I'm a terrible driver . The first time I took my driving test , I forgot to fasten my seat belt, so I failed.
The second time , I didn't signal when I was turning left and I failed again. 
When I finally passed and got my driving license, a police officer stopped me for speeding. 
A few weeks later , I went through a red light and hit another car .
Luckily the other car wasn't damaged , but I had to pay 350 dollars on my insurance to get my car fixed and then I ended up getting a fine for driving through the red light.

English Mini Lessons

Driving problems

日本の食卓事情３

毎日（まいにち）豊富（ほうふ）なおかずを作る理由（りゆう）は、小（ちい）さい時（とき）から家庭（かてい）で母（はは）の作る様々（さまざま）な料理（りょうり）を食（た）べていたせいで、同（おな）じ献立（こんだて）を毎日食べることに慣（な）れていないからだと思（おも）う。日本ではそういう家庭が多（おお）いだろう。
同じ献立が連続（れんぞく）しても、食材（しょくざい）を焼（や）いて味付（あじつ）けは塩（しお）だけでも、十分（じゅうぶん）じゃないか！と自分（じぶん）に言（い）い聞（き）かせたい。栄養（えいよう）が偏（かたよ）るとはいえ、たまに外食（がいしょく）してもいいじゃないか。
日常（にちじょう）の食事（しょくじ）なんて、そんな豊（ゆた）かにしなくてもいい！とは思（おも）いながらも、明日（あした）の献立に悩（なや）むそんな今日（きょう）。

izm's room

日本の食卓事情３【全３話】

The #1 Fear of why people affraid to speak English

Are you afraid to speak English? You're not alone. Many English learners struggle to take the leap from understanding to speaking. 

There are three types of fears: The fear of failure, being misunderstood and making grammar mistakes are the three most common reasons why people are afraid to speak English.

Are you one of them?

In today's podcast I'll dive deeper into another HUGE fear - the fear of being judged when communicating.

Dive deep into it and detach yourself from it!

If you want and additional tool to help you - use my Grounding & harmonizing meditation to help you get more relaxed, clear and confident on daily basis (for all level of English learners.

You can find it here: https://teach.italki.com/creator/podcast/episode/21bdqywf50htlwezm7ax1i

Enjoy the process and see you in my private trainings.

The Habits of Professionals Growing Into Strong, Confident English Communicators

The #1 Fear of why people are affraid to speak English

HSK Standard Course Level 1 Audio of the textbook

Lesson 1 text 1

Do you believe people are born with a certain amount of ability and intelligence? Or do you think these things can be changed through effort and education?

Your answers to these questions may decide how well you chase your own goals in life!

Researchers in Norway looked at over 1,500 people aged 13 to 77.

Participants filled out a survey asking them questions about how much they think people's abilities and intelligence can grow with effort and education.

They also filled out two more surveys: one asking how passionate they are about the things they are interested in, and one asking how persistent — and consistent — they are in chasing their goals.

For example, they were asked how much they agree with statements such as, "I use a lot of time on the projects I like," for passion, and "I finish whatever I begin," for persistence.

The researchers then looked at the people who got the 5% highest and lowest scores for belief in people's ability to grow.

It was found that those with the greatest belief in growth also had significantly higher scores in passion and persistence.

Interestingly, although 60% of all the study participants were women, in the group with the lowest belief in growth almost 60% were men.

"The belief in growth is important for large parts of our society," said Hermundur Sigmundsson, one of the study's authors. "This is true for school, sports, work and family life."

The authors also pointed to other studies that have found that it's possible to help people believe in personal growth — particularly as children — and that this can result in greater persistence.

Looking at their own results, the researchers said it can be argued that belief in your ability to grow may be important for both passion and persistence.

However, they also noted that it could also be that passion, perseverance and belief in growth all support each other.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Want to Succeed? Believe You Can Grow!

Shay的中文小课堂

Idioms and Slangs Episode1

Listen to me reading a news article about movie The Substance (2024) and the horror genre.

Listen to English with Pip

News article: Demi Moore's latest movie nominated for five Golden Globes

How to say the interrogative pronoun in Chinese

HSK vocabulary

Chinese words in life

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