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Today is the third class in our new class period. We will begin class with a casual conversation. Followed by news news and questions. Our material today is about a Korean actress and her family history and our listening is about the Tuscan barrel race. We will finish with our grammar sentences.
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Today is the fourth class of your current eight class set. We will start class with a casual conversation, complete our data storytelling, and finish with the discussion questions. Today’s material is about Ahn Hayoung. Please focus on the vocabulary words. We will do some reading in class.
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Today is the third class of your new new July/August four class set. We will start class with a casual conversation. Our reading in class will be about a teacher filming students.
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Today is the second class in our new August three class set. We will start class with a causal conversation. We will continue our speaking prompts and introduce a vocabulary exercise. Our reading today is about a concerned father and our listening is a scene from Forest Gump.
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Today is the sixth class in our current August eight class set. We will start class with a casual conversation. I will provide the news topics. Our listening material today is about 6G. We will have quick translation exercise to finish the class.
Software vs. Hardware: Does the industry shift from hardware-centric infrastructure to software-defined systems pose a significant risk to traditional telecom giants like Nokia?
Geopolitical Impact: How do international security restrictions on vendors like Huawei and ZTE change the landscape for Western competitors?
AI Integration: As networks become "AI-native," what are the primary challenges in managing the "burstier" and more dynamic data traffic that AI generates?
Competitive Strategy: Nokia is betting on an open, software-heavy model, while Ericsson favors a tightly integrated hardware-software approach. Which strategy is more likely to succeed in the long term?
The 6G Vision: Is 6G primarily about speed, or is its real value the fundamental change in how networks operate to support physical AI and global connectivity?
Today is the last class in the August four class set. We will start class with a casual conversation. Our reading this week is about an actress and her family history. Please read as much as you can. The listening is about Incheon Airport. We will finish class with our grammar review. Writing the sentences on a separate piece of paper by hand is a wonderful way to practice.
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Today is the second class in our current August four-class set. I have received the tuition payment for the this class period. We will begin class with a casual conversation. Our reading this week is about personal questions. Our listening is about the Hanbok Expo. Try to listen to as much as possible. We will review units 6-7 in the new grammar in use workbook.
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Today is the second class in your current four class set. We will start class with a casual conversation. Next, we will cover the news news, questions, and quick translation. We will discuss the reading and listening material. Our reading today is about filming noisy students and our listening is about becoming an influencer. I have provided you with a few questions to help you digest the material. We will end class with your wisdom.
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Professional Legitimacy: Now that "influencer" is officially recognized as an occupation in Korea, what impact do you think this has on how society views content creation compared to traditional corporate roles?
The Reality of Earnings: David notes that the uncertainty of monthly income is a major challenge. How does this financial instability change the way an influencer manages their career path and long-term planning?
Myth vs. Reality: The video highlights that only about 1% of influencers achieve the "glamorous" lifestyle many expect. Why do you think this misconception remains so persistent among young people?
Career Longevity: David mentions he would consider a "hybrid" route—maintaining a corporate job while building a brand. What are the potential pros and cons of balancing a professional career with content creation?
The Definition of Hard Work: Despite the fun aspects like travel and meeting people, what specific "hidden" efforts, such as the constant grind and content planning, define the resilience required to succeed in this industry?
Today is the third class in our current four class set. We will begin class with a casual conversation. Next, we will review our writing. Please bring your printed or written writing to class. Our reading today is about “Time Value of Money.” Please underline any phrases or words that are unfamiliar. We can discuss them together. Our listening is about Seattle Transportation. Please focus on time. I have provided some discussion questions
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This is our writing assignment. Last week we discussed sharpening the content of your essay. Please finalize the content. Your HOMEWORK this week is to submit the second revision.
Today is the last class in our current four class set. The next study period has been paid for. We will start class with a casual conversation. We will discuss school topics and finish with reading, discussion, and vocabulary.
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Today is the fifth class of your current eight class set. We will start class with a casual conversation, complete our data storytelling, and finish with the discussion questions. Today’s material is about the UNC Mobile Health clinic. Please review the discussion questions.
How do mobile clinics help overcome healthcare barriers?
Discuss the structural challenges people face when trying to access care and how taking services directly to the community can address these gaps.
Why is building trust essential for patient care?
Consider the experience of the clinic in Western Wake and why establishing a relationship is just as important as medical treatment for vulnerable populations.
