In this podcast, I read a poem and share my thoughts on it.

Poem of the Day

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       爱情有三种，第一种是为爱而爱。大部分跟男孩有关。男孩年龄大了，该结婚了。于是别人介绍一个，了解一下对方的条件，觉得还行，于是开始培养对对方的感情。首先不断地告诉自己，对方人不错，过了这村就没有这店，要珍惜；有时犹豫了，总会有人提醒他，你要求是不是太高了，你年纪大了，让他觉得不对女孩好不应该，于是加倍对女孩好。
　　这种爱的表现形式就是对对方很好，总之，一切以得到对方的爱为目的。
　　第二种爱就是被爱而爱，大部分是女孩。女孩大了，周围的朋友们都嫁人了，自己却还是一个人，挺孤独的，家人着急，别人议论，自己也觉得有压力，这时有男孩来向她表示点什么了，想想也还不错，既然找不到自己爱的人，就去找一个爱自己的人吧，于是就同意交往了，发现对方真的对自己不错，那就结婚吧。
　　结婚后，这两种爱情的问题出现了。男孩的目的达到了，还这样累干什么呢？女孩便感受不到男孩对她的爱，于是她爱的基础也没有了。矛盾产生了，女的抱怨男孩不像婚前那样爱自己了，男孩觉得女孩不懂事，都结婚了，还爱不爱的。于是开始吵，双方都觉得婚姻没意思。
　　好在还有第三种爱。前两种爱是先确定关系而后爱，这一种是先爱再确定关系。这种爱就是因爱而爱。两个人只是因为爱对方而爱，他们爱的是对方这个人，没有其他什么。他们不会因为只有一碗饭吃而觉得倒霉，而会因为分吃一碗饭而觉得幸福。这种爱情，在都市里渐渐变成一个童话，如果你有幸遇到，请好好儿珍惜。


Merry's voice (HSK六）

HSK 六 《你的爱情是第几种？》

In this episode of our Turkish Podcast, we explore the concept of social media fatigue.

Merhaba Türkçe 

Turkish Podcast: Social Media Fatigue in Daily Life

You can listen to the podcast with vlog on my youtube channel (SeikaのJapanese Room) 🎥💗 You can also download the transcript to study. Well then! Feel free and enjoy your learning🎧

Japanese Podcast for Beginners🐣🎧

🐣Japanese Podcast for beginners Ep.2

In this episode of My Levantine Arabic Diary, I’ll share my daily routine with you in Levantine Arabic  

My Levantine Arabic Diary 

My Daily Routine in Levantine Arabic

Mrs. Frisby takes a journey to see the owl. 
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 

Chapter 7 The Owl

Did you feel confident in your last interview? 

If you didn’t feel confident, your interviewer likely didn’t perceive you as confident. 

Yet, in the U.S. and many other countries, interviewers prefer confident candidates. It seems to have an intoxicating effect on them, and many of them equate it (for better or for worse) with competence. So, it’s a skill worth learning! 

Tune into the latest Express to Impress podcast to learn which groups of people struggle most with confidence in interviews. You’ll also learn how you can overcome self-doubt to feel and project confidence in an interview.  Ultimately, you'll feel better, increase your interviewer's confidence in you, and land a job offer. 

Papers Cited:

Belmi P, Neale MA, Reiff D, Ulfe R. The social advantage of miscalibrated individuals: The relationship between social class and overconfidence and its implications for class-based inequality. J Pers Soc Psychol. 2020 Feb;118(2):254-282. doi: 10.1037/pspi0000187. Epub 2019 May 20. PMID: 31107052.

Exley, Christine L and Kessler, Judd B. The Gender Gap in Self-Promotion. National Bureau of Economic Research: Working Paper Series number 26345. 2019 Oct. doi: 10.3386/w26345.

Episode originally published June 28, 2021.

Original theme music by Lucas Knutter 

Read the transcript at https://www.express-to-impress.com/be-confident/

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Express to Impress

How to Be Confident in an Interview

Enjoy the twenty-fourth episode of Culture To Grow, which allows you to travel the world from the comfort of your home, your car, or if you are still half asleep in your bed.

In this episode, we will uncover the well kept secrets behind seemingly ordinary aspects of daily life including: 

Have you ever wondered which hand should be used to show respect in Mongolia?

Why is buffalo allowed to be eaten, but not cows in Nepal? 

Are Polish people really unfriendly? 

And which country consumes the most meat per capita? 

Culture To Grow

Episode 24: Behind Closed Doors: Exploring the Secrets of Daily Life Around the World Part 2

Motivation: Updates and Next Week's Weekly Lesson