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A podcast on how to build confidence in speaking English. I'll give you tips to improve your speaking skills and avoid the most common mistakes.



English with Serena

Hi, and welcome to Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. This novel centers around a colony of escaped lab rats, the rats of NIMH. They live in a technologically sophisticated and literate society mimicking that of humans. They come to the aid of Mrs. Frisby, a field mouse who seeks to protect her children and home from destruction by a farmer's plow.



Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 

Introduction to Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

Drug	迷暈	mí yūn
Dry	曬	shài
Eat	吃	chī
Edit	编辑	biānjí
Eliminate	移民	xiāochú


5 Verbs a Day. 每天学习五个动词。

C(22) Vocabulary Set: Drug Dry Eat Edit Eliminate

This is a reading from the Aozora Bunko "Amedama (The Candy)" with some expressions changed to easy Japanese for learners of Japanese.
The reading is followed by explanations of the story and vocabulary. Please use it to study Japanese listening comprehension.

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青空文庫「あめだま」より、日本語学習者向けに一部の表現をやさしい日本語に変えて、朗読しています。
朗読の後にストーリーや語彙の解説があります。日本語のリスニングの勉強にお役立てください。

OYASUMI にほんご

#4　The Candy（Amedama）

Instead of skipping your study session, try to do something manageable, even if it’s just for 5 or 10 minutes. This small effort prevents the disruption of your learning habit and keeps you from falling into the “rest zone” for too long. Remember, a little bit of progress each day compounds over time, and that’s how big results are achieved.

Once you take a break from studying for too long, it becomes increasingly tempting to stay in that “rest mode.” We’ve all experienced this—one day off turns into two, and suddenly a week has gone by. The longer you rest, the harder it becomes to start again. This is not just a language learning issue; it’s a cognitive phenomenon called the inertia effect, where the longer we avoid an activity, the more mental resistance we build up toward starting it again.


111 Tips for Learning a Language 

Tip 48 – Just do what you can when nothing feels right and that is already enough.

In this episode of Streetwise English Podcast, I talk about Grattitude. My teacher profile: https://italki.com/teacher/1947582 Thanks for listening!

Streetwise English

SWE 107  - Grattitude

How to describe a working place and a work flow? 
Verbs for A1, the Prepositional Case

New words 生词:

атмосфера - environment，环境；
неформальный - casual，非正式的；
коллектив -  team，团体；
дружный - friendly，团结；
рабочий день - working day，营业日；
писать код - to code，编程；
пюре - mashed potatoes，马铃薯；
компот - kompot，俄罗斯饮料；
проверять - to check，检查；
рабочее место - working place，工作地点。

Пряник

Что ты делаешь на работе?

Proper British English

British sayings

Todo el mundo miente. Las razones por las que lo hacemos pueden ser diferentes, pero quién más, quien menos miente alguna vez. Por eso en el episodio de hoy hablamos de mentiras, diferentes tipos, su tamaño y dos expresiones españolas que explican por qué no es bueno mentir. 

Después del episodio no te olvides de pasarte por mi Instagram y decirme qué te ha parecido el episodio y si conoces algún otro tipo de mentira.
