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Confusing words  (A2 - Elementary)

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Real Life Chinese phrase: 
“Take care”用中文怎么说？
How to say “Take care”in Chinese?

bǎo zhòng   zhào gù zì jǐ
保重。 =  好好照顾自己。/ 照顾好自己。Take care/Take good care of yourself
duō bǎo zhòng 
多保重。    take good care of 
bǎo zhòng shēntǐ
保重身体。  take care of yourself 

****Script for your second time listening****

片段一Clip one
A:姐，那我们就走了。你保重啊。
I guess we should go, sis. Take care.
B：你们也是。
So do you.
片段二 Clip two
A:保重！
B：Take care.

片段四Clip four
A:  过两天我就走了，你一个人好好照顾自己。
I am leaving in a couple of days.Take care of yourself.
B：嗯，你放心吧。
Don’t worry.

片段五Clip five
A：以后自己照顾自己了啊。
You need to take care of yourself from now on.
B：下了飞机看到妈妈就给我打个电话。
Give me a call once you see your mom at the terminal.


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“Take care ”用中文怎么说？—Improve Chinese with movie clips

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Confusing words - what, which

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次の文の正しい意味はどちらでしょうか。

１．田中さんは本当はこの仕事が好きじゃないんじゃないか。
　　①田中さんはこの仕事が好きだと思う。
　　②田中さんはこの仕事が好きじゃないと思う。

２．山田さんは約束を忘れているのではないだろうか。
　　①山田さんは約束を忘れていると思う。
　　②山田さんは約束を忘れていないと思う。

正解は
１. ②　好きじゃないと思う
２.①　忘れていいると思う

「～んじゃないか＝～のではないだろうか」は「たぶん～だろう」「たぶん～と思う」という意味

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Hybrid Work: Finding the Right Balance for Everyone!

This episode introduces three idioms that use the word salt. Listen to the examples to hear how to use them. Please send me a message if you would like a copy of the audio script.