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失恋

Serbian language journey

Kod lekara + delovi tela

Tune in this week to learn three new English phrases and idioms. This episode is part two of How to Be a Good Language Learner. 

You'll also get some homework at the end so you can continue to improve your English communication skills.

The Express to Impress Podcast welcomes its first guest! Tune in next week (Friday, February 26) to hear a conversation I had recently with Allyson Plumberg, founder of Rooted Accents: Solutions for Accent Modification. We talk about the American English Accent and accent modification in our conversation. Allyson shares some great tips for English Language learners who want to connect better with native English speakers. You won’t want to miss this one!

Episode originally published February 19, 2021.

Original theme music by Lucas Knutter 

Read the transcript at https://www.express-to-impress.com/phrases-and-idioms/. 

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Express to Impress

Phrases And Idioms With the American English Accent

Listen to me reading a news article about online fraud in America from my Conversational English course.

Listen to English with Pip

News article: Cybercrime & online banking

人間の歯（は）の数は32本です。このうち4本は「親知らず」｛ おやしらず wisdom tooth）なので、たいていの人は28本です。私は31本。「親知らず」がまだあるので、歯医者（はいしゃ）に行くたびに「ぬきなさーい」と言われています。どうしよう。国はね、「80歳までに20本歯をのこしましょう」って言ってます。「8020運動」といって、今50％の方がクリアなんだそうです。えーそんなに歯がいるんだろうか。じゃあ、親知らず、ぬかないほがいいんじゃない？　久しぶりに歯医者に行って、なやんだお話、聞いてください。
スクリプトと文法や言葉のリストはこちら。
https://www.notion.so/49-8020-db246219905d4a08b017c3ac77bc1d56?pvs=4
楽しみ方は、こちらを見てください。
https://www.notion.so/116c436c16ed4055a68ddb2c4624cd96?pvs=4
バレンタインデー終わりましたね。虫歯（むしば caries）にご用心（ようじん precaution）。
じゃあ、またね。


すずまりの日本語「ききみみ」ずきん

第49話　8020、ハハ歯の話

Do you know how to address a Chinese person in an appropriate way? Are you still calling a woman "太太tàitai-Mrs" and “女人nǚrén--woman”? You might offend people without knowing. 

Check out this episode and you will find the proper ways to call people in different occasions in Chinese!


SherryChinese

中国人的称呼 How to address Chinese people appropriately

Two corvesations: 

1- Leyendo un libro

2- La canción

This podcast is to improve your listening and vocabulary

Learn Spanish Conversation

Learn Spanish Conversation parte 29

I’ll go over some words but before that here is a practical thing you can do: Record your own pronunciation to your phone and then listen to my version and compare the two.
I found this to be of use when I got my students right in the class to record their voices and then had them listen – wow – it’s like and ‘aha moment’ for them, a moment of realization, a moment of transformation.
So, here I am – helping you to transform from A to B. Let’s be that Speaker that we dream to B.
Definitely
Itinerary
Subtle
Double Edged Sword
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So, how did you do it? :) Was it of help? Send me a message with your ‘transformation’. 

To Your Success!
