DISCLAIMER: We are not professional historians. We understand that many of the historical "facts" discussed in this episode are debatable. This is a language learning podcast that uses conversation as a learning tool. It's very possible that we got some facts wrong, or didn't deeply explore all sides of each discussion topic.


Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

WHY Putonghua??

Have you been promoted at work for your great ideas? 

While we all have good ideas, sadly, most of them never see the light of day. People keep their ideas to themselves for many reasons. Perhaps they don’t like speaking up in meetings or feel overburdened by work and don’t want to invite more work. Maybe they’ve brought up ideas at work before, and others didn’t seem interested or even discouraged them. After all, most people don’t recognize the potential of an idea at first.

But of course, we all benefit from good ideas. In the workplace, they can lead to the creation of entirely new products and services, an easier way to do something, time saved, or countless other benefits.

Tune in to this episode of the Express to Impress podcast to find out how to present ideas successfully.  You’ll advance your career in no time! 

Episode originally published January 22, 2021.

Express to Impress

How to Present Ideas Successfully

Video Podcast~♬
えいごの　べんきょうをしているとき、ちょっと　わからないことが　ありました。
スーザン・ブラウンさんという　おんなのこの　いえの　ことです。

みなさんは、このはなし、どうおもいますか。
おしえてください！

📖きょうの　おはなし
「どうして？スーザンは BOXROOMで・・・」
１））えいごのテキスト　　0:00
２））スーザン・ブラウン　0:24
３））BOX ROOM　　　　  1:00
４））Ripostiglio               　1:56
５））ものおき　                   2:35


🦔🍎　ちょっと　むずかしい　ことば・ぶん　🍅🦔
It is useful to copy and paste words you don't understand into the translation‼
Microsoft Translator / Google Translator: You can also check the reading of kanji‼‼

１））えいごのテキスト　0:00
・夫が中学生の時の英語のテキスト
・この本で英語を勉強するのが大好きだ
・ロールプレイ

２））スーザン・ブラウン　0:24
・例えば
・庭があります
・リビングにソファーやテレビセットがある

３））BOX ROOM　1:00
・質問が１から１２まである
・英語とイタリア語の辞書

４））Ripostiglio　1:56
・小さくてちょっと汚い窓
・青いビニール袋
・プラスチックのゴミ
・紙のゴミ
・瓶のゴミ
・モップ
・ほうき
・右側に洗濯機も見える
・本当ですか！？
・信じられない
・日本語の辞書も見てみる

５））ものおき　2:35
・日本語の辞書
・物置
・間違いない
・英語の英語の辞書

VERY VERY EASY Native JAPANESE!!

Japanese! わたしの いろいろな はなし

どうして？スーザンは BOXROOMで・・・

Hi! I'm Young-Ssam! 
"안녕하세요!", "안녕!" 어떤 게 맞을까요? Which one is correct?
Hi! I'm Young-Ssam! Today we're going to learn how to great someone in korean! It's in both Korean and English. Let's go listen right now!:) Now, practice!

I'll speak first and you speak later. Please answer within 5 seconds. Then, follow along with me! Where it says "um um um", insert your name and speak! 

<A1-A2>*이제 시작! Now start!*

안녕, 안녕하세요(Greetings-Polite&Casual)

My catchphrase, "Peace On... Or Peace Off" explained.
The origin of the peace sign and the Up Yours gesture.

The Social Evolutionary

What's Up With the Two Fingers?

『日本語能力試験」対策＿日本語総まとめN3（語彙）』アスク出版 テキストを読んでいきます。 １回に1日ずつ読んでいきます。 今日は、第４週5日です。


N3合格

N3　語彙　第４週5日

Covered with pins and adornments, Vivianne Robinson is hard to miss in the streets of Paris.

The Olympics superfan has attended seven Summer Games over 40 years. But this trip to Paris came at a cost of $10,000.

Robinson, 66 and from Los Angeles, maxed out her credit cards and worked two jobs to afford the trip and the 38 event tickets she bought. And she has to work two more years to make up the money she spent.

"It was hard to save up and it's a big budget, but it's a thousand times worth it," she says.

Robinson's fascination with the Olympics started when her mother worked as a translator for athletes during the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Her mother would come home after work with pins from athletes that she gave to her daughter.

Her hobby of collecting pins led her to Atlanta 1996, where she made rice necklaces for athletes in exchange for their pins.

"I got all the pins and I got to meet all the athletes. And in those days, it wasn't high security like now," she said. "Now you can't even get near the athletes' village."

From there: Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, London 2012 and Rio 2016. She got a visa for Beijing 2008, but couldn't afford the trip. It was similar for Tokyo: she bought tickets, but got refunded as COVID-19 soared and the Games were held without spectators.

Robinson's outfits started simply but have become more complex over time. She spent a year working on her Paris outfit, which has hundreds of adornments. People often stop her in the street, asking for a photo.

As soon as these Olympics end, she will start working on the next Summer Games — which will be in her hometown in Los Angeles.

"I'm going to do it forever," she said. "I'm going to save all my money and just concentrate on Olympics."

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

'Worth It': Olympics Superfan Spent $10,000 to Get to Paris

📚 El subjuntivo a veces parece difícil,
pero aquí lo vas a entender, usar y hasta amar 🥰

🎤 Este episodio tiene:

📖 Historias reales y graciosas
🧠 Frases útiles en contexto
🎯 Actividades para hablar en voz alta
💬 Muchas expresiones como:
"Ojalá que…", "Dudo que…", "Quiero que…"

 Verbos que usamos 

📓En la oficina: 

Entregues (Quiero que me entregues…)
Revises (Es necesario que revises…)
Olvides (Espero que no olvides…)
Uses (Prefiero que no uses…)
Funcione (Dudo que el WiFi funcione…)
Cubras (Quiero que tú me cubras…)

🤯 Pensamientos personales:

Hable (Espero que nadie me hable…)
Pase (Deseo que el día pase…)

🧳 Vacaciones imposibles:

Llueva (Ojalá que no llueva…)
Tenga (Espero que el hotel tenga…)
Se cancele (Dudo que el vuelo se cancele…)
Salga (Quiero que todo salga…)
Mejore (No creo que el clima mejore…)
Estemos (Me alegra que estemos juntos.)
Podamos (Es bueno que podamos reírnos…)
Sea (Deseo que el próximo viaje sea mejor.)

B1-B2 Spanish with Mary 

El Subjuntivo: Historias para no olvidarlo jamás🤩

Halo semua! Bagaimana akhir minggu kalian? Baik? 
Akhir-akhir ini pekerjaan saya sangat banyak dan harus selesai sebelum tenggat waktu (締切・deadline). Jadi hampir setiap malam saya begadang. “Begadang” di Bahasa Jepang artinya 遅くまで起きている, di Bahasa Inggris artinya “stay up late”. Ya, saya tahu ini tidak baik untuk kesehatan. Dan karena sering begadang, setiap hari saya minum kopi lebih dari 4 cangkir, juga menjadi lapar di malam hari. Aduh! Saya harus mulai diet lagi! Kalian juga jangan sering begadang ya, selamat beraktifitas! Sampai jumpa di podcast berikutnya! 
