Welcome back to the second season of English In A Teacup!

Today we will be learning about the five senses as well as idiomatic expressions that use them. To help us with the topic, Miss Finesstocrat will be telling us of her first day at her new job working as a tea quality control inspector. How did she get on? Let's put the kettle on and find out!

ENGLISH IN A TEACUP

ENGLISH IN A TEACUP EP11: THE FIVE SENSES

Привет! Это мой подкаст «По-русски легко»! Здесь вы найдёте полезные фразы для реальных жизненных ситуаций. Тема сегодня - ресторан.
В России люди любят вкусно поесть. Здесь есть рестораны и кафе на любой вкус и на любой кошелёк. Мы любим не только русскую кухню, но и многие другие: корейскую, японскую, американскую, итальянскую, мексиканскую, белорусскую, узбекскую, армянскую, грузинскую. В России вы можете попробовать блюда со всего мира. Конечно, повара адаптируют экзотические блюда для российских реалий. Интересно, что там, где дорого не всегда вкусно. 
Если вы хотите посетить ресторан или кафе в России, вот несколько полезных фраз для вас, 
Здравствуйте! Меню, пожалуйста. - La carte, s'il vous plaît.
У вас есть меню на французском языке? - Avez-vous la carte en français?
Я вегетарианец. У вас есть вегетарианские блюда? - Je suis végétarien. Avez-vous des plats végétariens?
Какое у вас фирменное блюдо? - Quelle est la spécialité de la maison?
Какое сегодня блюдо дня?  - Le plat du jour, qu’est-ce que c’est?
Я хотел бы заказать салат.
Я хотел бы заказать горячее. - Je voudrais commander salade/plat chaud.
Чай/кофе, пожалуйста. - Un thé/ Un café, s'il vous plaît.
Можно счёт? -  L’addition, s’il vous plaît. 
Могу я оплатить картой? - Est-ce que je peux payer par carte?
Могу я оплатить наличными? - Est-ce que je peux payer en espèces?
Спасибо, сдачи не надо!  Merci, gardez la monnaie!
Спасибо, было очень вкусно!  - Merci, с'était très bon/délicieux. 

По-русски легко!

В ресторане

In this episode we will talk about 【Chinese style blind date】, you will learn how to say 【urge sb. to get married, become non-single】 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, later look up the dictionary. 
3rd time: listen again without looking at the text.
4th time: repeat after it without looking at the text.
大家好，我是Yuli。欢迎收听我的播客。
今天想和大家聊一聊【相亲】的话题。
在中国，读书的时候父母会反对我们早恋，所以学生时代没有谈恋爱的人很多。等到我们毕业工作，父母就开始催婚。但是因为交际圈很窄，脱单很困难，所以很多人在找对象的时候，可能会选择相亲这种方式。通过相亲可以了解对方的职业，家庭情况等，判断自己是否与对方合适。
最常见的相亲是亲戚朋友介绍，或者同事介绍。见面前先看下照片，了解下对方的情况。如果感兴趣就加个微信聊一聊，然后再见面。也有的是媒人安排大家一起吃个饭，先见个面互相了解一下。这种情况下在场的人很多，相亲的两个人比较不尴尬。
相亲的时候都看什么呢？在中国，谈婚论嫁的时候最讲究的是门当户对。也就是说：男女双方家庭的社会地位和经济状况相当，结婚很合适。因为讲究门当户对，在相亲市场上也就出现了很多歧视。
第一、地域歧视。本地人比非本地人好，因为本地人有相同背景、观念和生活习惯，更重要的是有户口，有房子。
第二、职业歧视。公务员稳定，即使收入不如私企，在相亲市场仍然是香饽饽。
第三、家庭歧视。是不是城市户口？父母有没有退休金？
第四、学历歧视。本科生不如硕士、硕士不如博士。不过有意思的是，女博士反而不吃香，大家会觉得太优秀了不容易找对象。
还有其他的年龄歧视、外貌歧视等等。
有的人觉得门当户对是好事，条件差不多的人才能一起生活。有的人觉得门当户对是把婚姻市场化了，变成了买卖，没有真情实感。你觉得呢？留言告诉我吧。我们下期见。
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早恋	zǎo liàn	puppy love
催婚	cuī hūn	urge sb. to get married
交际圈	jiāo jì quān	Social circle
脱单	tuō dān	become non-single
媒人	méi rén	matchmaker
谈婚论嫁	tán hūn lùn jià	talk about marriage/about to get married
门当户对	mén dāng hù duì	be matched for marriage
歧视	qí shì	discrimination
户口	hù kǒu	registered permanent residence
香饽饽	xiāng bō bo	extremely popular
吃香	chī xiāng	popular

Yuli's Chinese Channel

中国式相亲 Chinese style blind date （Intermediate and advanced level）

Talk about what we've heard a lot from our parents and family

Blabla Chinese 

15. Family Education in China 中国的家庭教育

📺🏠 Join us for an exciting episode where students dive into the world of rental issues! 📚💼 Learn and practice vocabulary and expressions to confidently communicate with landlords. Get ready to test your knowledge with a fun quiz! 🧠🔍 Don't miss out on this engaging episode! Tune in now! 🎉🎥

Everyday Dialogues

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For the past few years, companies around the world have been testing out a four-day work week. In many cases, this means allowing employees to spread their work hours over four days instead of five.

Many of these tests have been successful, and people in the UK may soon get more rights to ask for a four-day work week.

Since April, employees in the UK have had the right to ask for more flexible working conditions, but companies do not have to agree to it.

But under the government's plans to increase flexibility for workers, companies may have to offer flexible working hours from the day the employee starts working — although it's not yet clear what this means.

"One possibility is for the government to make it more difficult for employers to refuse such requests, because at present it is quite easy for them to do so," Charlie Thompson, an employment lawyer who works for law company Stewarts, told Sky News.

Education Minister Jacqui Smith said more flexibility could be better for productivity.

"You're still doing the same amount of work, but perhaps you're doing it in a way that enables you, for example, to need less child care, to spend more time with your family, to do other things, that encourages more people into the workplace," she told LBC Radio.

But not everyone is happy with the idea of a four-day work week, and some tests weren't as successful as others.

UK supermarket Asda tested a four-day week, but changed back to the five-day week after staff said the longer work days were too demanding.

Another supermarket, Morrisons, also tried a four-day work week at its head office, but to make it work, staff sometimes had to work on Saturdays, which they weren't happy about.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

UK Workers May Get More Rights to Four-Day Week

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

Super Casual Japanese with Teppei

スウェーデンの天気

IELTS Preparation & Sample Answers. Part 1 - Clothes - 6 New questions.

Q. 1. What kind of clothes do people wear to work in your country? Why?
Q. 2. How have clothes fashions changed in your country over the last few decades?
Q. 3. What is the difference between clothes that young people and old people like to wear?
Q. 4. What influence has the fashion industry had in your country? Why?
Q. 5. What do you think will be the effects of the fashion industry in the next ten years?
Q. 6. How does advertising influence what clothes and dresses people choose to buy? Is this true for everyone?

Please pause, record some ideas and incorporate them into your answers & send me a class request so we can go through your unique challenges so I can prepare you for y our IELTS speaking experience.

