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xiǎo māo lā chē
小猫拉车
——àn gàng岸冈
xiǎo māo lā chē
小猫拉车，
lǎo shǔ bú zuò
老鼠不坐。
huáng shǔ láng lā chē
黄鼠狼拉车， 
xiǎo jī bú zuò
小鸡不坐. 
huī láng lā chē
灰狼拉车， 
shān yáng bú zuò
山羊不坐。 
lǎo hǔ lā chē
老虎拉车， 
shéi yě bú zuò
谁也不坐.

你知道这是为什么吗？

Little Voices , Big Worlds |小雅听诗

3小猫拉车xiǎo māo lā chē

What Type Of Employee Are you? Are you a Changer or a Runner?

‘‘Run‘‘ stands for the routine, well-defined processes. 

‘‘Change‘‘ — for expanding to the unknown, innovative or experimental. 

Runners and Changers are different people. 

A common mistake in companies is to combine Running and Changing in the same person. 

For example, Runner managers are good administrators. They are good at building processes within the department and making sure that daily tasks get done.

Changer managers are visionaries and strategists who aren’t strong in the day-to-day operations. They implement new projects and ideas.

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What Type Of Employee Are you? Are you a Changer or a Runner?

How do you answer behavioral interview questions? Do you use the STAR or PAR method? How do you pick the perfect story to tell?

When you’re answering a behavioral question, you should always answer following a structured format. That way, you will provide everything the interviewer is looking for and answer the question within 90 seconds or less.

Tune in to this week’s episode to learn how to provide outstanding answers to behavioral interview questions. You’ll also hear a sample answer to the question, “Tell me about a time you motivated a team.”

Episode originally published May 6, 2021.

Original theme music by Lucas Knutter 

Read the transcript at https://www.express-to-impress.com/answering-interview-questions/. 

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Express to Impress

How to Answer, “Tell Me About a Time When You Motivated a Team”

一. Dialogue 对话

A：今晚我和丽丽想去K歌，你要不要来？ 
Jīn wǎn wǒ hé lì lì xiǎng qù K gē ，nǐ yào bú yào lái ？ 

B：我不太会唱歌。我怕我唱不好。 
wǒ bú tài huì chàng gē 。wǒ pà wǒ chàng bÙ hǎo 。 

A：没关系的，一起玩开心就好啦！ 
méi guān xì de ，yī qǐ wán kāi xīn jiù hǎo lā ！

二. Words & Expressions: 

 1.【今晚】jīn wǎn: tonight 

 2.【歌】gē: song 

 3. 【唱歌】chàng gē: sing 
 
 4. 【怕】pà：be afraid of, fear 

 5. 【开心】kāi xīn : happy

三. Dialogue Explanation: 
 1. 今晚我和丽丽想去K歌，你要不要来？ 
Jīn wǎn wǒ hé lì lì xiǎng qù K gē ，nǐ yào bú yào lái ？ 
Lily and I want to go to Karaoke tonight, do you want to to join us? 

2. 我不太会唱歌。我怕我唱不好。 
Wǒ bú tài huì chàng gē 。wǒ pà wǒ chàng bÙ hǎo 。 
I’m not good at singing, I’m afraid that I can’t sing well. 
 note: "不太“ literally means "not too", which means "not very" or "not so". 

 3. 没关系的，一起玩开心就好啦！ 
Méi guān xì de ，yī qǐ wán kāi xīn jiù hǎo lā ！ 
Don’t worry, let’s just have fun together! 

 ☞ (不太会唱歌和唱不好是)没关系的= 没关系的 abbr. 
 
 ☞The "是... 的" construction for emphasizing details
the 是⋯⋯的 construction is frequently used when asking or telling details about the past.Although this structure is called the 是⋯⋯的 construction, the 是 is nearly always optional. You will often hear this structure with 是 omitted, so be aware. The only time 是 is required in this construction is when it's being negated. Other than that, 是 is commonly omitted.

e.g. 1
A: 你 骑 自行车 来 的 吗 ？(Emphasizing "by bike")
     nǐ qí zìxíngchē lái de ma?
      Did you come by bike? 

B: 我 走 来 的 。(Emphasizing "by foot")
     Wǒ zǒu lái de.
     I came by foot.

 e.g.2
A: 谁 告诉 你 的 ？(Emphasizing "who")
    shéi gàosu nǐ de?
     Who told you? 

B: 一 个 同事 告诉 我 的 。(Emphasizing "a colleague")
    yī gè tóngshì gàosu wǒ de.
    A colleague told me.




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1. 去唱歌 Go To Karaoke 

The first words in Swedish/De Första orden. Listen and repeat.
Colors, numbers, common nouns, daily routines, hobbies, seasons, months and frequent verbs.   

Just Started Learning Swedish/A1 Svenskan  

The First Words in Sweden

In this episode you will learn the word " สมมุติ" ( what if / suppose / supposing)  as you here some part of the lyric

..............."ถ้าสมมุติว่าเธอ ไม่ได้เจอเขาก่อน เธอชอบฉันแน่นอนฉันมั่นใจ
               ก่อนที่เขาจะชอบเธอ อยากให้ลองคิดใหม่ อีกทีได้ไหม คิดอีกที 
               ถ้าไม่นับเรื่องนี้ ที่เธอชอบเขาอยู่ ฉันว่าเราก็ดูเข้ากันเธอว่าไหม 
               ถ้าไม่นับเรื่องนั้น ฉันให้คิดดูใหม่ แกล้งลืม ๆ ว่าเธอชอบเขาไป
               เราก็เป็นแฟนกันได้เธอว่าเปล่า"
               สมมุติว่าเธอไม่ได้ชอบเขา แล้วเราจะเป็นได้มากกว่านี้ไหม 
               สมมุติว่าใจเธอยังไม่มีใคร เป็นฉันได้ไหม'..............................

สมมุติว่า = Suppose / supposing that
สมมุติว่าผมถูกล็อตเตอรี่หกสิบล้านบาท ผมจะสร้างบ้านหลังใหญ่
(Supposing that I won lottery 60 millions Baht, I would build a big house.)

Learn Thai by Kru Kan

เพลง สมมุติว่า (What if / Suppose / Supossing....)

Pronouns are a big issue for me in English, but not in Thai. Why is that? Let's find out together in this episode and do some quizzes on how some of the pronouns are spelt!
คำสรรพนามเป็นปัญหาใหญ่ของเค้กในภาษาอังกฤษ แต่ไม่มีปัญหาเลยในภาษาไทย ทำไมน้าาาา มาหาคำตอบพร้อมกันในอีพีนี้ และทำควิซว่า คำสรรพนามบางคำสะกดยังไงในภาษาไทยนะคะ