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Get ready for a special treat! In this episode, I talk with Cara Leopold, an English Teacher known as the Listening Expert. We covered a lot of topics, so this will be the first of two episodes with our conversation. The main theme of our conversation was building great listening skills in another language. In this first episode, we talk about the importance of listening when learning another language, including pronunciation, and what to do when you don’t understand your colleagues in meetings.  Here are some gems from this episode:

“People might think, “I spend most of my time speaking.” But listening is actually the skill that dominates. So by that logic, the foundation for also learning future languages should be listening.”

“So what’s really helped me to get fluent in French is observing what people say, understanding them, and then copying them.”

“Notice the expressions that people keep using and then use them. You will sound more authentic because you'll be using what the people around you actually say, as opposed to what you read in a book or what you got out of a list of 100 idioms.”

Tune in to get more valuable insights from Cara, so you’ll understand more of what people say around you! The second part of our conversation will be released in the next episode. 

Read the transcript here: https://www.express-to-impress.com/listening-skills/.

Original theme music by Lucas Knutter 

Express to Impress

How to Improve Your Listening Skills With Movies With Cara Leopold

みなさん、明（あ）けましておめでとうございます。年末年始（ねんまつねんし the New Year’s holiday）は、どうでしたか。うちは毎年、大みそか（おおみそか 12月31日）から元日（がんじつ 1月1日）にかけて、お寺（てら）で鐘（かね  bell )をついてから、神社（じんじゃ）へ行くことにしています。どっちも近（ちか）いんですよ。30分ぐらいで行ってこれます。今年はひさしぶりに、人が多かったですね。お寺でマイナスをゼロにした後、すぐ神社へ行ってプラスをもらう、なんていいアイデアでしょう？神社で「おみくじ fortune telling」ひいてきました。私の今年の運勢（うんせい fortune）、こっそり secretly 教えちゃいます！

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じゃあ、またね！

すずまりの日本語「ききみみ」ずきん

第43話　年明けは神社へ

This episode gives some background to Part One and compares the sleepy diver to the American Dream idea of career management.

Teacher who came in from the Cold

Time Part Two American Dream

La mostra di Rubens alla Galleria Borghese di Roma (ep.2 di 3) in lingua inglese

Mappamondi fritti (by FastMedia)

Today’s Theme is “うなぎの日（ひ）？《Eel Day?》”.
This episode is JLPT-N4 level.

I created a quiz on this episode.
After listening, please take the quiz!

Please use this audio for listening and shadowing practices.

☆Words☆
うなぎ：eel

土用（どよう）："土用（どよう）" strictly refers to the 18 days before the first days of spring, summer, fall, and winter (on the lunar calendar). Today, however, "土用（どよう）" generally refers only to the 18 days before the first day of fall.

丑（うし）の日（ひ）：The day called "丑（うし）の日（ひ）", which is translated literally as the day of the Ox, can be seen in the calendar that follows the twelve signs of the Chinese zodiac. The twelve signs were introduced to Japan from ancient China. The twelve signs were allocated one by one to the days on the calendar. "丑（うし）の日（ひ）" is the day to which the second sign of the twelve signs is allocated. 

立春（りっしゅん）：the first day of spring
立夏（りっか）：the first day of summer
立秋（りっしゅう）：the first day of fall
立冬（りっとう）：the first day of winter

つまり：in other words

干支（えと）：the twelve zodiac signs in Chinese astrology

梅干（うめぼ）し：pickled plums
ウリ：a gourd

☆Script for this episode
The scripts (URL) are listed in the overview section of the channel.

☆Quiz for this episode
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Simple Japanese Listening with Meg（めぐ）Smile

#42 うなぎの日？ / Eel Day? // N4 Level /Japanese listening

In this episode we are going to listen to a conversation about family members and their names. Let's start now.
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老 师：你今年几岁了？
                                                                                                                                      
松籽儿：我今年八岁了。

老 师：那你家里有弟弟妹妹吗？

松籽儿：我没有弟弟，但是我有一个妹妹。

老 师：噢，你有一个妹妹，那你妹妹今年多大呀？

松籽儿：她今年一岁七个月。

老 师：哦，她现在一岁七个月。那你叫松籽儿，你妹妹叫什么呢？

松籽儿：她叫松果。

老 师：那你还有哥哥姐姐吗？

松籽儿：我没有哥哥，但我有一个姐姐

老 师：那你姐姐叫……

松籽儿：松豆。

老 师：啊哈，真好玩儿，你们三个的名字起得可真有意思。

松籽儿：老师，那你有哥哥姐姐吗？

老 师：哎呀，很遗憾啊。我没有哥哥姐姐，我还没有弟弟妹妹，我们家就我一个。所以
我觉得挺孤单的。你们有兄弟姐妹的孩子，在家就可以一起玩儿了。放假的时候，
你们家肯定很热闹吧。

