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Welcome to the Just Chatting podcast where Paul & Rachel just chat about everyday events using natural British English.

Just Chatting

Each week I read an interesting news article from the BBC. Listen along to the words and pronunciation and I will also share with you the link to the story so that you can read along as well.

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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


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Mucho que decir

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MEXIKO-STADT FOLGE NUMMER VIER.

On this episode, we will learn more about “time”.
前天qián tiān(the day before yesterday) 昨天zuó tiān(yesterday) 今天jīn tiān(today) 明天míng tiān(tomorrow) 后天hòu tiān(the day after tomorrow)

前年qián nián(the year before last year) 去年qù nián(last year) 今年jīn nián(this year) 明年míng nián(next year) 后年hòu nián(the year after next year)

上个星期shàng ge xīng qī(last week)  这个星期zhè ge xīng qī(this week)  下个星期xià ge xīng qī(next week)

上个月shàng ge yuè(last month) 这个月zhè ge yuè(this month) 下个月xià ge yuè(next month)

1.昨天几月几号？(What was the date yesterday?)
zuó tiān jǐ yuè jǐ hào ?
2.明天几月几号？(What is the date tomorrow?)
míng tiān jǐ yuè jǐ hào ?
3.后天星期几？(What day is it the day after tomorrow?)
hòu tiān xīng qī jǐ ?
4.上个月五号星期几？(What day was the fifth of last month?)
shàng ge yuè wǔ hào xīng qī jǐ ?
5.今年是哪一年？(What year is it this year?)
jīn nián shì nǎ yì nián ? 
6.去年是哪一年？（What year was it last year?）
qù nián shì nǎ yì nián ?


Daily Conversation（日常对话）

4. More about Time（关于日期）

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