What happens at a wedding?   Angela reads the basic text from this lesson, (transcript available when you take this lesson).

This topic is also available for intermediate and higher-level learners.


English with Angela -  conversation 

TASK 31 - SETTLING DOWN

This is a short story of a new friends, the bird and butterfly. 
I hope you listen to this podcast and learn new things, if you don't know any of the new words, feel free to text me. 
I would love to help you in learning Dari language. 

If you find this podcast useful, kindly share this with your friends. 

Kalim Karimi

The bird and butterfly 

Can learning a language give you an alternative perspective on life? We discuss this with our expert in linguistic relativity Guillaume Thierry.

The Age of Humans

Episode 1: Does learning a new language change your perception?

Key Phrase of the Day:
您有尝试过哪些解决方法吗？
nín yǒu cháng shì guò něi xiē jiě jué fāng fǎ ma ?
Have you tried any solutions yet? 
 
Script: 
客服: 喂，您好。请问有什么可以帮到您吗？
wèi , nín hǎo . qǐng wèn yǒu shén me kě yǐ bāng dào nín ma ?
1. 摄像头: webcam
顾客: 诶，您好。我的电脑摄像头好像坏了。视频时对方看不到我。
éi , nín hǎo . wǒ de diàn nǎo shè xiàng tóu hǎo xiàng huài le . shì pín shí duì fāng kàn bú dào wǒ .
客服: 女士，请问您贵姓？
nǚ shì , qǐng wèn nín guì xìng ?
顾客: 我姓王。
wǒ xìng wáng .
客服: 您好，王女士。我想问一下，您有没有尝试过哪些解决方法？
nín hǎo , wáng nǚ shì . wǒ xiǎng wèn yī xià , nín yǒu méi yǒu cháng shì guò něi xiē jiě jué fāng fǎ ?
 2. 解决方法: solutions
 顾客: 嗯，我尝试过关机重启，还有更新系统，都没有用。
èn , wǒ cháng shì guò guān jī chóng qǐ, hái yǒu gēng xīn xì tǒng , dōu méi yǒu yòng .
 3. 关机重启: restart a computer 
 4. 更新系统: update a system
客服: 哦，都没用。是这样，王女士。我现在怀疑可能是您的硬件出了问题。我建议您去当地的客服中心，让他们检查一下。
ò , dōu méi yòng . shì zhè yàng , wáng nǚ shì . wǒ xiàn zài huái yí kě néng shì nín de yìng jiàn chū le wèn tí . wǒ jiàn yì nín qù dāng dì de kè fú zhōng xīn , ràng tā men jiǎn chá yī xià .
 5. 怀疑: suspect
 6. 硬件: hardware
 7. 客服中心: service center 
 8. 检查一下: check it out

Source: YMC Learn Chinese on YouTube


Learn Chinese with Lucky Yancy

Avoid Saying this in Chinese! (Business Chinese B1)

Today we're talking about the word "shadow" and how we can use it as a verb, at work. I hope you find it useful!

DAILY Business English VOCABULARY builder

Would you like to shadow me?

Vol.51 日本旅行物語 4 Reading Practice Japan Travel Story 4

[前回より]   私は店員から二つのおにぎりとレシートを受け取ると自分のカバンに入れた。店内を見回すと客は私だけのようだ。それから店を出ると男が一人店の前の横に座っていた。


その男は気分が悪そうだ、顔を下に向けている。
そして、静かにゆっくり呼吸をしている。
私はその男が心配になったので、声をかけることにした。


私　「大丈夫ですか？」

男　「、、、、、」

私　「あの〜、だいじょうぶですか？」

男　「うっ、う〜ん。少しお酒を飲みすぎたみたい、気分がわるいけど、だいじょうぶ。あっ、ありがとう。　コンビニにあったレモン缶のお酒を500ml2本飲んだんだ。一気に飲んだから酔いが急に回ったみたいだ。おにいさん、水持っている？」

私　「　あっ、水ですか、これ新しいのがあるから飲んでください、あげます」

男　「お〜、助かるわ〜」

男は私が渡したペットボトルの水をゆっくり飲み始めた。それから、大きく深呼吸をした。



[単語リスト]

