Self help books and listening to motivational speakers can be very useful in your journey. However, there is a downside to this. In this podcast, I will discuss the downside of just listening and reading.

FLO TALKS 

The downside of listening to personal development podcast

Meet your newest guide to learning the English language!

Wyn's Way to English

Wyn's Way to English - Introduction

My family and I are renting a converted farm barn through Airbnb for a month.

Transcript (read and study): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dmSA-uPR4OlxlEtjW70yevIeuZCNJF-z/view?usp=sharing
Schedule a class with me here: https://teach.italki.com/teacher/12103910

Lisa's Podcast

I live on a farm

In this episode for upper-intermediate and advanced English learners, I’ll talk about my experiences delivering food with DoorDash, and you'll have the opportunity to practice your listening comprehension skills by answering a set of questions at the end of the episode. 

I welcome you to share your answers and other thoughts in the comments!

The idioms I mention near the beginning of the episode are:
- to keep a roof over one's head
- to make ends meet
- to put food on the table

(Music by Lesfm from Pixabay)


Conversations With a Friend

Working as a Restaurant Delivery Driver - English Listening Comprehension

「あいさつ」の練習をしましょう！
Today's Drills are "Greetings".
Let's practice Japanese expressions for greetings.
Repeat and practice both A and B parts. Have fun!

A：おはようございます。　ー　B：おはようございます。
A：こんにちは。　ー　B：こんにちは。
A：こんばんは。　ー　B：こんばんは。
A：おはよう。　　ー　B：おはよう。

A：げんき？　　 ー　B：うん、げんき。
　　　　　　　　ー　B：まあまあ。
　　　　　　　　ー　B：うん。げんきげんき。げんき？
　　　　　　　　ー　B：びみょう。

A：おつかれさまです　　　　　ー　B：おつかれさまです。
A：はじめまして。NAMEです   ー　B： はじめまして。NAMEです。

A：よろしくおねがいします。 ー　B：よろしくおねがいします。
A：よろしく。 ー　B：こちらこそよろしく。

A：ありがとう。　ー　B：いえいえ。

A：じゃあね。　ー　B：じゃあね。
A：ではまた。　ー　B：はい。　また。


まあまあ：So so　　びみょう：Not much（*slightly negative）
いえいえ：Not at all / Any time / No problem
おつかれさま：See you / Good job 
　*(depends on context. often used in work-place or when you finished some kind of tasks.)


BGM & SE special thanks：MusMus


アヤさんとフミさんの日本語ドリル (Aya and Fumi’s Japanese Drills)

1. あいさつ / Greetings

❤한글날 특집❤(Hangul Day special episode)
✔YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/iNohaehbElU (Visit us to see the transcript😎!)

I picked up this movie to celebrate Hangul Day which is every October 9th.
At first glance, he doesn't seem to have much in common with Hangeul Day.
But you are going to realize he is one of the most beautiful writers of Hangul.
His name is “동주” who was a precious light in the darkest days.
He died young, unfortunately. But his works melt the hearts of many people and represent their hearts to this day.
For those who are learning Korean and who are interested in Korean, I highly recommend it!!!😍


그거 봤어? Did you watch it?

46. 동주(The portrait of a poet)

In this episode we will talk about 【Financial freedom】, you will learn how to say 【retire,labor income,fund, stock】 ect.
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It is recommended that you study in the following ways:
1st time: listen without looking at the text.
2nd time: look at the text and write down the new words, then look up the dictionary. 
3rd time: listen again without looking at the text.
4th time: shadow reading without looking at the text.
https://www.purpleculture.net/chinese-english-dictionary/
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大家好，我是Yuli。欢迎收听我的播客。
今天想和大家聊一聊【财务自由】的话题。
这几年财务自由这个词非常流行，很多人的生活和工作目标都是实现财务自由。那么，财务自由到底是什么意思呢？很多人觉得财务自由就是有很多钱，想买什么就买什么，想不工作就不工作。我发现，很多人希望财务自由，最主要的原因是他们觉得工作太累了，不想工作了。如果可以实现财务自由，那么就可以不工作，提前退休了。
还有一种人是，他们希望实现财务自由以后，可以去做自己喜欢的工作。现在的工作是为了生存，可能他们并不喜欢，但是至少为他们提供了稳定的收入。他们喜欢的工作赚不了什么钱，如果冲动地辞职，去追求自己的兴趣爱好，生活都是个问题。所以他们选择忍耐，先努力工作、攒钱，希望有一天可以实现财务自由。
财务自由有一个比较专业的定义，指的是“除了劳动所得之外，我们的一些被动性投资收入，可以每年完全覆盖我们日常的全部支出”。这里强调的是被动性投资收入，例如基金、股票等。例如你有五百万的存款买了基金和股票，每年达到10%的收益率，那么即使不工作，你一年也可以有50万的被动收入。如果你一年的支出不超过50万，那被动收入就可以覆盖你的日常支出了。当然，投资有风险，实际情况可能没有这么理想。
对于每个人来说，实现财务自由所需要的存款是不一样的。有的人觉得500万就够了，有的人觉得5000万都不够。这个和每个人的消费习惯和消费水平有关系。中国有句老话叫做“钱不是万能的，但没有钱是万万不能的”。有钱不一定幸福，但是没有钱过基本的生活，也很难幸福。特别是生病的时候，更能体会到钱的重要性。
你觉得拥有多少钱才能实现财务自由呢？留言告诉我吧。我们下期见。
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实现	shí xiàn	accomplish
退休	tuì xiū	retire
生存	shēng cún	survive
冲动	chōng dòng	impulsive
忍耐	rěn nài	endure
定义	dìng yì	definition
劳动所得	    láo dòng suǒ dé	labor income
被动性	bèi dòng xìng	passivity 
覆盖	fù gài	cover
基金	jī jīn	fund
股票	gǔ piào	stock
存款	cún kuǎn	deposit
收益率	shōu yì lǜ	rate of return

Yuli's Chinese Channel

财务自由 Financial freedom （Intermediate and advanced level）

Una explicación de la diferencia entre "make" y "do".
Para practicar, vete a mi perfil de profesor, donde hay más que 70 cuestionarios. Este, sobre el significado de "make up your mind": https://www.italki.com/en/quiz/quiz/353834

The Social Evolutionary

"Hacer" - what is the difference between make and do? (For Spanish students)

欢迎来到第140集的Chillchat，在这集播客里，Karen和柏威聊了聊老人们给年轻人的一些人生建议，他们怎么看这些建议，还有他们给小时候自己的一些建议。