Listen and repeat:
bat hat rat mat

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Phonics Short Vowels

bat hat rat mat

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上次的考试小桃考得很好，题都做完了，得了第一名。 妈妈很高兴，所以给她做了很多好吃的，有鸡肉、鱼、蔬菜，还有她最爱吃的西红柿炒鸡蛋。妈妈说吃鸡蛋对身体好，有营养。 这个周末，哥哥生病了，因为天气太冷了。所以爸爸让他多喝热水，好好休息，不要喝茶。妈妈经常忘记东西，今天早上她找不到自己的手机了，小桃帮她在电脑旁边找到的。 哥哥比小桃大六岁，他很喜欢唱歌，也喜欢下象棋。他经常和朋友一起去唱歌。他唱歌唱得很好听。这个学期（semester），他们班来了一个新的英语老师，长得很漂亮，姓王，叫芳芳。 今天下班后，妈妈买了一些苹果，苹果两块五一斤，比昨天便宜。天气真冷，明天可能会下雪。妈妈让小桃多穿点衣服。哥哥就是衣服穿得太少才生病的。晚上，妈妈做了米饭、粥和白菜豆腐。妈妈说小桃吃得太少了，应该多吃一点。妈妈做饭做得很好吃，爸爸比妈妈做得更好吃。所以爸爸应该经常做饭。 听妈妈说，小桃的表哥有女朋友了，长着两个大眼睛，皮肤很白，非常爱笑，是个很好的女孩儿。表哥今年25岁了，在银行上班，长得也很帅，个子一米八，所以他们真是郎才女貌。 妈妈说他们每个星期都去电影院看电影，因为表哥的女朋友很喜欢看电影，很有意思，他们这个周末还想去。 这个星期天气很好，每天都是晴天，但是很冷。快过年了，爸妈每天都有很多事情要做，要买很多年货。虽然商店里的东西不便宜，但是质量还不错。妈妈给小桃买了一件外套，两百多，小桃很喜欢。 新年就要到了，小桃全家准备去广东旅游，因为广东是南方，很暖和，冬天有二十多度。他们已经定好了飞机票。 北京快要下雪了，时间过得真快，一年又要过去了，希望明年会更好！ 西红柿炒鸡蛋：scrambled eggs with tomatoes 营养：nutrition 表哥：cousin from mothers’ side 个子：height 年货：stocking 白菜豆腐：toufu with cabbage 就是。。。才：…. Is just that…., because…. 郎才女貌：idiom, a perfect match between a man and a girl （the beauty and the geek）

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HSK2 (Level 2) Reading and Listening Practice Part 2

To be a successful leader, marketer, salesperson, or even job candidate, you need to be able to tell business stories well. Leaders tell stories to inspire their employees and to help them see what’s possible or to teach them something. They also tell investors, donors, board members, and others impact stories that reassure them their time and money are working. 

Business stories hold so much potential that I think they should be told every single day in workplace interactions! 

Even if you don’t identify as a storyteller, you will be prompted to tell stories at times in your career. But most people are not natural-born storytellers. It’s a skill that takes training and practice. 

Tune into the latest Express to Impress Podcast episode to business storytelling techniques. With a little practice, you’ll be a great storyteller in no time! 

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Episode originally published January 6, 2022.

Original theme music by Lucas Knutter 

Read the transcript at https://www.express-to-impress.com/business-storytelling/

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Book Cited: Erin Meyer’s “The Culture Map." Listen to my episode about it at https://www.express-to-impress.com/the-culture-map/

Express to Impress

Connect and Persuade Through Business Storytelling

❥ In this podcast, Melo reads from The Aesop for Children found for free online at: https://www.read.gov/aesop/001.html
❥ Listen and learn the moral of each story.
❥ Practice listening and/or reading comprehension by answering the quiz questions.
❥ Today's fable is called “The Owl & the Grasshopper” and can be found here:
https://www.read.gov/aesop/010.html
❥The moral of today’s fable is: 
“Flattery is not a proof of true admiration. Do not let flattery throw you off your guard against an enemy.”

