JIM: Who’s the tall woman next to Barbara?

CHARLES: That’s her friend Mary. Didn’t you meet her at Steve’s party?

JIM: No, I wasn’t at Steve’s party.

CHARLES: Oh! Then let me introduce you to her now. Mary, this is my friend Jim.

MARY: Hi, Jim. Nice to meet you.

JIM: You, too. Would you like a drink?

MARY: Sure, let’s go get one.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Informal Introductions

Vocabularies
卢浮宫lú fú gong - Louvre
以前yǐ qián HSK3 - in the past/before
门票mén piào HSK2 - entrance ticket
种zhǒng HSK3 - type/kind
价格jià gé HSK4- price
欧洲ōu zhōu HSK5- Europe
欧元ōu yuán- euro
花huā HSK3- spend
只zhǐ HSK3- only
其他qí tā HSK3- other
国家guó jiā HSK3- country
需要xū yào HSK3- need
修xiū HSK4- fix
打算dǎ suàn HSK3- plan
这样zhè yang HSK3- in this way/like this
有名yǒu míng HSK3- famous
地方dì fang HSK3- place

News in Chinese for beginner

HSK3 |Tickets to the Louvre cost more |卢浮宫的门票更贵了 lú fú gong de mén piào gèng guì le

[ — Audio description, listen and read along for greater understanding. — ]

A: Você gosta de esportes?
B: Sim, eu gosto muito.
A: Quais esportes você gosta?
B: Eu gosto de futebol e vôlei.
A: Eu também gosto de futebol. É o esporte mais popular do Brasil. Mas não sei jogar vôlei.
B: Eu posso te ensinar se você quiser.
A: Sério? Eu adoraria.
B: Que tal amanhã à tarde então?
A: Ok, eu estou livre amanhã à tarde.
B: Então, nos vemos amanhã à tarde no parque.
A: Combinado!


PORTUREAD - Listen to small texts and conversations samples in portuguese!

Você gosta de esportes? — SMALL TALK IN PORTUGUESE (A1-A2 LEVEL)

Have you ever wondered why French people ask: Comment ça va ? How do you go?
— instead of How ARE you?

The answer's only one click away, but beware its foul aftertaste!

French Follies feat. Leeroy

The gross mystery behind the french expression Ça va.

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Moekoの日本語ベラベラtimeEpi37: something new I want to challenge myself 【Japanese Podcast: listening practice】

Thai for Everyone with Kru Robert

EP 12 Learn Thai reading in2minutes I want to be a nurse.ฉันอยากเป็นพยาบาล 

Level N3-N1 
日本の使える文房具についてお話しています。
Beginners 使える！文房のレベルアップバージョンです。

Nihongo_Hanaso（N3+）

N3+ 使える！文房具/ぶんぼうぐ

Whether you live to work or you work to live, having a healthy work-life balance is good for both you and your employer.

Here are just a few ways to keep your balance healthy!

Plan
It can help to plan your time, making sure to include social activities in those plans, says Allaya Cooks-Campbell from job coaching website BetterUp.

Even scheduling a night in front of the TV is enough — it will give you a bit of time to switch off.

If you're able to, you could also plan to take short breaks during the day, and perhaps even use them to take a walk or read a few pages of a book.

Use apps to help
Cooks-Campbell also suggests using an app to block distracting websites during the work day — which might include things like social media.

You can then do the same in the evening and block work apps, if you find it difficult to stop checking them.

Be kind to yourself
It's important to be realistic about your work-life balance, and not to get too stressed if you don't follow your plan. That's according to Kate Eby from work management company Smartsheet.

Being kind to yourself, she says, can help you improve your mental health.

Talk to your boss
If you're finding it difficult to get your work-life balance right, speaking to your manager may be a good idea — although not everyone will feel comfortable doing this.

It may be that you have been given too much work to do, or there is a better way to do it — and talking to your boss could help you work smarter, not harder.

However, Cooks-Campbell says different things work for different people — so you have to find what's right for you!

Plan, Be Kind: Tips for a Healthy Work-Life Balance

新シリーズ『至高の慣用句』がスタート！

この番組では、教科書だけでは学べない洗練された日本語のニュアンスと、使うだけで「おっ、一目置けるな」と思われる味わい深い慣用句を1話につき1つ厳選してお届けします。

記念すべき第1回のテーマは、私たちの「体」を使った言葉「腰を据える」。

「やりたいことが多すぎて目移りしてしまう…」「頼りない印象を持たれたくない…」という悩みを解消し、相手に圧倒的な安心感を与える魔法のフレーズです。武道や職人の世界から生まれた言葉の「由来」から、日常や仕事で一目置かれる実践的な使い方まで、2分半でわかりやすく解説します！

🎧 今回のキーフレーズ：

「腰を据える（こしを すえる）」
意味：あせらず、腰を落ち着けて、じっくりと一つの事に取り組むこと。