Is academic success about working hard or just being naturally good at something? What do you think? 

In this episode, Nick gives you some ideas on this topic

IELTS with Nick - World Knowledge 

Do you think academic success is more about hard work or natural ability?

想念的地图

假如想念是一张地图，打开思念的地图，你也许会发现，不管这张地图有多么复杂，想念的起点也是终点。小孩子想念的是亲人，长大了，想念的是恋人，后来，想念的对象又变成了亲人。人生最初的想念和最后的想念几乎是一样的，无论我们走多远，也是殊途同归。

想念一个人到底是什么滋味？如果可以不要想念一个人，是不是会比较自由？想念一旦展开，我们都是不自由的。当我老了，当一切都结束，远方不再有想念，那时候我会感受到能够想念一个人，也被人想念，这张地图是漂亮的。

学习重点：殊途同归

边听边说 More than Chinese Listening

第九集 想念的地图

“I am deliberate and afraid of nothing."

A 30-day positive affirmation journey with Rose

Day 6

How to take a taxi?  （如何乘坐出租车？）
出租车：Taxi     计价器：Taximeter       微信支付: Wechat Pay     收款码：Money receiving QR code       
发票：Invoice   司机：Driver                  乘客：Passenger

司机：你好，你去哪儿？
我：我去中央大街115号的假日酒店。
（20分钟后）
司机：你在哪儿下车？
我：在这儿停车吧！
司机：好的。
我：一共多少钱？
司机：50元。
  (我看了看计价器，确认价格。）
我：给你钱。/我用微信支付，请给我收款码。
       请给我发票。
（付款，拿到发票后）
我：谢谢，再见！
司机：再见！































































Mengmeng-蒙蒙细语

Travel Chinese (旅游中文）

지금 스크럽 먼저 할게요.
现在先用磨砂膏。

네, 약하게 해주세요.
嗯，轻点儿。

피부가 정말 좋으세요. 꾸준히 관리 받으셔서 그런가 봐요.
您的皮肤真好。是一直管理的原因吧。 

네, 피부는 관리하기 나름이에요. 콜라겐도 꼭 먹어야 해요.
是的, 皮肤取决于管理。胶原蛋白也一定要吃。 

스크럽, 필링 磨砂膏
피부 皮肤
관리, 관리하다 管理
나름이다, 결정되다 取决
콜라겐 胶原蛋白

[YOON] 1분 한국어

피부가 정말 좋으세요. 꾸준히 관리 받으셔서 그런가 봐요. 您的皮肤真好。是一直管理的原因吧。 

Today we're talking about the words "diligent" and "rigorous". Two words that you can use to describe the way that you work if you take a lot of care to ensure that every little detail is correct. I hope you find them useful!

Don't forget that I'm a full time business English coach and tutor, right here on iTalki. Feel free to book some of my time and I look forward to meeting you!

DAILY Business English VOCABULARY builder

Did you notice this small detail?

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おはようございます。日本語だんだんポットキャストのゆかりです。

今週(こんしゅう)は花の話(はなし)をします。🌸

きのうは、梅(うめ)の見頃(みごろ)の
話をしましたね。

いま、京都(きょうと)では、梅が見頃です。

桜(さくら)はもう少し、ですね。

桜はだいたい、4月のはじめが見頃です。

その年(とし)によって、かわります。

私たち、日本人は桜が咲(さ)くことを、

とても楽しみにしています。

3月の終わりになると、
桜があと、どのぐらいで咲くのか、ニュースがあります。

毎日(まいにち)、ニュースで桜の話をします。
ちょっと、おもしろいですね。

桜が咲くことを、
「桜の開花(かいか)」とも、いいます。

開く(ひらく)、花(はな)と書きます。

今年の桜の開花はいつなのか、
ニュースやネットで知(し)ることができます。

東京(とうきょう)は3月22日、

大阪(おおさか)は3月24日ごろのようです。

日本人は、予想(よそう)するのが好きですね。
とても、おもしろいことだと、思います。

では、今日も最後まで聞いてくれて、だんだん、です！

また、明日！

Japaneseだんだんpodcast

69 .桜(さくら)の開花(かいか)/花の話②

Welcome back to another episode of Streetwise English. I'm your host, Carl. I'm an italki American English tutor. Today I want to talk about technical aids for learning languages. And specifically, I want to talk about headphones. So one of the most important things for improving your fluency in any foreign language is to listen to content in that target language.
So for me, I'm currently studying Spanish and trying to maintain my Chinese, so I don't forget it. So what I like to do every day is listen to podcasts. Now you can listen while you're doing other activities like washing your clothes or washing the dishes or exercising at the gym. You can listen to podcasts while you're on the treadmill. 

But the problem is headphones can smash your ears and make your ears uncomfortable. So what I like to do is use bone conduction headphones or earphones. It's a type of headphone that doesn't actually cover your ear canal. It goes in front of your ear and kind of sits on your face. Um, kind of behind your sideburns if you're a man, right in front of your ear and the sound transmits a vibration that goes into your skull and into your ear and your brain can hear the sound just from the vibrations going through your bones. And so they are called bone conduction headphones. I swear by them. And I use them every day. I have a pair which is charged with a USB C port.

So there are many different kinds of options on the market, but I like the ones that use a USB C port to charge them because I don't have to worry about losing the appropriate proprietary charging cord. Instead, I can just use any USB C charging cord to power up the headphones. 

So another advantage of using bone conduction headphones is that while you're wearing them, you can hear sounds outside of the content that you're listening to.
So for example, say, I'm running, I'm jogging and listening to my podcast which is in Chinese while I'm jogging. ( Text limit )


