This podcast is aimed at intermediate to advanced students who are interested in seeing life through the eyes of an online English teacher living in Cape Town, South Africa.  

The real life of an English teacher in Cape Town

This podcast is for those who enjoy listening to short stories. I will explain some vocabulary at the end of each episode and then you can listen again.... and again (if you  like)!

Stories to Stimulate!

Want to learn 5 common idioms that can be used in both business and ordinary life? Nicole will introduce them to you so clearly and  simply that you can use them in your conversation immediately!

5 Weekly Idioms 

O R no início da palavra tem o som é gutural que é o da garganta ra – re – ri – ro – ru Trava-línguas O rato roeu a roupa do rei de Roma! Romeu riu no rio do Rio! Para quem fala espanhol, o som é similar com a letra J (José) Para quem fala inglês, o sim é similar com a letra H (hot) O som de dois erres, é igual ao som do R no início da palavra, o som gutural, ou chamamos também de R forte. Cachorro – socorro – arrogante Eu não mexi a minha língua para pronunciar nenhum desses erres, nem o r do início da palavra, nem o som de dois erres. O R entre duas vogais, você vai colocar a língua em direção ao céu da boca quando for pronunciar o R entre vogais. Cara – pera – geladeira – Você percebe que a sílaba tônica não é a sílaba que tem o R, então o R será fraco. Carro = R forte – som da garganta Caro – R fraco – som do céu da boca O carro é caro. Carrinho = R forte diminutivo de carro Carinho = R fraco O menino trata o carrinho dele com carinho. O R depois de consoante também é fraco, a língua vibra no céu da boca tocando nos dentes da frente. ra – re – ri – ro – ru = com a boca mais fechada, usando a língua. Graduação – Trabalho – preto – cobra – fronha O R antes de consoante ou no final das palavras é fraco, mas é aberto. Porta – arma - colher – mulher - Muitas vezes, na linguagem informal do dia a dia, o R no final das palavras é praticamente inexistente, como: “vamos fala” / “vamos come”/ “vamos abri”. Palavras com R fraco e Forte Horror Quando eu falo aberto, você continua a emitir o som! Alguns verbos no futuro do pretérito também terão os dois sons do R, como: eu correria / eu erraria / eu me arrependeria. R forte é o som do fundo da garganta/ o fraco é a vibração da língua no céu da boa pegando os dentes da frente. O Brasil possui diversos sotaques, o R varia muito dependendo da sua região. Eu sou de São Paulo da Capital, então minha explicação foi com o sotaque da cidade.

Brasileiríssimo

O som do R 

[conversation]

A : 진아 씨, 이분은 누구세요?
B : 우리 아버지세요.
A : 아버지는 무슨 일을 하세요?
B : 은행에서 일하세요.
A : 이 사람은 누구예요?
B : 제 동생이에요.
A : 동생은 뭘 해요?
B : 학생이에요.

A : Jina, who is this?
B : My father.
A : What does he do for a living?
B : He works at a bank.
A : Who is this?
B : My younger brother.
A : What does he do?
B : He is a student.


[vocabulary]

할아버지 grandfather 할머니 grandmother 아버지 father 어머니 mother
형 elder brother (from a male perspective) 누나 elder sister (from a male perspective)
오빠 elder brother (from a female perspective) 언니 elder sister (from a female perspective)
남동생  younger brother 여동생 younger sister 동생 younger brother or sister
가족 family
이분 this person (honorific) 저분 that person (honorific)

[grammar]

N의 N
When expressing possessive case, '의' is added to posessor, N.
Also note that '의' is often omitted.

N(이)세요
-(이)세요 is a combination of -이에요/예요 and -(으)시-, which shows respect towards the subject.
nouns ending with a vowel + -세요
nouns ending with a consonant + -이세요

무슨 N
무슨 is used when asking someone to choose and answer from a pool of options.



Reading Korea.

Family

“It’s sad to say, but there have been too many times I’ve seen terrible examples of plastic waste. The one time that really sticks in my mind was about 2 months ago when I visited a very famous and beautiful lake, just a stone's throw from my hometown. The whole area is famous for its natural beauty and scenery, and has become a very popular place for tourists to visit.




I went there with a couple of my friends, as we thought it would be the perfect place to enjoy some of the wonderful natural scenery the country has to offer.




I can still clearly remember as we took a path down to the lake, there were plastic bottles and bags tossed everywhere all the way down to the shore of the lake. The lake itself was in an even worse state, with plastic bags, bottles and discarded styrofoam boxes floating on the water, which was a pretty depressing sight. 




It was obvious that so many ignorant visitors to the lake bring along some food or drinks to have a picnic, leaving their waste behind, or just tossing it into the lake without a thought about the harm they are doing.




I was so disgusted and ashamed by the sight that we took lots of photos to post on some public social media groups, and try to bring some attention to this environmental mess. It was truly heartbreaking to see such a beautiful place destroyed by people's ignorance, as well as making my blood boil, that nobody seemed to care.

IELTS 85 Speaking

Describe a time you saw a lot of plastic waste-IELTS speaking part 2

Crystal的日语碎碎念

3、すみません、お手洗いはどこですか。＝不好意思，洗手间在哪儿？

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おにぎりの歴史や味について話します。みなさんはおにぎりが好きですか。
おにぎりのれきしやあじについてはなします。みなさんはおにぎりがすきですか。

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[日常］おにぎりが好きですか。

こんにちは！
Japanese daily life podcast のAtsushiです。
このPodcastは、日本語を楽しく勉強しているみなさんに向けたPodcastです。

ぼくの日常生活の話を聞くことで、日本語のリスニングをよくしたり、新しい言葉を知ってもらえたらいいなと思います。


みなさんお元気でしょうか。
今日もトルコからPodcastを録っています。


今回もみなさんに質問があります。

おおみそかって、知ってますか？

おおみそかは日本では12/31のことです。

一年の最後の日「大晦日」。

旧暦では毎月の最後の日を「晦日（みそか）」と言いました。

一年で最後で1番大事な日である12月31日を「大晦日」と呼ぶようになりました。

みなさんの国では何か特別な呼び方はありますか？


そんな話をオンラインレッスンでしましょう！
お待ちしています！

ということで、今回も最後まで聞いていただき、ありがとうございます！

ではまた！




