Welcome to English with Serena!

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

Simple conversations are perfect for breaking the ice, and they are perfect for beginners. Talk about everyday situations like shopping, traveling, and dining out.


🗣️ Daily Life Dialogues

I dialogue between two friends and the choice of career (Chapter # 2)

Neste conto vamos ouvir a história de três irmãos

Colecção Formiguinha - 60 Histórias

01-As Três da Maçanzinhas de Oiro

李子柒（短视频创作者） Lǐ Zǐqī ，1990年出生于四川 ，中国内地美食短视频创作者。
Li Ziqi (vlogger): Chinese video blogger, entrepreneur, and Internet celebrity.She is known for creating food and handicraft preparation videos in her hometown of rural Pingwu County.
Her YouTube channel has more than 3 billion views and 17 million subscribers.

script: 
大家好，我是李子柒。感谢大家一直以来的喜爱和陪伴，希望大家能够开心！健康平安，然后中文学习也都顺顺利利。
其实很感恩，也很意外，有这么多人能够喜欢我的视频。也没有想到我的视频会引起这么多的共鸣。觉得特别幸运。可能也是因为吃货无国界，对吧。毕竟我的视频里面有很多的美食。整个社会，很多人其实是特别浮躁的，他的生活压力很大，工作压力很大，那我希望他们在忙碌一天之后打开看到我的视频的时候，他是轻松的，美好的，对，能给他减轻一些焦虑和压力感的东西，这样多好。

yā lì
压力     n. pressure； stress
gōngzuò yā lì 
工作压力   Working Pressure
shēnghuó yā lì
生活压力   Stress in life
jiǎn qīng yā lì
减轻压力relieve stress


One Minute Chinese—— Celebrity speeches & interviews with Chinese & English script

08.李子柒：希望我的视频能减轻大家的焦虑和压力Li Ziqi :Hope my videos can relieve some of your anxiety and stress

In this episode, we discuss two (often-not-talked-about) ideas surrounding language learning. Going beyond grammar & vocabulary!

Motivation Monday

Exploring Self-Confidence in Language Learning

In this Episode of our Podcast , we are going to listen to a story which is trying to teach us a moral thing. 
you have to try to be trustworthy .
whenever you tell lie , and repeat it , people lose their trust on you and they don't believe you anymore! 
hope you enjoy that!

English stories

The boy who cried Wolf

In this episode, my story of how I learnt to speak English from zero and my current challenge to learn Spanish in Costa Rica is shared. I also answer questions from students as following. 
1. did you learn English just for yourself or for my future career?
2. You have moved to other country just to learn Spanish now but how did that happen? Do you have strong passion for it and do you have plans to use Spanish for future? 

The answers to those are covered. So please enjoy ;)

GOOD VIVES ONLY RADIO BY HIDE

[WHEN YOU HAVE DOUBTS IN YOUR LIFE] Give yourself permission to follow your heart!

Кому вы обычно звоните, когда вам грустно? 

Слова-помощники для прослушивания подкаста. 

жил был — once upon a time
бездомный Пёс — homeless dog
бродил одиноко — wandered lonely
искал — was looking for
он придумал — he got an idea…

А что если поселиться в телефонной будке? — Why not settle down in a telephone booth?
Это была блестящая мысль! — What a wonderful idea it was!
постелил коврик, лёг и стал смотреть — he spread out the rug, lay down and began to look at (the) …
высокий потолок — high ceiling
вид из окна~ — view from window
свой собственный телефон — his private telephone
вдруг — suddenly
позвонить кому- нибудь — to call smb.
Луна  — Moon
Я прекрасно устроился! — I am really well set up!

