The Straw The Broke the Camel's Back: 压死骆驼的最后一根稻草Dialogue:Vicky: 你知道吗？迈克马上要辞职了。( Nǐ zhīdào ma? Màikè'ěr mǎshàng yào cízhíle. )Hey did you know that Mike's about to quit?Lindi: 我没听说呀，到底是怎么回事啊？我知道他不太喜欢他的工作，因为公司离他住的地方太远，而且他也常常抱怨说工作时间太长了。

Listening/Speech Training: Wrong Number & Who R U Kidding? (Intermediate)

12 days ago 16m 7s

Wrong Number Speech Training: 1. 男性：我是前两天预约在周二早上去检查的小李。。。预约。。前两天。。。前两天预约。。。。在周二早上。。。。去检查。。去检查的小李。。。。。在周二早上去检查的小李。。。。。。前两天预约在周二早上去检查的小李。。。。。。。我是前两天预约在周二早上去检查的小李。。。。。。。。。。。女性：你好！哪位？。。。。。。。。。。男性：我是前两天预约在周二早上去检查的小李。2. 女性：因为工作原因,想协调一下，把时间定到下午

Who Are You Kidding?! (Elementary)

19 days ago 35m 11s

Is today's protagonist Xiao Yang, a bit accident prone? Or did he get into a fight? In today's beginner level episode, we learn to ask certain questions such as "What happened (to your face)"? "What's the matter"? and responses that down-play i

Special Episode: "Telecommunications Scam" 电信诈骗 (Advanced)

25 days ago 18m 37s

A former friend of the show, Kapa Zhao is back for a special episode about nearly being scammed. This one will be a great test for your listening comprehension, as we mostly speak Chinese throughout (stopping in just a few places for translatio

Wrong Number (Intermediate)

May 5th, 2024 44m 19s

Vocabulary:调整(Tiáozhěng) – to adjust协调 (xiétiáo)– to coordinate (Taiwan style) 查看 (chákàn) – to examine, look over素质 (sùzhì)– person of good character, a person who has inner quality, integrity土生土长(tǔshēngtǔzhǎng) – born and raised输入(shū

Minisode: Spam Call (Intermediate)

Apr 29th, 2024 5m 15s

Lindi: 哎呀！ Vicky！昨天给你打了好几个电话。你怎么没接啊？Vicky：啊？哪个电话呀？我不知道是你打给我的。你什么时候打的？Lindi：昨天晚上我的手机没电了，所以用了我老公的电话给你打了几次。Vicky：哦！那是你的电话呀！我看到一个陌生的号码。然后我以为是骚扰电话，所我就没有接。Lindi：这样子的！Vicky：是的。是的, 那我下一次把他的电话号码也存到我的手机里。Lindi：好的！别忘了。Vicky：好的，好的！一定！Li

Listening/Speech Training:Job Hunting & Getting Hired (Pre-Intermediate)

Apr 21st, 2024 11m 34s

Job Hunting Speech Training:1. 简历。。。改。。改简历。。。在改简历。。。。我现在。。。我现在在改简历。。。。。还没有。。。还没有。我现在在改简历。。。。。。。。。。女性：你开始找工作了吗？。。。。。。。。。男性：还没有。我现在在改简历。2. 女性：实习。。经历。。实习经历。。。。相关。。相关的实习经历。。。。。一些相关的实习经历。。。。。。多写。。多写一些。。。。多写一些相关的实习经历。。。。。。。。。你可以多写一些相关的实习经历。。。。。

Getting Hired (Pre-Intermediate)

Apr 14th, 2024 27m 20s

Getting Hired: 受聘 (Shòupìn)Today we talk about what to say when you've gotten the job. Join us as we discuss the differences between different types of skills and how to use "录用” as opposed to another very similar word, ”雇佣“。 And you definite

Minisode: Resume Padding (Pre-Intermediate)

Apr 7th, 2024 5m 19s

A: 我听说你的朋友在找工作。他的简历准备好了没有？(Wǒ tīng shuō nǐ de péngyǒu zài zhǎo gōngzuò. Tā de jiǎnlì zhǔnbèi hǎole méiyǒu?) I heard your friend is looking for a job. Has he finished his resume?B：哎呀。。别提了。我看了他的简历。。写得马马虎虎。所以我们觉得他应该包装一下他的简历。( Āiyā.. Biétíle. W

Job Hunting (Intermediate)

Mar 31st, 2024 34m 38s

In this lesson, Vicky and I discuss job hunting, in particular, updating a resume to reflect relevant work experience and internships. Join us as we talk about internships, resume writing (including the practice of "padding" one's resume) and w

Listening/Speech Training:Jazz & Music Genres (Upper Intermediate)