松籽儿：对。而且呢，欢迎你到我们家来玩儿。

老 师：好啊，我一定去。谢谢你哦。

lǎo  shī ： nǐ jīn nián jǐ suì le ？  
sōnɡ zǐ ér ： wǒ jīn nián bá suì le 。  
lǎo  shī ： nà nǐ jiā lǐ yǒu dì di mèi mei mɑ ？  
sōnɡ zǐ ér ： wǒ méi yǒu dì di ， dàn shì wǒ yǒu yí ɡè mèi mei 。 
 lǎo  shī ： ō ， nǐ yǒu yí ɡè mèi mei ， nà nǐ mèi mei jīn nián duō dà yɑ ？  
sōnɡ zǐ ér ： tā jīn nián yí suì qí ɡè yuè 。  
lǎo  shī ： ò ， tā xiàn zài yí suì qí ɡè yuè 。 nà nǐ jiào sōnɡ zǐ ér ， nǐ mèi mei jiào shén me ne ？  sōnɡ zǐ ér ： tā jiào sōnɡ ɡuǒ 。  
lǎo  shī ： nà nǐ hái yǒu ɡē ɡe jiě jie mɑ ？  
sōnɡ zǐ ér ： wǒ méi yǒu ɡē ɡe ， dàn wǒ yǒu yí ɡè jiě jie 。  
lǎo  shī ： nà nǐ jiě jie jiào … …  
sōnɡ zǐ ér ： sōnɡ dòu 。  
lǎo  shī ： ā hā ， zhēn hǎo wán ér ， nǐ men sān ɡè de mínɡ zi qǐ dé kě zhēn yǒu yì si 。 
 sōnɡ zǐ ér ： lǎo shī ， nà nǐ yǒu ɡē ɡe jiě jie mɑ ？ 
lǎo  shī ： āi yɑ ， hěn yí hàn ā 。 wǒ méi yǒu ɡē ɡe jiě jie ， wǒ hái méi yǒu dì di mèi mei ， wǒ men jiā jiù wǒ yí ɡè 。 suǒ yǐ  wǒ jué dé tǐnɡ ɡū dān de 。 nǐ men yǒu xiōnɡ di jiě mèi de hái zi ， zài jiā jiù kě yǐ yì qǐ wán ér le 。 fànɡ jià de shí hou ，  nǐ men jiā kěn dìnɡ hěn rè nɑo bɑ 。  
sōnɡ zǐ ér ： duì 。 ér qiě ne ， huān yínɡ nǐ dào wǒ men jiā lái wán ér 。  
lǎo  shī ： hǎo ā ， wǒ yí dìnɡ qù 。 xiè xiè nǐ ò 。 

Story Chinese

欢迎你到我家来玩儿 Welcome to my home and have fun (elementary level)

In this episode, Karen and Baiwei chatted about vocabulary about common chores, as well as debunked how to describe [frequency] in Chinese.

Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

家务！Chores! (And Chinese Grammar about Frequency)

Listen to this interesting article!

Man Fired for Keeping Webcam Off Awarded $73,000
A remote worker who was fired for refusing to keep his camera on while working has been awarded about $73,000 by a Dutch court.

The man, whose name was not made public, had been working for the US software company Chetu in the Netherlands since 2019. On August 23, 2022, while working remotely, he was told by his employer that he should keep his webcam on all day for online training.

The employee said he didn't feel comfortable being monitored on camera for nine hours, and refused to do so. He added that the company could already see all activities on his laptop and that he was also sharing his screen.

But Chetu said that having a camera on was no different from being watched in an office. And the company fired him.

Finding this unfair, the man took the company to court in the Netherlands. He told the court that he hadn't been given clear enough reasons for being fired, and that asking him to keep his camera on for the whole workday was against his right to privacy.

And the court agreed. Chetu now must pay the man about $73,000.

While using a webcam to check on employees may not be very common, computer programs that monitor employee activity have become popular.

A survey from 2021 found that 60% of US companies with remote workers were using employee monitoring software, and 81% of those companies found that their workers were more productive while being monitored.