A podcast for intermediate to advanced English learners by MaryLynn, a professional italki teacher from the United States.

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In today's episode I will be telling you about the 6 most common mistakes that I heard students make during my years as an IELTS examiner. These mistakes are important, because if you want to score band 7, then you have to be able to 'frequently produce error-free sentences'. Every one of these mistakes will take you further away from achieving your dream score. So listen now, learn what the mistakes are, and gain some practical advice on how to avoid making them in your English lessons, in your daily conversations, and in your own Speaking test. 

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The 6 most common mistakes in the IELTS Speaking test

Halo semua! Apa kabar? Bagaimana akhir minggu kalian? 
Hari Sabtu lalu saya punya janji dengan dokter gigi untuk membersihkan gigi saya.
Dokter gigi ini adalah dokter gigi baru di sekitar rumah saya.

Ketika dokter sedang membersihkan gigi saya, dia bilang di gigi bagian atas dan bawah ada beberapa lubang kecil. Lubang gigi artinya "虫歯” di Bahasa Jepang atau "cavity" di Bahasa Inggris. Hmm.. sebetulnya saya nggak merasa sakit apa pun, sih… 

Waktu dokter selesai membersihkan gigi dan saya mau membayar, dia berkata "Kamu perlu perawatan gigi 10 kali dari sekarang. Ayo kita buat janji untuk perawatan berikutnya". Saya langsung merasa sedikit aneh. Dokter ini mungkin mata duitan ya! Kalian bisa bayangkan arti dari "mata duitan" ? Hanya ada uang di matanya!
Kalau di Bahasa Jepang seperti ini, あの人はお金に執着している。
Kalau di Bahasa Inggris saya pikir artinya "money oriented". 

Jadi, saya memutuskan tidak mau pergi ke tempat dokter itu lagi. 
Kalian punya pengalaman dengan orang yang mata duitan? Kita harus selalu berhati-hati ya! 
Sampai di sini podcast saya kali ini. Sampai jumpa lagi ^^

Akhir minggu

Mata duitan

Learn why "a" and "an" are the indefinite articles, and what the word "indefinite" means.

English Syndicate

"A" and "An", indefinite articles

在中国，送礼物有什么禁忌呢？

Learn Chinese with Danny

4.礼物

Can you work out how to say 'My treat' in Chinese by listening to the movie clips of this episode? 

******************Script for your second time listening*********************

片段一Clip one
A：我们~去唱卡拉OK吧。我请客
B:  就这么定了！换衣服，收拾东西。 
A：wǒ men ~qù chàng kǎ lā OK ba 。wǒ qǐng kè 
B:  jiù zhè me dìng le ！huàn yī fú ，shōu shi dōng xi 。  
出自From《致我们终将逝去的青春》
片段二
A：所以我说，你付了那么昂贵的旅馆费，那我就付餐费。
B：我有钱，我请客。
A：suǒ yǐ wǒ shuō ，nǐ fù le nà me áng guì de lǚ guǎn fèi ，nà wǒ jiù fù cān fèi 。
B：wǒ yǒu qián ，wǒ qǐng kè 。
出自《七月与安生》
片段三
A：老易你怎么来了？
B：我在隔壁请客。
A：lǎo yì nǐ zěn me lái le ？
B：wǒ zài gé bì qǐng kè 。
出自《色戒》
片段四
A: 王总！
B: 老严，你说你请客你还迟到！
A:  wáng zǒng ！
B：lǎo yán ，nǐ shuō nǐ qǐng kè nǐ hái chí dào ！
出自《戒烟不戒酒》


Iris' screening room

How to say "My treat" in Chinese?——Improve Chinese with movie clips

こんにちは! 今日(きょう)のエピソードは発明(はつめい)についてです。
どんな発明品(はつめいひん)を知(し)っていますか？

Usage of Slow Japanese:
STEP 1. Listen to the episode without seeing scripts.
STEP 2. Go to mochifika.com/podcast/ and check "Key vocabularies of this episode", listen again to the episode while seeing the list.
STEP 3. Check the whole script, it'll fill the gap in your understanding.

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Slow Japanese

Episode #34 - Invention

Intonation and Speech Patterns (with transcript)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Y7lPvqkJ9r8cumZ98sf_ZEgB6BSgqB_V/view?usp=drivesdk