I will soon be travelling for a few months, firstly to Southern Africa, then returning to South America. You can listen to my experiences as a fun way to practise your English!

Travel diaries

How many times have you been trapped in a boring presentation? How many times have you given a boring presentation? And why are so many presentations boring by the way?

Most people have a deep fear of giving presentations. A negative mindset, coupled with little preparation time, results in boring presentations.

However, when you learn to see the opportunities associated with giving presentations and learn how to prepare for them, you will be able to influence people, share ideas you are excited about, and motivate others.

In this Express to Impress Podcast episode, you will learn how to develop a positive mindset, plan, structure, prepare, and deliver an effective presentation. Your audience will not fidget anxiously or scan their phones from boredom, but be attentive from start to finish. Specifically, you'll discover six steps for creating a high-quality presentation that resonates with your listeners.

At the end of the episode, you'll learn definitions for English idioms and phrases.

Episode originally published on July 31, 2020.
Transcript at https://www.express-to-impress.com/give-a-presentation/.
Infographics for this episode at https://www.pinterest.com/ExpresstoImpress/. 

Express to Impress

How to Give Effective Presentations That Don't Bore Your Audience

あっという間に年末ですね。
皆さんには、今年やり残したことがありますか？
今回はアヤが今年中にやっておきたいことについて話します。

Time flies!
Another year is almost over!!
Don’t you have anything left to do for this year? 
This time, Aya talks about the thing that she wants to do before the end of 2022.

♤ キーワード 
・師走（しわす：December）
※"Shi" means a priest or monk at temples and "wasu" stands for "running" in Kanji character. Usually, they sit back and move slowly, but in December, at the end of the year, there are so many Buddhist events, so even priests or monks have to run around. That's why we call December «師走».
・年を越す（としをこす：spend the new year） 
・ハードルが高い（ハードルがたかい：tough to clear）
・重い腰が上がらない（おもいこしがあがらない：take time to get motivated）

♧ 理解度チェッククイズ 
1. アヤが今年中にやりたいことは？ 
2. それがなかなかできない理由は？

♢ 前回のクイズの答え 
1. フミが生まれ変わったらなりたい生物は？ 
→ クジラ
2. それになりたい理由は？
→ 他の生物に襲われることもなく、穏やかに生きられそうだから。

BGM special thanks：MusMus

アヤさんとフミさんの日本語雑談（Aya and Fumi’s Japanese Chit-Chat）

Episode 19：今年やり残したこと

We all have colleagues who like to speak their minds. Perhaps we could even call these people aggressive or harsh. However, there are definitely other pieces of vocabulary we could use here. Today we're looking at the word "direct", "to speak one's mind", and "to sugar coat" something.

DAILY Business English VOCABULARY builder

This is terrible work. I can't believe you did this!

Weather is one of those seemingly super basic topic that can be a bit boring but actually an essential in your daily conversations and a great small talk topic! In this episode we are diving into your basics as well as a level above. We hope that after listening to this episode, you will be GOOD whenever your friends bring up weather or seasons. Again, we incorporated some listening exercises and a small fun quiz at the end! Let’s go.

Note: This podcast is intended for language learning ONLY. Not for promoting or criticizing any political party or ideology. Let’s keep it friendly and accessible to all :)

Also, all of the experiences are the hosts’ own experiences so please do your own research if you need more information.



Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

Weather! Perfect Small Talk Topic!

Our main hero come to Moscow.  Text in russian 、translation in english. french and chinise is down.  Please at first listen in russian, and if you have difficulties read in your language. 
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Здра́вствуйте! Како́й хоро́ший день, не пра́вда ли?
Меня́ зову́т Анто́н. По профе́ссии я журнали́ст. 
Сего́дня мой пе́рвый день в Росси́и. 
Сейча́с я в аэропорту́. Я жду колле́гу.
Здесь в Москве́ я бу́ду рабо́тать в газе́те.
К сожале́нию, я не о́чень хорошо́ говорю́ по-ру́сски.
Поэ́тому мои́ колле́ги бу́дут мне помога́ть.
Как я рад, что я в Москве́! А где мой колле́га?
Наде́юсь, что он не забы́л обо мне́!

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Hello! What a nice day, isn’t it?
My name is Anton. My profession is a journalist.
Today is my first day in Russia.
Now, I’m at the airport. I’m waiting for a colleague.
Here in Moscow, I will work in a newspaper.
Unfortunately, I don’t speak Russian very well.
Therefore, my colleagues will help me.
How glad I am that I’m in Moscow! But where is my 
colleague? I hope he hasn’t forgotten about me.
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Salut! Quelle belle journée, n'est-ce pas?
Je m'appelle Anton. Ma profession est journaliste.
Aujourd'hui est mon premier jour en Russie.
Maintenant, je suis à l'aéroport. J'attends un collègue.
Ici à Moscou, je travaillerai dans un journal.
Malheureusement, je ne parle pas très bien le russe.
Par conséquent, mes collègues m'aideront.
Comme je suis content d'être à Moscou! Mais où est ma 
collègue? J'espère qu'il ne m'a pas oublié!

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你好！ 多么美好的一天，不是吗？
我叫安东 我的职业是记者.
今天是我在俄罗斯的第一天。
现在我在机场。 我在等同事
在莫斯科，我将在一家报社上工作。
不幸的是，我的俄语说得不太好。
因此，我的同事会帮助我。
我是多么高兴能在莫斯科！ 但我的同事呢？ 
 我希望他没有忘记我！




Easy russian for level A1 with english. french and chinise translation. 

Антон в Москве.  Anton is already in Moscow. 安东已经在莫斯科. Anton est déjà à Moscou

音乐 yīn yuè （～+乐 yuè ）
1. 流行乐 liú xíng yuè （Pop Music）
QQ Music *Taylor Swift  Shake of you*

2. 摇滚乐 yáo gǔn yuè （Rock Music）
QQ Music *Linkin Pak What I‘ve done *

3. 节奏蓝调 jié zòu lán diào （R&B, Rhythm and Blues）
QQ Music *Beyonce  Crazy in Love *

4. 说唱乐 shuō chàng yuè （Rap Music）
QQ Music * Eminem Stan *

5. 电子乐diàn zǐ  yuè （Electronic Music  or EDM, Electronic Dance Music）
QQ Music *K-391/Alan walker/Tungevaag Play *

6. 古典乐 gǔ diǎn yīn yuè（Classical Music）
QQ Music *Allegro con brio  Symphony No.5 in C Minor,Op.67*

7. 歌剧gē jù （Opera）
QQ Music *Nessun dorma Luciano Pavarotti *

8. 爵士乐 jué shì yuè （Jazz Music） 
QQ Music *John Pizzarelli  Mam'selle  *

9.拉丁乐 lā dīng yuè （Latin Music） 
QQ Music *Ofenbach/Nick Waterhouse  Katchi *

10.雷鬼乐 léi guǐ yuè （Reggae Music）
QQ Music *Olly Murs/Rizzle Kicks Heart Skips A Beat*

11.乡村乐 xiāng cūn  yuè （Country Music） 
QQ.   Music * Redbone Come and Get your Love  *

你喜欢什么类型的音乐？nǐ xǐhuan shénme lèixíng de yīnyuè ？
我 喜欢...和...。wǒ xǐ huān ... hé ...。

“龙”年中国话（“ lóng ” nián zhōng guó huà）

What type of music do you like? 你喜欢什么类型的音乐？

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