Watching films can help you gain competence in a language, improve your vocabulary and learn new expressions. So, in this episode of your Spanish Journey, I'll talk about the benefits of learning with films and Sebastián (our guest today) will recommend some Spanish films you can't miss! Are you ready?

Your Spanish Journey

Watching films to learn Spanish

Knowing Everything About Chinese Cultrue

18The cheogsam

Cliente: Buongiorno, sto cercando un paio di scarpe nuove per andare in palestra. Avete qualcosa?
      
Commesso: Certo, signora. Abbiamo una vasta selezione di scarpe sportive. Di che numero ha bisogno?

Cliente: Ho bisogno del numero 37.

Commesso: Perfetto, abbiamo diverse opzioni nel numero 37. Preferisce delle scarpe leggere o con un po' di ammortizzazione?

Cliente: Preferirei delle scarpe con un po' di ammortizzazione per un maggiore comfort durante l'allenamento.

Commesso: Ottima scelta! Abbiamo alcune scarpe da ginnastica molto comode con ammortizzazione. Le mostro alcuni modelli.

Cliente: Mi piacciono queste scarpe bianche con i dettagli rosa. Sembrano davvero comode.

Commesso: Sono molto popolari e offrono un ottimo supporto.

Cliente: Mi sembrano perfette per la mia attività in palestra.

Commesso: Le metto da parte. Ha bisogno anche di calze sportive?

Cliente: No, grazie. Ho già abbastanza calze sportive. Grazie mille per l'aiuto!

Commesso: È stato un piacere aiutarla. Se ha bisogno di altro, sono qui per lei. Buona giornata e buoni allenamenti in palestra!

Italiano Chiaro

Comprare un paio di scarpe da tennis

The interrogative particle “呢” is used after a noun or pronoun, forming a question about the situation mentioned previously. 
The commonly used sentence pattern is “A……, B呢？” 
For example：
wǒ shì dà wèi ， nǐ ne ？ 
我 是  大 卫  ， 你 呢 ？ 
nǐ shì xué shenɡ ， tā ne ？ 
你 是  学  生    ， 她 呢 ？ 
dà wèi shì měi ɡuó rén ， tā mā mɑ ne ？ 
大 卫  是  美  国  人  ， 他 妈 妈 呢 ？ 

JOJO CHINESE

呢ne？

Tune into the latest Express to Impress Podcast episode to grow your English vocabulary. You’ll learn 5 American Idioms and Phrases like "to get at something.” 

This episode is a follow-up to the previous episode, Feeling Misunderstood? 5 Phrases to Use When Asking for Clarification. 

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 December 24, 2021.

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Express to Impress

To Get at Something and Other American Idioms and Phrases

f you're going to exercise, you have to stretch, right?

Well, maybe not.

The answer might depend on your goals, and what you mean by "stretch."

There are different types of stretches.

In what are known as "static" stretches, you hold a single position for perhaps as long as 60 to 90 seconds. These stretches are great for increasing flexibility.

But there are also "dynamic" stretches, where you repeatedly — but carefully — move your joints through their full range of motion.

Expert opinion on how to use these stretches has changed over the years. But it's now generally believed that dynamic stretching is best before you exercise, while static stretching is better after.

As Alisa Bowman writes for the Mayo Clinic, dynamic stretching helps improve blood flow and joint mobility, which gets your body ready to exercise. Studies have even found that dynamic stretching before exercise can improve your performance.

Meanwhile, some research has found that static stretching can temporarily weaken your muscles, which is why it's generally no longer recommended before certain sports — and especially not for high-performance athletes.

Instead, static stretches are typically recommended for helping to relax your muscles after exercise. Since you've been moving and increasing blood flow to your joints and muscles, you'll actually be more flexible, so you'll get more benefit from those stretches.

But while you may have been told that stretching will reduce soreness after you exercise, research has found that it really doesn't make much difference.

You've also probably been told to stretch to avoid injuries. But research doesn't seem to support that either — especially for static stretching.

Writing for WebMD, Sonya Collins says that, as long as you stretch sometime, it's fine if you don't do it around the time you exercise.

In fact, some experts say if you're short on time, it's better to exercise without doing any stretching than to cut your workout short!

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Do You Really Need to Stretch When You Exercise?

I will tell a short story about a job I had in customer service in an European country. 

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Colombia

Choques culturales

In this Chillchat episode, Karen and Baiwei chatted about different music genres, their favorite singers and musical instruments. Correction! The song Baiwei mentioned from Shovels And Rope is called Boxcar, Not Birmingham.