I've got a large vocabulary, so why can't I understand the locals? 
Let's improve our listening and pronunciation  with movie clips!
听台词，学地道的中文发音和表达。
每天两分钟，让你听懂更多中文。

Iris' screening room

1.一分钟中文听力资料（名人演讲、采访）
1 Minute Chinese Listening Materials (Speeches and Interviews by Celebrities)
2.适合任何水平 
 For all levels
3.提供文稿和英文翻译
With Chinese & English script



One Minute Chinese—— Celebrity speeches & interviews with Chinese & English script

【Beginners&Kids】
  Elementary School Chinese Textbook（first to third grade）
 ✔每日一篇课文，看看中国人的中文课学什么
One text each day from the textbook used by students in  Chinese  elementary school.

Iris读课本—— Original Chinese Textbook Reading（first to third grade）

I love the feeling of being an energizer bunny! When I am energetic, I can accomplish so many things. Thus I have chosen this word for our episode today. 

Shall we make sentences with this word and construct sentence variations? 

Will you seize this moment with energy? 
 

Joy to Our World

I am energetic! 

お気に入り（おきにいり）
英語: Favorite
スペイン語: Favorito
ドイツ語: Lieblings-
タイ語: ที่ชื่นชอบ (tîi chʉ̂ʉn chôop)

店員（てんいん）
英語: Staff / Clerk
スペイン語: Empleado / Trabajador
ドイツ語: Angestellter / Mitarbeiter
タイ語: พนักงาน (phá-nák-ngaan)

勉強（べんきょう）
英語: Study
スペイン語: Estudio
ドイツ語: Studium / Lernen
タイ語: เรียน (rian)

みなさんはカフェがすきですか？
わたしはよくカフェでべんきょうします。
たいていカフェであたたかいまっちゃラテをのみます。
カフェのてんいんさんはいつもやさしいです。
たいていカフェで2時間（にじかん）から4時間（よじかん）くらいべんきょうします。わたしのおきにいりのカフェはデザートがとてもおいしいです。
ケーキやクッキーがあります。
みなさんはカフェでべんきょうしますか？コメントでおしえてください！


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おきにいりのカフェ

3. Offering a new product/service to reach new customers

Your business might be doing well, but there is no growth or development and there is a risk that your competitors might take away some of your customers. Innovation sometimes means developing a new product that targets a different market. Although video games were often played by boys, in 2006, video games giant Nintendo introduced the game console Nintendo Wii, successfully targeting girls and older customers with games like Cooking Mama and Brain Training.  

4. Changing the way you provide a service

By looking at the changes to the customer's lifestyle and needs, we sometimes realise that there might be better ways to serve them. Customers who do not have a lot of time might prefer to have their food or their shopping delivered to their homes, or they might like to do their banking online rather than in an actual bank.

Not all innovation will bring success to our businesses, but it can give us the opportunity to grow and learn more about what we do and what our customers might want.

What is it that keeping you buying from certain companies over others? Is it a price? A service or something special that you don't even know? Explore and let me know :)

To your success!!!

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the difference between 放松 and 轻松, show me with examples
放松 (fàng sōng) and 轻松 (qīng sōng) are both adjectives that can be translated as "relaxed" in English. However, there are some subtle differences in how they are used.
放松 (fàng sōng)  is a more general term that refers to the state of being relaxed or at ease. For example:
我喜欢做瑜伽，因为它能让我放松。(I like doing yoga because it helps me relax.)
wǒ xǐ huān zuò yú jiā, yīn wéi tā néng ràng wǒ fàng sōng.
假期让我放松许多。(The vacation helped me relax a lot.)
jià qī ràng wǒ fàng sōng xǔ duō.

轻松 (qīng sōng) on the other hand, is often used to describe an activity or task that is easy and not very demanding. For example:
这道题目太轻松了，我很快就会做出来。(This problem is too easy. I'll finish it quickly.)
zhè dào tí mù tài qīng sōng le, wǒ hěn kuài jiù huì zuò chū lái.
这项工作对我来说很轻松。(This job is very easy for me.)
zhè xiàng gōng zuò duì wǒ lái shuō hěn qīng sōng.

So, while both words refer to a state of relaxation, 放松 is more general and refers to a general feeling of relaxation, while 轻松 is more specific and refers to an activity or task that is easy and not very demanding.

Difference between A and B in Chinese with Shanmei

Difference between 放松 (fàng sōng) and 轻松 (qīng sōng) 

In this American English language podcast I talk about the problem of school shootings in the U.S. How do you think we can end this problem? https://italki.com/teacher/1947582 
Thanks for listening! Visit my website for more of my podcasts (Streetwisenglishdotcom)

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