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Natural Everyday English

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This episode is dedicated to people who are worrying about their speaking exam - here is some essential information about ALL of the speaking exams. 

English with Emily 

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Vocabulario básico en árabe, sin traducción y con explicaciones de cada palabra en una frase para mejor comprensión de la palabra en su contexto. 

Aprende árabe con Radia 

المُفرَدات

Repeat after me. 

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Phonics Long Vowels

The man has tape and a cape. 

In this episode, my dad and I recall some of our favorite memories as sports fans.

If you’re a sports fan yourself, that’s great, but even if you’re not, I think you’ll benefit from listening to this one, as many English idioms and other vocabulary were born out of the world of sports.

Otherwise, listening to this episode should give you a sense of what being a sports fan in America is like, because it’s unique compared to sporting culture in most other countries.

***For English learners! – Detailed vocabulary lesson begins at 31:56***

***Full episode transcript available ⁠⁠here: https://american-idiom.com/f/005-sports-memories ⁠⁠***

Episode Outline:

Baseball – the Detroit Tigers win the World Series in 1984 (Starts at 1:35)
Hockey - touching the Stanley Cup in 2001 (Starts at 6:27)
Hockey - meeting Guy Lafleur in New York (Starts at 10:22)
American Football - attending Michigan vs. Notre Dame in 2011 (Starts at 15:27)
American Football - Michigan Football's 2024 national championship (Starts at 20:31)
The Olympics - Attending the 2024 Olympics in Paris (Starts at 22:36)
American Football - Michigan's victory over Ohio State in 2024 (Starts at 24:04)
Association Football (Soccer) - France wins the 2018 World Cup (Starts at 27:21)

Vocabulary and examples (Starts at 30:04)

and so on and so forth (used at 4:08 explained at 32:40)
a stone's throw away from (used at 11:09 and explained at 34:40)
to run into someone (used at 11:35 and explained at 36:37)
to get to do something (used at 6:39, 11:43, 23:13 and 23:32 and explained at 38:35)
to pass away (used at 13:22 and explained at 40:51)
to be grandfathered in (used at 14:00 and explained at 42:55)
to pull something off (used at 17:29 and explained at 44:53)
in a nutshell (used at 26:32 and explained at 47:04)

***A list of specific sports vocabulary (with brief explanations) used during this episode can be found at the bottom of ⁠the following page: https://american-idiom.com/f/005-sports-memories ***

Brentoni's English Podcast

005 Sports Memories

In this episode we will talk about 【Playing games】, you will learn how to say 【traditional,popular】 ect. 
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It is recommended that you study in the following ways:
Step 1: Gist listening. Listen to get the main idea. (more times if necessary)
Step 2: Check the script and learn new words. 
Step 3: Listen and imitate as much as you can then retell the story.
Step 4: Write down what you hear if you want to practise writing.
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大家好，我是Yuli。欢迎收听我的播客。
今天想和大家聊一聊游戏。
在我小时候，小孩子没有手机和ipad，我们的游戏是更传统的。那个时候最流行的游戏是《老鹰捉小鸡》，有一个小朋友当老鹰，一个小朋友当母鸡，其他小朋友躲在后面当小鸡。母鸡要保护小鸡不被老鹰捉走，被捉到的小鸡就输了。大家在草地上跑来跑去，又紧张又好玩。我们还有其他的游戏，例如：跳绳、打弹珠（也叫打玻璃珠）和打扑克牌等等。
现在的小孩子更多的时间花在学习上，没有那么多时间在室外玩。他们很小就有手机，可以在手机上玩游戏，看视频。因此，近视戴眼镜的小孩子也越来越多。
我觉得我们小时候可以玩的东西更多，学习压力比较小。现在的孩子有机会学习更多的东西，压力也比较大。真希望他们也有机会做一些我们小时候的游戏，虽然简单，但是很快乐。
你小时候喜欢做什么游戏呢？留言告诉我吧。我们下期见。
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传统/chuán tǒng/traditional
流行/liú xíng/popular
老鹰/lǎo yīng/eagle
捉/zhuō/catch
躲/duǒ/dodge
跳绳/tiào shéng/rope skipping
打弹珠/dǎ dàn zhū/play marbles
打扑克牌/dǎ pū kè pái/playing poker
室外/shì wài/outdoor
视频/shì pín/video
近视/jìn shì/myopia
压力/yā lì/stress
机会/jī huì/opportunity

Yuli's Chinese Channel

玩游戏 Playing games（Intermediate level）

In this episode we are going to learn 【Having meals】in Chinese. 
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As a beginner, there're some vocabularies that you didn't learn before, and native speaker's speed seems too fast to understand. But don't worry, let's do it step by step. 
1st time: listen and catch the words you know already, have a guess about the content.
2nd time: look at the text to check if you guessed it right. 
3rd time: listen one more time, repeat after it.
4th time: practice until you can speak as the normal speed without looking at the text. 
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我7点吃早饭。
wǒ qī diǎn chī zǎo fàn 。
I have breakfast at 7 o'clock.
早饭我吃面包，喝牛奶。
zǎo fàn wǒ chī miàn bāo ， hē niú nǎi 。
For breakfast I eat bread and drink milk.
我中午12点半吃午饭。
wǒ zhōng wǔ shí èr diǎn bàn chī wǔ fàn 。
I have lunch at 12:30 noon.
午饭我和同事一起吃。
wǔ fàn wǒ hé tóng shì yì qǐ chī 。
I have lunch with my colleagues.
我们一般吃快餐。
wǒ men yì bān chī kuài cān 。
We usually eat fast food.
晚上我在家吃晚饭。
wǎn shàng wǒ zài jiā chī wǎn fàn 。
I have dinner at home at night.
有时候我自己做饭，有时候我叫外卖。
yǒu shí hòu wǒ zì jǐ zuò fàn ， yǒu shí hòu wǒ jiào wài mài 。
Sometimes I cook by myself, sometimes I order food delivery
晚上饿了我还会吃宵夜。
wǎn shàng è le wǒ hái huì chī xiāo yè 。
I'll have a late night snack when I'm hungry.
宵夜我最喜欢吃烧烤。
xiāo yè wǒ zuì xǐ huān chī shāo kǎo 。
My favorite snack is BBQ.

吃饭 Having meals （Beginner）

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