This week Karen and Baiwei are chatting about the latest news of COVID-related travel policies between HK and Mainland. There have been news & rumors saying that people might be able to travel between the 2 without having to quarantine. What do you think of this? 

Note: This podcast is intended for language learning ONLY. Not for promoting or criticizing any political party or ideology. Let’s keep it friendly and accessible to all :)

Also, all of the experiences are the hosts’ own experiences so please do your own research if you need more information.

Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

COVID-related Travel Regulations and Policies: what's new?

Blabla Chinese 

03.  Is Marriage a Must_一定要结婚吗？

孙子说：一般用兵作战，要动用战车一千辆，辎重车一千辆，集结全副武装的士兵十万人，还要千里迢迢运送军粮。这样国内外的各种费用开支，招待使节、策士的费用，维修作战器械的胶、漆等材料费用，保养战车、甲胄的支出等，每天都要耗费巨大。做好了这些准备后，十万大军才能出动...

《孙子兵法》

《孙子兵法》05

Reducing the time we spend on our smartphones outside of work could help improve satisfaction and motivation in the workplace, according to a new study.

Spending less time on our phones doing non-work tasks like scrolling social media or watching videos could also have an impact on our mental health, researchers said.

A research team from Germany wanted to find out about easy ways companies could improve the motivation and well-being of their employees.

Almost 280 volunteers were put into four groups.

For one week, people in the first group reduced their daily smartphone use by one hour.

People in the second group didn't change their smartphone use, but did 30 minutes more exercise per day.

Participants in the third group did both of these things. And the fourth group didn't make any changes at all.

The volunteers took surveys about their work satisfaction, motivation and mental health before starting the experiment. They took the surveys again after the experiment ended, and then again two weeks later.

The researchers found that participants in both of the groups that reduced their smartphone use saw significant improvements in their mental health and workplace satisfaction. People in these groups also felt that their work-life balance was better.

And those in the first three groups — including the exercise-only group — all said they felt a greater sense of control over their lives.

The researchers said companies could think about encouraging employees to make small changes like these to their daily lives. When employees are happier at work, they're likely to be more productive, they added.

And the good thing for companies is that there's no cost to encouraging changes like these!

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Cutting Phone Use May Improve Motivation at Work

W tym odcinku rozmawiamy o postanowieniach noworocznych. 

Odkryj Polski 

Postanowienia noworoczne 

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。



日常对话 daily conversation

在家里

Serbian language journey

Odakle si + gde živiš?

En el episodio de esta semana te hablo de algunas de mis palabras favoritas en español, bien por su significado, bien por su sonido. Estas palabras no son las típicas palabras que encuentras en los libros de texto, pero sí son palabras que los españoles usamos con frecuencia. Así que, creo que este episodio puede ser interesante.

Espero, como siempre, que disfrutes el episodio. Si lo haces, no te olvides de dejarle una valoración en la plataforma desde la que lo estás escuchando. También, quiero que me digas, ¿cuál es tu palabra favorita en español? Y, ¿por qué? ¿Es el sonido? ¿Su significado? ¡Cuéntame!
¿Cuál es tu palabra favorita en español? ¿Y tú? ¿Dónde tienes cosquillas?


Blanca to go 

151-Mis palabras favoritas en español

Сегодня в выпуске предлагаю окунуться в приятные воспоминания и немного поностальгировать.

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