工具人gōng jù rén  literally means "tool person," referring to someone who is like a tool—used by others to fulfill tasks or solve problems. However, this term carries a playful or self-deprecating tone rather than a serious accusation.

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工具人gōng jù rén

Neste episódio nós vamos falar e "aprender" a fazer três sobremesas muito comuns aqui no Brasil e no meio dessa conversa você ainda vai aprender uma expressão que nós costumamos usar na cozinha brasileira.

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¡Aprecia el aburrimiento! ¡Podrías crear algo sorprendente gracias a él!

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お散歩

私は旦那（だんな）と隅田川（すみだがわ）沿い（ぞ　い）をよく散歩をする。だいたいいつも浅草（あさくさ）方面へ向かって歩く。川沿いは風が心地（ここち）よく、人もそれほど多くないので歩きやすい。昼間（ひるま）に歩くのも良いが、夕食後に歩くのも風情（ふぜい）がある。夜の川沿いは屋形船（やかたぶね）の提灯（ちょうちん）や橋の照明、街の明かり、東京スカイツリーのライトアップなどがとても綺麗（きれい）に見える。私のおすすめ散歩コースだ。

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第四课  她是我的汉语老师

一、  第一部分
1.老师
2.美国
3.同学
4.朋友
第二部分
5. 男：他是谁？ 
女：他是我的汉语老师。
6. 男：他叫什么名字？ 
   女：他叫大卫，他是美国人。
7. 男：她是哪国人？ 
女：她是中国人。
8. 女：她是谁？ 
 男：她是我同学，她叫玛丽。
第三部分
9. 他叫李朋，他是中国人。
   问：他是哪国人？
10. 她是中国人，她是我的汉语老师。
   问：她是谁？
11. 她叫安妮，她不是我同学，她是我朋友。
问：她是谁？
12. 她叫李心，是我的中国朋友。
问：她叫什么名字？

HSK1  第四课  她是我的汉语老师

Привет!

В этом выпуске подкаста мы пойдём в ресторан, будем делать заказ и его оплачивать.

Приятного прослушивания!

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There is an old theory that eating cheese before bed causes bad dreams, although scientists don't have much evidence to prove it.

But if cheese can't make us dream, new research from the US says that perhaps an app could — and they don't have to be bad dreams!

Researchers experimented with an app that they designed to encourage people to have lucid dreams. These are dreams that feel vivid and real.

During lucid dreams, people know that they're dreaming and may even be able to control what happens in the dream.

Not everyone has lucid dreams. It's thought that about half of us will have them during our lives, but some people may have them regularly.

Lucid dreams may be useful for us: experts think they could encourage creativity and problem-solving, or help us with nightmares.

The app in the study used a method called "targeted lucidity reactivation" that is supposed to make people more likely to experience lucid dreams.

This is usually done in a laboratory, but the researchers wanted to see how effective an app used at home could be.

They did two experiments to see if the app could increase the frequency of participants' lucid dreams.

The first experiment included 19 participants. Before going to sleep, they did a 20-minute activity that encouraged them to enter a "lucid mindset" when they heard certain sounds.

These same sounds were then played during the night. The frequency of the participants' lucid dreams more than doubled during the week of the experiment.

Fifty people completed the second experiment. They were put into three groups, with one group using the targeted lucidity reactivation method.

The people in this group reported that they had experienced more lucid dreams during the week of the experiment than those in the two control groups.

The researchers said these results suggest that apps like this could help people to use sleep for "personal benefits" including "spiritual and personal growth."

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App Could Help People to Have Lucid Dreams

The working world has changed since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, with new challenges for many employees and managers.

This year the focus of World Mental Health Day on October 10 is mental health in the workplace.

In the US, an estimated 1 million workers miss work every day because of job stress. And it's a similar situation in many countries around the world.

But there are lots of things we can do to help look after our mental health — and the mental health of our colleagues — when we're at work.

Experts from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have shared a few ideas, including simple things like saying "thank you" to others.

They also suggest practicing good "email etiquette." This means making your emails clear with an "accurate subject line," "concise summary" of what you're asking and a "clear timeline."

The mental health charity Mind says people should make sure they find time to take breaks. Many workers can take lunch breaks and perhaps other small breaks during the day and even a short time away from the desk can help you to feel a little better.

According to Harvard Business Review, managers need to understand that "work is about people, and people are messy and difficult."

This means understanding that employees all have their own challenges.

The first thing that managers can do, says psychologist Emily Anhalt, is show that they care about mental health in the workplace.

Making a difference to employees' mental health is not "a quick and easy thing," she said. It's a long journey — that might start on October 10, but it will need to last for years.

Tips for Workplace Health on World Mental Health Day

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