Hello friends! Here is my first episode for my new channel Canada Eh! Enjoy. :)

Canada eh!

Episode 1 - Introduction

How do you usually help your friends with their problems?

Listen to how I answer this particular question, and get some short English explanations about some vocabulary and expressions I use in my answer.  Try to answer the questions in the vocabulary examples using the new vocabulary and expressions.

Speak English With Muki

Episode 10: Supporting Friends

19 Hours Earlier...
Sunday, April 14, 1912
7:15 AM
First Class Suite, B Deck, RMS Titanic

I Survived The Titanic

Chapter 2

Like many other grandmothers, Daisy likes to knit, and she isn't very good with technology.

Or, at least, that's what she might tell people on the phone.

Daisy also describes herself as "your worst nightmare." But don't worry, she's not talking to you — she's talking to phone scammers.

That's because Daisy is actually an AI chatbot. She was created by UK phone company Virgin Media O2 to speak to scammers on the phone and make them believe they're talking to a real person.

Older people are very vulnerable to scams. In July, a UK study found that about 67% of people over the age of 75 were victims of at least one scam attempt in the six months before the study — with almost 75% being phone scams.

Enter Daisy, who has been trained to have conversations with phone scammers and waste their time.

Virgin Media O2 worked with Jim Browning, a YouTuber who has spent years "scambaiting" — that is, pretending to be a clueless victim to waste scammers' time.

And that's the whole point — Daisy can't stop scammers, but she can slow them down.

"Whenever she's on the phone with a scammer, your parents, your grandparents, your relatives, are not being scammed," Browning told Sky News.

The company says Daisy is already "wasting hundreds and hundreds of hours of scammers' time," and has shared real-life conversations the chatbot has had with scammers.

Some conversations last nearly an hour. She talks about her cat, Fluffy, and people in her family. In some conversations, she gives the scammers what they want — bank details. But of course, they're not real.

Murray Mackenzie from Virgin Media O2 said Daisy is also a reminder that the person you're speaking to on the phone might not always be who they say they are.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Meet the AI Grandma Wasting Scammers' Time

Today's episode is the audio to the Guide to the TOEFL - Writing presentation. In it, you'll learn what the writing section of the Test of English as a Foreign Language requires, as well as see some sample questions and answers and get advice on whether using templates to form your answers is a good idea. These questions depend on written text, so be sure to go to the website to download the transcript so you can read them: https://lovelangwri.com/2022/05/24/guide-to-the-toefl-writing/

For the Love of Language and Writing

Guide to the TOEFL - Writing

AIで作った曲です。いい曲ができました。
今回は英語ですが、これから日本語の曲も作ろうと思います。

日本語聞いてみよう！

AIで曲を作りました

はい、こんにちは、こんばんは。ようへい先生です。
あ、明けましておめでとうですか。あれ？まだ言ってませんでしたね。はい、なみさん、あけましておめでとうございます。
 え～、もう9日ですか。ちょっとおそいですね。はい、今年もよろしくお願（ねが）いします。

今日はですね。みんなの日本語の2 あおい本ですね。2の35か 77ページの6行目(ぎょうめ）,”行目” はわかりますか。six lineですね。from the top 、え、中国語で”行hang” ですか。はい、で、77ページの6行目 の”あるし” 、”おんせんも あるし”の意味(いみ）のお話をしたいと思います。 
”あるし”、 これ、35課までにまだならっていませんよね。

はい、じゃあえーっと、じゃあちょっと77ページを読みますね。
タワポン：鈴木（すずき）さん、ふゆ休みに友だちと スキーに行きたいんですが、どこかいい所（ところ）、ありませんか。
すず木：何日ぐらいの よていですか。
タワポン：3日ぐらいです。
（で、え、ここからですね）
すず木：それなら、くさつか しがこうげんが良いと思（おも）いますよ。おんせんも あるし…。

