In this episode, I talk to one of my italki students, Wen from China. We talk about her English
journey and especially her successful strategy that helped her get 7.5 in IELTS.

Transcript available below
https://kevsenglishpodcast.com/2025/03/02/kevs-english-podcast-episode-21-interview-with-wen-from-china-how-she-took-ielts-and-what-her-successful-strategy-is/

Kev's English Podcast

Kev's English Podcast: Episode 21: Interview with Wen from China: how she took IELTS and what her successful strategy is!

Easy News📺
I introduce Japanese news in easy Japanese.
Today’s Theme is “Upcycling”.
This episode is N4 level.
Please use this audio for listening and shadowing practices.

◇words◇
アップサイクル (appusaikuru)：upcycling
捨（す）てる (suteru)：throw away
服（ふく）：clothes
皮（かわ）：peel
環境（かんきょう）：environment

☆Script for this episode
The scripts (URL) are listed in the overview section of the channel.

Simple Japanese Listening with Meg（めぐ）Smile

#6 Easy News / アップサイクル（Upcycling）// N4 Level

皆さん、お久しぶりです！！
しばらくポッドキャストを休んでいましたが、また月１くらいのペースで更新していこうと思います！
今回は、最近気になっている新語について話します。

It’s been a while!
We have been taking a break from podcasting for a while, but we are going to start updating it about once a month again!
This time, we talk about new words that have been on our minds recently. 

♤ キーワード
・絡む（からむ：hang out）
・素行が悪い（そこうがわるい：behave badly）
・湯船に浸かる（ゆぶねにつかる：soak in the bath）
・出汁（だし：broth）
・属す（ぞくす：belong to）
・あるある（common things）
・黒装束（くろしょうぞく：dressed in black）
・積読（つんどく：the act of leaving a book unread after buying it, typically piling it up together with other such unread books）
・物騒な（ぶっそうな：dangerous）

♧ 理解度チェッククイズ
1. フミが最近気になっている言葉は？
2. それはどういう意味？
3. 元々どこで使われていた言葉？

♢ 前回のクイズの答え
1. フミが朝顔を育てようと思った理由は？
→ ２、３年前に育ててみたら、思いの外きれいだったから
2. 小学生用の朝顔の種にはどんな工夫がされている？
→ 子どもでも育てやすいように一手間加えてある 

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 29：最近気になっている新語（2024）

En este episodio aprenderás los diferentes usos del subuntivo imperfecto

Spanish Shortcut

EP 43. SUBJUNTIVO IMPERFECTO

Describe a time you were very busy.

You should say: 

When it was.
Why you were so busy.
How you managed it.
And explain how you felt about being so busy.





“ One of the busiest times I experienced was about 3 months ago, when I had to finish a very important and difficult assignment in order to graduate in my major, business management. 

I had only 2 weeks to complete this paper, and if I didn't meet the deadline, I would automatically fail my finals, as well as being unable to graduate, so it was of great importance to me. I also had a part-time job at this time, which took up a lot of my time and didn’t actually leave much time to complete my paper. 

The assignment was also very challenging, certainly  no walk in the park  and I needed to do a lot of research as well as collect a lot of data before I could even start to brainstorm ideas on how I would complete it. This meant I had to burn the midnight oil, and pull a few all nighters to be certain of having it finished to meet the deadline.

Although I didn’t exactly enjoy being so busy and under so much pressure, I felt very proud and satisfied to have completed the assignment after working all the hours god sent me. I was on cloud nine when I received my grade and discovered I got a straight A for the paper, and could now look forward to graduating.


Thank you…”


IELTS 85 Speaking

Describe a time you were very busy - IELTS speaking part 2

We're going to tell you a little. story. Just a short one. 4 minutes. Take a listen. Tell me what you think

English My Way

Sunhaven

有条“蚯蚓”真可笑（朱晋杰）
有条“蚯蚓”真可笑，
顺着鼻子上下跑。
哧溜一声——出来了，
哧溜一声——进去了。
不是蚯蚓是鼻涕，
掏出手绢快擤掉。
不要挂在鼻子上，
让人看见多不好。

Read Rhymes With Shirley

有条“蚯蚓”真可笑

One corvesations:

- ¿Estás haciendo algo interesante últimamente?

A: ¿Estás haciendo algo interesante últimamente?

B: Pues… estoy de descanso más que nada, poniéndome al día con todo lo que tengo que hacer.

A: Bueno, no pasa nada, todo el mundo necesita un descanso de vez en cuando.

B: Soy profesora, y suele haber muchísimo trabajo durante el año, así que siempre tengo un montón que hacer durante las vacaciones.

A: Espero que estés disfrutando de tener más tiempo.

B: ¡Desde luego! ¿Y tú?

A: He empezado a trabajar de camarera hace poco, y estoy dedicando casi todo el tiempo a eso.

B: ¿Por eso has empezado con las clases de inglés?

A: Bueno, ya quería de antes, pero el trabajo me ha dado la excusa perfecta.

B: Sí, nunca se sabe cuándo va a hacer falta. 