This podcast for intermediate students of English talks about a new idiom every week. The topic for this week is the idiom "off the top of my head." But first, the host introduces herself and explains what an idiom is.

Este podcast para los estudiantes intermedios de inglés se trata de un modismo nuevo cada semana. El tema de esta semana es el modismo "off the top of my head" o "desde lo alto de la cabeza." Pero primero, la presentadora se presenta y explica lo que es un modismo.

Tools used:

Music (Chapéu-Mangeira by Luc-Allieres) downloaded from Artlist

Editing software: Audacity

Idiom of the Week: Aprenda inglés con Cary

Episode 1: Off the Top of My Head

Uma breve conversação entre a Mariana e o João sobre o piquenique vão fazer com a Mariana

Portuguese Audios for Beginners A2 -Áudios em Português para Principiantes A2

Piquenique

In this episode number 0 I will introduce myself and talk about the content of this podcast.
En este episodio hablaré un poco de mí y del contenido que vamos a tratar en esta serie. 

Rohayhudcast! Paraguayan spanish!

Bienvenido!! 

Listen to the text repeatedly, and try to imitate it by introducing yourself

Listening for beginners

acquaintance - التعارف - 8

The act or result of producing sounds of speech with reference to a standard of correctness or acceptability, yes, you're correct. I am speaking of, "Pronunciation". 

Proper pronunciation is what we all strive towards, so dive in and take notes in this episode about perfecting your pronunciation!

Baffling Lingo

Proper Pronunciation

这个表达与一个复杂且难以解决的情境有关。它经常出现在我们的说法中，这就是为什么你应该使用它。我现在为你解释!。

西班牙语表达

Estar entre la espada y la pared 

HOTEL RECEPTIONIST: Hi, there. How can I help you?
CLAIRE: Well, I’m in town visiting for a few days, and I 
need to get some things done while I’m here.
HOTEL RECEPTIONIST: Sure. What do you need?
CLAIRE: I need to get my hair cut. I also need to have my
new pants hemmed.
HOTEL RECEPTIONIST: OK. Here’s a map of the city. There’s a good hair 
salon here, which is just a block away. And there’s 
a tailor right here. Is there anything else?
CLAIRE: Yes. I’ll need to have my car serviced before my
long drive home!
HOTEL RECEPTIONIST: No problem. There’s a good mechanic a few 
blocks away.


LANGUAGE NOTES
• Hi, there. Notice the intonation in this greeting. It rises after “Hi” and falls after “there.”
• Sure is a friendly expression to mean “OK.”
• Get my hair cut / have my new pants hemmed / have my car serviced. Notice get/
have + object + participle. This structure is used to describe actions that someone else 
does for us. “Get” and “have” are interchangeable here.
• Is there anything else? here means “Do you need more information?”
• Before my long drive home! Notice the emphasis and intonation on “home.” The 
speaker wants to show humor here. If she doesn’t get her car checked, she might not get 
home! She wants to be friendly and light with the receptionist.
• No problem here means “Don’t worry.” Notice the stress on “No.” The receptionist 
laughs first, then puts emphasis on “No” by lengthening the word. This shows that she 
understands the car could break down if it doesn’t get serviced

English Conversation practice (30-day challenge)

Day 15: Running errands 

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
〈#181〉4月18日火曜日　天気/晴れ　気温/7℃ 

稚内市/わっかないし
・北海道に雪が降って、冬に逆戻り。
・東京は、桜が咲いて散った。
・稚内では、38cm雪が積もった。


［単語］
逆/ぎゃく…反対
散る/ちる…落ちる
積もる/つもる…ある物の上に、また乗る。




レッスン待ってます♪



北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#181〉　冬に逆戻り？雪が降ったよ！

In this episode we will talk about 【The conundrum of life from 5 to 90 years old】, you will learn how to say 【trouble,lifetime,bottleneck】 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。
每个人多多少少都有一些烦恼，不同年龄的人烦恼的事情可能不太一样。今天我们来听听一个采访，从5岁到90岁的人，聊聊他们人生的难题。采访有点长，我们分两次听，今天先听5岁到40岁的。
5岁：能不能不去上学啊？
10岁：我都这么大了，还要上学，所以应该没有办法了，就是要上一辈子学。我的人生难题是我以后上清华还是北大呀。
15岁：你先能考上初中再说吧。我喜欢我们班上的一个男生，他好像不喜欢我。
22岁：有可能是他不喜欢女生啊。（我的难题是）找不到男朋友。
25岁：找不着挺好的。因为找着也得分，挺不靠谱的，你还不如25岁找完了直接就结婚呢。
25岁：我想给我爸妈买房。我就想知道那些三十岁的人是怎么做到的。
30岁：你应该去问四十岁的人。我也没钱。我感觉自己到了人生的瓶颈期，比较迷茫。
40岁：在这个年龄有这种感觉我特别懂，不过，不要怕，坚持就是胜利。因为未来还有更大的瓶颈。我从15岁半就开始工作挣钱了。当过歌手，很有趣；当过演员，也很有趣；现在当导演了，也很有趣。我的疑问就是，我什么时候可以退休啊。
你几岁？你的人生难题是什么呢？留言告诉我吧。我们下期见。
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烦恼	/	fán nǎo	/	trouble,worry
采访	/	cǎi fǎng	/	interview
一辈子	/	yī bèi zi	/	A lifetime
清华	/	qīng huá	/	Tsinghua University
北大	/	běi dà	/	Peking University
找不着	/	zhǎo bù zháo	/	can't find
靠谱	/	kào pǔ	/	reliable
不如	/	bù rú	/	not as good as
瓶颈期	/	píng jǐng qī	/	bottleneck
迷茫	/	mí máng	/	confused
坚持	/	jiān chí	/	persist in
胜利	/	shèng lì	/	victory
挣钱	/	zhèng qián	/	earn money
导演	/	dǎo yǎn	/	director
疑问	/	yí wèn	/	doubt
退休	/	tuì xiū	/	retire