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Practice the verb "form".
This time it is 「ない form」.
Let's do a lot of oral practice together so that you can convert quickly。

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20 Japanese verbs, 【ない form】conjugation practice！

Hi! Welcome to the first episode of this channel. In this episode, I will be reading to you a short story called "The Goose Girl". 

The objective of this episode is for you to listen. At the end of the episode, please feel free to contact me or comment if you have any questions about anything! 

This episode will test your listening skills, and your ability to comprehend and understand. A quiz set will be made available for you to test out your memory, and listening comprehension skills. So, listen carefully, and attempt the quiz! 

Siri-ous Studying!

Episode I: Short Story - The Goose Girl

Remember, if you want to score a band 7 in your IELTS speaking test, it’s important to use some less common idiomatic expressions.

The best place to slip these idioms into your speech is in part 2, because you have 1 minute to prepare. If you are a clever clogs, you will be able to sneak your idioms into your speech naturally. 

When preparing for your exam it’s best to always try to go the extra mile, because there is a lot to learn.

Firstly, you have to learn how to use linking phrases. To be honest, I have to admit these are sometimes tricky to remember. On the other hand, once you have learned them, they can be difficult to forget.

Secondly, you have to learn how to paraphrase, and use synonyms. It’s good to spend time in a thesaurus and arm yourself with lots of alternative words. If you do this you will gain ground. 

Thirdly, in order to avoid feeling lost at sea when you take your exam, make sure you have one or two idioms up your sleeve. You can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but you can teach an English student a new idiom. 

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IELTS Speaking Practice

IELTS preparation

Your Inner Saboteur is STEALING Your Profits (and Maybe Your Life!)

Self-sabotage. Sounds fluffy, right? WRONG. It’s the silent killer of success… and it’s likely rotting your English skills from the inside out.

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Seeing yourself freeze, unable to string two words together.
Worst of all: Imagining the smirks, the laughter, the humiliation… so you just “leave the party” before it even starts.
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The Habits of Highly Effective English Communicators

Your Inner Saboteur is STEALING Your Profits (and Maybe Your Life!)

Mum: Hi remember me?

Dad: Oh yeah, aren’t you wait, aren’t you the mother of my children?

Mum: Yes, how are you doing? Haven’t seen you in a while! 

Dad: Now I’ve put them to bed, I’m great! 

Mum: Today was exhausting!

Dad: Tell me about it. What time were you up?

Mum: About 4:30. I need that early morning time to get myself together and actually do some work before it all goes to hell.

Dad: Every night, I tell myself I’m going to do that, and every morning when the alarm goes off, I tell myself I need just a few more minutes of sleep.

Mum: You’re a night owl, I’m an early bird, it’s just how we are.

Dad: But I want to be an early bird and watch TV at night instead of doing the work I need to do. By the way, thanks for helping me out today. I owe you. Tomorrow, they’re mine.

Mum: It’s fine. Apart from when Justin dropped his yogurt, I think it went pretty well.

Dad: Oh, I don’t think anyone even noticed the screaming child while I was presenting – and if they did, they probably didn’t want to say anything in case they have their own children screaming on call in the future.

Mum: I don’t think I’m convinced about this hybrid working situation. Don’t get me wrong, I love not having to commute every day. With my job, that’s easily two hours of the day I get back. But organizing myself and kids and work?

Dad: Yeah, it’s a challenge. Some days I feel on top of it all, but there are days when I feel like I’m a terrible employee, a terrible father and a terrible husband.

Mum: (with joking intonation) Oh honey, don’t think like that. Trust me, you’re a terrible husband EVERY day, not just some days.

Dad: Just for that, I’m not going to tell you where Becky hid the chocolate Nutella.

Mum: I’ll just go and buy more.

Dad: or the car keys

Mum: Fine. You’re a wonderful husband on most days.

Dad: I’ll be wonderful tomorrow while you’re in your meeting. What are you doing again?

Mum: I’m just leading the meeting, but the CEO is going to be there. 

English Conversation/Dialogue

Mixing Responsibilities

オランダにあるFairphoneという会社はユーザーが自分で修理できるスマホを開発しています。今まではスマホが壊れたら買い換える人が多かったと思います。しかし、自分で壊れたところだけを取り替えることができるようになると、資源の無駄を最低限にすることができます。さらにこの会社のスマホは構造が簡単なので、特別な知識がなくても自分で壊れたパーツを取り替えることができます。
ちなみに最近、アップルも電子機器を修理する知識のあるユーザー向けに交換用のパーツの販売をアメリカで開始すると発表しました。
私はスマホだけでなく他の電子機器も自分で修理できるようになればいいと思います。
みなさんは自分でスマホを修理したいですか？
自分で修理できたらいいのになと思うものはありますか？


修理（しゅうり）する：repair, fix
開発（かいはつ）する：かいはつする　develop
取り替える：とりかえる　replace
資源：しげん　resource
無駄：むだ　waste
最低限（さいていげん）にする：minimize
構造：こうぞう　structure
特別（とくべつ）な知識（ちしき）：special knowledge
電子機器：でんしきき　electronic device
交換用（こうかんよう）のパーツ：　parts for replacement 

Nihongo Short Story by Noriko

修理できるスマホ（Repairable Smartphone）

La vidéo complète avec images, musique et sous titres ici: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7Mww2Dw_Aw

French Stories For All

Deux Weekends de 3 jours pour les Français

In this episode of Streetwise English Podcast, I talk about Grattitude. My teacher profile: https://italki.com/teacher/1947582 Thanks for listening!