Today we're looking at 2 ways to talk about working a lot more hours than you usually would. These are "to burn the midnight oil" and "to burn the candle at both ends". I hope you find them useful!

DAILY Business English VOCABULARY builder

Wow, you're working so late today!

Algunos idiomas como el ESPAÑOL tienen varios acentos dependiendo el país y/o la región donde se hablan. Super interesante saber más de esto, y aprender a entender al menos 2 o 3 de ellos. Te amplio la info en el audio, vamos!

Disfruta de aprender

Diferentes Acentos

En esta sesión aprendemos el verbo tener.

Escucha el audio e intenta comprender las frases.

¿Qué tengo en casa?

A1.1. Español básico para principantes. 

Clase 8. Verbo tener. Casa.

El día de hoy me encuentro con Milo un tutor de Italki de Medellín, Colombia, hablamos sobre juegos infantiles, aquí podrás escuchar verbos conjugados en el Pretérito Imperfecto o Pasado Imperfecto del modo Indicativo. 

Visiten a Milo: https://www.italki.com/teacher/11526291/spanish

No Manches Que Bacano

Children's Games

안녕하세요. Hello~
한국어 듣기 수업 시작해요. Let's start with the Korean listening class.
선생님 읽어요. I read it.
잘 들으세요. Please listen well.

I posted the sentences on my blog.
https://blog.naver.com/laramcraft/222824744445
https://youtu.be/SkDo4JDu06E

The basics are important.
It is also good to check the basics of 한글 Hangeul before this listening class.
1-1. Korean alphabet - Vowels 모음 - What is Hangeul?
https://youtu.be/0YzhJ9p2lcs
https://journal475.tistory.com/entry/Korean-alphabet-Vowels-%EB%AA%A8%EC%9D%8C-The-pronunciation-of-vowels
2-1. Korean alphabet - Consonants 자음 -What are the consonants 자음?
https://youtu.be/lckgvQ_vreA
https://journal475.tistory.com/entry/Korean-alphabet-Consonants-%EC%9E%90%EC%9D%8CThe-pronunciation-of-consonants
3-1. Korean alphabet - Final Consonants 받침 - What are the final consonants 받침?
https://youtu.be/sLlFmG30fNI
https://journal475.tistory.com/entry/%ED%95%9C%EA%B8%80-%EB%B0%9B%EC%B9%A8-Korean-alphabet-Final-Consonants-%EB%B0%9B%EC%B9%A8-Pronunciation-of-the-final-consonants

This is a class to listen to Korean conversational sentences.
In this voice recording for listening,
After reading many sentences with Korean grammar in Korean conversation sentences,
Check out how much you understand the sentences with a voice recording.
Never look at the sentences when listening to the voice recording.
And listen to the sentence repeatedly until you hear it completely.

You are listening to the Sejong Korean conversation. (세종학당)
There are four books in total. (Korean conversation, 1, 2, 3, 4.)
It consists of 1st and 2nd courses for beginners and 1st and 2nd courses for intermediate.
Each course is conducted in 14 units. (2 grammar - for each unit.)
This listening class you are taking is Korean Conversation 1. (Beginner 1)

Korean Listening Class 한국어 문장 듣기 - Korean teacher, Grace

Updated-Korean Conversation 1. (Beginner 1) - Lesson 14. - Beginner 1  Part 1  -아서/-어서/-여서(1),  Part 2  못 

Festivals is one of those textbook topics, but in Chillchat you will experience how the conversation develops in a daily chitchat-ty way. Festivals are also a great small talk topic. On May 9 in 2021, it will be Mother’s Day. You can already use what you learn from this episode into talking to your friends’ about Mother’s Day. Okay enough talk, let’s go!

Note: This podcast is intended for language learning ONLY. Not for promoting or criticizing any political party or ideology. Let’s keep it friendly and accessible to all :)

Also, all of the experiences are the hosts’ own experiences so please do your own research if you need more information.

Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

Festivals: UP Your Small Talk Game in Chinese!

As the US navigates what some experts have described as a loneliness epidemic, employers and employees across the country are trying to address what for many people is a lack of real friendships at work.

It's not a new thing, but remote work has only intensified the problem, says leadership expert Michael Bungay Stanier.

"People have this desire to be seen and be heard," Bungay Stanier says, but on video calls, the group gets right down to business rather than having the natural, informal interactions of a real room. It reduces people to "little heads in squares."

It's not easy to talk about this lack of friendship at work "because it feels like a shameful confession," Bungay Stanier says. But his clients are beginning to bring up the subject.

Awkward as it may be, these are conversations worth having, according to psychology professor Laurie Santos.

At-work friendships are good for employers, too. Santos says research shows that workplace friendships and a sense of belonging are vital to employees' happiness — and companies' success.

We assume that friendships at work are "a nice-to-have, not a need-to-have," she said.

But "maybe one of the reasons we're all so disengaged at work ... is that we're actively not investing in the thing that might matter the most for our happiness at work, which is our connection with other people," Santos said.

Some large companies began paying more attention to employee health long before the pandemic, often focusing on physical health.

Today, more employers are looking at ways to really improve people's mental health and well-being.

And experts say there is a lot that companies can do, even rethinking physical spaces in the offices with relationships in mind.

More than anything, remember the importance of everyday greetings at work — even if they make you a bit uncomfortable. A simple hello, Bungay Stanier says, could be the beginning of the end of loneliness.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Why It's Important to Have Friends at Work

In this episode, Karen and Baiwei discussed living with one's parents and moving out. What is the sign of adulthood in Chinese and American culture? How does one balance family obligations and personal freedom? Let's get started.

你愿意和父母住吗? Are you willing to live with your parents?

Reset and Move Forward. It is important to review our learning habits sometimes. 

Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q-vYavHfpmDNiz2NLx2s3M7MV7AaoixG/view?usp=drivesdk