This podcast is intended for students that have questions about their practices and habits when learning English

Teacher Stan's musings

When learning English we wonder whether we need to have a certain accent. Usually American or British? But the truth is just need a neutral and clear accent to be Natively-fluent rather than sound like we're from a place we did not grow up in.

Slice of English 

Do You Really Need an Accent? Part 1

Simplified Chinese version:
《在学校吃午餐》
中午12点，平平到学校的餐厅吃饭。
平平看到牛肉，问小美："这种牛肉好吃吗?"
小美说："我不知道，我只吃青菜，不吃肉。"
平平看到猪肉，问旁边的同学："这种猪肉好吃吗?"
右边的莎莎说："我不清楚，我没有吃过猪肉。"
左边的哈里说："牛肉和猪肉我都不吃。"
平平说："猪肉和牛肉我最喜欢，我是爱吃肉的人！"

Traditional Chinese version:
《在學校吃午餐》
中午12點，平平到學校的餐廳吃飯。
平平看到牛肉，問小美："這種牛肉好吃嗎?"
小美說："我不知道，我只吃青菜，不吃肉。"
平平看到豬肉，問旁邊的同學："這種豬肉好吃嗎?"
右邊的莎莎說："我不清楚，我沒有吃過豬肉。"
左邊的哈里說："牛肉和豬肉我都不吃。"
平平說："豬肉和牛肉我最喜歡，我是愛吃肉的人！"

English translation:
Having lunch in the school
It’s 12 o’clock at noon. Ping go to the school cafeteria for lunch.
Ping notices the beef. He asks May, “Is this delicious?”
May says, “I don’t know. I don’t eat meat. I only eat vegetables.”
Ping notices the pork. He asks his classmate, “Is this delicious?”
Salsa says, “I don’t know. I have never eaten pork.”
Harry says, “I don’t eat beef and pork.”
Ping says, “I like to eat both pork and beef. I’m a meat tooth!”


Yasmine's Chinese Reading - elementary

在学校吃午餐 - Having lunch in the school

Ep.1 : ~거나, ~게 되다, ~아/어/해 보다.
(1) ~거나 : Connection ending to indicate selection (or)
✏ Verb, Adjective stem + 거나 
(2) ~게 되다 : An expression that represents a result, situation, or state changed by external influences (end up ~ing)
✏ Verb stem + 게 되다.
(3) ~아/어/해 보다 : An expression of attempt (try) 
✏ Verb stem + 아/어/해 보다.

100% Real Korean Conversation

Korean Grammar Podcast Ep.1

Mona and I discuss an enigmatic concept known as the American Dream. What does it mean and what doesn't it mean? How do Americans and non-Americans view it differently? In our conversation, we attempt to tease out some answers.

(By the way, my apologies for the poor sound quality in this episode. I'll certainly do my best to fix it for the next episode!)

Link to episode transcript: https://american-idiom.com/f/004-the-american-dream

***For English learners! - Detailed Vocabulary Lesson begins at 30:50***

Vocabulary and Examples (Starts at 30:50)

“to make it” (used at 2:10, 4:19, 7:09, 9:48, and explained at 31:17)
"to get ahead” (used at 3:01, 3:11, 3:15 and 3:17 and explained at 33:31)
“to get by” (used at 3:09 and explained at 33:53)
“to throw (one)'s hat in the ring” (used at 4:04 and explained at 37:00)
"to wear (something) on your sleeve" (used at 13:28 and explained at 39:01)
“to sell (someone) short” (used at 21:21 and explained at 41:53)
“to be fed up with (something)” (used at 25:56 and explained at 43:53)

Brentoni's English Podcast

004 The American Dream

कुनै जङ्गलको छेउमा एउटा किसानको घर थियो । किसानकी एउटी छोरी थिइन् । उनी अत्यन्तै राम्री थिइन् । एक दिन एउटा सिंहले किसानकी छोरीलाई देख्यो । “म तिम्री छोरीलाई विवाह गर्न चाहन्छु ।” किसानकी छोरी देखेपछि सिंहले भन्यो ।..............


SIMPLE AND SHORT STORIES IN NEPALI

#5 सिंह र किसान (The lion and the farmer ) 

Can learning a language give you an alternative perspective on life? We discuss this with our expert in linguistic relativity Guillaume Thierry.

The Age of Humans

Episode 1: Does learning a new language change your perception?

Today we have two phrasal verbs to say that you met someone accidentally or unintentionally. These are to "bump into" and to "run into". Remember, phrasal verbs are almost always informal!

DAILY Business English VOCABULARY builder

Oh, I didn't expect to see you here!

Как вы думаете почему  Евгений Васильевич передумал ехать к поклоннице?
Как бы вы поступили на месте главного героя? 
Как бы вы охарактеризовали главного героя?