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Marcus’s Adventure: A New City and Old Friends

Do you have problems with prepositions in Spanish? Do you usually confuse "a" with "en"? Or do you add prepositions where you don't need to? Welll, don't worry,. In this episode we will talk about the most common mistakes with prepositions in Spanish so you can identify and work through them. Are you ready?

Your Spanish Journey

Prepositions in Spanish- What are the most common mistakes?

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

🎙️ Get ready for a festive episode of our podcast as we dive into the vibrant celebration of Saint Patrick's Day! 🍀✨

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tā bǐ wǒ ɡènɡ huì yóu yǒnɡ 。 
他 比 我 更   会  游  泳   。 He can swim better than I can.

tā xiàn zài ɡènɡ bù xiǎnɡ huí jiā le 。 
她 现   在  更   不 想    回  家  了 。 She doesn't want to go home anymore.

dà wèi de hàn yǔ zuì hǎo 。 
大 卫  的 汉  语 最  好  。 David's Chinese is the best.

wǒ zuì xǐ huɑn chī mǐ fàn 。 
我 最  喜 欢   吃  米 饭  。 I like rice best.

tā de yǎn jinɡ zuì piào liɑnɡ 。 
她 的 眼  睛   最  漂   亮    。 She has the most beautiful eyes.

JOJO CHINESE

更ɡènɡ&最zuì

Think you’ve mastered English? Let’s put it to the ultimate test! 🛑 In this episode, we are conquering the infamous "OUGH" dilemma once and for all. 🎯 Not only will you learn how to pronounce every single variation perfectly, but we’ll also give you the ultimate insider tricks to master them in daily conversation. 🗣️ Plus, we’re taking a fascinating trip back in time to uncover the wild history and origins of how English spelling became this beautifully chaotic. 📜 Ready to speak like a pro? Hit play! 🎧✨

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今天，我们不仅聊了一个非常有趣的话题 - 身体语言，还学习了和身体动作有关的词，以及对比了中美身体语言的不同。一起来看看吧！


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身体语言 Body Language

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Lots of Kittens!

Narrator: Malala Yousafzai was born in 1997 in the Swat Valley in northern Pakistan. Her father was a social activist and educator, and he named his daughter after a female hero who led the Afghan people to victory in an 1880 battle against the British.

Narrator: Malala attended the girls’ school that her father had founded, but when the Swat Valley came under the control of the Taliban in 2007, the family, including her two younger brothers, had to leave. The Taliban is a political and religious group that follows a strict form of Islam. They do not believe that girls should attend a school or that women should play an active part in society. Upon the family’s return in 2008, Malala gave her first public speech, called “How dare the Taliban to take away my basic right to an education?” As the Taliban continued with their violent campaign of closing and destroying girls’ schools, Malala started to blog for the BBC under a different name. During the next few years, she made two documentaries with a US filmmaker about the local situation and met with United Nations workers. Her activism attracted global attention, including a nomination from South African archbishop Desmond Tutu for the International Children’s Peace Prize.

Narrator: On the ninth of October 2012, Malala was traveling home from school when a Taliban gunman got onto her bus and asked, “Who is Malala?” She was shot in the head and had to be transferred to the UK for medical care. She and her family stayed in that country with relatives, and she continued her studies thereafter she got better. She did not visit Pakistan again until 2018.

Narrator: The Taliban’s violent actions led to a new international focus on and action for girls’ educational rights, and Malala’s work was right at the heart of these efforts. In 2013, on her sixteenth birthday, she gave a speech at the United Nations in New York. She was also named one of Time magazine’s most influential people of the year and published her life...