Waiting for the Tram (no transcript today)

Teacher Joseph's Podcast

Get to know the teacher and what to expect from this podcast. 

Portuguese Nuggets

Meet the Teacher!

JANE: Hi, Helen! How’s it going?
HELEN: Fine, thanks — and you?
JANE: Just fine. Where are you off to?
HELEN: To the library. I’ve got a history exam next week 
and need to start studying. Ugh.
JANE: Oh, no. Well, I’ll see you later then. Good luck! 
HELEN: Thanks. See you later.


LANGUAGE NOTES
• “Hi” is an informal way of saying “hello.” Notice that the “i” sound in “hi” is extended, to 
show that Jane is very pleased to see Helen.
• “How’s it going?” is an informal way of saying “How are you?”
• “Fine, thanks—and you?” Notice the rising intonation on “and you?” This shows that 
Helen is interested in what Jane has to say.
• “Where are you off to?” is an informal way of saying “Where are you going?” Notice the 
falling intonation since this is an information question, not a “yes/no” question.
• “To the library.” Notice that Helen does not say “I’m going” here because that 
information was already established in the question “Where are you off to?”
• “Oh, no” is a way of saying “I sympathize with you” or “I understand you are not happy.”
• “See you later” is an informal way of saying “goodbye.”

English Conversation practice (30-day challenge)

Day2 : Informal Greeting in English

Konnichiwa! Welcome to Slow Japanese! Do you like traveling? What is your best memory of it?

Usage of Slow Japanese:
STEP 1. Listen to the episode without seeing scripts.
STEP 2. Go to mochifika.com/podcast/ and check "Key vocabularies of this episode", listen again to the episode while seeing the list.
STEP 3. Check the whole script, it'll fill the gap in your understanding.

Scripts and key vocabularies of this episode are here:
https://mochifika.com/podcast-script/slow-japanese-episode-10-my-best-trip/

Slow Japanese

Episode #10 - Memory of my best trip

Intercultural communication. It sounds normal, right? But the relationship between culture and communication is a bit unclear for some. What was first? The egg or the chicken? The culture or the communication?

The Age of Humans

Episode 2: Culture and Communication - Independent or Interdependent

Olá pessoal, tudo bem com vocês? No episódio de hoje vamos falar algumas palavras que não tem tradução direta em inglês e em várias outras línguas. Espero que vocês gostem! Assinem nosso podcast!

Português com Thiago

Palavras em Português que não existem em outras línguas!

Today we're talking about an idiom that you can use when something has advantages and disadvantages. I hope you find it useful!

DAILY Business English VOCABULARY builder

We're going back in time a few hundred years in today's podcast!

Odyssea receives an interesting offer from Queen Alcina.

Transcript: https://saracasalino-books.weebly.com/blog/the-adventures-of-odyssea-ch-5-nausico

Learn English with Stories

The Adventures of Odyssea: Ch 5.2 - Nausico

Letting Go: How pain transforms into power 