volunteer_activism ADVICE Use Slowness As A Learning Tool ios_share
Speak slowly and use creative constraints to produce clearer, more thoughtful language.
Play recordings at faster speed if the slow pace feels too easy for your level.
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question_answer ANECDOTE Strange Lattes And Taste Tests ios_share
Ariel describes trying unusual lattes like beetroot and a cheese-and-sea-salt latte in China.
She found some combinations surprisingly good and others, like aloe vera iced coffee, unappealing.
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insights INSIGHT Apps That Pay You To Scroll ios_share
Chinese apps blend shopping, social video feeds, games, and rewards into one ecosystem.
That integration both incentivizes engagement and blurs whether users really save money.
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Listen to me articulate and enunciate every word as I discuss unusual beverages, insane apps, doing Pilates in Chinese, and how I'm feeding you all worms.
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Vocabulary: Latte, Beetroot, Pistachio, Red envelope, Massage, Pilates, Monologue, Worm, Nest
0:00 Intro
01:41 How slow can I go?
05:33 A mysterious drink
08:10 Crazy Chinese apps
13:00 Inappropriate videos
17:20 Pilates à la Chinoise
19:15 Levelling up abroad
20:59 Autumn, anyone?
22:00 Where to find my funky food pics
24:20 My upcoming travels
27:08 Let's speed things up a bit
32:23 Mother has arrived
33:19 Outro
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