In this podcast series, I read short excerpts of books and explain the vocabulary and colloquial phrases. 

ESL with literary analysis

When the word after "不" is the first, second, or 
third tone, "不" should be read in the fourth tone, 
and when the word after "不" is in the fourth tone, 
"不" should be read in the second tone.


HSK vocabulary

“不”variation of tone

Vol.2 ヒージンさんと会話、ヘブンバーンズレッドについて

SAMURAI BROADCAST　侍放送

In Italia come va l'equilibrio lavoro-vita privata?

la Rubrica di Simona

WORK-LIFE BALANCE

In this episode of Your Spanish Journey, I'll talk about the famous "argentinian accent". I'll describe some of its particular characteristics and their origin so that you can start identifying it. Relax and enjoy!

Your Spanish Journey

El famoso "acento argentino" y la variante rioplatense, ¿cuáles son sus características?

Talk about family, alphabet part 2 & the w-question sentence, verb conjugations plural: (wir, ihr, sie, Sie) kommen/kommt, wohnen/wohnt, arbeiten/arbeitet.

Paul and Anna talk about their friend Tim and his family photo. His sister is getting married tomorrow. Anna's meeting with Meili was great. Both think Meili is nice. But why is Anna invited to the wedding when Paul is not?

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German Stories | Learn German with Stories

8: Ein Familienfoto | A family photo

JAKE: Where should we take a vacation this year? Let’s 
decide soon.
MELISSA: Well, I’d like to go somewhere warm. How about
the beach? Or we could rent a cabin on the lake.
JAKE: You want to go to the beach, again? I want to ski 
this winter. How about a compromise? What about 
traveling to the Alps in Europe next April? We can 
find a ski resort on a lake.
MELISSA: Oh, we’ve never been to Europe before! But I don’t 
know if it will be sunny and warm then. I need to 
do some research first. That will help me make up
my mind.



LANGUAGE NOTES
• Decide is a useful verb to express choice. The idiom “to make up my mind” also 
means “to decide”: “There are so many choices in this menu. It’s going to take awhile 
to make up my mind/decide.” You can finish this sentence with either the idiom or the 
verb “decide.”
• How about This phrase presents an alternative. This phrase can be followed by a 
subject plus a conjugated verb or by a noun: How about we go swimming? / How about 
a movie tonight?
• Many verbs express opinions: to think / to believe / to suppose / to assume, etc. They 
are not all synonymous. For example, “to suppose” and “to assume” express that the 
speaker has a preconceived idea: He came back late from work, so I assumed that traffic 
was bad. /I suppose that may not have been the case, and that he might just have had a 
lot of work.

English Conversation practice (30-day challenge)

Day 27: Giving your opinion

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o1Cxj13Rbidow4B972fyccKk2IAOluoPgnfZasJiI20/edit?usp=drive_link

Teacher Joseph's Podcast

To Be Treated Like Cattle (With transcript)

Motivation (with transcript)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ayPWE3VpeOPQHd7bt4z31B4EmSEpxxfU/view?usp=drivesdk