I order a decaf latte and an egg mayo sandwich. It is interesting that the brown bread is still "frozen" so she only has white bread available. That says a lot about how we treat food here.

Teacher Joseph's Podcast

I visit a Coffee Shop and Make an Order

The character "目- Mù " is a pictographic character depicting an eye.

It has multiple meanings and usages, Today we are gonna take a look at some of the main points:

Frist, As an Independent Word, It refers to 
1.眼睛- Yǎn jing - eyes, The organ of vision.

2.看 - Kàn - look, Derived from the function of the eye, it means to observe with the eyes.
Example:	
他目不转睛地看着比赛。- Tā mù bù zhuǎn jīng de kàn zhe bǐ sài 。
-He watched the game without blinking.
目睹了整个过程 - Mù dǔ le zhěng gè guò chéng 
- Witnessed the whole event 

Compound words

1.目光 - Mù guāng - Vision: A person's gaze or attention.
Example: 		
他的目光炯炯有神。- Tā de mù guāng jiǒng jiǒng yǒu shén 。
- His eyes are piercing.

2.目的-Mù dì - Purpose: Goal, intention.
Example:		
他的目的是通过考试。- Tā de mù dì shì tōng guò kǎo shì 。 
- His purpose is to pass the exam.

3.题目-Tí mù - Title/ question
Example: 	
作文的题目- Zuò wén de tí mù - The essay title 

4.目录 - Table of contents
Example:	
这本书的目录- Zhè běn shū de mù lù 
-The book's table of contents

5.项目- Xiàng mù - Item/ project
Example:	
工作中的重要项目。-Gōng zuò zhōng de zhòng yào xiàng mù 。 
-Important projects at work

Idioms and Fixed Phrases

"目不暇接 - Mù bù xiá jiē" : Describes an overwhelming number of things to see.

The Chinese idiom "目不暇接- Mù bù xiá jiē" translates to "too much to see" in English. It is often used to describe a situation where there are so many things to see that one's eyes don't have enough time to rest on any single thing. 

In a more general sense, it can be used to express the idea of being overwhelmed by numerous sights or activities happening all at once. 

Another common translation is "a feast for the eyes," emphasizing the abundance and variety of visually appealing elements.


每日一字

When someone asks you 'Did you touch a fish in your job today?', what do they mean by that? Come and find out in this episode.

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Idioms and Slangs Episode8-摸鱼

In this episode, I talk about watching films and how that can help to improve your English and mention a couple of apps which you can use in this regard...



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 Kev's English Podcast: Episode 15: Watch films to improve your English!

Новые слова 生词 new words:

метро - subway, 地铁；
машина - car, 汽车；
трамвай - tram, 有轨电车；
такси - taxi, 出租车；
пробка - traffic jam, 堵车；
опаздывать - to be late, 迟到；
станция - station, 地铁站。

Вопросы:

Метро популярно в Москве?
В метро обычно тихо?
Ездить на трамвае в Москве дорого?
Что значит пробка?

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Метро

Jobs that pay well, and jobs that are difficult.
Angela reads the basic text from this lesson, (transcript available when you take this lesson).

English with Angela -  conversation 

TASK 13 - THE BEST AND WORST JOBS IN THE WORLD 

For intermediate level learners of Japanese
「てしまう」について勉強しましょう！

初級では勉強しなかった「てしまう」が使えるようになりますよ～。

今日は・・・
５　まとめ&関西弁ではどういうの？［2:45］


◎「てしまう」の まとめ
「そのつもりはなかったけど、そうなった、そうした」「そうしようとおもっていたけど、そうならなかった、しなかった」の意味。
そして、文によっては、そこに後悔、残念、こまったっていう気持ちがついてきている!!

▶スタッフルームでの会話｢関西弁で、どういうの？｣◀
・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・
〈ことば〉
1)自慢（じまん）げ：自慢する感じ。自慢するようす。
2)カーテン：curtain。光をさえぎる目的などで家の中などにつるす布（ぬの）。
3)デフォルト：default。初めからある/そなわっている動作（どうさ）の設定（せってい）。
 大阪人（おおさかじん）のデフォ･･･会話の中では大阪の人全員が｢そう言います｣という意味で使った。

・牛乳ちょっと入れちゃった。
・全部食べちゃった。全部読んじゃった。
・安くなってたから、この服、買っちゃった！
・これ見て、買っちゃった。いくらだと思う？


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第１０課 てしまう（１）
１［3:26］　〈会話１〉と「給湯室（きゅうとうしつ）」
２［4:18］　初級で勉強した「てしまう」は？（完了）（後悔・失望）
３［4:11］　こまったり残念に思っていない「てしまう」
４［3:57］　『みんなの日本語』と『GENKI』の文でも確認（かくにん）しよう！
５［2:45］　まとめ&関西弁ではどういうの？

🎙声：音読さん、平谷（ひらたに、Japanese teacher）、吉田（よしだ、Japanese teacher）
📖scenario：吉田（よしだ、Japanese teacher）


役に立つ日本語のことばを私たちと一緒に勉強しましょう！ 
Come study useful Japanese words with us！

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第１７課 気がしない（１）（２）
第１６課 頭の慣用句
第１５課 たまたま
第１４課 なんか
第１３課 （１）思わず（２）つい・うっかり
第１２課 喉元過ぎれば熱さ忘れる
第１１課 とにかく
第１０課 てしまう（１）（２）
第　９課 しっかり
第　８課 開いた口がふさがらない
第　７課 いちいち
第　６課 てくる
第　５課 ネコをかぶる
第　４課 ずいぶん
第　３課 てたまらない
第　２課 顔から火が出る
第　１課 あまり

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第１０課　てしまう（１）－５

This a special Christmas podcast where I explain why we say "FELICES PASCUAS" during Christmas.

De todo un poco

🎄¡FELICES PASCUAS!/ Merry Christmas?🎇🎉🎊

Alcohol is a leading cause of cancer, a risk that should be clearly labeled on drinks Americans consume, the top doctor in the US has said.

The US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy made the proposal as research and evidence mounts about the effects that alcohol has on human health.

His suggestion for a label would require approval from the US Congress.

Americans should be better informed about the link between alcohol and cancer, in particular, Murthy argues, noting that alcohol consumption was to blame for nearly one million preventable cancer cases in the US over the last decade.

About 20,000 people die every year from those alcohol-related cancer cases, he said.

Bottles of beer, wine and liquor already carry warning labels that say pregnant women should not drink alcohol and that alcohol consumption can impair a person's ability to drive a car.

But Murthy's proposed label would go even further, raising awareness about the risk for cancer, too.

"It's pretty crazy that there's a lot more information on a can of peas than on a bottle of whiskey," said Timothy Naimi, who directs the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research at the University of Victoria in British Columbia.

"Consumers have the right to basic information about health risks, serving size and drinks per container."

Consuming alcohol raises the risk of developing at least seven types of cancer, including liver, breast and throat cancer, research has found.

Murthy said that as a person's alcohol consumption goes up, so does the risk for developing those illnesses.

However, it's unlikely that Congress would act quickly to enact a new warning on alcohol products.

It's been nearly four decades since Congress approved the first government warning label on alcohol and no updates have been made since then.

Any effort to add a cancer warning label to alcohol would face significant pushback from a well-funded and powerful beverage industry, which spends nearly $30 million every year lobbying Congress.