Why using "I'm afraid" is better than saying, "I'm sorry" when giving bad news.

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"I'm Afraid"

"The Mouse and the Snake" is a short story by David Sedaris that explores themes of fear, vulnerability, and the unexpected connections between strangers. In the story, Sedaris recounts an incident from his childhood when he found a dead mouse in his family's pool. Initially repulsed, he decides to dispose of it by throwing it over the fence into a neighbor's yard. However, when he goes to retrieve it later, he discovers that a snake has coiled itself around the mouse, preparing to eat it.

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When the occurrence of something is known,“是……的" can be used to emphasize the time, manner, place, purpose and doer involved in the occurrence of the event. “是”can be omitted in positive and interrogative sentences, but not in negative sentences.
tā shì jīn tiān lái běi jīnɡ de 。  
她是今天来北京的。She came to Beijing today.
wǒ shì kāi chē qù xī ān de 。   
我是开车去西安的。I went to Xi 'an by car.
zhè shì zài shànɡ hǎi mǎi de 。  
这是在上海买的。I bought it in Shanghai.
wǒ shì lái yún nán lǚ yóu de 。  
我是来云南旅游的。I came to Yunnan for traveling.
wǎn fàn shì dà wèi zuò de 。
晚饭是大卫做的。David cooked dinner.

wǒ men bú shì zuò fēi jī qù de 。 
我们不是坐飞机去的。We didn't go by plane.

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是……的

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Streetwise English

SWE 89 Back in the U.S.A.

 第一课   周末你有什么打算
 

例如：example
男：喂，请问张经理在吗？
女：他正在开会，您半个小时以后再打，好吗？

1.男：你怎么又不高兴了？
女：你工作一直忙，一次电影都没跟我一起看过。
2.男：喂，您好，请问是搬家公司吗？我们要搬家。
女：请问您打算什么时候搬？
3.男：爸妈，今天我给你们做晚饭，你们打算吃什么？
女：真的啊？那我们吃点儿牛肉吧。
4.男：今天的面包真便宜。
女：是啊，那我们多买几个吧！
5.女：这是哪儿啊？你开错了吧？我们怎么回家啊？
男：别着急，车上有电子地图。

第二部分   part 2
第6-10题：听句子，判断对错
Questions 6-10: Decide whether the statements are true or false based on the sentences you hear.

例如：为了让自己更健康，他每天都花一个小时去锻炼身体。
★他希望自己很健康。
今天我想早点儿回家。看了看手表，才5点。过了一会儿再看表，还是5点，我这才发现我的手表不走了。
★那块儿手表不是他的。
6.这个电影一点儿意思也没有，我们看书吧。
★他不喜欢这个电影。
7.你怎么还没准备好？快点儿吧，没时间了。
  ★他一点儿也不着急。
8.明天的考试我都复习好了，没问题。
  ★他考试考得很好。
9. 去南方旅游？去北方旅游？去哪儿旅游好呢？
  ★他还没想好去哪儿旅游。
10. 家里一个鸡蛋也没有，明天早上吃什么啊？
★家里还有很多鸡蛋。

hsk3  第一课   周末你有什么打算

Hello~
I'm Grace and your native Korean teacher.

How's your sentence reading going? ^^
Please make a habit of reading your Korean sentences.
I uploaded this Audio File so you can practice basic Korean pronunciation daily.

Look at this.
First ㄱ ㄴ ㄷ ㄹ ㅁ ㅂ ㅅㅇ(X) ㅈ ㅊ ㅋ ㅌ ㅍ ㅎ ㄲ ㄸ ㅃ ㅆ ㅉ 자음 Consonants
Middle ㅏㅑㅓㅕㅗ ㅛ ㅜ ㅠ ㅡ ㅣ ㅐㅒㅔㅖㅘ ㅙ ㅚ ㅝ ㅞ ㅟ ㅢ 모음 Vowels
End ㄱ ㄴ ㄷ ㄹ ㅁ ㅂ ㅅㅇ ㅈ ㅊ ㅋ ㅌ ㅍ ㅎ ㄲ ㅆ 받침 Final consonatns

Remember, English is made from the back of your throat, but 한글 is mainly made from your mouth.
The sound comes from the front.
In other words, you use entirely different muscles when you talk.
So you have to practice it over and over again to become natural.

In Korean, the shape of the lips of the vowels should be correct,
And you have to understand the difference between the pronunciation of consonants in the initial consonants and consonants in the final consonants.

The basics are the most important.
Before reading Korean sentences with Korean grammar in Korean conversation sentences.
Read the basic pronunciation over and over again.

I uploaded a video.
https://youtu.be/fnaGfl5CNDU

Korean Listening Class 한국어 문장 듣기 - Korean teacher, Grace

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