Why do they call Chinese fortune cookies, Chinese?

The Social Evolutionary

幸运饼 "Chinese" Fortune Cookies.

Thanksgiving in America, part one getting the food ready, shopping. setting up the televisions for sporting events. It's a big weekend

English My Way

Thanksgiving part one

This story uses words from '2000 Most Common Words in English'. 

It’s five in the evening and the sun is slowly going down. The sky is a warm yellow colour. 

John is a bundle of pasta. He is held together by a paper band. He is sitting on his roof with his 
acoustic guitar on his lap. In front of him is a pen and notepad. 

Ah yes, thinks John. I’ll use an A chord here. That will make the melody so beautiful. 

The bundle of pasta is writing a love song for his dear wife Karren. She is a bowl of Pho. 

John plays his composition and imagines his wife crying because his song is so touching. He sings about the day he met Karren, about how they fell in love, about how they complete each other. 

Suddenly, John stops playing. He takes his notepad, crosses out some words and scribbles some notes. He has a great idea.
 
The day you found me
I was flying blind
Now I see the light
I’m willing to fight
For you

John is happy with his new lyrics. He takes his guitar again and plays his love song from the 
beginning. Then, he hears a beautiful sound. But it’s not coming from his guitar. It’s coming from inside the house. It’s his amazing, lovely wife calling his name. 

Being a Cloud

John the Bowl of Pasta

강아지가 너무 귀엽네요. 미용은 어디로 가서 하세요?
小狗太可爱了。它美发去哪儿做? 

귀엽죠? 저희 강아지 미용은 제가 집에서 주기적으로 직접 하고 있어요.
可爱吧? 我亲自在家定期给它做。 

전문적으로 미용기술을 배우신 거예요? 가게에서 한 줄 알았어요.
你专门学过美容技术吗? 我还以为是在店里做的。 

배운지는 몇 달 밖에 안 되었는데, 전보다 실력이 좀 많이 늘었어요. 
虽然刚学了没几个月, 但是比以前进步了不少。

헤어스타일을 멋지게 하다, 미용 美发
기한을 정하다, 주기적으로 定期
미용기술 美容技术
발전하다, 진보하다 进步

[YOON] 1분 한국어

강아지가 너무 귀엽네요. 미용은 어디로 가서 하세요? 小狗太可爱了。它美发去哪儿做? 

Want to grow your vocabulary? Tune into the latest Express to Impress Podcast episode to learn 5 English expressions for a conversation. 

This episode is a follow-up to the previous episode, How to Prepare for an Internal Job Interview.

Learning to recognize and use phrases and idioms in English will allow you to communicate better with native English speakers. You won’t feel confused when you hear the phrases and idioms and will keep up with the conversation. 

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Episode originally published February 18, 2022

Read the transcript at https://www.express-to-impress.com/english-expressions/

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Original theme music by Lucas Knutter

Express to Impress

Bring Your A-Game and Other English Expressions

This is the content of the podcast. Rember to try to repeat without reading first. Have faith in your ear.
question avec 2 parties : 
C’est bon ? 
ça marche ? 
ça va ? 

réponse 
c’est bon
ça marche 
ça va 


avec 3 syllabes 
tu m’entends ? 
tu comprends ? 

réponse 
je t’entends 
je comprends 


Prononciation 

La prononciation (2 syllabes et 3 syllabes) 

Sam is a meteor from outer space. After leaving his homeland orbit, Sam was pulled towards the nearest large planet. When entering Earth’s atmosphere, he faced so much resistance. This created extremely high temperatures which burned away layers and layers of his body. As a result, Sam, who used to be giant when floating in space, became so little that he could fit in a fisherman’s hand.
 
The overwhelming amount of pain Sam suffered as a result of his entry caused him to fall into a deep state of unconsciousness. When Sam struck the Earth, he was fast asleep. 

Waking up and opening his eyes, Sam sees nothing but a vast cloudless blue sky. An enormous wave of peace and serenity washes over him. He is like a newborn baby experiencing the wonder and mystery of life for the first time. For a few moments, this serene blueness the only mental phenomenon swimming around his meteor consciousness. Seconds later, questions appear. 

Where am I? What happened? What comes next?

Due to his traumatic experience, Sam has lost all memory of his life before coming to Earth. He rolls over and looks down the beach. There are some large laughing figures running around, chasing a flying red disk. Further away there are two large ones holding long boards under their arms while walking into the water. Closer to Sam, there are several little figures picking up other rocks and showing each other. 

“Wow, look at that one!” says one of the little boys. “It looks like emerald. With a little bit of sapphire too!” 

I wish that those boys will pick me up and take me with them… I want to explore, to see precisely what life on Earth has to offer…

“Come quick!” yells one of the boys, eagerly running straight to Sam. “Look at this one! It’s so strange and ugly, but fascinating at the same time!” 

“Grab it, quick! Before mom sees!” 

A distant voice calls for the two children to return to the family car. “Boys, we’re going now. Hurry up.” 

Sam the Meteor 

Avsnitt fyra - platser jag vill besöka, platser jag vill resa till. Låt oss börja.

Om vi börjar mer lokalt så finns det många intressanta platser i Sverige. Historiska platser, gamla slott och ruiner, konungagravar etcetera. Men jag vill verkligen åka norrut igen. Jag åkte till Kiruna för ett år sedan...

Easy Swedish with Viktoria

Ep. #4 - Platser jag vill resa till

Thank you very much for listening to my podcast.
And in this episode, I'm going to talk about Swedish weather