顔を下に向ける　かおをしたにむける

呼吸をする　こきゅうをする

声をかける　こえをかける

缶　かん

酔いが回る　よいがまわる

渡す　わたす




[文法説明]

1.~を　~に　動詞

顔　[を] 下　[に] 向ける

かばんを机におく

スマホをレジにかざす


2.~を　~に(人) 動詞


単語を先生に聞く

新しいアニメを友だちに教える



動詞　ます形　＋すぎる

飲みすぎる

食べすぎる

走りすぎる


動詞　ます形　＋始める

飲み始める

歩き始める

[道に立っている男]  は  歩き始めた





I took the two rice balls and the receipt from the clerk and put them in my bag. I looked around the store and I seemed to be the only customer. Then I left the store and saw a man sitting next to the front of the store.


The man looks sick, his face downcast.
And he is breathing quietly and slowly.
I was worried about him, so I decided to speak to him.


Me - "Are you okay?"

The man "、、、、、"

Me - "Um, are you okay?"

The guy "Ummm. I think I drank a little too much alcohol, I don't feel well, but I'm fine. Oh, thank you.　I drank two 500 ml bottles of lemon canned alcohol that I found at a convenience store. I drank them all at once, so I feel like I'm getting drunk too fast. Do you have any water?

I "Oh, water? I have a new one, please drink it, I'll give it to you.

The guy "Oh, thank you very much.

The man slowly began to drink from the plastic bottle I handed him. Then he took a deep breath.



[word list] [単語リスト]

to face down  顔を下に向ける　かおをしたにむける

to breathe       呼吸をする　こきゅうをする

to speak to  声をかける　こえをかける

a can   缶　かん

to get drunk    酔いが回る　よいがまわる

to pass  渡す　わたす







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Vol.51 読む練習　日本旅行物語4 Reading Practice Japan Travel Story 4

In this episode we will talk about sleep, you will learn how to say stay up late, sleep in, insomnia, feel sleepy ect.
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, then look up the dictionary. 
3rd time: listen again without looking at the text. 4th time: shadow reading without looking at the text. 
https://www.purpleculture.net/chinese-english-dictionary/ 
大家好，我是Yuli。这是我在italki的第一期播客，很高兴可以跟你一起分享。在我的频道，我会分享各种主题的闲谈。内容大概是1到2分钟，文稿会放在每一集播客下面。希望对你的中文学习有所帮助，那我们开始吧。
今天想和大家聊一聊睡眠的话题。
你是早睡早起的人，还是夜猫子呢？夜猫子，大家看晚上的猫是不是经常不睡觉，在外面玩儿呢？所以夜猫子就是指晚上不想睡觉、喜欢熬夜的人。那早上不想起床怎么说呢？睡懒觉。懒就是lazy的意思。
晚上熬夜的时候，你一般是在做什么呢？有的人是在加班，有的人是在学习，有的人是在打游戏，还有的人是想睡但是睡不着。这个我们叫失眠。你会失眠吗？我有时候会失眠。如果白天喝了太多茶，或者晚上工作到太晚，我的大脑非常清醒，那我就失眠了。失眠的时候你会怎么办呢？躺在床上等着睡着，还是玩手机，还是起来工作或者学习呢？我发现，失眠的时候起来看书，过一会儿就犯困了，自然就可以入睡了。
你的睡眠怎么样呢？留言告诉我吧。我们下期见。

夜猫子	yè māo zi	night owl (people who sleeps very late)
熬夜	áo yè	stay up late
睡懒觉	shuì lǎn jiào	sleep in/ sleep late (in the morning)
失眠	shī mián	Insomnia
清醒	qīng xǐng	wide awake
犯困	fàn kùn	feel sleepy
自然	zì rán	naturally
入睡	rù shuì	fall asleep

Yuli's Chinese Channel

睡眠 sleep

Soundclips of the Queen and older family members.

Teacher Joseph's Podcast

Voices of the British Royals

America celebrates the  National Joseph Name Day 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/16ZrQW0JlEjns4ZT6DJ_gn02PFejhugIP/view?usp=drivesdk