How does this clinic transform student learning?
Reflect on the experience of nursing students who learn about the "social determinants of health" outside of a traditional classroom setting.
Today is the sixth class in our current eight class set. Today’s class will be 30 minutes. Our material today is about three types of friendship. Please highlight any words or phrases that are not familiar. We will finish class the the translation phrase.
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Today is the second class in our current August four class set. We will start class with a casual conversation. Our material today is about a healthcare startup. I have also included a reading for you. Today’s reading is about personal questions. Please underline 3 vocabulary words to discuss in class.
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Today is the second class in our new August/September eight class set. We will start with a casual conversation. Next, we will discuss the news news. Today’s material is about a family business. Please watch and prepare for the discussion questions.
Legacy and Adaptation: How did Glenn Ikeda's decision to turn "imperfect" fruit into pies change the trajectory of his family's farm?
Historical Context: How did the family's experience in World War II incarceration camps shape their grit and approach to building a business from the ground up?
Community Impact: Why do you think a family-run business becomes a "must-visit" destination for travelers compared to larger, national pie chains?
Today is the last class of your current eight class set. We will start class with a casual conversation. Our material today is about aquaculture. I have included a transcript. Listen to as much as you can.. Our reading today is about friendship. Please read as much as you can.
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ANNOUNCER: You're listening to Short Wave from NPR.
REGINA BARBER: Hey, Short Wavers. Regina Barber here. And today, I'm joined NPR global health reporter, Jonathan Lambert. Hey, Jon.
JONATHAN LAMBERT: Hey, Gina.
BARBER: So you're here a story from Senegal.
LAMBERT: Yeah. I traveled there earlier this year to witness the early stages of an ambitious experiment.
BARBER: OK. I'm very curious. What is this experiment?
LAMBERT: So a team of Senegalese and international researchers are trying to see if they can solve three big problems that are affecting rice farmers and Senegal more broadly with one simple solution.
BARBER: Ooh. OK. Before the solution, what are the problems?
LAMBERT: A debilitating disease, the need to boost rice production in Senegal, and poverty among rice farmers in the country.
BARBER: Ooh. OK. So how are they solving these problems?
LAMBERT: With fish.
BARBER: [LAUGHS] I like it. OK. Fish. Tell me more.
LAMBERT: Yeah, specifically, putting fish-- like, hundreds of fish of a couple of different species-- into rice farms.
BARBER: That's so cool.
LAMBERT: Yeah. It's really cool. The research team behind this has done smaller pilot studies that showed this could be promising. And this year, they're really scaling up the experiment and testing it out across 60 rice fields. So I tagged along with a team as they set out before dawn from Saint-Louis, which is this town on the coast of Senegal, to pick up these fish and deliver them to one of those farms, about 100-some miles south of the Sahara Desert.
BARBER: Wow. You became a fishmonger, sort of.
LAMBERT: Kind of.
BARBER: So today on the show, how putting fish in rice farms could be a win-win-win for fighting a debilitating disease, boosting rice production, and reducing poverty.
LAMBERT: And why rice farming helped fuel a surge of this disease in the first place.
BARBER: You're listening to Short Wave, the science podcast from NPR.
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BARBER: OK. So, Jon, I want to back up to something you said earlier about these rice fields being pretty close to the Sahara. I thought rice needed lots of water. So isn't this area, like, maybe too deserty to grow rice?
LAMBERT: Yeah, that's a great question. This region is called the Sahel, and it's really hot and dusty. The exception is right around the Senegal River. It's still pretty hot, but it's a lot greener. And a lot of that green is from rice farms. But it wasn't always this way.
BARBER: So what changed that?
LAMBERT: So a series of dams that were built in the 1980s. Before the dams, there just wasn't really enough water to support rice farming during the dry season. After the dams, it became a lot easier, and rice farming flourished. But the dams also had a major unintended consequence-- a surge in schistosomiasis.
BARBER: I have no idea what that word means. What is it?
LAMBERT: It's a disease that's caused by this parasitic worm that spends part of its life in freshwater snails.
BARBER: Oh, no.
LAMBERT: Yeah, it's it's not great. When I was in Senegal, Kayla Kauffman, a Stanford disease ecologist who works on the project, dug up some of these snails in a rice field to show me.
BARBER: OK. So what did they look like?
LAMBERT: It's basically like your standard snail, but they can be pretty tiny, but they're still really dangerous. The parasite reproduces asexually inside the snail and then can slink out into the water by the thousands.