❥ 在这个播客中，梅洛朗读了《儿童伊索》，可在网上免费找到：https://www.read.gov/aesop/001.html
❥聆听并学习每个故事的寓意。
❥ 通过回答问答问题练习听力和/或阅读理解。
❥ 今天的寓言叫"猫头鹰和蚱蜢"，可以在这里找到：
https://www.read.gov/aesop/010.html
❥今天的寓言故事的寓意是： 
"阿谀奉承不是真正钦佩的证明。不要让奉承使你失去对敌人的警惕。"

Life Lessons from Aesop's Fables

Episode 9: The Owl & the Grasshopper

みなさん、ご安心（あんしん）ください。私は元気です。ちょっと、食べすぎただけです。ちょっと、「スーパー銭湯（せんとう）」を楽しみすぎただけです。何とか、人生2回目の救急車（きゅうきゅうしゃ）に、乗（の）らなくてすみました。ん？じゃあ、1回目は何だ？　答えはお話の中にあります。
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楽しみかたは、こちらをごらんください。
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ちなみに私は、パトカー（けいさつの車）にも、のったことが　あります。うふふ。

すずまりの日本語「ききみみ」ずきん

第36話　救急車は、もう、いやっ！

A short episode about the beautiful islands of Batanes

Filipino Things!

Bisita na sa Batanes!

This episode is part two of the episode Introducing the Shadowing Technique for English Learning. In this episode, you will learn new English phrases and idioms. Increasing your English vocabulary for everyday conversations in your personal life and work will allow you to really speak the English language and connect with native speakers. 



You'll learn seven definitions for the English phrases and idioms I used in the last episode. You'll also get some homework at the end so you can continue to improve your English communication skills. If you’re an English learner and currently work or want to work with native English speakers from the U.S., you won't want to miss it!

Episode originally published on September 18, 2020.
Transcript at https://www.express-to-impress.com/brain-fried-english-phrases/. 

Brain Fried and Other English Phrases

El Gato y el Ratón

Había una vez un gato llamado Tomás. Tomás era un gato grande y perezoso que vivía en una casa cómoda. Le gustaba dormir todo el día y solo se despertaba para comer.

Un día, mientras Tomás dormía en su cama suave, un ratón pequeño llamado Miguel salió de su agujero en la pared. Miguel tenía hambre y buscaba comida. Vio un pedazo de queso en la cocina y decidió ir a buscarlo.

Miguel caminó lentamente hacia la cocina, asegurándose de que Tomás no lo viera. Cuando llegó al queso, lo tomó y comenzó a correr de regreso a su agujero. Pero Tomás, con su oído agudo, escuchó el ruido y despertó.

El gato vio al ratón corriendo con el queso y decidió perseguirlo. Tomás corrió detrás de Miguel, pero como era un gato perezoso, no era muy rápido. Miguel, por otro lado, era pequeño y ágil. Corrió lo más rápido que pudo y logró llegar a su agujero justo a tiempo.

Tomás se detuvo frente al agujero, mirando a Miguel con frustración. El ratón sonrió y dijo:

—Lo siento, Tomás. Este queso es mío ahora.

Tomás suspiró y volvió a su cama. Aprendió que, a veces, ser perezoso no te lleva a ningún lado. Miguel disfrutó su queso en su agujero, sabiendo que había ganado una pequeña victoria ese día.

Y así, el gato y el ratón vivieron sus días, aprendiendo uno del otro y compartiendo pequeñas aventuras.

Podcast en español para principiantes - Vocabulary (Podcast in Spanish for beginners)

El gato y el ratón

Some Japanese words are not completely translatable into English, and the word 「よろしく」is one of them. Listen to learn how we use this commonly used word in Japan so you can get one step closer to being fluent in Japanese.