莎莎的肚子很神奇，总是会咕噜咕噜叫……
Salsa's stomach is amazing and always growling...  

CHINESE STORIES

莎莎的肚子咕噜咕噜叫

Speculating
If I was to ask you about your dream job you may not know exactly what that would involve. In this case you would have to speculate. Here is some useful language for speculating. 
maybe/perhaps
It is fairly/quite/very/extremely/ (un)likely that
It's quite possible (that)
I imagine/suspect (that)


Everyday English with Teacher Alyse

Speculating

I made a story for Japanese language learners in Japan and abroad, a story about talking on the phone using words from the JLPT N2.

JLPT/N2 story

JLPT/N2 story in 24 words that start with "あ".

「はいといいえ」の練習をしましょう
 Today's Drills are "Yes / No questions". 
 Let's practice easy exchanges in Japanese.  Repeat and practice both A and B parts. Have fun!

A：あれはさくらですか。
　B：はい。さくらです。
　　   いいえ。さくらじゃありません。うめです。

あれはうめですか。
　はい。うめです。
　いいえ。うめじゃありません。さくらです。

あそこはお寺ですか。
　はい。お寺です
　いいえ。お寺じゃありません。神社です。

ここは渋谷ですか
　はい。渋谷です。
　いいえ。渋谷じゃありません。新宿です。

ここは新宿ですか。
　はい。新宿です。
　いいえ。新宿じゃありません。渋谷です。

成田空港行きですか。
　はい。成田空港行きです。
　いいえ。成田空港行きじゃありません。羽田行きです。

アヤさんのコートですか
　はい。わたしのコートです。
　いいえ。わたしのコートじゃありません

アヤさんのかばんですか。
　はい。わたしのです。
　いいえ。わたしのじゃありません。ともだちのです。

失礼ですが、 鈴木さんですか
　はい。そうです。
　いいえ。佐藤です

失礼ですが、佐藤さんですか。
　はい。佐藤です。
　いいえ。鈴木です。

失礼ですが、日本の方ですか。
　はい。日本人です。
　いいえ。中国人です。

失礼ですが、中国の方ですか。
　はい。中国人です。
　いいえ。日本人です。

これで終わりですか。
　はい。終わりです。
　いいえ。終わりじゃありません

これで終わりですか。
　はい。終わりです。

桜（さくら）cherry blossom / tree
梅（うめ）   Japanese apricot blossom / tree
〜行き（いき）bound for  (train, bus etc.)
成田空港（なりたくうこう）
羽田空港（はねだくうこう）
日本の方（にほんのかた） Here "kata" is used as polite way to refer a person

 BGM & SE special thanks：MusMus


アヤさんとフミさんの日本語ドリル (Aya and Fumi’s Japanese Drills)

2. はいと いいえの 質問  / Yes - No questions

There are lots of reasons why libraries are still useful in the modern world, but also some reasons why they are less relevant in today's society.

Nick discusses both sides of this topic in today's podcast.

This will help you form opinions and ideas for the IELTS speaking and writing tests. 

IELTS with Nick - World Knowledge 

Are libraries still relevant in today's world? 

They say that fortune favors the bold, but I am apt to think that fortune favors those who are hardworking even more. Therefore I have included this quality of diligence for this episode. 

Are you hardworking? Yes, I think you are because you have taken effort to learn Malay online by listening to this Uplifting and Inspirational Podcast Series.

We shall make sentences with the Malay word for hardworking and go through the different sentence variations.  

Joy to Our World

I am hardworking! 

"Rest at the end and not in the middle."-- Kobe Bryant
If you have goals, there is no holiday and no rest, you must know how to pay the price of success.

FLO TALKS 

DON'T REST IN THE MIDDLE

Phở là món ăn tinh túy của Việt Nam, từ phở dùng để chỉ loại phở được sử dụng trong công thức nấu ăn. Mì gạo cùng với những miếng thịt bò hoặc thịt gà luộc vừa phải trong một món bò kho thịnh soạn. Phổ biến hơn cả trong số hai loại phở được biết đến rộng rãi là phở Hà Nội . Có nguồn gốc từ miền Bắc,  được biết đến bởi nước dùng và chỉ với một miếng chanh và vài lát ớt. phở Nam , có nước dùng thanh hơn và được phục vụ với một vài loại thảo mộc tươi như giá đỗ, húng quế và bạc hà.
Bí quyết để có một bát phở ngon nằm ở nước dùng. Nước dùng thường được ngâm với hoa hồi thơm, đinh hương và quế để tạo vị ngọt tự nhiên cho món ăn. Món ăn này được tìm thấy ở hầu hết các góc phố và thường được bán để ăn sáng mà người nước ngoài không hề hay biết.

phở flat rice noodles.
Phở is the quintessential Vietnamese dish, the word phở referring to the type of noodle used in the recipe. Flat rice noodles with medium-rare slivers of beef or boiled chicken in a hearty beef stock. The more popular of the two widely known varieties is phở Hanoi. Originally from the north, it is distinguished by a clear broth and dressed only with a squeeze of lemon and slices of bird’s eye chili. The southern iteration, phở Nam, has a murkier broth and is served with a few of fresh herbs like bean sprouts, basil and mint.
The secret to a good bowl of phở lies in its stock. The broth is usually infused with fragrant star anise, clove and cinnamon to lend a natural sweetness to the mix. This dish is found on almost every street corner and is actually consumed for breakfast, unbeknownst to foreigners.

up your Vietnamese game

phở

People have no doubt what the most famous game in Korea is. 
League of Legends, which is called “롤(L.O.L)” in Korea, has just finished its league in the spring of 2022. 
T1, having won the title, has become “The best L.O.L team in Korea in 2022”. 
Let us find out what L.O.L means to the Korean young generation and how the LCK spring season ended this season. 
Welcome to the infinite L.O.L universe!

