To be in the middle of nowhere means to be in a place that is far away from other people, houses, or cities. For instance, my office is in the middle of nowhere. It takes me hours to get there!

DAILY Business English VOCABULARY builder

I'm in the middle of nowhere!

L'Alsace fut le spectacle d'une chasse aux sorcières acharnée pendant la Renaissance. 



Douce France

Les sorcières alsaciennes 

shí jiān  VS  shí hou 
时  间            时  候  

nǐ shén me shí hou huí jiā ？ 
你   什    么    时  候    回  家  ？ When will you go home?
zài zhōnɡ ɡuó de shí hou ， wǒ rèn shi le dà wèi 。 
在        中    国    的 时   候  ，   我    认  识  了 大 卫  。 I met David when I was in China.

nǐ shén me shí jiān huí jiā ？ 
你   什    么    时  间    回  家  ？ When will you go home?
nǐ shuì le duō chánɡ shí jiān ？ 
你    睡 了  多      长      时   间   ？ How long did you sleep?


JOJO CHINESE

时间VS时候

Join us in this episode to learn about friends! We describe our friends, what activities we like to do with them, and what we like about them.

Real Native Vocabulary

Friends

LUKE: Hello? Hi, Stephanie, how are things at the office?
STEPHANIE: Hi, Luke! How are you? Can you please stop and pick up 
extra paper for the computer printer?
LUKE: What did you say? Can you repeat that, please? Did you 
say to pick up ink for the printer? Sorry, the phone is 
cutting out.
STEPHANIE: Can you hear me now? No, I need more computer paper. 
Listen, I’ll text you exactly what I need. Thanks, Luke. 
Talk to you later.
LUKE: Thanks, Stephanie. Sorry, my phone has really bad
reception here.



LANGUAGE NOTES
• There are a few ways to express a lack of understanding and to request additional 
information. The most common ones are stated, but you can also say “Excuse me” or 
simply “I can’t hear you.” In a more formal situation, try saying “I’m sorry?” or “I beg 
your pardon?” (with a rising intonation).
• When asking someone to clarify information try saying Can you please repeat that? / 
Can you spell that for me? / Can you please write down the address for me?
• Cutting out describes a difficulty in understanding a caller due to poor cellphone 
reception. If you are having trouble understanding the caller, you can also say The 
line is breaking up / I am losing you. If the phone call is disconnected because of poor 
reception, you can say The call dropped.
• Talk to you later is the equivalent in a phone conversation of “See you later” in a 
regular, face-to-face conversation.
• Reception here means the availability of cellular service, the possibility to receive and 
give calls on a cellphone. Cellphone reception can be limited in remote areas, inside 
large buildings or underground (in the subway, for instance).

English Conversation practice (30-day challenge)

Day 7: Asking them to repeat

Это история о молодой писательнице, которая живёт в маленьком доме на берегу озера. Она рассказывает о своей жизни в этом тихом и никому неизвестном месте. 


 Russian stories with Elena Русские истории с Еленой

Девушка, которая живёт на берегу озера 

안녕하세요. Hello~
한국어 듣기 수업 시작해요. Let's start with the Korean listening class.
선생님 읽어요.  I read it.
잘 들으세요. Please listen well.

I posted the sentences on my blog. 
https://blog.naver.com/laramcraft/222721232997
https://youtu.be/7cdvyDe7uYc

The basics are important.
It is also good to check the basics of 한글 Hangeul before this listening class.
1-1. Korean alphabet - Vowels 모음 - What is Hangeul?
https://youtu.be/0YzhJ9p2lcs
2-1. Korean alphabet - Consonants 자음 -what are the consonants 자음?
https://youtu.be/lckgvQ_vreA
3-1. Korean alphabet - Final Consonants 받침 - What are the final consonants 받침?
https://youtu.be/sLlFmG30fNI

This is a class to listen to Korean conversational sentences.
In this voice recording for listening, 
After reading many sentences in Korean conversations sentences, 
Check out how much you understand the sentences with a voice recording. 
Never look at the sentences when listening to the voice recording. 
And Listen to the sentence repeatedly until you hear it completely. 

You are listening to the Sejong Korean conversation. (세종학당)
There are four books in total. (Korean conversation, 1, 2, 3, 4.)
It consists of 1st and 2nd courses for beginners and 1st and 2nd courses for intermediate.
Each course is conducted in 14 units. (2 grammar - for each unit.) 
This listening class you are taking is Korean Conversation 1. (Beginner 1) 
Please listen carefully.


Korean Listening Class 한국어 문장 듣기 - Korean teacher, Grace

Korean Conversation 1 - Lesson 5.  Part 1 하고,  Part 2 단위 명사(개, 명, 마리...)  (Beginner 1)

湧別町/ゆうべつちょう
・高校生が臨時のカフェを開いた
・たくさんの人が気軽に集まる場所を作ろう
・高校生が新メニューの試作をした
・今月25日26日オープン予定


［単語］
臨時/りんじ…いつもではない。決まってないこと。
カフェ/かふぇ…コーヒーを飲んだり、ケーキを食べたりするお店
気軽/きがる…思った時にすぐ動くことができる
メニュー/めにゅー…料理の名前が書いてある紙
新メニュー/しんめにゅー…あたらしい料理
試作/しさく…作ってみる
オープン/おーぷん…はじめる。ひらく。


レッスン待ってます♪



北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#172〉　高校生がカフェを開く

Money is tight, and an obligation on parents to buy specific clothes for their kids can be difficult.