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English Learning for Curious Minds

this podcast is an introduction about our channel and a small tip for feeling better before you sleep
hope you enjoy it 

feeling good

feeling good season 1 episode 1

A fun, short podcast to practice listening.
Be careful about being honest!

The Social Evolutionary

Do Women Really Like Honest Men???

＜Vocabulary>
最近(さいきん:saikin) ~ recently,in these days
秋(あき:aki) ~ fall,autumn
朝晩(あさばん:asa ban) ~ morning and evening
大分(だいぶ:daibu) ~ much
地球温暖化(ちきゅうおんだんか:chikyuu ondan-ka)
 ~ Global Warming
昔(むかし:mukashi) ~ Long time ago
テーマ(te e ma) ~ Theme
一言(ひとこと:hitokoto) ~ One word
熱中症(ねっちゅうしょう:necchuu shoo) ~Heat stroke
食欲(しょくよく:shoku yoku) ~Appetite
芸術(げいじゅつ:geijutsu) ~Art
展覧会(てんらんかい:tenrankai) ~Exhibition
美術館巡り(びじゅつかんめぐり:bijutsukan meguri) ~Museum tours

にほんごのこばなし⭐️Japanese Short story⭐️byみどり

#1 〇〇の秋

Let's make Japanese sentences together.   If you make a sentence in Japanese, write it in the comment section! I will correct your sentences!  

【Today's  topic】
【⚪⚪ばかり】 

(Verb タ形）+ ばかり 

この文法はJLPT N4の表現(ひょうげん)です。 

意味(いみ)は、ちょっとまえに～がおわった。
何(なに)か動(うご)きが、おわってから　あまり時間(じかん)がたっていない。 

📕動詞タ形
(食べた　切った　した) 

in my case👩  
おなかへってる？Are you hungry?

いや～今(いま)食べたばかりで、おなかへってないんだよね。 
I have just ate , so I'm  not hungry. 

(ex) 
かみの毛(け)を切(き)ったばかりで、きぶんがいい。I have just got my haircut,  So I feel  great. 

さいきん、入社(にゅうしゃ)したばかりで、よく仕事内容(しごとないよう)がわからない。

Short sentences ➕ your feelings=you can speak a lot of Japanese. 


Japanese teacher Noriko’s room

(Verb タ形）+ ばかり 

There are many reasons why you should speak about money in the workplace such as salary negotiations, sales and purchasing, accounting, budgeting and resources... the list goes on.

However, whatever the reason there are always some drawbacks to discussing money:

You are talking about your money. The person you are engaging with will be focused on their money. You might need to check the basic assumptions to check that you and your opponent are talking about the same thing as often this is not the case. You need to express different perspectives and points of view on values, inputs and outputs, and ownership, etc., which can be difficult, and sometimes delicate, to do.

SHIFT THE FOCUS FROM PRICE TO VALUE

Talk in a way that places focus on the benefits you can offer your counterpart and not what claims you want to make for yourself personally. What savings can you give, what profits can you enhance? This is also particularly relevant when you are in an interview, as you can show what an economical advantage it would be for you to be hired rather than the next person, as businesses are always interested in those that can help boost business!

BizPod - The Business English Podcast

BizPod Episode 10 - Money, Money, Money!

In this episode we are going to learn a Real Chinese Conversation【Pay the bill at restaurant】. 
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Step 1: Listen and catch the words you know already, have a guess about the content.
Step 2: Check the script to learn one by one. 
Step 3: Listen and repeat after it.
Step 4: Practice until you can perform the dialogue. 
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顾客（gùkè,customer）: 你好，买单。
nǐ hǎo ， mǎi dān 。
Hello, check please.
服务员(fú wù yuán,waiter)：您好，买单请到前台。
nín hǎo ， mǎi dān qǐng dào qián tái 。
Hello, please go to the front desk to pay the bill.
顾客: 你好，12桌买单。
nǐ hǎo ，shí èr zhuō mǎi dān 。
Hello, paying bill for table NO.12 
前台（qián tái，front desk）：一共消费288块，您看一下。
yí gòng xiāo fèi liǎng bǎi bā shí bā kuài ， nín kàn yí xià 。
The total consumption is 288 yuan, please take a look.
顾客: 没有问题。
méi yǒu wèn tí 。
No problem.
前台：您怎么支付？
nín zěn me zhī fù ？
How would you like to pay?
顾客: 有什么支付方式？
yǒu shén me zhī fù fāng shì ？
What payment methods are available?
前台：现金、微信、支付宝和信用卡都可以。
xiàn jīn 、 wēi xìn 、 zhī fù bǎo hé xìn yòng kǎ dōu kě yǐ 。
Cash, WeChat, Alipay and credit card are all OK.
顾客: 微信吧。
wēi xìn ba 。
WeChat then.
前台：好的，我扫您。
hǎo de ， wǒ sǎo nín 。
OK, I'll scan your (code).
顾客: 付了。
fù le 。
Paid already.
前台：谢谢光临。请慢走。
xiè xie guāng lín 。 qǐng màn zǒu 。
Thank you for coming. Please take care.
顾客: 再见！
zài jiàn ！
Goodbye!


Yuli's Chinese Channel

饭店买单 Pay the bill at restaurant（Beginner）

Being a picky eater can mean a number of different things. It may describe someone who doesn't like to try new foods, or someone who prefers plain meals. It can also refer to someone who eats quite a narrow range of foods.

It's quite common for children to be picky eaters. They may only like their pasta without sauce, or their bread cut in a certain shape.

Parents often feel they're to blame when their children are picky eaters. But according to a new study, picky eating is mostly caused by our genes.

Researchers in the UK looked at data from identical and non-identical twins who had been followed from birth since 2007.

Identical twins share 100% of their genes, while non-identical twins share half, on average. Studying these twins allowed the researchers to compare the eating habits of people who were genetically the same and those who weren't, but still grew up in the same home together.

More than 4,800 twins were included in the study. Their parents completed questionnaires about how picky their children were aged 16 months, then again at the ages of 3, 5, 7 and 13.

Not all parents completed the questionnaires as their children got older, but from the results, the researchers found that the eating habits of identical twins were much more similar than those of non-identical twins.

They also found that genetic variation explained 60% of the differences in food pickiness at 16 months, and 74% between the ages of 3 and 13. Meanwhile, shared environment only explained 15% to 26% of these differences, and the environmental effect was strongest when children were younger.

However, the researchers added that environmental effects are still important: parents can still influence their children's eating habits by eating together as a family, and by offering a wide variety of different foods, for example.