KAYLA KAUFFMAN: They then try to find a person that's waiting in the water, like a rice farmer. And then they burrow through that person's skin and then go on this complicated path through their body.
BARBER: This is horrifying.
LAMBERT: Yeah. And ultimately, the worms lay eggs in a person's intestines or urinary tract. And that can cause a slew of problems, from stomach pain to bladder cancer.
BARBER: Oh my gosh. This is like a horror movie. OK. And because the dams were built to keep around more water, did that make the disease worse?
LAMBERT: Yeah, totally, not just because the dams meant there was a lot more water and, thus, a lot more habitat for the snails. But the dams also cut off the migration root of a key predator-- prawns.
BARBER: So these prawns would be eating these worms?
LAMBERT: Yes, yes. So they were a major predator. And they're not, like, small prawns. They're, like, kind of big, like big crayfish. And they're pretty fierce snail eaters.
BARBER: Wow.
LAMBERT: And before the dams, they helped keep snail numbers in check. But after, Kauffman says that prawn numbers fell. And fewer prawns meant more snails and more schisto.
KAUFFMAN: The link between dam construction and increased schistosomiasis is really strong.
LAMBERT: Now this part of Senegal has among the highest burdens of schistosomiasis anywhere. For rice farmers, it's an occupational hazard. I spoke to one named Dgibi Dia at the farm that he's worked for four decades.
DGIBI DIA: [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
LAMBERT: He's saying that this always happens to us, since we are in the water for most of the time. He's had bad stomachaches, diarrhea, fever. It can affect him for weeks to months at a time.
BARBER: It sounds awful. How is it treated?
LAMBERT: So there is medicine to treat it, but he says it's hard for him to get it. Partially, that's because he's in a really rural part of Senegal, and partially, it's just expensive to get the drug. And it doesn't prevent reinfection. So farmers, because they're always going back into the water, they just get it again and again.
BARBER: Oh my gosh.
LAMBERT: That's where the fish solution I hinted at earlier comes in. One of the species researchers are testing out is called African bonytongue or heterosis.
BARBER: I love it. OK.
LAMBERT: Yeah. They're these--
BARBER: Tell me more.
LAMBERT: --big, kind of gnarly-looking fish, almost, like, prehistoric.
BARBER: Cool.
LAMBERT: Momy Seck Ndao, an environmental engineer on the project, told me that they're perfect for the job.
MOMY SECK NDAO: It's a species which can eat a lot of snails per days.
BARBER: OK. So the fish are kind of like, replacing the prawns as a predator.
LAMBERT: Yeah, exactly. Actually, some of the same researchers tried stocking some parts of the river that lost prawns with new ones earlier, like several years ago. But raising all those prawns proved really tricky. And the researchers think that raising all these fish will be easier. And the hope is that they'll eat enough snails in the rice farm to lower the risk of schistosome. Momy and her colleagues take measurements of the snail density in farms before adding the fish and'll do that again at the end of the season later this year. But getting these honkers into the rice challenging.
NDAO: Yes. [LAUGHS] Yes, and the heterosis is very, very crazy, very, very, very hard to-- to catch.
BARBER: Wow. I hear all this splashing. OK. So you mentioned multiple species are being added.
LAMBERT: Yeah. So the other species is tilapia. And hundreds of tilapia will be added to each field.
BARBER: Tilapia is such a, like, a staple for food, right? Do they eat snails too?
LAMBERT: Not really. They do eat a lot of the same stuff that snails eat, like algae, and so that competition could hurt the snails. But their main job isn't reducing schisto. It's pooping.
BARBER: You came place, Jon.
LAMBERT: Yeah. Here's Momy again.
NDAO: The feces of the fish, which is very important. It's a natural fertilizers.
LAMBERT: More fertilizer should mean more rice. That'd be great for the farmers and for Senegal as a whole. Because even with all the rice production that's happening in the Senegal River Valley, it's not enough to meet demand. The country still imports about half the rice it eats. And as a final bonus, the farmers can eat the fish themselves or sell them at the end of the season.
BARBER: I love this. Is there any cons to this? Because, like, you know how in other countries, you introduce a species to get rid of the other species, and then it's just like a, you know, invasive--
LAMBERT: Yeah. Because it's--
BARBER: --thing forever?
