Stories and Questions to help you practice listening and writing skills. 

English Stories & Questions

My story began in London 3 decades ago, but my travels into the teaching world would not take long to begin...

Stories from UK to China

Grammar and English tips for kids, beginners and intermediate students. 

Learn English with William

聊东西文化，也聊很多东西！
第六期，我们说说生日，对你来说生日是特别的一天吗？

聊聊东西 - Talk to Me in Chinese

006. Do you like birthdays? 你喜欢过生日吗？- ttmiChinese

In this episode, we discuss a few different idioms or expressions for speaking about age. 

Idioms we use:
a bundle of joy 
a chip off the old block 
the awkward stage 
teenage angst
to spread your wings 
coming of age 
to make a name for yourself 
young at heart 

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See you soon! 




English with Eric

Informal English: Speaking about Age 

A guy opens an everything store- a store that sells anything and provides any service.

Written by me

Vocabulary:
promotion: a higher rank and increase in income to an employee
insubordinate: not following orders
bonus: extra money paid to an employee



Learn English with Stories

Story: The Everything Store

CHISTES MEXICANOS

LAS MUJERES NO SE CASAN.

✔If you want to watch this video, go to YOUTUBE link here!
💻https://youtube.com/shorts/BoTrX_XbDAs

If you watch ‘the glory' on Netflix, 
you can hear this expression in the first episode.
Yeon-jin’s daughter says this. 

우리 엄마는 주인공이 아니에요. (My mom is not a leading role)
우리 엄마는 부자니까요.(Because she’s rich)
주인공들은 원래 다 가난하니까.(Because the leading roles have always been poor)
You can hear ~~니까 in common. 

In Korean language, there are several expressions meaning “because”.
Some of You may already know about that. 
The basic thing is “~~이기 때문이에요”, “~이기 때문에”
If we replace the lines with ~~이기 때문에, 

우리 엄마는 부자이기 때문이에요. 
주인공들은 원래 다 가난하기 때문에. 
But you can also use “~~니까” instead of ~~때문에

우리 엄마는 부자니까요. 
주인공들은 원래 다 가난하니까. 

Here are other samples. 
사람이니까 실수할 수 있어요. Because you are a human, you can make a mistake.
더우니까 아이스크림을 먹고 싶어요. Because it’s hot, I want to have an Ice-cream.

Don’t forget this. 

✔K-Universe 1on1 Class: https://www.italki.com/teacher/9928310

그거 봤어? Did you watch it?

Dear Yeon-jin, This is "-니까"

”夜猫子“
Are you a night owl? Let's talk about sleep in this episode.

Shay的中文小课堂

Idioms and Slangs Episode3-夜貓子

Learn how to introduce yourself and ask other people's names, nationalities, professions, and some basic questions/answers. 

Target audience: English-speaking beginners
Length: ~14 minutes

Music used in the podcast
Song: Brazilian Sunsets, by Ketsa
Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/
Free to use with attribution

Braziliant

🎙️ Episode 3: Introducing Yourself in Portuguese

lesson on italki 
https://www.italki.com/ja/teacher/9451959/japanese

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ccr9nwq8ytV

こんばんは！
Japanese daily life podcast のAtsushiです。
このPodcastは、日本語を勉強しているみなさんに向けたPodcastです。

今回は、～わりに、です。
意味は、これぐらいかな、と思ってたよりは良い時、悪い時、両方使いますね。

・あのラーメン、値段のわりにおいしかったなー。

・かぜひいてるわりに、元気やな。

・連休のわりに今日の札幌は人少ないなぁ。

・期待したわりにはあんまりおもしろくなかったなー。

・はじめてやったわりに、結構うまいやん。


こんな感じですね。
結構使いやすいです。

ぼくもよく使います。
思ってたよりも良い、悪いという感想は日常生活でよくありますね。

みなさんもぜひ練習したり、例文作ったりしてみてください！

ぼくの日本語のレッスンでもこういった例文を作る練習もできます。興味のある方はぜひ、オンラインレッスンでお話しましょう！

お待ちしています！


今回も最後まで聞いていただき、ありがとうございます！
ではまた！
