What is the reason why you can't succeed ?

What are your limitations? 

Where did we pick those 'assumptions' about our performance?

How programs us to think a certain way?

Listen to the new podcast and get your goodies from it :) 

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The Habits of Professionals Growing Into Strong, Confident English Communicators

How to change your mind from negative to positive? Winning attitude!


   a. Plug and play - Something that is easy to install or use without much effort.
      Example: "The new printer is plug and play; you can start using it right away."
   b. Crash course - An intensive and brief learning experience.
      Example: "I took a crash course in coding to prepare for the project."
   c. Hit the delete button - To eliminate or remove something completely.
      Example: "Let's hit the delete button on that idea; it's not feasible."
   d. On the same wavelength - To have a shared understanding or similar thinking.
      Example: "We work well together because we're on the same wavelength."
   e. Digital footprint - The trail of information left behind by someone's online activity.
      Example: "Be mindful of your digital footprint; it can impact your reputation."


IELTS Podcast 雅思博客

Technology-related idioms:

JULIE: I just bought a ticket to New York City. I’m so 
excited to see the city!
SOPHIE: Good for you! Traveling is so much fun. I love 
discovering new places and new people. When 
are you leaving?
JULIE: Next week. I’m taking the red eye. It was cheaper. 
Hopefully, I’ll be able to sleep on the plane.
SOPHIE: I wish I could go with you! New York City is a magical 
place. You will have so much fun.
JULIE: I hope so. I’m going to visit my brother who lives 
there. I will stay for a week and then take the train 
down to Washington, D.C.
SOPHIE: That sounds like a great vacation. I’m looking 
forward to a week at the beach for my summer 
vacation. I just want to relax.


LANGUAGE NOTES
• Ticket can refer to many different types of transportation (metro, bus, train, plane, etc.). 
In general, you can guess the means of transportation by the context.
• When discussing airplane travel, a red eye is a flight that leaves at night to arrive early 
the next morning. This is in reference to how red your eyes become when you don’t get 
a full night’s sleep

English Conversation practice (30-day challenge)

Day 25: Taking vacations

In questo episodio ascolterete una una chiacchierata sulle impressioni e sulla nostra visita a Lecco, un comune italiano sul lago di Como. Buon Ascolto a tutti e buono studio!

The Italian Miscellaneous Podcast🖐 

Gita a Lecco (Tinos&Tanos)

안녕하세요. Hello~
한국어 듣기 수업 시작해요. Let's start with the Korean listening class.
선생님 읽어요. I read it.
잘 들으세요. Please listen well.

I posted the sentences on my blog.
https://blog.naver.com/laramcraft/223128993987
https://youtu.be/3SaOoU9_D3Y

The basics are important.
It is also good to check the basics of 한글 Hangeul before this listening class.
1-1. Korean alphabet - Vowels 모음 - What is Hangeul?
https://youtu.be/0YzhJ9p2lcs
2-1. Korean alphabet - Consonants 자음 -what are the consonants 자음?
https://youtu.be/lckgvQ_vreA
3-1. Korean alphabet - Final Consonants 받침 - What are the final consonants 받침?
https://youtu.be/sLlFmG30fNI

This is a class to listen to Korean conversational sentences.
In this voice recording for listening,
After reading many sentences with Korean grammar in Korean conversations sentences,
Check out how much you understand the sentences with a voice recording.
Never look at the sentences when listening to the voice recording.
And Listen to the sentence repeatedly until you hear it completely.

You are listening to the Sejong Korean conversation. (세종학당)
There are four books in total. (Korean conversation, 1, 2, 3, 4.)
It consists of 1st and 2nd courses for beginners and 1st and 2nd courses for intermediate.
Each course is conducted in 14 units. (2 grammar - for each unit.)
This listening class you are taking is Korean Conversation 4. (Intermediate 2)
Please listen carefully.

Korean Listening Class 한국어 문장 듣기 - Korean teacher, Grace

Korean Conversation 4. (Intermediate 2) - Lesson 14. Part 1 -느라(고), Part 2 -기로 하다

Easy Steps to Chinese Grammar⭐

To mean "A looks like B", should I use "看起来 (kàn qǐ lái)" or "看起来像 (kàn qǐ lái xiàng)"？
You can find out the answer in this episode. 🍰



Easy Steps to Chinese Grammar 

13. Appearance with "看起来 (kàn qǐ lái)"【B1】

こんにちは。日本では2022年7月から、新しいアニメ番組（ばんぐみ）の放送（ほうそう）・配信（はいしん）が開始（かいし）されました。この時期（じき）に放送が開始されるアニメ番組を「夏（なつ）アニメ」と呼びます。