LAMBERT: That is a common pitfall of many attempts to try to solve a biological problem with a biological solution.
BARBER: Exactly.
LAMBERT: This one, when I posed this question to the researchers-- and they told me that because the rice farms are kind of like, a self-contained unit, there's less of a-- it's not like the fish are going to be, like, jumping out and causing other problems. And the fish--
BARBER: It's already human made, too, like--
LAMBERT: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
BARBER: --this rice paddy.
LAMBERT: It's, like, an artificial place. And so they're adding in this biological solution. That doesn't mean that there aren't things that could go wrong, but--
BARBER: Right. It's less.
LAMBERT: --they think that that potential is less because it's already in this sort of artificial, enclosed place.
BARBER: OK. All right. Well, at the beginning of the story, you talked about how you went somewhere to get the fish, and you brought it to the rice paddies. So, you know, in general, where are these fish coming from?
LAMBERT: Yeah. So the day that I was with the team, we set off from Saint-Louis, which is right on the coast, to a town called Dagana, which is about two hours away to a fish farm. And there, a fish farmer raises these tilapia. And the team caught nearly 2,000 of them and loaded them up into this big, green tank on the back of a pickup truck.
BARBER: So you were in this truck.
LAMBERT: I was in the truck. It actually stalled out a few times as we were trying to leave--
BARBER: Because it was so heavy?
LAMBERT: Because it was so heavy. And it's, like, really hot. And so I was worried, and the researchers were worried that it would-- like, the fish would bake in the sun. So we were kind of on, like-- it was a tight timeline to get the fish from the farm to the rice farm. But we made it.
BARBER: Awesome. OK. What about the other fish, the snail eaters?
LAMBERT: So those are actually trickier to get. They live naturally in rivers. And people have to go out and catch them, usually as juveniles, and then raise them from there. Like, it's harder to raise them in a fish farm setting. And along the way, we stopped at this smaller field site managed by the team to grab a few of those big fish.
BARBER: OK. So you take these fish. You drive up to the farm. What do you do now. Do you just, like, plop the fish into the rice fields?
LAMBERT: It's more like gently ease the fish into their new home. But--
BARBER: OK. How do you do that?
LAMBERT: --it's basically the same principle. They take them in buckets and, like, slowly submerge the buckets and then give the fish time to, like, swim out when they feel ready. It usually takes, like, 5 to 10 minutes.
BARBER: And what do the farmers feed them?
LAMBERT: Nothing. They don't feed them anything. The idea is to just kind of let the fish do their thing.
BARBER: Because they have to eat snails and algae and poop--
LAMBERT: Exactly.
BARBER: --and then, hopefully, be dinner for the farmers.
LAMBERT: Exactly. And this is happening across 60 rice fields for this whole season. And in each of those fields, the researchers will be collecting a ton of data. They're tracking the snails. They're measuring rice growth with drones.
BARBER: Oh.
LAMBERT: And they're closely tracking how the farmers are using the fish.
BARBER: OK. So the hope is that this reduces this disease-spreading snail population, it'll boost the rice, and also maybe the farmers' income?
LAMBERT: Yeah, yeah. And they have more reasons to be optimistic. For one, fish and rice have been raised together for centuries in Asia. And the benefits to rice yields are well documented there. It's pretty rare in Africa, but the researchers have done this experiment on a much smaller scale over the past few years. And they actually published some promising data just a couple of months ago.
BARBER: Ooh. What did they find?
LAMBERT: So they found that adding fish boosted rice yields by about 25%. It also significantly boosted income and slightly reduced snail numbers. The sample size was kind of small, so that's why they're scaling up the experiment this year. And when I was in Senegal, I got to talk to some of the farmers who'd already tried this out. One farmer, named Abou Diallo told me that it changed his life.
BARBER: Wow. How did it change his life?
LAMBERT: So before, he sold about 60 bags of rice a year. But after adding the fish, he sold about 90 bags a year.
BARBER: Whoa, that's a lot.
LAMBERT: Yeah. And that extra income made a big difference for him.
ABOU DIALLO: [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
LAMBERT: He says he's been able to renovate his home and buy a flock of sheep. Plus, he says the fish he gets from his farm taste better than those he gets at the market, and are obviously cheaper too.
BARBER: Wow. OK. So what about this disease, this-- your nickname for it, schisto?
