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Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

Feeling stuck speaking to a native speaker? Answering your questions! 你问我答

　“基于中美之间已在审计合作方面取得积极进展，预计2023年中概股发展将会迎来一些积极表现。”普华永道亚太及中国主席赵柏基表示，相信中国的金融开放还有较大空间，将为资本市场带来新的发展和布局机遇。中国不断深化金融市场的开放，将带来多重机遇。从全球的角度看，中国有望成为国际金融市场的“稳定器”和“避风港”。随着中国金融市场改革，中国养老金融等或将是吸引外资的重点领域。近来，已有诸多外资布局中国养老基金的典型案例。
中概股：是指外国投资者对所有在海外上市的中国股票的统称。 
审计：audit
深化金融市场的开放：Deepen the opening up of the financial market
布局……市场：Tap into …… market; Build a business presence in …… market;
机遇：opportunity；多重机遇：很多个机会

财经早咖啡【财经新闻】【Business News】

2023年预计中概股将迎来积极表现 

・東北地方北部でよく使われる方言「かっぽりする」の紹介
・「かっぽり」とは何？意味と使用例の紹介
・水たまりにはまってしまったとき、よく使う言葉
・まとめ

Nihongo tokidoki Inaka hougen with Megumi Na

What do you mean "かっぽり”?　Learning the Tohoku dialect. 

Bu bölümde bir sosyal medya platormu olan Youtube hakkında konuştuk. Transcription: turkishpodcast.com

Turkish Podcast

Youtube (B1-B2)

N3以上向け
日本語の会話でよく使う表現、「そうですか」と「そうなんですか」の違いについて話します。

ゆるっと日本語

N3-日本語の小さな違い 「そうですか」と「そうなんですか」

Today’s Theme is “こどものときの夢（ゆめ）《Childhood Dream》”.
This episode is JLPT-N4 level.

I created a quiz on this episode.
After listening, please take the quiz!

Please use this audio for listening and shadowing practices.

☆Words☆
（ピアノの）発表会（はっぴょうかい/happyōkai）：（piano）recital
叶う（かなう/kanau）：come true

☆Grammar☆
・～ので／～のに
・～かもしれない
・passive form
・～ようです

☆Script for this episode
The scripts (URL) are listed in the overview section of the channel.

☆Quiz for this episode
https://www.italki.com/quiz/set/4878?utm_source=copylink_share&utm_medium=share_content&utm_campaign=share_quiz


Simple Japanese Listening with Meg（めぐ）Smile

#14  こどものときの夢 / Childhood Dream // N4 Level

To hear more about languages evolving alongside one another and have an interesting convo with me on this subject, be sure to book a lesson with me right away!

All About English and How You Learn It!

How French Has Influenced the English Language

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
4月11日月曜日　天気/はれ　気温/8℃

札幌市/さっぽろし
・9日からシェアサイクルが始まった
・53か所の駐輪場に、480台の自転車

［単語］
シェア/しゃあ…何かをいっしょに使う
シェアサイクル/しぇあさいくる…自転車をいっしょに使う
か所/かしょ…場所の数え方。1か所、2か所、3か所
駐輪場/ちゅうりんじょう…自転車の置く場所
台/だい…車や自転車の数え方。1台、2台、3台



北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#35〉4月11日月曜日　シェアサイクル始まる

If you're looking to make a good first impression on a dating app, from your POV, you might think it would be a good idea to send a text using lots of abbreviations to make it seem like you're BFFs with the person you're texting.

But FWIW, according to a recent study from Stanford University and the University of Toronto, nobody likes receiving text abbreviations — not even young people.

Don't know those abbreviations? "POV" means "point of view," "BFF" means "best friend forever," and "FWIW" is "for what it's worth"!

Researchers studying the use of such abbreviations did a number of studies with several thousand people, and they found that texts using abbreviations were less likely to get replies. And writers using abbreviations were more likely to be seen as insincere.

Of course, we all use abbreviations — in one survey, it was found that 99% of people said they used them. But the researchers found that people don't like receiving texts with abbreviations, because rather than making them feel closer to the other person, it felt like the other person wasn't putting much effort into the conversation.

And while young people are even more likely to use abbreviations, they still felt that people who used them were insincere. Young people were also less likely to reply to such messages.

Lead researcher David Fang said we often put different amounts of effort into our conversations to show how important the other person is to us.

So it might be fine to put little effort into, say, a quick message to a delivery driver. But Fang said his team's results are especially important for people who really want to make a good impression — like at the beginning of a relationship!