In today's episode of Stairway to English, understand the idiom "to have a lot on my plate". You will be able to use it in sentences and understand the meaning. Comment on this podcast with a sample sentence and I will correct your work!

See you in the next episode! 

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I have too much on my plate to study English today! Learn the idiom "to have a lot on my plate"

Letter M
Listen and repeat then sing along.
mouse, monkey, milk, money
I like the mouse.
I like the monkey.
I like the milk.
I like the money.

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안녕하세요. Hello~
한국어 듣기 수업 시작해요. Let's start with the Korean listening class.
선생님 읽어요. I read it.
잘 들으세요. Please listen well.

I posted the sentences on my blog.
https://blog.naver.com/laramcraft/222824744445
https://youtu.be/SkDo4JDu06E

The basics are important.
It is also good to check the basics of 한글 Hangeul before this listening class.
1-1. Korean alphabet - Vowels 모음 - What is Hangeul?
https://youtu.be/0YzhJ9p2lcs
https://journal475.tistory.com/entry/Korean-alphabet-Vowels-%EB%AA%A8%EC%9D%8C-The-pronunciation-of-vowels
2-1. Korean alphabet - Consonants 자음 -What are the consonants 자음?
https://youtu.be/lckgvQ_vreA
https://journal475.tistory.com/entry/Korean-alphabet-Consonants-%EC%9E%90%EC%9D%8CThe-pronunciation-of-consonants
3-1. Korean alphabet - Final Consonants 받침 - What are the final consonants 받침?
https://youtu.be/sLlFmG30fNI
https://journal475.tistory.com/entry/%ED%95%9C%EA%B8%80-%EB%B0%9B%EC%B9%A8-Korean-alphabet-Final-Consonants-%EB%B0%9B%EC%B9%A8-Pronunciation-of-the-final-consonants

This is a class to listen to Korean conversational sentences.
In this voice recording for listening,
After reading many sentences with Korean grammar in Korean conversation sentences,
Check out how much you understand the sentences with a voice recording.
Never look at the sentences when listening to the voice recording.
And listen to the sentence repeatedly until you hear it completely.

You are listening to the Sejong Korean conversation. (세종학당)
There are four books in total. (Korean conversation, 1, 2, 3, 4.)
It consists of 1st and 2nd courses for beginners and 1st and 2nd courses for intermediate.
Each course is conducted in 14 units. (2 grammar - for each unit.)
This listening class you are taking is Korean Conversation 1. (Beginner 1)

Korean Listening Class 한국어 문장 듣기 - Korean teacher, Grace

Updated-Korean Conversation 1. (Beginner 1) - Lesson 14. - Beginner 1  Part 1  -아서/-어서/-여서(1),  Part 2  못 

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Tip 60 - A Christmas Special: Language Learning Lessons from the Season of Joy

一边yì biān……一边yì biān……
is used in front of verbs to indicate two actions taking place concurrently.
For example:
zán men yì biān sàn bù ， yì biān liáo tiānr 。 
咱们一边散步，一边聊天儿。
We walk and chat.

dà wèi yì biān kàn shū ， yì biān tīnɡ yīn yuè 。 
大卫一边看书，一边听音乐。
David is reading a book and listening to music.

wǒ men zuó tiān wǎn shɑnɡ yì biān chī fàn ， yì biān liàn xí shuō zhōnɡ wén 。 
我们昨天晚上一边吃饭，一边练习说中文。
We practiced speaking Chinese while having dinner last night.

JOJO CHINESE

一边…一边…

New words
 
1. 葡萄  pútáo  n.  grape
2. 鸡蛋  jīdàn  n.  (chicken) egg
3. 牛奶  niúnǎi  n.  milk
4. 鱼  yú  n.  fish
5. 公斤  gōngjīn  m.  kilogram
6. 巧克力  qiǎokèlì  n.  chocolate
7. 面包  miànbāo  n.  bread
8. 香蕉  xiāngjiāo  n.  banana
9. 怎么  zěnme  pron. (inquiring about nature, condition, etc.) how
10. 卖  mài  v.  to sell
11. 奶酪  nǎilào  n.  cheese


中文每日一练

每日听汉语

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English At Work: Different ways to In An English-Speaking Environment. Part 2.

Top 10 Ways to Learn English at Work.

Today we are discussiong the second way:

Focus on the Basics First.

If you work in an English-speaking environment, you probably know how to have a simple conversation in English (at the very least).

However, there’s always room for improvement when it comes to learning a second language. Even native English speakers make mistakes!

Focusing on the basics of your conversations will be your first step.

Dive into the recording and listen to some ideas that will assist you in your spoken English development at work!