LAMBERT: Yeah. He hasn't gotten it since, but it's hard to say if that's because of the fish or not. That's why the researchers are expanding the scope of the experiment this year, to really try to nail down the precise benefits. Understanding what works and what doesn't will help the researchers scale up this practice even more. They told me that's really their ultimate goal.
BARBER: OK. So, but how would that work? You obviously need a lot more fish.
LAMBERT: Yeah. You would need a lot of fish, and there'd have to be a lot of growth in that aquaculture industry to produce all those fish. And farmers would need a lot help in getting up to speed on how to do this. But Momy thinks the potential is there. In part, she thinks that because this is a particularly Senegalese solution to these problems.
NDAO: You are in Senegal. Senegal, Senegalese people love a lot fish. We eat it every day, rice and fish.
LAMBERT: It's actually the national dish, called thieboudienne.
NDAO: If you grow rice and fish in the same area, you have this, just need to add vegetables. [LAUGHS]
LAMBERT: She says that farmers have been pretty willing to try it out, in part because of that cultural connection. If they can back that up with some science that says it helps prevent schisto and helps them grow more rice and make more money, she thinks it could really take off.
BARBER: Jon, thank you so much for bringing us this reporting.
LAMBERT: Thanks for having me.
BARBER: This episode was produced by Rachel Carlson, Hannah Chinn, and Juan Diego Ramirez. It was edited by our showrunner, Rebecca Ramirez.
LAMBERT: Tyler Jones checked the facts. Jimmy Keeley was the audio engineer. I'm Jonathan Lambert.
BARBER: And I'm Regina Barber. Thank you for listening to Short Wave, the science podcast from NPR.
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BARBER: Did you have some of this national dish?
LAMBERT: I actually did have some thieboudienne, and it was incredible, honestly.
BARBER: Yeah!
LAMBERT: It was so-- it was so good.
Today is the sixth class in our current eight class set. Today’s class will be 30 minutes. Our material today is about how to handle awkward situations. We will finish with our translation phrase.
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Today is the second class in our new August/September eight class set. We will start with a casual conversation. Next, we will discuss the news news. Today’s material is about a work from home fight in Australia. I have included some discussion questions.
Is working from home a human right or a workplace benefit? Should the government legally mandate flexible work arrangements, or should this remain a matter for private employment contracts?
How can legislation balance employee needs with business reality? What mechanisms could effectively protect workers without placing an undue burden on small or large businesses?
Why has this sparked such controversy? Why do business groups fear this legislation would "bomb business back into the stone age," and what are the specific concerns they raise regarding workplace culture and efficiency?
Today is the sixth class in our current August eight class set. We will start class with a casual conversation. I will provide the news topics. Our reading material today is about The Godmother of AI. We will have quick translation exercise to finish the class.
Today is the third class of your current May/June four class set. We will start class with a casual conversation, question, and speaking challenge. We will discuss our reading. Focusing on key moments. I have included some listening material. Please listen to as much as possible. Our listening today is about your bucket list. Please share any progress you have made on your writing project by email.
Today is the third class in our current June/July four class set. We will begin class with a casual conversation. your reading this week is about lucky hotels. Please highlight any words or phrases that are unfamiliar. Our listening material today is an interview with Chae Taewon speaking English. We will finish with grammar units 57-58.
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Today is the first class of your new June/July/August four class set. We will start class with a casual conversation. Our reading today is about immigration. Our listening is about touching art.
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Today is the third class in your current August four class set. We will begin class with a causal conversation. Our reading this week is about travel AI. Our listening is about relaxing. We will finish with some sentence practice.
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Today is the last class of our new June four class set. We will start class with a casual conversation. Our reading today is about hotels. Our listening is an interview with Chey Taewon. We will finish class with data storytelling.
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Today is the fifth class in our current August eight class set. We will start class with a casual conversation. I will provide the news topics. Our reading material today is about AI travel companies. We will have quick translation exercise to finish the class.
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Today is the first class in our new August/September eight class set. We will start with a casual conversation. Next, we will discuss the news news. Today’s material is about Seoul’s smell. Focus on vocabulary. Please prepare some vocabulary questions for class.
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Today is the seventh class of your current eight class set. We will start class with a casual conversation. Our material today is about carbon credits. I have included some discussion questions. Our reading today is about men’s fashion. Please read as much as you can.
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Transparency and Accountability: How can we ensure that carbon credit projects actually deliver on their promises to local communities rather than just serving as a tool for corporate profit?
