Ted talks about one of his favorite topics - sports. As someone who has played and watched a lot of sports, he takes you through types of questions you can ask if you want to learn more as an observer and/or a player. 

The Art of Asking Questions

Episode 5: Sports

Questions You May Have When Going Places. Literally anywhere.

English in a Minute

Questions You May Have When Going Places

Today we're talking about a phrasal verb that we can use to talk about sleeping later than usual and staying in bed a little longer than you might normally do. I hope you find it useful!

DAILY Business English VOCABULARY builder

A podcast for when you're tired

《假如》
假如我有一枝
马良的神笔，
我要给窗前的小树
画一个红红的太阳。
让小树在冬天
也能快活地成长，
不会在寒冷的北风里
缩着身子，轻轻叹息。
假如我有一枝
马良的神笔，
我要给树上的小鸟
画许多好吃的谷粒。
鸟妈妈再也不用
到遥远的地方去寻食，
让小鸟呆在家里
苦苦等待，饿得哭泣。
假如我有一枝
马良的神笔，
我一定给不幸的朋友西西
画一双好腿，
还他一个健康的身体。
他再也不会只坐在屋里
望着窗外的小树和小燕，
而是和我们一起
在操场上奔跑，在草地上游戏。
假如我有一枝
马良的神笔……

绘本故事

假如

今日は「一休さんのとんち」について話しました。
無理難題を"とんち"で解決する、一休さん。
誰しも見たことがある有名なアニメですが、そのとんちの中で、僕は長年、納得がいってない解決法があります。
今日はその納得がいかないとんちについて話しました。
なぜ納得がいかないか、またどうすれば納得がいくかを話しているので、僕の一休さんへの文句にぜひ付き合ってください笑
☆目次
0:00 オープニング
0:30 一休さんの説明
1:30 とんち①: この橋渡るべからず
3:35 とんち②: 水あめ
7:00 納得いかないとんち: 屏風の虎
9:20 納得いかない理由
12:58 一休さんはどう答えるべきか？
☆語彙
とんち
無理難題
見せ所
堂々と
水あめ
和尚さん
育ち盛り
精進料理
茶碗
罰する
屏風
将軍
家来
準備万端
手が付けられない
成り立つ
詰めが甘い
盲点
虚をつく
折れる
自白
力技
書き置き
バックレ

"After 5" by Japanese Teacher

一休さん、そのとんち、どうなの？

In this episode we are going to learn 【I’m busy】in Chinese. 
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As a beginner, there're some vocabularies that you didn't learn before, and native speaker's speed seems too fast to understand. But don't worry, let's do it step by step. 
1st time: listen and catch the words you know already, have a guess about the content.
2nd time: look at the text to check if you guessed it right. 
3rd time: listen one more time, repeat after it.
4th time: practice until you can speak as the normal speed without looking at the text. 
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我的工作很忙。
wǒ de gōng zuò hěn máng 。
My work is very busy.
星期一到星期五我要上班。
xīng qī yī dào xīng qī wǔ wǒ yào shàng bān 。
I need to work from Monday to Friday.
7点前能下班，我就和朋友吃饭。
qī diǎn qián néng xià bān ， wǒ jiù hé péng yǒu chī fàn 。
If I can get off work before 7 o'clock, I will have dinner with my friends.
7点前不能下班，我就不能和朋友吃饭。
qī diǎn qián bù néng xià bān ， wǒ jiù bù néng hé péng yǒu chī fàn 。
If I can't get off work before 7 o'clock, I can't have dinner with my friends.
星期六和星期日我不用上班，可以和朋友见面。
xīng qī liù hé xīng qī rì wǒ bú yòng shàng bān ， kě yǐ hé péng yǒu jiàn miàn 。
I don't have to go to work on Saturdays and Sundays, can meet up with friends.
明天星期六，可是我要加班，不能和朋友见面了。
míng tiān xīng qī liù ， kě shì wǒ yào jiā bān ， bù néng hé péng yǒu jiàn miàn le 。
Tomorrow is Saturday, but I have to work overtime, can't meet my friends.

Yuli's Chinese Channel

我很忙 I‘m busy（Beginner）

The most challenging part 2 questions are on describing an object, it is difficult to describe anything in most languages as we don´t get asked to describe things usually in day to day life. So this is a good lesson to learn vocabulary and practice describing things. This podcast is produced and written by me and read by my AI voiceovers.