In this episode, you will listen to Kristina talk about superstitions in America and around the world. You will learn new vocabulary and get speaking and writing practice at the end of the episode.

REAL English with Kristina

Episode 2: Superstitions

Всем привет!
Hello, everyone!
Salut, les amis!

Being a French language learner I am always eager to make an order in a restaurant myself without any help of a menu in English (if such exists). Moreover, I need to be very precise about a terrible allergy I have. Otherwise… no more learning, or teaching, or going to restaurants for your teacher Elena 😊. 

1-minute Survival Russian for Travelling (A1-A2)

Как делать заказ в ресторане_How to make an order in a restaurant

In this exciting first episode of Tiny Talks, we dive into how OpenAI secured a massive $4 billion in funding from some of the world's biggest banks! 🏦 Discover what this means for the future of Artificial Intelligence and their ambitious goal of achieving AGI—Artificial General Intelligence. We'll break down complex ideas into simple English, making it perfect for English learners. Join us as we explore the opportunities and challenges that come with such groundbreaking advancements in AI technology. 

To buy the workbook with a transcript, vocabulary, discussion questions and more, see our website (coming soon) or get in touch. Don't miss out!

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Tiny Talks! Tiny Talks about Big Topics!

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⭐ In this B1-level podcast I will talk about happiness and the search of happiness, migration and expatriation, and will also tell you a bit about my family’s origin and about myself. We will see how to express unsatisfaction, how to speak about future plans, we will practise the imperfect and the compound past and much more.

⭐ In the first part of this podcast I will speak French only, and in the second part I will translate and explain everything I said in English. 

Learn French with Anthony

#06 (B1) Bonheur et avenir

In this Episode you will learn how yo use 会！

HSK2

Learn how to use 会

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
5月5日木曜日　天気/晴れ　気温/13℃ 

旭川市/あさひかわし
・4日「20才を祝うつどい」があった。
・本当は、今年1月10日「成人式」だったけど、コロナのせいでできなかった。
・今年4月1日から、法律が変わった。18才からが大人になった。
・だから、20才は「成人式」ではなく、「20才を祝うつどい」に変わった。

［単語］
20才/はたち
つどい…人が集まる
成人/せいじん…大人
式/しき…関係する人が集まって、お祝いをする。
コロナ/ころな…COVID19
法律/ほうりつ…国が決める約束

レッスン待ってます♪


北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#53〉5月5日木曜日　20才のお祝い！

Hola, chicos, ha sido una semana un poco dura  :(  y estoy hecha polvo. Desafortunadamente mi estado se corresponde con esta expresión. Os cuento el motivo en este episodio.

Expresiones en español

Estar hecho/a polvo

In this episode we will talk about 【lie down V.S. involution】, you will learn how to say 【irrational,be involved in,God rewards the diligent. 】 ect.
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It is recommended that you study in the following ways:
1st time: listen without looking at the text.
2nd time: look at the text and write down the new words, later look up the dictionary. 
3rd time: listen again without looking at the text.
4th time: repeat after it without looking at the text.
大家好，我是Yuli。欢迎收听我的播客。
今天想和大家聊一聊【内卷和躺平】的话题。
“内卷”原本是一个人类学的学术用语，原意是指人类社会在某一特定的发展阶段，处于停滞状态，或者不能转换成其他更高层次的形态。这几年“内卷”的概念开始在中国的年轻一代中流行起来，它指的是一种非理性的竞争。
举个例子，孩子们在学校里，有一个同学报名参加了补习班，所有人都报名了。最后的结果是，所有人的分数都提高了，但是排名没有太大的变化，反而是补习班赚钱了。又例如在公司，本来大家都是6点下班，有的同事为了在领导面前表现，开始加班到8点，其他同事为了不让领导觉得自己不够努力，也开始加班，而且加班到更晚。结果就是大家加班的时间越来越晚了，但是工资却没有涨。我们现在经常用“卷”来形容一个行业、一个公司或者一个人，指的是非理性的过度竞争的状态。
随着社会竞争越来越激烈，很多人无形中被卷入到工作和生活上的“内卷”，一些人采用“躺平”方式来回应“内卷”压力，成为“躺平”一族。躺平的意思是拒绝竞争，选择轻松的工作和生活。
那么我们应该选择内卷还是躺平呢？来听一听他的看法。
躺平还是内卷，其实没必要争这个问题。内卷的本质是竞争，而躺平的本质是放弃竞争。永远有人想成为人上人，也有人只想隔岸观火。但竞争的前提是学会互相尊重，在良性对比中找到努力的方向。而放弃竞争意味着你得比大多数人更明白自己想要的是什么。比起极端的天道酬勤，更要明白如何扬长避短。如果鱼在岸上快要渴死了，就不要在岸上努力进化了。如果猫在水里快要被淹死了，就不要待在水里努力适应吧了。内卷和躺平，选什么不重要，你想要成为怎样的自己才重要。
你会选择内卷还是躺平呢？留言告诉我吧。我们下期见。
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人类学	/	rén lèi xué	/	anthropology
学术用语	/	xué shù yòng yǔ	/	academic term
停滞	/	tíng zhì	/	stagnate
非理性	/	fēi lǐ xìng	/	irrational
补习班	/	bǔ xí bān	/	cram school
无形中	/	wú xíng zhōng	/	invisibly
被卷入	/	bèi juǎn rù	/	be involved in
人上人	/	rén shàng rén	/	superior people
隔岸观火	/	gé àn guān huǒ	/	look on sb.'s trouble with indifference
良性对比	/	liáng xìng duì bǐ	/	benign contrast
极端	/	jí duān	/	extreme
天道酬勤	/	tiān dào chóu qín	/	God rewards the diligent. 
扬长避短	/	yáng cháng bì duǎn	/	Promote strengths and avoid weaknesses
进化	/	jìn huà	/	evolution