课文1：
山本：你好！我叫山本，  是日本人。
大卫：你好！我叫  大卫。
山本：你是法国人吗？
大卫：是。
山本：他是法国人吗？
大卫：不是。他是加拿大人。

课文2：
丁兰：   你们好！  我是     丁老师。
马丁：老师，   您好！
    我   是    加拿大  学生。     我  叫    马丁。
    她 也是   加拿大  人， 她   叫  安妮。

课文3：
马丁：
      “我是加拿大人。我叫马丁。她叫林月，是中国学生；    他叫   李小明，也是中国人。她不是学生，她是丁老师。” 



HSK2--materials and exercises for listenning, reading and speaking

我叫大卫

이번 에피소드에서는 한국의 나이 계산법에 대해 이야기해요. 새해만 되면 한 살 더 먹던 연 나이에서 생일 기준으로 나이를 계산하는 만 나이로 바뀐 이야기를 나눠요. 빠른년생이라는 재미있는 개념과, 열두 띠를 통해 나이를 추측하는 한국식 대화법도 소개할게요.

In this episode, we chat about Korea’s age system—how everyone used to turn a year older on January 1st (연 나이) and how it’s changed to the international method (만 나이). We’ll also dive into the fun concept of 빠른년생 (early-born students) and how Koreans use the 12 zodiac animals (열두 띠) to guess someone’s age.

Korean Kimchi Power

Ep6 Age System in Korea

In today's episode of Stairway to English, understand the idiom "to have a lot on my plate". You will be able to use it in sentences and understand the meaning. Comment on this podcast with a sample sentence and I will correct your work!

See you in the next episode! 

Stairway to English: Short easy to understand episodes to improve your English grammar and fluency

I have too much on my plate to study English today! Learn the idiom "to have a lot on my plate"

Top 10 words of 2023. 
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Lily´s Chinese 中文世界

20240101年度流行词语

tres amigos que hicieron una mini serie de 3 capítulos llamados Radio maloka. 
Risas chistes y buen humor de pandemia. 

Música para Hablar 

Radio Maloka

        上星期，白雪在网上看到了一套漂亮的公寓，有一房一厅，还有一个厨房、洗手间和一个大阳台。价格也不贵，她能接受。

        从照片上看，卧室和客厅看起来又大又干净，客厅有沙发、电视，卧室的床也看起来很舒服。

        阳台的外面可以看到一个小公园，如果住在这里，还可以每天去公园散散步。

       最重要的是，这个公寓离地铁很近，走路5分钟就到了，她只要坐一个地铁站就可以到公司，或者，她可以走路半个小时到公司。

        她高兴极了，约我周末的时候一起去看看这套公寓。


一套公寓 yī tào gōng yù  an apartment
厨房 chú fáng  kitchen
阳台 yáng tái  balcony
价格 jià gé  price
接受 jiē shòu to accept
卧室wò shì bedroom
重要 zhòng yào important


Last week, Báixuě saw a beautiful apartment online, with one room and one living room, a kitchen, a bathroom and a large balcony. The price is not expensive, she can accept it. The bedroom and living room look big and clean in images. The living room has a sofa and TV. The bed in the bedroom also looks very comfy. You can see a small park not far outside the balcony. You can go to the park for a walk every day if living here.
The most important thing is that this apartment is very close to the subway, and it is only 5 minutes' walk away. Only one subway station to the company, or, she can walk half an hour to the company. She was so happy that she asked for my company to visit this apartment in person at the weekend.

HSK4 Vocab Based - Short Story Podcast

02. 一套漂亮的公寓！Yī tào piàoliang de gōngyù! A pretty apartment!

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
〈#126〉10月21日金曜日　天気/くもり　気温/13℃ 

池田町/いけだちょう
・カナダのイアン・マッケイ駐日大使が来た
・高校生の時にホームステイをしていた
・その時に通った高校に行って、今の高校生と交流をした

［単語］
駐日/ちゅうにち...日本にいる
大使/たいし...自分の国のため、他の国にいる人。
ホームステイ/ほーむすてい…外国人留学生が、国の家族と一緒に生活すること。
交流/こうりゅう…違う考えの人や文化の人がいっしょに話しをすること

レッスン待ってます♪


北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#126〉10月21日金曜日　カナダの大使が高校で交流

In part 2 of your IELTS test you have to speak on a topic for 2 minutes. Here are three things you should do in your one minute preparation time. 

1.Make a note of synonyms. Paraphrasing is an important skill to master when taking your IELTS exam. In fact, if you want to score a band score 6, you have to be able to generally paraphrase successfully. If you want a band score 7, you have to be able to paraphrase effectively. 

2. Think about idioms. Idioms are very important if you want to score above band score 6. To get band score 7, you have to use some less common idiomatic expressions. That’s a tricky thing to wrap your head around. Using idioms are extremely important. If you use idioms more than once in a blue moon, you will have a greater chance of achieving a band score 7. This is just a stab in the dark, but I expect most students would like to achieve a band score 7.

3. Think about connectives - linking words. Discourse markers are also important and will help you to move through the subheadings on your card smoothly and effortlessly. Phrase like “Now let me tell you about” or “Now I’d like to explain why…” or “let me tell you the reason why I….” will make your English speaking sound natural and fluent.

Don’t forget to book a lesson with me so I can help you achieve the band score you need.


IELTS Speaking Practice

3 strategies to help you in part 2 of your speaking test.

In this episode I talk about creating a Habit Tracker Sheet for August.
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