This is a review of my chapter 4  in my book Expect the Unexpected, about living in a foreign country.  This chapter is about a weekend with my dad back in 1972. In this story, I learn several lessons which follow through the book.

Expect the Unexpected

Another Weekend of Hunting

这儿的中国菜地道吗？
你的口味怎么样？
我爱吃甜的，请多放糖。
我们要两碗米饭，谢谢。

zhè ér de zhōnɡ ɡuó cài dì dào mɑ ？ 
nǐ de kǒu wèi zěn me yànɡ ？ 
wǒ ài chī tián de ， qǐnɡ duō fànɡ tánɡ 。 
wǒ men yào liǎnɡ wǎn mǐ fàn ， xiè xiè 。

Laura cheng Chinese

Laura Chinese order food 3

This time I'm talking about Nasu, in Tochigi. 

I hope everyone is having a wonderful day :) 

April in Tokyo

Nasu, Tochigi. 那須、栃木

In this episode we'll learn a Internet word-躺平。
Do it just mean lying flat on the ground? Let's find out!

Shay的中文小课堂

Idioms and Slangs Episode5-躺平

今期朱古力有幸請到十幾年老友KK上黎夠鐘煲粥分享佢嘅留學同打工經歷，從大學畢業後黎美國讀master再到實習再到畢業分別喺上海廣州兩個城市分別生活過，KK對各個地方有咩感想？佢話時不時會掛住美國嘅chipotle同papa johns，朱古力表示完全理解唔到。咁問題黎啦，大家覺得食pizza要唔要落芝士？

夠鐘煲粥 Congee Time

EP23. 從互聯網到外企，我行過嘅路

you will know some tips to conquer a Colombian girl.

“El verdadero poder de un hombre, es el tamaño de la sonrisa de la mujer, que tiene a su lado”.

“A las mujeres no se les promete… se les sorprende”.

“El secreto de una vida feliz es el respeto. Respeto por ti mismo y respeto hacia los demás”.

Remember that I teach Spanish on italki, you can book a class for more information you can look at it on my profile :)

Colombia

¿Cómo Conquistar a Una Colombiana?

Every culture has its own unique tendencies when it comes to pronouncing certain sounds in other languages. For example, where I was born, many people find it tricky to pronounce sounds like 'f' and 'p.' Even simple English words like 𝙛𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘 can feel like torture.

For this episode, I’d like to focus on my Japanese friends. I know there are certain English sounds that can require extra effort to pronounce. My hope is that today’s episode will give you some helpful insights and tips to make those tricky sounds easier to master.

𝟭.	𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗞 >< 𝗦𝗨𝗡𝗚
🪄 His heart sank when he heard her sing.
🪄 He thanked her for the song she had sung.

𝟮.	𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗞 >< 𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗞
🪄 Watch out, boy! I think your toy will sink in the water.
🪄 When the ship was sinking, he began thinking, "Is this my last day on earth?"

𝟯.	𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 >< 𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗘
🪄 How dare you enter my room when I'm not there!
🪄 It's very dark over there. Do you dare to go there?

𝟰.	𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬 >< 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗥𝗬
🪄 These blueberries are very sweet.
🪄 Actually, I like all kinds of berries very much.

𝟱.	𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 >< 𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧
🪄 When it's right, the light turns green. When it's wrong, the light turns red.
🪄 Do you know what led the light on the right to turn red?

Don’t let tricky sounds stop you—practice makes progress! Book an English class with me and start improving today.✨

Midori no Heya

Tricky Pronunciation for Japanese Speakers of English

España es un país con diferentes lugares por descubrir. En el episodio de hoy hablo con Borja, de borjaprofe.com de una de ellas, su lugar de origen, el País Vasco. 

Además de lugares que tienes que visitar y cosas a tener en cuenta cuando visitas esta región también hablamos de como vemos a los vascos el resto de españoles, es decir los estereotipos que tenemos sobre ellos y qué hay de verdad en esos estereotipos.

Después de escuchar el episodio, pásate por mi Instagram y cuéntame qué te ha parecido el episodio y si has visitado el País Vasco, o planeas hacerlo en un futuro.
