Here I will read the second chapter of the book. Keep in mind that it's a continuation, its a real book with returning characters. 

Beginner book Dutch A1-A2

Chapter 2 Page 1 - Op Huwelijksreis 

Just a cute little story with plenty of Prepositional case
这个小故事帮大家复习前置格

New words 生词:

космос - space, 太空；
планета - planet，行星；
океан - ocean, 海洋；
континент - continent, 大陆；
чемодан - suitcase, 行李箱；
кошелёк - wallet, 钱包；
сейф - vault, 保险箱。

Пряник

Космос

Small talk - love it or hate it, you cannot avoid it!

Share you experience with making small talk - are you good at it?

British English with Maria

Making small talk

👉 This episode of Stairway to English is a very special conversation edition! This is Part 1. Part 2 will be available very soon! 

👉 Marisa and I talk about her life, her background with language learning, where her family is from, and growing up as an English language learner. Marisa speaks with a Texan accent. I hope you enjoy the episode!

👉 Vocabulary
Commute - Travel some distance between one's home and place of work on a regular basis

Stay put - To stay in one place

Public Relations - A type of employment where you work with companies to help them in the news or stay out of the news

Birth certificate - A certificate received at birth to show where you were born

Immigrant - A person who moves to and lives in a different country

Pull out - Take something out

Drop off - Leave someone or something somewhere

Hand me over - Give someone something or someone

Siblings - Brothers and/or sisters

Pick up - Collect a person or a thing from a place

Accelerates - Move quickly

Y’all - You all. This is used mainly in the southern part of the USA.

Carried on a long distance relationship - Dated while living far apart from one another

No brainer - An easy decision

Ma’am - A polite way to address women

Sir - A polite way to address men

Mannerisms - The way you act and handle yourself

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

Part 1: Conversation Edition: Language Learning, Families, and Immigration with Marisa Vallbona

This audio is about a student's presentation on the origins of unicorns.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Unicorns

People have been building boats for at least 10,000 years, making them one of the oldest types of transportation. They're a big part of history, which is why there are many expressions about boats.

If you have the same problems or are in the same situation as someone else, you can say you are "in the same boat." This expression comes from the fact that people on the same boat are all affected if the boat gets into trouble while at sea.

For example, if your friend told you they had lost their job, and you had also lost your job, you could say "Looks like we're in the same boat — I lost my job too!"

If a person is doing something too much or in an extreme way, you can say they are "going overboard" with it. This expression comes from the 1600s when boats were mostly made of wooden boards, and going overboard meant falling into the water.

So if your friend kept calling the same company to ask for a job, you could say, "Don't go overboard! If you keep calling them they won't hire you."

If someone misses out on something, especially because they were late or too slow, you can say they have "missed the boat." This expression refers to being late to board a boat that departed at a specific time.

So your friend might say, "I just want to make sure I'm the first person they call when they're hiring. I don't want to miss the boat!"

'Go Overboard' with These Boating Expressions

#gender #inequality 

元の記事/ Original Article↓
https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/589504

☆目次
0:00 オープニング
0:38 Introduction
1:21 C1: “ロンドンは東京よりも生きづらくないけれど”
5:12 “フェミニズムってよくわからない”
8:54 C2: “普通の社会生活の根底にまだ残る性差別意識”
11:18 制度上の差別
13:00 C3: 明らかになる二重基準
15:07 会社の中で
17:01 C4: 彼とはきちんと話ができなかった
19:12 彼の本音
21:51 C5: フェミニズムは男性にとって脅威的な存在に
23:33 制度と意識

☆語彙
定義（ていぎ）
性差別（せいさべつ）
〜嫌悪（けんお）
浸透（しんとう）
転換（てんかん）
筋（すじ）合（あ）いがない
嫌悪感（けんおかん）を示（しめ）す
自覚（じかく）
顕著（けんちょ）
大前提（だいぜんてい）
育休（いくきゅう）

☆引用記事
鈴木綾. “東京⇒ロンドン､33歳の私が痛感した男女不平等”. HUFFPOST. 2022-05-20. https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/589504, (参照 2022-05-23).

"After 5" by Japanese Teacher

“Gender inequality that I was feeling when I moved to London from Tokyo” 東京⇒ロンドン､33歳の私が痛感した男女不平等

Hoy hablaremos de algo esencial en cualquier idioma: los saludos y las despedidas. Estos son puntos de partida en cualquier conversación y, al dominarlos, podrás dar una excelente primera impresión.

Español en Acción

Temporada 1 Episodio 2 Saludos y Despedidas en Español

Hello everyone! In this episode we are going to learn first part of phrases together:)