The Key to Remembering NEW Words and Idioms is to Make as many Associations in your mind as you can. This way, you will never forget what you learnt. 

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All Things English

Vocabulary Acquisition - Sharing Stories

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はい、こんにちは。今回はポッドキャストのシーズン３の５回目です。前回のエピソードで体調不良についてお話ししたら、何人かの生徒さんが心配してくれました。検査は受けていませんが、症状はもう治りました。おそらく、ただの食中毒だったと思います。私は元気です。いつもポッドキャストを聞いてくださって、ありがとうございます。

Hello. This is episode 5 of season 3 of my podcast. After I talked about my health problems in the last episode, some of my students were concerned. I haven't been tested (for a stomach ulcer), but my symptoms are gone now. It was probably just food poisoning. I am fine. Thanks again for listening to the podcast.

もうすぐ春なので、新しい生徒さんが増えています。春は新しいことを始めたくなる季節ですね。私も現在いろいろなことを計画しています。たとえば、エピソード３でワイヤレスイヤホンを買った話をしました。なので先週、イヤホンをデスクトップパソコンでも使えるようにするために、パソコンに無線LANカードを取り付けました。無線LANカードのWi-FiやBluetoothは思ったより良かったので、キーボードもマウスもワイヤレスにしようと計画しています。そうすればケーブルが少なくなって、机の周りがすっきりします。

It's almost spring and I have more new students. Spring is the season when you want to start something new. I’m currently planning a lot of things myself. For example, in episode 3 I talked about buying wireless earphones. So last week, I installed a wireless LAN card in my computer so that I can use the earphones with my desktop computer. The Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on the wireless LAN card were better than I expected, so I plan to make the keyboard and mouse wireless as well. That way there will be fewer cables and a cleaner desk area.

計画はもう一つあります。私はよくベッドで本を読みますが、うちにはサイドテーブルがないので、飲み物を置く場所がありません。私は家で運動するので、部屋にサイドテーブルを置きたくありません。インターネットでカップホルダーを探しましたが、なかなかちょうどいいサイズのものがありません。そこで３Dプリンターを使って、ベッドのヘッドボードにつけられるカップホルダーを作ろうと考えています。３Dモデルを自分でモデリングしてデータを送ると、３Dプリントしてくれるサービスがあります。

Japanese Lessons with Mayuna

S3E5. 新しい計画


El Gato y el Ratón

Había una vez un gato llamado Tomás. Tomás vivía en una casa grande con su dueño, Juan. Tomás era un gato muy curioso y le gustaba explorar todos los rincones de la casa.

Un día, Tomás vio un pequeño ratón corriendo por la cocina. El ratón era marrón y se llamaba Miguel. Miguel estaba buscando comida porque tenía mucha hambre. Tomás decidió seguir a Miguel para ver qué hacía.

Miguel encontró un pedazo de queso en la esquina de la cocina y empezó a comerlo. Tomás se acercó silenciosamente, pero Miguel lo vio y salió corriendo. Tomás persiguió a Miguel por toda la casa, pero el ratón era muy rápido y se escondió en un pequeño agujero en la pared.

Tomás se quedó mirando el agujero, esperando que Miguel saliera. Pero Miguel era muy inteligente y no salió hasta que Tomás se fue. Desde ese día, Tomás y Miguel se convirtieron en amigos. Cada vez que Tomás veía a Miguel, no lo perseguía, sino que lo observaba desde lejos.

Miguel ya no tenía miedo de Tomás y juntos exploraban la casa. A veces, Miguel encontraba comida y compartía con Tomás. Otras veces, Tomás encontraba un lugar nuevo para jugar y mostraba a Miguel.

Y así, el gato y el ratón vivieron felices y en paz, disfrutando de sus aventuras juntos.

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Podcast en español para principiantes - Vocabulary (Podcast in Spanish for beginners)

El gato y el ratón (historia para principiantes)

8 important Modal Verbs are - 

Can
Could
May
Might
Should
Must
Will
Would


Learn Fluent English with Professor Ashish

Introduction to Modal Verbs

You walk in to a restaurant and the hostess says, "You can sit everywhere!" Is this correct? Can you actually physically sit everywhere? Not really! Learn what she should have said in this episode of Stairway to English. Learn the differences between everywhere, nowhere, somewhere, and anywhere.