Rethinking Offsets: Do you believe purchasing carbon credits is an effective way for individuals and companies to address their climate impact, or is it merely a "smokescreen" for continued pollution?
Community Impact: The local chief mentioned that $30 million could have transformed his community. How should financial benefits from environmental projects be distributed to ensure they truly empower the people living on the land?
Technological Solutions: Connolly highlights biochar as a traceable, more effective alternative to some current credit models. What other innovative, locally-led technologies could replace traditional offset methods?
The Role of Oversight: Who should be responsible for setting and enforcing global standards for carbon credits—governments, international boards, or perhaps a decentralized system using blockchain?
Today is the fifth class in our current eight class set. Today’s class will be 30 minutes. Our material today is about embodied cognition. We will also cover common words with multiple meanings and descriptions.
How can you incorporate physical interaction into a routine meeting to leverage the concept of "embodied cognition" and improve audience memory?
Why might "negative valence" and high arousal be more effective for sparking audience curiosity than purely positive content, and how can leaders balance this without becoming overwhelming?
How does the "cauliflower" analogy—the idea of having a consistent core message that repeats at every level of detail—help reduce cognitive overload for an audience?
Today is the third class in our new four class set. We will start class with a casual conversation. We will discuss school topics and finish with reading, discussion, and vocabulary.
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Today is the second class in our current four class set. We will begin class with a casual conversation. Next, we will review our writing. Please bring your printed or written writing to class. Our reading today is about “economies of scale.” Please underline any phrases or words that are unfamiliar. We can discuss them together. Our listening is about Seattle Housing. Please focus on time. I have provided some discussion questions
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Market Shift: How has the buyer mindset changed in 2026 compared to the previous year, given that many have become accustomed to mortgage rates in the six percent range?
Return to Office: In what ways is the "return to the office" mandate influencing where people choose to live and their ability to move back into areas they previously left?
Rental Dynamics: Considering single-family home rents are averaging around $3,700 per month, what challenges are landlords facing with increased taxes, insurance rates, and new rental regulations ?
Event Impact: How do large-scale events, such as the upcoming World Cup, typically affect short-term rental markets and availability for local residents ?
State Migration: While Washington is seeing an influx of new residents, what factors are causing long-term locals to consider leaving the state, as mentioned by local broker Pete Mirage?
Today is the first class in your new four class set. We will start class with a casual conversation. Next, we will cover the news news, questions, and quick translation. We will discuss the reading and listening material. Our reading today is about dessert and our listening is about the Rolling Guru. I have provided you with a few questions to help you digest the material. We will end class with your wisdom.
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Cultural Isolation: How does being a part of a tiny demographic (like 0.01%) on a college campus shape one's sense of belonging, and what specific steps can individuals take to overcome this isolation?
The Power of Connection: In the video, meeting Marie significantly changed Jiwoo’s outlook. Why is finding someone with a shared cultural background so critical for international students, and how does it provide emotional comfort?
Adapting to New Environments: Jiwoo mentions dropping classes to pursue what she truly wanted to study. How should exchange students balance the pressures of academic requirements with the need to prioritize their own personal growth and happiness?
The Role of Creativity: How can documenting life experiences through vlogging or storytelling (as Jiwoo does) serve as a tool for coping with homesickness and adjusting to a foreign environment?
Impact of Community: The video suggests that while individuals may feel small in number, the "feeling of being together" carries great weight. How can universities better foster environments where international students feel supported beyond just academic resources?
Today is the first class in our new August four-class set. I have received the tuition payment for the this class period. We will begin class with a casual conversation. Our reading this week is about Seoul’s smell. Our listening is about margin trading. Try to listen to as much as possible. We will review units 4-5 in the new grammar in use workbook.
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Today is the third class in the August four class set. We will start class with a casual conversation. Our reading this week is about shoes. Please read as much as you can. The listening is about retail. We will finish class with our grammar review. Writing the sentences on a separate piece of paper by hand is a wonderful way to practice.
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Today is the fourth class in our current August eight class set. We will start class with a casual conversation. I will provide the news topics. Our reading material today is about tokenmaxxing. We will have quick translation exercise to finish the class.
Today is the first class in our new August three class set. We will start class with a causal conversation. We will continue our speaking prompts and introduce a vocabulary exercise. Our reading today is about migrants and our listening is about the Australian housing crisis.
