been listening and you understand where they are coming from. If you want to do business with people or maintain a good relationship with them, without learning how to acknowledge people, you will get nowhere.

Acknowledging is easy.

Just paraphrase what they said and follow up with a relevant question or your opinion. Paraphrasing proves that you understand them since you express their ideas using your own words. 

During negotiations or discussions even if you disagree with people, you can make them hear you out by disagreeing politely or by partially disagreeing with them. A strong disagreement shows that you are unwilling to talk. This makes the negotiation take a negative turn and go downhill. 

So, disagree politely and follow up with relevant questions to show that you are interested in learning more about them. 

What you do is often reciprocated. When you listen, they listen. When you show interest in people, they will show interest in you. When you acknowledge them, they will acknowledge your work, ideas, and suggestions.

Acknowledge people. Have more discussions and not arguments. 
