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Birdsong English Explains

【躺平】 

面对996或者007的高压工作、高额的房价、微薄的薪水以及难以跨越的社会阶层生活，新一代的部分年轻人感觉非常辛苦，所以选择了另一种生活态度，面对激烈的竞争不再拼命地奋斗并且降低自己的物质欲望。在我看来，躺平也可能是一种新的生活哲学，适当地躺平，有助于年轻人缓解压力和排解不良的情绪。过度地躺平可能会阻止自己或者社会的发展和进步


Miàn duì 996 huòzhě 007 de gāoyā gōngzuò, gāo é de fángjià, wéibó de xīnshuǐ yǐjí nányǐ kuàyuè de shèhuì jiēcéng shēnghuó, xīn yí dài de bù fen niánqīng rén gǎnjué fēicháng xīnkǔ, suǒyǐ xuǎnzéle lìng yì zhǒng shēnghuó tàidu, miàn duì jīliè de jìngzhēng bú zài pīnmìng de fèndòu bìngqiě jiàngdī zìjǐ de wùzhí yùwàng. Zài wǒ kàn lái, tǎng píng yě kěnéng shì yì zhǒng xīn de shēnghuó zhéxué, shìdàng de tǎng píng, yǒu zhù yú niánqīng rén huǎnjiě yālì hé páijiě bùliáng de qíngxù. Guòdù de tǎng píng kěnéng huì zǔzhǐ zìjǐ huòzhě shèhuì de fǎ zhǎn hé jìnbù



Facing the  high-pressure jobs as 996 or 007, high housing prices, low salary salaries, and social class life that is difficult to cross, some young people in the new generation feel very hard, so they choose another life attitude, and face fierce competition. Work hard and lower your material desires. In my opinion, 躺平 may also be a new philosophy of life. Properly躺平 can help young people relieve stress and relieve bad emotions. 躺平 excessively may prevent the development and progress of oneself or society

Lily-Buzzwords/Idioms/Slang-【Lily-中国 Italki Id:8877492 Chinese Tutor】

第4集-躺平【引きこもり・横たわり族】-with Lily -Chinese internet buzzword

“A family member that I'd really love to work with in the future is my cousin John, who is a few years older than me, and now has his own successful marketing company. I’m now in my final year of studying media marketing, and John has always been there for me, anytime I needed some advice or help with my studies. I guess you could say he has been like a mentor to me.




I actually had the pleasure of working with him during my summer holidays last year, which was a really amazing experience, and I got a lot of great hands-on working experience . 




As I'm studying media marketing, John's marketing company would be a perfect fit for me to put my years of study to use. I’m especially interested in social media marketing, and would love the opportunity to specialise in this niche market. I have also discussed this with my cousin, and he is also very interested in breaking into this market in the future.




If this could happen in the future I really would be over the moon with happiness, and it would be like a dream come true. I think it would be an amazing opportunity, as well as a challenge that I would relish. I think I could learn so much from my cousin, as well as working hard to prove myself. I also think having him take me under his wing would be a great start to my working life.

IELTS 85 Speaking

Describe a family member you would like to work with

This time I'm talking about Naha in Okinawa. 

I hope you're all having an amazing week :) 

April in Tokyo

#7: 那覇、沖縄

문제 1
질문: 오늘 날씨는 어떻습니까?

1) 흐려요.
2) 좋아요.
3) 비가 와요.
4) 바람이 불어요.

문제 2
질문: 남자는 어디에 가요?

1) 학교
2) 병원
3) 슈퍼마켓
4) 공원

문제 3
질문: 지금 몇 시입니까?

1) 한 시
2) 두 시
3) 세 시
4) 네 시

문제 4
질문: 남자는 어떤 음식을 좋아합니까?

1) 불고기
2) 김밥
3) 라면
4) 떡볶이

문제 5
질문: 남자는 내일 무엇을 합니까?

1) 책을 읽어요.
2) 친구를 만나요.
3) 영화를 봐요.
4) 운동해요.

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정답
1. 2)좋아요
2. 3)슈퍼마켓
3. 3) 세 시
4. 2) 김밥
5. 2) 친구를 만나요

한국어 토픽 듣기 

한국어 토픽 1 듣기 연습

Today were talking about the ideas of quitting a job or being fired from a job. We're in particular looking at nicer and better ways to talk about this topic that don't feel so negative! I hope you find them useful.

DAILY Business English VOCABULARY builder

Did you quit or were you fired?

Este episodio está recomendado para estudiantes de español con un nivel básico o intermedio, que tengan ganas de escuchar un acento argentino natural y cotidiano. 

LA GRANDEZA PERSONAL

El coraje no es la ausencia de temor, sino la voluntad de superarlo para perseguir una meta que es importante para ti. Cuando vives en un puerto seguro y te aferras a lo conocido, te cuentas entre los muertos en vida. Cuando te aventuras en lo desconocido y exploras lugares que ignorabas de tu vida resucitas y tu corazón late de nuevo. De ese modo recuperas la aventura y la emoción de vivir. Recuerda que al otro lado de tus miedos descubrirás tu fortuna. 


Saludos desde Buenos Aires, Aprendiendo Español con Una Argentina. 

Aprendiendo español con una argentina

Pequeña reflexión: La grandeza personal

En titt på én av de norske vikingkongene og hans eventyr

Norsk fakta

Harald Hardråde

“It’s sad to say, but there have been too many times I’ve seen terrible examples of plastic waste. The one time that really sticks in my mind was about 2 months ago when I visited a very famous and beautiful lake, just a stone's throw from my hometown. The whole area is famous for its natural beauty and scenery, and has become a very popular place for tourists to visit.




I went there with a couple of my friends, as we thought it would be the perfect place to enjoy some of the wonderful natural scenery the country has to offer.




I can still clearly remember as we took a path down to the lake, there were plastic bottles and bags tossed everywhere all the way down to the shore of the lake. The lake itself was in an even worse state, with plastic bags, bottles and discarded styrofoam boxes floating on the water, which was a pretty depressing sight. 




It was obvious that so many ignorant visitors to the lake bring along some food or drinks to have a picnic, leaving their waste behind, or just tossing it into the lake without a thought about the harm they are doing.




I was so disgusted and ashamed by the sight that we took lots of photos to post on some public social media groups, and try to bring some attention to this environmental mess. It was truly heartbreaking to see such a beautiful place destroyed by people's ignorance, as well as making my blood boil, that nobody seemed to care.