はい「それなら、くさつか しがこうげんが良いと思（おも）いますよ」、これ、ていあん してますね。ていあん：suggestion してますね。 
で、その後に「おんせんもあるし」。え～～1つ、information、じょうほうをつけていますね。「おんせんもあるし」で、この「あるし」は「あるから」 と同じ意味（いみ）です。はい、あるから。文をかえても大丈夫ですよ。「おんせんもあるから」

はい。で、えーここの「おんせんも」ですよね。”も”。　”も” を使うと、いろいろ、りゆうがあります。りゆう:reasonがあります。
はい、ですから、おんせんもあるし、いろいろあります。他にもりゆうがあります。etc etc ですよね。

例）
おんせんもあるし、高くないし、きれいだし

はい、どうですか分かりますか。

で ”あるし”,”あります”　これ、動詞（どうし）verb　ですね。形容詞（けいしょうし） adjective　を使ってもいいですよ。例えば えー
A：日本旅行 どこに行けばいいですか。
B：おきなわが いいと思います。あたたかいし。

はい。えー形容詞、”あたたかい”ですね。でもこれは、”いろいろ”etc の意味（いみ）にはなりませんよ。
はい。で、例えばえ
「きおん(temprature)”も”あたたかいし」

だと、いろいろetc　の意味にもなりますね。

はい。ま、他（ほか）にも
A：italkiの日本語の先生、誰がいいかな。
B：ようへい先生は？ハンサムだし。

はい。えーという風（ふう）に使います。
ごめんなさい。はい、I wish ですね。はい。えーどうですか、わかりましたか。 
はい、今日も聞いてくれてありがとうございました。皆さん、今年も日本語の勉強がんばってください。じゃあね👋


ようへい先生　N4～N3　レベルの生徒（せいと）へ　(^^♪

＃11　みんなの日本語 35課　「おんせんもあるし」

Paziente: Buongiorno, vorrei prenotare un appuntamento per una visita oculistica, all’ospedale di Ancona, per favore.

Operatore CUP: Buongiorno! Certo, posso aiutarla con la prenotazione. Potrebbe darmi il suo nome completo e la data di nascita, per favore?

Paziente: Certamente, il mio nome è Laura Rossi e sono nata il 22 Ottobre 1955.

Operatore CUP: Grazie, Laura. Ora verificherò la disponibilità. Per favore, aspetti un momento.

[Pausa mentre l'operatore controlla la disponibilità]

Operatore CUP: Ho una disponibilità per il 10 settembre. 
Paziente: ma è tra un mese!  È piuttosto urgente. Non posso aspettare così a lungo. 

Operatore CUP: , capisco la sua urgenza. Mi dispiace, ma nell'ospedale di Ancona non ci sono disponibilità immediate. Però posso controllare  in ospedali limitrofi. Mi dia un attimo per verificare le disponibilità, per favore.

[Pausa mentre l'operatore verifica le disponibilità in ospedali limitrofi]

Operatore CUP: Ho controllato e ho alcune opzioni per lei. C'è un posto disponibile domani mattina alle 8:30 presso l'ospedale di Pesaro o un altro posto disponibile il giorno dopo alle 10:00 presso l'ospedale di Senigallia. Posso prenotare uno di questi appuntamenti per lei?

Paziente: Sì, per favore, va bene per domani mattina alle 8:30 a Pesaro. 

Operatore CUP: Perfetto, ho prenotato per lei la visita oculistica all'ospedale di Pesaro per domani mattina alle 8:30. Le consiglio di arrivare in anticipo. Se ci fossero altri cambiamenti o problemi, non esiti a contattarci. 

Paziente: Grazie mille , Arrivederci

Operatore CUP: A lei


Italiano Chiaro

Prenotare una visita in Ospedale

最近、スタバ（スターバックス）でおいしいフラペチーノ🍌🍫を飲みました！みなさんが好きな飲み物はなんですか？🤔💓