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Today is the second class of your new new July/August four class set. We will start class with a casual conversation. Our reading in class will be about immigrants.
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Today is the second class in our new class period. We will begin class with a casual conversation. Followed by news news and questions. Our material today is about jobs and our listening is about leasing a phone. We will finish with our grammar sentences.
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Today is the third class of your current eight class set. We will start class with a casual conversation, complete our data storytelling, and finish with the discussion questions. Today’s material is about Korion Health. I have included some discussion questions.
Scalability vs. Specialization: Should Korion Health focus exclusively on their current niche (pediatric asthma) to ensure success, or should they immediately expand to other conditions like heart failure to capture more market share?
The Role of AI: How can the team best build trust with both patients and medical professionals regarding the diagnostic accuracy of their AI-guided electronic stethoscope?
Patient Autonomy: What are the potential ethical implications of empowering patients to collect and monitor their own diagnostic data at home without immediate physician supervision?
Market Competition: Given the crowded home health monitoring market, what is the most effective strategy for Korion Health to differentiate itself from established competitors and existing wearables?
Long-term Impact: How might the widespread adoption of such home diagnostic kits shift the traditional patient-provider relationship and the economic model of primary care?
Today is the second class in your current August four class set. We will begin class with a causal conversation. Our reading this week is about desserts. Our listening is about sake. We will finish with some sentence practice.
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Today is the third class in our current August eight class set. We will start class with a casual conversation. I will provide the news topics. Our reading material today is about Discovery Loop. We will have quick brain training to finish the class.
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Today is the last class in our current July/August eight class set. We will start with a casual conversation. Next, we will discuss the news news. Today’s material is about warehouse/retail technology.
Today is the sixth class of your current eight class set. We will start class with a casual conversation. Our material today is about Apple’s new leasing program. Our reading today is about jade. Please read as much as you can.
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Today is the fifth class in our current eight class set. Today’s class will be 30 minutes. Our material today is about caffeine. We will also cover common words with multiple meanings and descriptions.
Today is the seventh class in our current July/August eight class set. We will start with a casual conversation. Next, we will discuss the news news. Today’s material is about monochrome fashion.
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Today is the second class of your new eight class set. We will start class with a casual conversation, complete our data storytelling, and finish with the discussion questions. Today’s material is about regional airports.
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Today is the first class in our new August four class set. We will start class with a casual conversation. Our material today is about Chey Taewon speaking English. I have also included a reading for you. Today’s reading is about good luck. Please underline 3 vocabulary words to discuss in class.
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Today is the fourth class in our current eight class set. Today’s class will be 30 minutes. Our material today is about multicultural youth. We will also cover common words with multiple meanings and descriptions.
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Welcome to your first class. We will begin class with a casual conversation. Next, we will review our writing. Please bring your printed or written writing to class. Our reading today is about “boring businesses.” Please underline any phrases or words that are unfamiliar. We can discuss them together. Our listening is about Katie WIlson. Please focus on time. I going to start with longer listening.
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This is our writing assignment. The hardest college entrance essay is the “Why Stanford?” I want you to choose your “Why” something. It could be a job, graduate school, place to live. We will write a compelling essay that highlights your personal voice and conviction. Your HOMEWORK this week is to choose your why and try to outline your reasons.
Today is the last class in your current four class set. We will start class with a casual conversation. Next, we will cover the news news and questions. We will discuss the reading and listening material. Our reading today is about jade and our listening is about empathy. I have provided you with a few questions to help you digest the material. We will end class with your wisdom.
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How do you think stepping out of your comfort zone, like the speaker did with theater, helps improve your ability to understand other people's feelings?
The speaker mentions that practicing a skill can help you do anything. What is a difficult hobby you have practiced, and how did it change your mindset?
In the video, the speaker discusses how empathy can be as simple as celebrating a stranger's success or helping someone who is struggling. What are some small, daily actions you can take to show empathy to those around you?
Today is the last class in our current July/August four-class set. I have received the tuition payment for the next class period. We will begin class with a casual conversation. Our reading this week is about copying. Our listening is about leasing a phone. Try to listen to as much as possible. We will review unit 3 in the new grammar in use workbook.
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Today is the second class in the August four class set. We will start class with a casual conversation. Our reading this week is about jobs. Please read as much as you can. The listening is about leasing a phone. We will finish class with our grammar review. Writing the sentences on a separate piece of paper by hand is a wonderful way to practice.
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