今回の夏アニメで、続編（ぞくへん）では無い新作（しんさく）で、原作（げんさく）の無いアニメ『リコリス・リコイル』が人気（にんき）だと知り興味（きょうみ）を持ちました。話している現在（げんざい）、配信された第6話（だいろくわ＝episode 6）まで見てみました。

日本のアニメの多くは、マンガやゲーム、ライトノベル＝手軽（てがる）に読んで楽しめる小説（しょうせつ）など、原作を持っています。しかし『リコリス・リコイル』＝略（りゃく）して『リコリコ』は、オリジナルのストーリーで製作（せいさく）されました。

近未来（きんみらい）の少し本物（ほんもの）と違う（ちがう）日本で、治安（ちあん）を守る（まもる）ために、密かに（ひそかに）悪人（あくにん）を抹殺（まっさつ）する、女子高生姿（じょしこうせいすがた）のエージェントの活躍（かつやく）を描いた（えがいた）作品（さくひん）です。

可愛い（かわいい）女の子が銃（じゅう）で戦う（たたかう）お話で、彼女（かのじょ）たちにも、彼女たちが所属（しょぞく）する組織（そしき）も、そして敵（てき）にも多くの謎（なぞ）がありそうですね。

内容（ないよう）で判る（わかる）ように男性（だんせい）ファン向け（むけ）の作品（さくひん）です。明るい（あかるい）性格（せいかく）の最強（さいきょう）エージェント"千束"（ちさと）と、冷静沈着（れいせいちんちゃく）な性格の"たきな"の2人が相棒（あいぼう）となる、バディ（buddy）モノのストーリーです。男性ファンが喜び（よろこび）そうな描写（びょうしゃ）が沢山（たくさん）ありますよ。

特（とく）に第4話は、ファンから"百合（ゆり）"回（かい）と呼ばれているようです。百合（＝ lily ）は花の名前ですが、…別の意味もあります。ここで、その意味は話さない事にしましょう。

『リコリコ』のテーマは、第1話の冒頭（ぼうとう）に語られています。私たち日本人の多くは、自分たちは他の国より比較的（ひかくてき）豊かで（ゆたかな）、安全（あんぜん）な国に住んでいると信じています。

しかし、この多くの日本人が信じてきた「神話（しんわ）」は揺らぎ（ゆらぎ）、崩壊（ほうかい）しつつあると感じている人が多数（たすう）います。そこまで自覚（じかく）しなくとも、将来（しょうらい）に不安（ふあん）を感じている人は、もっと多く（おおく）いるでしょう。

現在（げんざい）日本は経済格差（けいざいかくさ）が広がり、収入（しゅうにゅう）を得られぬ（えられぬ）人が増えています。現在の境遇（きょうぐう）に不満（ふまん）を抱き（いだき）、未来（みらい）に希望（きぼう）を持てぬ人が多数います。

日本の犯罪数（はんざいすう）が劇的（げきてき）に増えている訳ではありませんが、社会に対する不満（ふまん）を動機（どうき）にした、様々な凶悪事件（きょうあくじけん）が起きるようになりました。

 『リコリコ』は2022年7月2日より放送されました。その直後（ちょくご）の7月8日、安倍晋三（あべしんぞう）元総理大臣（もとそうりだいじん）、安倍元首相（しゅしょう）が射殺（しゃさつ）される事件が起きます。

多くの日本人が、この事件に日本の「安全神話」が失われた現実を見て、ショックを受け言葉を失ったように私は感じました。

マンガやアニメは娯楽（ごらく）、エンターテインメントですが、同時（どうじ）にこの時代（じだい）を反映（はんえい）する、時代を映す（うつす）鏡（かがみ）です。『リコリコ』は将に（まさに）、今の日本社会を反映した作品になりました。

第4話以降（いこう）重い（おもい）、ハードな展開が予想される『リコリコ』。凶悪な事件が頻発（ひんぱつ）する世界に抗う（あらがう）ように、敵を殺さぬ不殺（ふさつ）のヒロインとして戦う"千束"。今後の展開が楽しみです。

最後に。『リコリス・リコイル』のオープニングにも登場する、情報部員（じょうほうぶいん）の"ミズキ"が飲む（のむ）お酒（さけ）には、瓶（びん）に銘柄（めいがら）、お酒の名前が「泥酔（でいすい）」と書いてあります。

「泥酔」とはひどく酔う（よう）、酔っぱらって泥（どろ）のようになる、意識（いしき）が無くなりぶっ倒れて（たおれて）寝て（ねて）しまう状態（じょうたい）、という意味です。

そんなお酒、絶対（ぜったい）に飲んではいけません！それでは、さようなら。

Ken先生の映画・歴史・カルチャートーク

【第11回】2022年夏アニメは、『リコリス・リコイル』が人気です

here is  your daily Reading part :) Enjoy!

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