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The 80/20 Rule Language Learning Hack

Boost Your Language Skills with 5 Verbs a Day. 每天学习五个动词 

Episode 42 is here with impactful verbs that will add depth to your conversations. Whether you're talking about making an influence, inheriting values, or insisting on your beliefs, these verbs bring both action and intention to your language.

🔹 Influence – 影响 (Yǐngxiǎng) 🌐
🔹 Inhale – 吸气 (Xī qì) 💨
🔹 Inherit – 继承 (Jìchéng) 🏛️
🔹 Injure – 伤害 (Shānghài) 💔
🔹 Insist – 坚持 (Jiānchí) 💪

For more practice, check out:
📘 C(42) Vocabulary Flash Cards: Visualize and Memorize – Quick, visual reminders to make these verbs stick!
🎯 C(42) Verbs Quiz: Test Your Knowledge – See how well you know today’s verbs and put them to use!

Listen to Episode 42 now, and let’s add purpose to your vocabulary!

5 Verbs a Day. 每天学习五个动词。

C (42) Verbs Set : Influence Inhale Inherit Injure Insist

王老师的中文班来了个留学生，他对中国的汉字非常感兴趣。这天，他上街回来找到王老师，不解的说：“王老师，你们中国人太不谦虚了。”
　　“为什么这么说？”王老师感到惊讶。“因为我看街上有很多大招牌，都是自我炫耀。比如：中国很行，中国人民很行，中国农业很行，中国建设很行，中国工商很行。”
　　王老师听了才知道他把“银”看成“很”了。
An foreign student came to Mr. Wang's Chinese class. He was very interested in Chinese characters. One day, he came back from the street to find Mr. Wang and said incomprehensibly, "Mr. Wang, you Chinese are too modest."

"Why do you say that?" Mr. Wang was surprised. "The big reason is that I see many big signs on the street, all of which are self display. For example, China is very good, the Chinese people are very good, China's agriculture is very good, China's construction is very good, and China's industry and commerce are very good."
After listening, Mr. Wang realized that he regarded "silver" as "very".

很行（hěn xíng）very good      银行（yín háng）bank 
行(xíng,  háng) polyphonic character

开心一刻 Jokes

中国银行zhōng guó yín háng

Si te comes mucho el coco, te queda poca energía durante el día. ¡No es recomendable!

Expresiones en español

Comerse el coco

En este episodio hablaremos sobre los variados climas de Argentina y haremos unas breves recomendaciones de cuándo visitarla.

Argentina en carne propia

Episodio 9: ¿En qué epocas del año conviene visitar Argentina?

In this episode, we discuss two (often-not-talked-about) ideas surrounding language learning. Going beyond grammar & vocabulary!

Motivation Monday

Exploring Self-Confidence in Language Learning

“Do I smell?”
I'm sure people who like movies saw this movie.
Among its numerous accolades, Parasite won four awards at the 92nd Academy Awards (2020) for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best International Feature Film. It became the first Korean film to receive Academy Award recognition, as well as the first non-English-language film to win Best Picture.
This has no limit regarding genre. 
This movie is not a people story. This is a story about people. 

아카데미 4관왕에 빛나는 2019년 한국 최고의 작품!!
당신은 냄새가 나나요? 
당신은 어디쯤 있나요? 