Listen to the end to learn how to receive a special downloadable sent to you on italki chat!

👉 Book class with me! https://italki.com/teacher/8476284 
👉 My students receive bonus podcast content! 
👉If you don't see an opening on my calendar that is ok for you, send me a message!

Stairway to English: Short easy to understand episodes to improve your English grammar and fluency

Are you everywhere, nowhere, somewhere, or anywhere?! Learn the difference between these 4 words!

In this episode we will talk about 【Developing your child's expression skills】, you will learn how to say 【speech,introvert,eloquence】 ect. The material helps you get used to different voice and accent. 
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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: Read the text to find out words you didn't get, then look up the dictionary. 
Step 3: Listen and imitate as much as you can without looking at the text.
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。
在中国，有的孩子除了学校的课，还会上一些课外辅导班。例如，钢琴课，美术课，演讲课等等。有的父母也越来越重视孩子的公众表达能力。那么应该如何培养孩子的表达能力呢？我们来听一听著名作家、教育家、演讲家刘墉先生的建议。
小孩很内向，要如何引导他敢于社交跟表达自己的看法？很简单，要从家里开始，所有的教育从家里开始。我的儿子他的普通话说得好的，口才也很不错，参加演讲比赛，总是得奖。你晓得他怎么练出来的吗？他在美国长大，但是他中文很好，是因为我常常训他。训完了我说："儿子，现在该是你的时间了。老爸刚才训了你20分钟，现在你有20分钟可以由你来表达了。"各位，当你训孩子的时候，你有没有给孩子时间让他能够答辩呢？让他答，他知道他要答，他在被训的时候就好好在想他要怎么答，而且这个答是非常好的训练，让他表达。于是，从家里走向外面，他会知道怎么保护自己，怎么说出自己心里的道理。
你有小孩吗？你是怎么培养小孩的表达能力的？留言告诉我吧。我们下期见。
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辅导班	/	fǔ dǎo bān	/	a tutorial class
美术	/	měi shù	/	fine arts
演讲	/	yǎn jiǎng	/	speech
公众表达	/	gōng zhòng biǎo dá	/	public expression
作家	/	zuò jiā	/	writer
教育家	/	jiào yù jiā	/	educator
内向	/	nèi xiàng	/	introvert
引导	/	yǐn dǎo	/	lead
敢于	/	gǎn yú	/	dare to
口才	/	kǒu cái	/	eloquence
晓得	/	xiǎo de	/	know
训	/	xùn	/	lecture, reprimande
答辩	/	dá biàn	/	reply,defence
训练	/	xùn liàn	/	training
道理	/	dào lǐ	/	reason,truth

Yuli's Chinese Channel

培养孩子的表达能力 Developing your child's expression skills （Intermediate level）

I want to speak English; this is the wrong goal!

Do you want to be more motivated to achieve your English-language-related goals but sometimes feel demotivated?

Do you feel the desire to achieve the goals faster but see yourself at a slow pace?

And do you believe there are methods to help you?

If you'll turn to psychology and look at solutions for your English language-related goals, you'll find something I am here to help you gain—the understanding of secondary gains!

In psychology, a secondary gain is when you benefit from a problem. It’s when you receive advantages from unwanted conditions, circumstances, or limitations. In other words, you benefit from not overcoming problems. 

It doesn’t mean the problem is positive, but the benefits of having the problem support you in keeping it rather than solving it.

Secondary gains are guides to help you get unstuck. They’re an invitation to understand the advantages you receive from retaining problems instead of solving them.

In simple terms, you crave attention and accidentally injure yourself. As a result, people care for you. You get what you want (attention), but at the expense of what you don’t want (injury).

Is it now clear to you? What are your secondary gains from not following through on your language learning goals that you benefit from?

This might be a game-changer for you in learning to communicate in English confidently and fluently.

Give it a go and allow yourself some space to think and resolve some uncommon issues. Good luck.

The Habits of Highly Effective English Communicators

I want to speak English - this is a wrong goal!

Olá a todos, no episódio de hoje estarei falando sobre tudo que há em uma cidade, assim como o que pode ser feito em cada estabelecimento citado, escutem com atenção e respondam as perguntas.