We're starting something new today. From now on, we'll be introducing one new English idiom per episode. We'll cover the grammar, meaning and emotional nuance of the expression before providing a few realistic examples.

Today's idiom is "the ball is in my court".

Brentoni's English Podcast

022 - "the ball is in my court"

Here is a short list of the main problems that some students have with pronunciation.
If you have one of these problems, next, you can listen to my podcast on that issue.

Transcript:    https://drive.google.com/open?id=1LZ1Yn8zNcDCkKC5PaVyuxbKrEbJOw_pt&usp=drive_fs 

Pronunciation 

Introduction

Do you know when to use brand names or generic terms? Find out what "genericization" is and impress your friends (and teachers)!

Word up: Vocabulary Adventures

May I Have a Kleenex® ? Well, Maybe Not...

Try it now！ 听播客回答问题，Listen to the podcast and answer the questions below. There will be a text tomorrow after you finish the exercise!
1.为什么家具一两趟搬不完？wèi shén me jiā jù yì liǎng tàng bān bù wán?
2.搬家公司帮忙搬家怎么样？bān jiā gōng sī báng máng bān jiā zěn me yàng?
3.阿里能来吗？ā lǐ néng lái ma ?


他们在聊啥？What are they talking about？

搬家bān jiā：move house 

Do we delay the jobs that we don’t like doing? Do you say, "I will do it tomorrow."
Angela reads the basic text from this lesson, (transcript available when you take this lesson).

This topic is also available for intermediate and higher-level learners.


English with Angela -  conversation 

TASK 57 - PROCRASTINATION - I WILL DO IT LATER! 

This episode is about a common slang in Farsi.You can listen and learn at any level you are.

Hope you enjoy it.

Spoken Persian 

God as an attorney! خداوکیلی؟

ADEL ALBANNA: A PROFISSIONAL ARABIC TEACHER

Wise English 

Nelson Mandela 

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11jcxR3gxex8GKbcaswqp2g1txJwM47czLNFpGY2yXLw/edit?usp=sharing

Today, I want to tell you all about emotional support chickens. It seems that a nursing home here in the UK has been offered chickens by a local school in order to take away the loneliness of it’s residents and help them feel better.

Nursing Homes and Care Homes are places where we put older people who cannot look after themselves.

It's hoped that the chickens will bring residents a number of benefits. From fostering a sense of community to reducing mental health problems. Now, I'm not sure about you but for me, I'd probably rather have the cash or if  there’s perhaps other opportunities, maybe I’d prefer to talk to someone. These chickens don't actually have to be bought.It looks like they were given free to this nursing home. 

But still, if they're going to give away chickens, I'd rather have the cash.
