Let's learn a new Italian expression: "mettere il bastone fra le ruote".

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3 minutes Italian

Mettere il bastone fra le ruote

Welcome to the American English Pronunciation Guide. My name is Trevor Kafka, and I am your host.

There are many different varieties of American English. I was born and raised in New York, which has given me General American English pronunciation. The English that I speak has 15 vowel sounds. 

Please view the transcript for help while listening.

Today, we will talk about the vowel sound number 2 of 15: /eɪ/ grey day. This vowel is what we call a diphthong, meaning that it’s really two vowel sounds smooshed together as one. The mouth begins very open when the sound begins, but then turns into a smile as the teeth come together.

Listen to me saying this sound and repeat: /eɪ/, /eɪ/, /eɪ/

Listen to and repeat the following single-syllable words:
gray
day
pain
whale
waste
straight
tail
wait
shade

Listen to and repeat the following multiple-syllable words:
chamber
embrace
greatest
labor
vacation
translate
Canadian
information

Listen to and repeat the following sentences:
The way you say “gray” makes my day quite okay.
I embrace the shade to stay out of the sun’s rays.
The greatest of Canadian vacations have no space for rain.

I would like to thank Shirley Thompson and Karen Taylor for their work in developing the set of key phrases that I use with each vowel, such as /æ/ black cat, /eɪ/ grey day, etc. 

📢 American English Pronunciation Guide

Episode 2 - Vowels: /eɪ/ gray day (2 of 15)

This episode introduces three idioms that use the word tide. Listen to the examples to hear how to use them. Please send me a message if you would like a copy of the audio script.

Idiom Corner

Tide

Which part are you worried about?

I met a student from China who came to prepare for IELTS speaking, and while reading his goal, I picked certain areas from his answer that he wasn't even aware of. 

This was the goal: (I will hide the name, just to illustrate some of my student's goals), so here were his goals:

"My goal is to break through 5.5 in IELTS speaking. I often don't know what to say when communicating, especially during exams, and the answers are a little incoherent and overly nervous."

These were the issues I identified

a) Not knowing what to say (being stuck).
b) During exam fear (most people have 'exams-fear'.
c) Doubting about the answers (whether its correct).
d) Fear, anxiety when communicating.

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IELTS Speaking band score 7

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Hello! I'm Japanese teacher NANA 
안녕하세요! 일본어강사 나나입니다

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English, Korean Subtitles on YOUTUBE
유튜브에는 영어, 한국어 자막이 있습니다
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NANAのにほんごpodcast 

日本人(にほんじん)は なんで やせてるの？Why are Japanese so thin?

#Netflix #Koreancontents

元の記事/ Original Article↓
https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/599834

☆目次
0:00 オープニング
0:31 Introduction
1:41 韓国コンテンツ
3:13 Para1 「コンテンツと政府に絶妙な距離感」
5:34 政府との関係
7:44 Para2 「Netflixが韓国コンテンツに巨額の投資」
11:45 Netflixと韓国コンテンツ
13:56 Para3 「Netflixというプラットフォームの存在」
16:12 配信サービスと韓国コンテンツ

☆語彙
製作費（せいさくひ）
需要（じゅよう）
社会風刺（しゃかいふうし）
ノウハウ
投資（とうし）
道（みち）が開（ひら）ける
悩（なや）みの種（たね）
激化（げきか）
役（やく）を担（にな）う

☆引用記事
カン・ハンナ. “「Netflixが巨額を投じた韓国コンテンツの裏事情」版権を放棄することで得た2つの大きな利点”. 東洋経済ONLINE. 2022-07-09. https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/599834

"After 5" by Japanese Teacher

“The reason that Netflix invests in Korean contents” 「Netflixが巨額を投じた韓国コンテンツの裏事情」

En este episodio vas a aprender 5 expresiones que no tienen traducción y que suenan un oco graciosas pero son muy comunes y útiles