Mar 24th, 2024 20m 39s

Today we have the dialogues and speech training parts from our previous 2 episodes: And All That Jazz & Music To Suit Your Mood. If you would like to hear the grammar and vocabulary explanations, please refer back to those episodes. If you're t

Music Genres (Upper Intermediate)

Mar 18th, 2024 55m 46s

In this episode, Vicky and I discuss more types of music, and what fits whenever we are in certain moods. We will be joined once again by jazz pianist and composer Sean Higgins at the end of this episode for another of his original songs and a

Minisode: Play It By Ear

Mar 10th, 2024 11m 30s

In today's minisode, we meet with a doctoral student of civil engineering at UNCC to discuss 2 new expressions about making plans: 边走边看 and 见机行事。。。Useful words and phrases discussed in this episode:土木 (Tǔmù)- Building, construction土木工程(tǔmù

And All That Jazz (Upper Intermediate)

Mar 4th, 2024 55m 35s

Jazz musician and composer Sean Higgins joins us today in a special episode about music. Listen in as we discuss Jazz and other popular music forms, in both China and beyond...(Sean Higgins Trio can be found through the following links:)http

Listening/Speech Training: Love Brain & Total Doormat

Feb 26th, 2024 18m 56s

For the Chinese Script, PinYin, and English translations of these 2 episodes, please go to the original podcast. Here below, are the Speech Training Exercises: Love Brain:1. 男性：网络热词。。。恋爱脑。。。网络热词“恋爱脑”。。。。描述的。。。描述的是人。。。。一旦谈恋爱。。。。。描述的是人一旦谈恋爱。

The Total Doormat (Intermediate)

Feb 19th, 2024 38m 56s

The story for our podcast today is one that we found online. It shares what can happen when the one you love, doesn't exactly love you back...Vocabulary: 1.某省 – Some province somewhere2. 路费 – travel expenses3. 嫌弃 – To dislike, to look down

Minisode: 🐲The Dragon Sign Strengths/Shortcomings

Feb 9th, 2024 6m 46s

Happy Year of the Dragon! Vicky and I discuss the personality characteristics of those born under the dragon sign. Some useful words/phrases for today's minisode:本命年（běnmìngnián）- Basically, "Your Year" or "One's Own Year". If you were born

Love Brain (Upper Intermediate)

Feb 5th, 2024 43m 53s

We're back for another season of the Convo Club! To kick things off, since we are so close to Valentine's Day, we thought we'd start with something "love" related. Hope you enjoy it and learn some useful Chinese phrases.A big thanks to Maayot

Minisode: 打死我也不。。。

Jan 15th, 2024 6m 23s

"Even if you paid me a million dollars, I still wouldn't..." is one way to translate 打死我也不.. (Dǎ sǐ wǒ yě bù..). Literally, "Beat me to death, I still wouldn't..." I was really tempted to say "I wouldn't be caught dead" is the closest translati

Minisode: Take Your Time 慢慢来

Jan 8th, 2024 4m 58s

Minisode: Take Your Time 慢慢来 by Lindi P and Vicky Z

Happy New Year! 新年快乐🍾️

Jan 1st, 2024 10m 10s

祝你们大家新年快乐！Wishing all of you a Happy 2024. Some useful words and phrases used in this episode are the following:计划清单(Jìhuà qīngdān) - List of Plans愿望清单(yuànwàng qīngdān) - Wish List元旦 (yuándàn) - The New Year (Western)跨年夜(kuà nián yè) - Ne

Minisode: Holiday Feast 大餐

Dec 25th, 2023 5m 18s

资深吃货 - Food Snob作为一个资深吃货。。。

Minisode: Road Rage 路怒症

Dec 17th, 2023 6m 33s

Minisode: Road Rage 路怒症 by Lindi P and Vicky Z

An Update

Dec 11th, 2023 1m 34s

Hey There! Vicky and I are taking a few weeks off during Christmas to travel (I'm heading to India ;) as well as to regroup. We will have a few minisodes for the next few weeks, and will be back with our full episodes around Chinese New Year of

Listening/Speech Training: Bubble Tea Part 1&2

Dec 4th, 2023 20m 22s

Bubble Tea Dialogue:Girl A: 嗨，街角处那边新开了一家珍珠奶茶店，想不想去试试？Girl B: 啊，我最爱珍珠奶茶了！好，那我们去看看吧！Tea Barista: 店员：欢迎来到香飘飘！请问，有什么可以帮您的？Girl B: 你知道要点哪种吗？Girl A: 我不确定...我正在减肥...我还是要一杯不太甜的吧！Tea Barista: 店员：没问题！我们有“少糖”、 “半糖 ”和“低糖”几种可以选。Girl A: