I created this channel to compare pronunciation, grammar, sentences, and words about things that foreign students learning Korean are confused about. 

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MARGARET: Mr. Wilson, I’d like you to meet 
Dr. Edward Smith.
MR. WILSON: It’s nice to meet you, Dr. Smith.
DR. SMITH: Pleasure to meet you, too.
MARGARET: Dr. Smith is an economist. He just finished
writing a book on international trade.
MR. WILSON: Oh? That’s my field, too. I work for the 
United Nations.
DR. SMITH: In the Development Program, by any chance?
MR. WILSON: Yes. How did you guess?
DR. SMITH: I’ve read your articles on technical assistance. 
They’re excellent

LANGUAGE NOTES
• Mr. Wilson, I’d like you … Notice the rising intonation on “Mr. Wilson,” which is used 
to address someone. Listen for the “d” in “I’d like.” This means I would like, which is 
very different from I like. (“I’d like” means the same as “I would like” or “I want.”)
• Dr. Smith is an economist. Notice the stress on “economist.” This content word has 
new information, so it is emphasized. There are four syllables in “economist,” with the 
stress on the second syllable (e-CON-o-mist).
• He just finished writing … “just” means the very recent past. “Just” is usually used 
with a simple past verb because the action is complete. However, it can also be used 
with the present perfect (He’s just finished writing …).
• Development program. Since these two words make a compound noun, the main 
stress falls on “development.”
• By any chance? Means the same as “possibly.” Notice the rising intonation, which is 
used in yes/no questions to confirm that something is true.

English Conversation practice (30-day challenge)

Day3: Formal Introduction in English

Did you feel confident in your last interview? 

If you didn’t feel confident, your interviewer likely didn’t perceive you as confident. 

Yet, in the U.S. and many other countries, interviewers prefer confident candidates. It seems to have an intoxicating effect on them, and many of them equate it (for better or for worse) with competence. So, it’s a skill worth learning! 

Tune into the latest Express to Impress podcast to learn which groups of people struggle most with confidence in interviews. You’ll also learn how you can overcome self-doubt to feel and project confidence in an interview.  Ultimately, you'll feel better, increase your interviewer's confidence in you, and land a job offer. 

Papers Cited:

Belmi P, Neale MA, Reiff D, Ulfe R. The social advantage of miscalibrated individuals: The relationship between social class and overconfidence and its implications for class-based inequality. J Pers Soc Psychol. 2020 Feb;118(2):254-282. doi: 10.1037/pspi0000187. Epub 2019 May 20. PMID: 31107052.

Exley, Christine L and Kessler, Judd B. The Gender Gap in Self-Promotion. National Bureau of Economic Research: Working Paper Series number 26345. 2019 Oct. doi: 10.3386/w26345.

Episode originally published June 28, 2021.

Original theme music by Lucas Knutter 

Read the transcript at https://www.express-to-impress.com/be-confident/

Join the Express to Impress community on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/express-to-impress/.

See infographics for this episode on Pinterest at https://www.pinterest.com/ExpresstoImpress/_created/.

Express to Impress

How to Be Confident in an Interview

In this episode we will talk about 【Symptoms of COVID-19】, you will learn how to say 【dry throat,sore throat,stuffy nose, runny nose】 ect. The material helps you get used to different voice and accent. 
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大家好，我是Yuli。欢迎收听我的播客。
从2019年的冬天，到2022年的冬天，疫情持续了三年，也管控了三年。上个月底开始，中国各大城市陆续放开管控，感染人数也在不断攀升。疫情三年我身边的朋友没有一个得过新冠，这个星期开始陆陆续续有人阳了。感染后一般会有哪些症状？我们来看下中文怎么说。
发病第1天：症状较轻，可能感到轻微咽干咽痛，身体乏力。第2天：开始出现发热症状，部分年轻人高烧至39℃（摄氏度）左右，同时咽部不适感加重。第3天：症状最重的一天。高热39℃（摄氏度）以上，浑身酸疼乏力，咽痛加剧。第4天：体温的高峰开始下降，很多人从这一天体温降为正常，不再发热。但仍然咽痛咽痒。一部分人开始流（鼻）涕、咳嗽。第5天：体温基本降到正常，但是鼻塞、流涕、咽痛、咳嗽，身体乏力仍然存在。第6天：不再发热。咳嗽、流涕等症状加重，前期病毒导致的呼吸道黏膜破坏，人体通过流涕咳嗽排出坏死的细胞。第7天：所有的症状开始明显好转，核酸很大可能转阴。
药学专家表示，由于每一个人对于病毒的耐受力、自身免疫情况是不一样的，不同的患者症状会有一些差异，一定要对症下药。
专家：每一个患者他的症状可能还是有一些差异的，像有些患者他可能只有发热比较严重这种感觉，有些人可能还伴有全身酸痛，还有一些咳嗽咳痰等等这样的症状。我们还是以自身出现的症状为主。如果是你有这种发热和全身酸痛的情况，我们是可以用一些退热药的，那我们一般是以体温超过38度5为准。那也有些病人可能觉得我的体温还没有超过38度，但是已经非常难受了，其实这个时候也已经可以开始用一些这个退热的药物了。
你得过新冠病毒吗？有哪些症状？留言告诉我吧。我们下期见。
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疫情	/	yì qíng	/	epidemic situation
管控	/	guǎn kòng	/	manage and control
感染	/	gǎn rǎn	/	infect
攀升	/	pān shēng	/	increase rapidly
阳了	/	yáng le	/	get positive
咽干咽痛	/	yàn gān yān tòng	/	dry throat and sore throat
身体乏力	/	shēn tǐ fá lì	/	morbus asthenicus
摄氏度	/	shè shì dù	/	degree Celsius
浑身	/	hún shēn	/	all over the body
加剧	/	jiā jù	/	aggravate
鼻塞	/	bí sāi	/	stuffy nose
流鼻涕	/	liú bí tì	/	runny nose
咳嗽	/	ké sòu	/	coughing
呼吸道	/	hū xī dào	/	respiratory tract
黏膜	/	nián mó	/	mucous membrane
排出	/	pái chū	/	expel
转阴	/	zhuǎn yīn	/	turn negative
耐受力	/	nài shòu lì	/	tolerance
免疫	/	miǎn yì	/	immunity
对症下药	/	duì zhèng xià yào	/	suit the remedy to the case
咳痰	/	ké tán	/	expectorate
退热/烧药	/	tuì rè / shāo yào	/	antipyretics

