Vlad's teaching tales

Intro

Welcome to another episode on Engine English today we will be looking at idioms. Idioms are one of the hardest parts of learning a language. For those of you who don’t know, an idiom is a phrase that has a meaning, but the meaning is not clear from the words themselves. If you translate an idiom word for word, it sometimes makes no sense at all. They are like puzzles and even native speakers can get confused when someone uses a phrase that they’ve never heard of.

If you have any questions or ideas for my next episode please feel free to drop me a message in the comments section.

Engine English

5 Essential English Idioms

周末你有什么打算 zhōumònǐyǒushénmedǎsuàn

New Words---生词
周末  zhōu mò  n. weekend
打算  dǎ suàn  n./v. plan; to intend 
啊a   part. used at the end of a 
sentence to indicate confirmation or defense
跟ɡēn  prep. with
作业zuò yè  n. homework

Text One--课文1
xiǎolì：zhōumònǐyǒushénmedǎsuàn？
xiǎogāng：wǒzǎojiùxiǎnghǎole，qǐngnǐchīfàn、kàndiànyǐng、hēkāfēi。
xiǎolì：qǐngwǒ？
xiǎogāng：shìa，wǒyǐjīngzhǎohǎofànguǎnle，diànyǐngpiàoyěmǎihǎole。
xiǎolì：wǒháiméixiǎnghǎoyàobùyàogēnnǐqùne。

小丽：周末你有什么打算？
小刚：我早就想好了，请你吃饭、看电影、喝咖啡。
小丽：请我？
小刚：是啊，我已经找好饭馆了，电影票也买好了。
小丽：我还没想好要不要跟你去呢。



HSK3--materials and exercises for listenning, reading and speaking

#Halloween  🎃👻

Celeste Sáenz me contó dos leyendas de su país, Nicaragua.

Mucho que decir

🎃👻 La Mocuana y La Carretanagua Ft. Celeste Sáenz (Nicaragua)

This is a history of sports uniforms and national colors is very interesting, not many people know about it. Enjoy listening! 

PODCASTORIE

Why national soccer teams DON'T use the colors of their flag?

one in a million?
What's the meaning of this phrase?
when should you use it?

Build Your English Thinking

04 Watch out for the trap of "idioms"!

El verbo PONER / PONERSE tiene muchos significados en español. Es uno de los verbos que más usamos. En este episodio vamos a aprender algunos de los usos más frecuentes. ¡Una lección imprescindible para los estudiantes de nivel intermedio!

CocoLoco Spanish

5 usos del verbo PONER

Hi everyone, this is Jesse, your story writer, and you’re listening to the Being a Cloud podcast. 

More teachers are waking up to the power of stories to teach languages, and on this show, I share the stories I’ve made with my italki students for you to enjoy. 

Are you an ESL student? Do you want to make a story? Book a lesson with me and let’s create one together. 

In this story, an orange named Orangutan gets an unexpected text message from his girlfriend. This is part 1 of 3.  

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Orangutan the Orange

Rain is pouring heavily onto a small town somewhere in Russia. It’s 8:15 in the morning on a cold Monday. 

Inside of a small, community-run gym, there is an angry-looking orange lifting some weights. It’s early, so no other members are in the gym. Not all the lights are turned on. The fourteen-year-old orange is alone lifting some dumbbells. 

8 – 9 – 10 – Rest… 

He takes in huge breathes to recover. He seems very driven to push his body to its limits. 

Again… 1 – 2 – 3… 

After completing his 5th set, the orange walks over to the bench press. He lays down on the bench, grabs the steel bar and lifts the 50kg weights. He’s very strong for such a young piece of fruit. 

Then, his mobile phone makes a sound. The orange completes his set, then grabs his phone from his bag. Two new messages have arrived. He opens the first one and scans the text. 

Hi, Orangutan, my dear, it’s me. I’m sorry to say, but our relationship is over. Please don’t visit me or call me anymore. You’re very strong and handsome, but you’re not polite or considerate. While I do care for you, sometimes I don’t feel safe around you…

The message stops there. It continues in the second message. But Orangutan feels so insulted and hurt by the message. He instantly deletes both of the messages, without reading the second. 

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Wanting more? Then create your own story. Book a class with me on italki. 


Being a Cloud

Orangutan the Orange

Let’s take a language journey towards fluency in Swedish.
This episode is about greetings and introductions.
Swedes often say ‘good morning’ or ‘hello’ but learning longer greetings is an opportunity to get to know people and meet new friends. And as a guest in a new country, it's a great step into the new culture.
