yī jiàn zhōng qíng

指男女之间一见面即产生爱情。亦借指对人或事物一看见就发生了很深的感情。

Chinese idioms (中国成语)

一见钟情

A listening exercise for understanding English through Korean context.

Listening script 1


Listening script 2


Listening script 3

Colt Ssam 콜트 쌤

Ep.1 - 도와주기 & 감사하기

In this episode, I continue my conversation with Bryce about playing guitar.

Bryce shares a story about the moment when he felt most like a rockstar.

If you've ever been curious about what it takes to play guitar and you want to learn some relevant vocabulary, this episode may be for you!

This is just Part Two of our conversation. Part One can be found at 008 WHY DOES EVERYONE LEARN THE SAME FIRST SONG ON GUITAR?

FULL TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE ⁠HERE⁠: https://american-idiom.com/f/009-my-brothers-rockstar-moment

***For English learners! – Detailed vocabulary lesson begins at 23:34***

Episode Outline:

Bryce's most memorable guitar performance (Starts at 1:20)
Adapting complex songs as a solo guitarist (Starts at 4:32)
Funny story - Always rehearse before performing! (Starts at 8:38)
Playing tabs vs. sheet music (Starts at 10:05)
How to continue progressing as a guitarist (14:45)
Final advice for new guitarists (22:54)


Vocabulary and examples (Starts at 23:34)

get your foot in the door (used at 4:46 and explained at 23:38)
hit a wall (used at 14:49 and explained at 26:07)
reach a plateau (used at 14:49 and explained at 26:07)
be stuck in a rut (used at 20:51 and explained at 26:07)
put all your eggs in one basket (used at 21:32 and explained at 29:45)

Brentoni's English Podcast

009 How to Improve Your Guitar Skills

Learn English Through Listening – Perfect for Kids & O-Level Students! 🌟🎙️ "Kickstart your English journey with our playful and engaging podcast! Tailored for young learners.

DIALOGS FOR EVERYDAY USE 🎧📚

Dialogue for Beginners 🎉📚  (Day # 1)

En este episodio les cuento una situación muy fea que viví en carne propia mientras iba a buscar a mi hija al jardín de infantes. Todavía me acuerdo y me da escalofríos...

Argentina en carne propia

El viejo con el carrito de bebé

In this podcast we'll look into some answers to 3 common questions:

1. How to answer: ‘Tell me a bit about yourself.’

2. How to answer: ‘What are your weaknesses?’

3. How to answer: ‘Describe a time you faced a challenge and what steps you took to overcome it.’

Before you'll go further - how would you do it yourself? What will your thinking be while answering?

Question One: The interviewer typically isn’t asking you about your weekend here. Take this opportunity to capture and distill the most important things they need to know about you as an employee—your most impactful job, the skills you’d most like to highlight, as well as some of the previous projects you feel showcase your abilities are all great options.

Question Two: Avoid responding with something that’s not genuine and communicates inauthenticity—saying something like ‘I work too hard!’ doesn’t come across well. Everyone has weaknesses—it’s how we manage them that’s important and expressing what you’ve already got underway to alter it is the key.

QUestion Three: This demands self-reflection and self-examination, focusing on problem solving skills and your attitude to challenges, conflict resolution and how you cope under pressure. Work through the S.T.A.R method if you get a little stuck: first, contextualise the situation for your interviewee by presenting the challenge in a professional manner and explain how it arose in the first place, then explain a little about where you fell in the group in relation to the task at hand.

Use some ideas aboe and also prepare your answers as well. At the end of the day - they are 'buying' your personality, not so much how you answer those questions so don't be shy being yourself, it countrs massively!

Let me know how I can help you privately in your interview preparations!

To Your Success!

Job Interview Preparation | CEO Interview Strategies From Diverse Business Sectors!

Job Interview Preparation. Tip 10. How to answer 3 common questions?

Are you looking for a job? Are you wondering why you aren't getting interviews? 

Before you hire someone to write or edit your resume, you'll want to listen to this episode!

I'll explain why I advise you to write your own resume, and of course, you'll get resume writing tips. 

Even the most qualified professionals won't get invited for interviews if they aren't familiar with the modern recruiting process. We'll explore applicant tracking systems and how to write your resume in a way that ensures a human will see it. 

Episode originally published March 18, 2021.

Original theme music by Lucas Knutter 

Read the transcript at https://www.express-to-impress.com/writing-a-resume/. 

Join the Express to Impress community on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/express-to-impress/.

See infographics for this episode on Pinterest at https://www.pinterest.com/ExpresstoImpress/_created/.

Express to Impress

Why You Should Write Your Own Resume

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
5月5日木曜日　天気/晴れ　気温/13℃ 

旭川市/あさひかわし
・4日「20才を祝うつどい」があった。
・本当は、今年1月10日「成人式」だったけど、コロナのせいでできなかった。
・今年4月1日から、法律が変わった。18才からが大人になった。
・だから、20才は「成人式」ではなく、「20才を祝うつどい」に変わった。

［単語］
20才/はたち
つどい…人が集まる
成人/せいじん…大人
式/しき…関係する人が集まって、お祝いをする。
コロナ/ころな…COVID19
法律/ほうりつ…国が決める約束

レッスン待ってます♪


北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#53〉5月5日木曜日　20才のお祝い！

森田六郎著「日本人の心がわかる日本語」（アスク出版）から、コラム「考えておきます」ー日本人の本心は？を紹介します。

花見にさそわれた日本人が、「考えておきます」と返事をした場合、この日本人は花見に行くと思いますか？　

この本では、７０－８０＆は行かないだろうと考えると書いています。
それは、どうしてだと思いますか。

日本人は、すぐにことわると　相手に悪いと思うから・・・
そして　しばらくしてから「やっぱり、行けません」と言います。




