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I introduce my brother, Bryce, and we discuss our experiences learning to play guitar as teenagers.
We share some advice for beginners and also talk about our memories.

If you've ever been curious about what it takes to start playing guitar and you want to learn some relevant vocabulary, this episode may be for you!

This is just Part One of our conversation. I'll be posting Part Two next week.

***For English learners! – Detailed vocabulary lesson begins at 23:14***

***Full episode transcript available ⁠here: https://american-idiom.com/f/008-why-does-everyone-learn-the-same-first-song-on-guitar⁠***

Episode Outline:

Bryce introduces himself (Starts at 1:20)
How Bryce started playing guitar (Starts at 1:58)
Taste in music (Starts at 3:12)
The first songs we learned (Starts at 3:39)
Our recommendations for a good 'first song' (Starts at 6:46)
Playing electric guitar vs. acoustic guitar (Starts at 10:00)
How to avoid annoying your neighbors (Starts at 12:50)
What it's like playing in a rock band (Starts at 13:38)
Our memories of being in a band together (Starts at 14:56)
The most difficult part of playing in a band (Starts at 16:25)
Our connection to Greta Van Fleet (Starts at 20:41)

Vocabulary and examples (Starts at 23:14)

get away with something (used at 5:11 and explained at 23:20)
take one for the team (used at 14:20 and explained at 25:18)
be on the same page (used at 18:18 and explained at 27:27)

Brentoni's English Podcast

008 Why Does Everyone Learn the Same First Song on Guitar?

Some Japanese words are not completely translatable into English, and the word 「よろしく」is one of them. Listen to learn how we use this commonly used word in Japan so you can get one step closer to being fluent in Japanese.

Two Wise Monkeys Japanese Podcast

Ep.1 「よろしく」/ Student Life in Japan

Osaatko suomen kieliopin ulkoa? Ymmärrät suomea ja osaat jopa kirjoittaa, mutta et uskalla avata suutasi? Tässä podcastin jaksossa puhun kielen puhumiseen liittyvästä jännityksestä, miten itse olen aloittanut vieraan kielen puhumisen (ihan nollasta!) ja mitä vinkkejä voin antaa juuri sinulle! 

On normaalia jännittää puhumista ja erilaisia puhumistilanteita. Usein monella opiskelijalla on taustalla suomenkielen opintoja ja ymmärtää kieltä, mutta ei kumminkaan voi puhua kieltä omassa maassa tai Suomessa. En ota henkilökohtaisesti kielen vaihtamista englantiin, koska seuraavalla kerralla yritän puhua enemmän.

Sanalista:
törmätä
jännittää
takaperin
Venäjän mittapuulla
alusta lähtien jouduin käyttämään
oli pakko itse puhua
kokemus
ilmaista itseään
pelottaa puhua tuntemattomalle
jännittää lausuminen
jatkaa - sitkeästi jatkoin (sitkeä + sti)
korostus, aksentti
kenellä saa olla aksentti puheessa


Easy suomi Anna-Marian kanssa

Easy suomi: 13. jakso En uskalla puhua suomea!

こんにちは、あかりです。今日(きょう)のテーマは「新(あたら)しい学(まな)び」です。

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

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Slow Japanese

Episode #47 - New learning

Please check the Quiz Set I have just posted on italki and see how many T-F-NG you get right.

IELTS Insights📚📝

IELTS Reading Practice (T-F-NG)

Learn to use the most common Spanish vocabulary and expressions relating to cities. Best for beginner and elementary students!

Super Basic Spanish

Basic Spanish: La ciudad (the city)

Narrator: Queen Elizabeth the First was born in 1533. Her father, King Henry the Eighth, was disappointed that his second wife Anne Boleyn had not produced a son and he had Anne’s head cut off when Elizabeth was only two years old. Elizabeth received the same education that a son would have and studied classical and modern languages, history and religion.

Narrator: When Henry died in 1547, Elizabeth’s younger brother Edward briefly became king, but on his death in 1553, her older sister Mary took over. Mary was a Catholic and wanted to bring England back into the Catholic faith after her father had broken with the Catholic Church and the Pope in Rome. She tried to achieve this by force and had 300 Protestants burnt at the stake. When “Bloody Mary” died childless in 1558, Elizabeth became queen.

Narrator: The first challenge Elizabeth faced was to bring the country together after the religious conflicts it had experienced during Mary’s rule. The Church of England that she set up occupied a middle ground between the Catholic and Protestant faiths and allowed some freedom in people’s personal beliefs as long as they attended church regularly. This saved England from further violence, although there were constant threats from both sides.

Narrator: Elizabeth was very skilled at presenting an image. She had many pictures of herself painted wearing expensive clothes and jewelry as well as makeup to make her face look pale, sometimes showing herself as a goddess or other figure from classical myths. She traveled around the country regularly on horseback so she could see and be seen by her people, who were very loyal to her.

Narrator: Elizabeth never married. Many men both at home and abroad wanted to marry her, but she played them off against each other. This meant she could avoid taking sides in various domestic and foreign political and religious conflicts, but it also meant that when she died, there would be no clear heir. She saw herself as married to the country...