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ACL Podcast🎙Season 2 episode #48

This is the Anyone Can Learn English podcast, Season 2 episode #48

I’m Spencer and I teach English on Italki.com/spenceramansick 

Today’s podcast has few topics from my English lessons:

Award
Hero
Model (of a new toy)
Swallow
Apply to/apply for
Handle
Think better of
Make much of
Make little of
Make light of  - - REVIEW - -


Thank you for listening to episode #48!

Please contact me for today’s script or video.

For English lessons, you can find me on Italki.com/spenceramansick 

See you next time!



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Anyone Can Learn English Podcast #48

한국어 수업에서 자주 사용하는 표현 7가지를 정리했습니다.
항상 하는 말인데 항상 헛갈리고 어떻게 답변해야하는지 모르겠죠?
이 팟캐스트를 들으면 더 효율적인 수업을 들을 수 있습니다 :)

I organized seven expressions that are often used in Korean classes.
Teachers always say these, but you are always confused and don't know how to respond, right?
If you listen to this podcast, you can take more efficient classes :)

대한외국인

한국어 수업 때 알아두면 좋은 표현 7가지

it's toxic to translate in your head for your language study.

Build Your English Thinking

BYET14 Stop translating in your head!

夏と冬はどちらが好きですか？
ジメジメ、ベタベタしますね😂🌿

Natural Nihongo Chat

梅雨は蒸し暑い

大家好，您正在收听中文播客《丹霞说》，我是丹霞。

01 白雪放假啦！Báixuě fàng jià la! Baixue is on holiday!

今天，白雪告诉我，下个星期她有七天的假期，这是她的年假。她跟我分享了她的计划。

放假的时候，她一点儿也不想待在家里。因为她非常喜欢运动，所以她打算下个星期每天都去锻炼锻炼。她觉得工作日的时候，每天待在办公室八九个小时，需要坐在电脑前面很长时间。如果不运动，身体会慢慢变得不健康。

星期一早上她打算去公园跑步；
星期二她可能去游泳；
星期三她和朋友们去打篮球；
星期四她想去小河边骑自行车；
星期五她会去爬山。
星期六她不出门儿，她得打扫一下儿她的家，然后喝喝咖啡看看书，好好儿休息一下儿。

她问我星期天有没有空，她想和我一起去买衣服，吃饭和看电影。我高兴地答应了！真希望星期天快点儿来呀！

这些词语你知道吗？

年假 nián jià  n. annual leave, annual holiday
分享 fēn xiǎng v. to share
骑自行车 qí zì xíng chē v.o. to ride bike
答应 dā yìng  v. to say yes, to promise
希望 xī wàng  v. to hope


Today, Bai Xue told me that she has seven days' holiday next week, which is her annual leave. She shared her plan with me.

She doesn't want to stay at home at all during the holiday. Because she likes sports very much, she plans to exercise every day next week. She felt that she needed to sit in front of the computer for a long time when she stayed in the office for 8 or 9 hours every day on weekdays. If don't exercise, body will slowly become unhealthy.

She is going to run in the park on Monday morning;

She may go swimming on Tuesday;

On Wednesday, she went to play basketball with her friends;

On Thursday, she wants to go cycling by the river;

She will go climbing on Friday.

She doesn't go out on Saturday. She has to clean her house, drink coffee, read books and have a good rest.


She asked me if I was free on Sunday. She wanted to go shopping, dinning out and watching movies with me. I said yes happily! I really hope this Sunday come soon!

 HSK3 Vocab Based - Short Story Podcast

01 白雪放假啦！Báixuě fàng jià la! Baixue is on holiday!

In this episode for upper-intermediate and advanced English learners, my daughter and I talk about our predictions for the second part of Stranger Things 4. The first seven episodes were released at the end of May and the last two episodes come out July 1st. We recorded this episode on June 17th and try to guess what'll happen in those last two episodes. 

WARNING: This episode contains SPOILERS (we talk about what happened in the first seven episodes, so don't listen to this if you haven't already watched it).

We'd love to hear your predictions in the comments, or, if you're listening to this after the last two episodes come out you can find out if we were right or not!  (Music by Lesfm from Pixabay)

Conversations With a Friend

Stranger Things Season 4, Part 2 PREDICTIONS!

📱 Diálogo: Aprendiendo a Usar un Nuevo Teléfono 📲

Ana: ¡Mira, Diego! Me compré un teléfono nuevo, pero no entiendo cómo usarlo.

Diego: ¡Genial! A ver, ¿qué es lo que no entiendes?

Ana: Bueno, para empezar, ¿cómo tomo una captura de pantalla?

Diego: Fácil. Solo presiona el botón de encendido y el de bajar volumen al mismo tiempo.

Ana: ¡Ah, ya veo! ¿Y dónde se guarda la imagen?

Diego: En la galería, en una carpeta llamada "Capturas de pantalla".

Ana: ¡Perfecto! Ahora… quiero cambiar el fondo de pantalla.

Diego: Ok, ve a "Configuración", luego a "Pantalla" y busca "Fondo de pantalla".

Ana: ¡Listo! Ahora mi perrito es mi fondo de pantalla.

Diego: ¡Se ve muy bien! ¿Algo más que necesites aprender?

Ana: Sí… ¿cómo descargo aplicaciones?

Diego: Ve a la tienda de aplicaciones, busca lo que quieras y presiona "Descargar".

Ana: ¡Ah, qué fácil! ¿Y cómo organizo los iconos en la pantalla?

Diego: Mantén presionado un icono y arrástralo donde quieras.

Ana: ¡Genial! Esto es más sencillo de lo que pensaba.

Diego: Te lo dije, solo es cuestión de acostumbrarse.

Ana: Última pregunta… ¿cómo pongo el teléfono en modo silencioso?

Diego: Baja la barra de notificaciones y toca el ícono de sonido.

Ana: ¡Listo! ¡Gracias, Diego! Eres un gran maestro.

Diego: Jajaja, de nada. ¡Ahora ya eres experta con tu nuevo teléfono!

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Learn Spanish conversation part 52

Practice your English listening and speaking with this real BBC-style news clip!
In this episode, we explore the BBC’s new Polish language service — a great topic for shadowing if you're learning English.

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