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Dialogue for Beginners 🎉📚 (Day # 23)

こんにちは、あかりです。夏(なつ)といえばフェスティバルです。私はメタル音楽(おんがく)のフェスティバルが好(す)きです！

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Slow Japanese

Episode #57 - Metal music festival!

Let me tell you something. In the world of business, communication is king. But forget fancy speeches and teleprompters. What you really need is the ability to connect, to think on your feet, and inspire – on the spot. That's where I come in.

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But knowledge alone isn't enough. You have to be able to listen, truly listen, to the people you're speaking with. What are their concerns? Their aspirations? We'll hone your active listening skills, so you can build bridges, not walls, during those impromptu interactions.

Now, let's be honest, practice makes perfect. We won't just talk the talk, we'll walk the walk. Mock interviews, simulated meetings, even impromptu presentations on random business topics – we'll throw you curveballs, and you'll learn to hit them out of the park. We'll record your sessions, analyze them together, and help you refine your delivery, ditch the filler words, and find that clear, concise style that cuts through the noise.

Remember, confidence is key.  I'll be your guide, your cheerleader, pushing you to embrace challenges and see every unexpected speaking opportunity as a chance to grow. Because ultimately, it's not about having all the answers, it's about the passion and purpose behind them.

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The Global Professional Podcast

I can help you master Impromptu Speaking - Episode 95

Знаете, есть очень впечатлительные люди, которые принимают всё близко к сердцу, прокручивают одну и ту же ситуацию в голове по многу раз. Я думаю, везёт тем людям, которые умеют абстрагироваться, быстро забывают всё плохое и как-то переключаются. Наверное, таким людям легче живётся. Правда?)

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Впечатлительные люди

Listen to me reading a short news article on stress as part of my Conversational English course.

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Workplace stress

During the summers not too long ago, when politicians were on vacation and schools were closed, news in the UK often featured stories about things like cats in trees and UFOs, because there wasn't much else to report.

It was called "silly season" in the UK — of course there was other news, but not the usual daily politics, so there was more time for happier stories.

But some may feel like there isn't time for silly season these days.

And according to a recent study, thinking about the news is making British people anxious, something that's causing some of them to avoid engaging with it.

It also means they're less likely to engage with politics, the study suggests.

Researchers spoke to 43 people in the UK who said they never or rarely engage with professionally made news, whether that's on television, in newspapers or online.

The research was published in September 2022, but the interviews took place between November 2016 and March 2017, not long after the UK voted to leave the European Union (EU).

However, for most, it may not have been leaving the EU that caused them to avoid the news. Many reported feeling anxious or afraid when thinking about news stories featuring crime, war or terrorism.

People did think that they should know a little bit about global and national events, but this wasn't always enough to make them follow the news.

Many felt they could not understand the country's politics, or that political news was not relevant to them.

For politicians themselves, this could be a challenge, suggests the study — trying to communicate with those who avoid the news.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

'It Makes Us Anxious': Why Some People Avoid the News

In this episode we are going to learn a Real Chinese Conversation【Buying milk tea】. 
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Step 1: Listen and catch the words you know already, have a guess about the content.
Step 2: Check the script to learn one by one. 
Step 3: Listen and repeat after it.
Step 4: Practice until you can perform the dialogue. 
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店员/diànyuán/clerk; 顾客/gùkè/customer

店员: 欢迎光临。请（在）这边点单。
huān yíng guāng lín 。 qǐng （ zài ） zhè biān diǎn dān 。
Welcome. Please order over here.
顾客: 有什么推荐的吗？
yǒu shén me tuī jiàn de ma ？
Do you have any recommendations?
店员: 您喜欢喝奶茶还是果茶？
nín xǐ huān hē nǎi chá hái shì guǒ chá ？
Do you prefer milk tea or fruit tea?
顾客: 奶茶吧。
nǎi chá ba 。
Milk tea.
店员: 茉莉奶绿是我们的招牌，您可以试一下。
mò lì nǎi lǜ shì wǒ men de zhāo pái ， nín kě yǐ shì yí xià 。
Jasmine Milk Green（tea） is our specialty. You can try it.
顾客: 是加了茉莉花和绿茶吗？
shì jiā le mò lì huā hé lǜ chá ma ？
Is it with jasmine and green tea?
店员: 是的。
shì de 。
Yes, it is.
顾客: 那来一杯吧。
nà lái yì bēi ba 。
I'll have a cup.
店员: 您要热的还是冰的？
nín yào rè de hái shì bīng de ？
Would you like it hot or iced?
顾客: 冰的，可以少冰吗？
bīng de ， kě yǐ shǎo bīng ma ？
Iced. Can I have less ice?
店员: 没问题。您要大杯、中杯还是小杯？
méi wèn tí 。 nín yào dà bēi 、 zhōng bēi hái shì xiǎo bēi ？
No problem. Would you like a large, medium or small?
顾客: 中杯。
zhōng bēi 。
Medium.
店员: 我们有全糖、7分糖、5分糖、3分糖，也可以去糖。
wǒ men yǒu quán táng 、qī fēn táng 、wǔ fēn táng 、sān fēn táng ， yě kě yǐ qù táng 。
We have full sugar, 70% sugar, 50% sugar, 30% percent sugar, or without sugar.
顾客: 7分糖吧。
qī fēn táng ba 。
70% sugar.
店员: 要加珍珠吗？
yào jiā zhēn zhū ma ？
Add tapioca?
顾客: 要的。
yào de 。
Yes.
店员: 好的。在这儿喝还是打包？
hǎo de 。 zài zhè ér hē hái shì dǎ bāo ？
Okay.Drink it here or takeaway?
顾客: 打包。
dǎ bāo 。
Takeaway.