Yuli's Chinese Channel

新冠症状 Symptoms of COVID-19 （Advanced level）

This is a reimagining of The Ugly Duckling by the great Danish author H.C. Andersen, set in a Norwegian context.

Everything Zenified 

The Ugly Kitten

On this episode, we continue learning the useful sentences for first meeting. 

Q: 你会说什么语言？（What languages can you speak?）
nǐ huì shuō shén me yǔ yán ? 
or你会说什么话？
nǐ huì shuō shén me huà ?
A: 我会说英语和一点儿普通话。（I can speak English and a little Mandarin.）
wǒ huì shuō yīng yǔ hé yì diǎnr pǔ tōng huà .
中文zhōng wén、汉语 hàn yǔ（Chinese language）
法语fǎ yǔ（French）
西班牙语xī bān yá yǔ（Spanish）
葡萄牙语pú táo yá yǔ（Portuguese）
俄罗斯语é luó sī yǔ（Russian）
德语dé yǔ（German）
日语rì yǔ（Japanese）
韩语hán yǔ（Korean）
泰语tài yǔ（Thai language）

Q：你喜欢做什么？(What do you like to do?)
nǐ xǐ huān zuò shén me ? 
A: 我喜欢看书和游泳。(I like reading and swimming.)
wǒ xǐ huān kàn shū hé yóu yǒng
  看电影kàn diàn yǐng（to watch movies）
  看电视kàn diàn shì（to watch TV）
  做运动zuò yùn dòng（to do sports）
  打球dǎ qiú（to play ball game）
  踢足球tī zú qiú（to play football）
  学外语xué wài yǔ（to learn foreign language ）
  逛街guàng jiē（to go window-shopping）
  上网shàng wǎng（go on internet）


Daily Conversation（日常对话）

First meet conversation（初次见面）part2

Escucha esta entrevista a la profe Karol Cruz, ella es de Portugal.
Ella me platica sobre cómo inició su carrera profesional como maestra de idiomas y también por qué Italki es la mejor plataforma para aprender idiomas.

Karol Cruz:
https://www.italki.com/teacher/8094803

Mucho que decir

Entrevista a la profe Karol

欢迎来到科技黑话第二集！在本期播客里，我们会一起学习和互联网、群聊、流媒体有关的表达。


Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

互联网词汇101 Internet-lingo

Una de las alcaldías más verdes de la CDMX y con mucha historia es sin lugar a dudas la Magdalena Contreras. Ubicada al sur poniente del Valle de México, es el hogar de importantes áreas naturales protegidas como el Corredor Ecoturístico los Dinamos y el Parque de la Comunidad de San Bernabé Ocotepec; además de que a través de ella aún fluye la única corriente viva de la ciudad, que es el Río Magdalena.

Tampoco se puede dejar de mencionar la valiosa cultura ferroviaria del lugar, así como el tremendo esfuerzo de los barrios originarios por preservar las tradiciones que les preceden. Alguna vez conocida como “la piedra que bebe agua” –gracias a su imponente belleza natural- la Magdalena Contreras se niega a darle la espalda a sus raíces, en medio de la vorágine capitalina que todo lo devora a su paso.

Aunque muchas de las alcaldías deben su nombre a personajes ilustres de la nación, ese no es el caso de la Magdalena Contreras. Las tribus prehispánicas le conocían como Atlitic (“la piedra que bebe agua”); sin embargo, durante la Conquista arribó un séquito de frailes franciscanos y dominicos, que no tardaron en construir una ermita dedicada a Santa María Magdalena. El título de Contreras, por su parte, viene de la familia de Tomás Contreras quien, en el siglo XVI, fundó un obraje y cuyos apellidos se instalaron permanentemente en la región.  

Dadas sus insuperables condiciones –entre ubicación geográfica, clima y recursos ambientales-; la Magdalena Contreras se consolidó como el epicentro de una de las industrias que más aportaron al desarrollo económico en el siglo pasado: la textil. Después de la fundación del primer batán (fábrica de telas corrientes) en 1543, muchas otras se asentaron en la zona, aprovechando el caudal del Río Magdalena para hacer funcionar sus máquinas. El Águila Mexicana, Tizapán, Santa Teresa, Loreto y La Magdalena fueron algunas, esta última; de las más importantes y modernas de la época llegando a tener hasta 8 mil 400 husos. 

