Simple stories with questions to improve your listening skills.

AnnaTeachesRussian_beginner edition

Ini cerita tentang papa dan mama belanja.

Cerita Pendek Indonesia (A1-A2)

03 Beli Barang

En este episodio especial de No Hay Tos hablamos sobre las diferentes formas de traducir el verbo "to keep" al español mexicano.

No Hay Tos

Cómo Traducir "To Keep" al Español

Script

おはようございます。日本語だんだんポットキャストのゆかりです。

私はいま日本ではなく、他(ほか)の国(くに)にいます。

日本とは、ちがうところがたくさんあって、とてもおもしろいです。

自分の国とちがうことって、
おもしろいときもありますが、
ちょっとつかれることも、ありますよね。

水を買う
かぎをしめる
ヒーターをつける

私にとって、日本では、
とてもかんたんなことでも、
はじめての国だと、むずかしいです。

私はいま、ドアのかぎをしめることに、
とても時間(じかん)がかかります。

日本のかぎとは全然(ぜんぜん)ちがいます。

むずかしいです。

でも、それもたのしいと思(おも)います。

なれるまでが、たいへんですね。

あなたが、日本にきたとき、
つかれたこと、むずかしいことはありましたか？
どんなことでしたか？

では、今日も最後まで聞いてくれて、だんだんです。

また明日！
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Today's Keywords

□他の国(ほかのくに)
Other countries

□なれる
get used to 

Japaneseだんだんpodcast

27. なれるまでが、たいへんです。/Japaneseだんだんpodcast

Hello again, in this episode I talk about a problem some of my students had recently. They were taking OET and kept getting low listening scores, hear my strategy to combat this...



Kev's English Podcast

 Kev's English Podcast: Episode 14: How to improve your listening skills for exams..

We are continuing with the topic of persuasion, this time in the context of giving advice. We will be looking at some examples of phrasal verbs as well as persuasive expressions to help you give the best advice and recommendations. To assist us with this topic, Miss Finesstocrat will be hosting her very own radio programme as an agony aunt, doing her best to solve her listeners' problems.

ENGLISH IN A TEACUP

EP3: THE ART OF PERSUASION PART 2

Good day, Students, today we are going to learn an example of conjugation tense in this short phrase in Spanish.
[First, we are going to hear this Example of the paragraph in Spanish]
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Esta es la historia de Annie, Ella es una niña con ojos azules, cabello largo y dulce sonrisa. Ella estudia en una hermosa escuela con sus amigas. 
Ella tiene muchas amigas en la escuela y los profesores son muy buenos con ella. En la escuela son buenos con ella porque ella es muy especial. 
Los muchachos siempre quieren regalarle rosas y chocolates a ella y todos la admiran 
Sus padres trabajan todo el día y la abuela cuida la casa. La madre tiene una tienda de caramelos cerca de la escuela y su padre trabaja en una famosa empresa de video juegos.
Su casa es la más bonita del vecindario y tiene un hermoso jardín con un gran árbol de manzana. 
En vacaciones, ellos visitan muchos lugares interesantes del país y a veces compran recuerdos del viaje. También ellos traen regalos a los vecinos y familia. 
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 [And now it´s time to hear the English version] 
This is the story of Annie. She is a little girl with blue eyes, long hair and a sweet smile. She studies at a beautiful school with her friends.
She has many friends at school and the teachers are very good to her. At school they are good to her because she is very special.
The boys always want to give her roses and chocolates and everyone admires her.
Her parents work all day and the grandmother takes care of the house. The mother has a candy store near the school and her father works at a famous video game company.
Their house is the prettiest in the neighborhood and has a beautiful garden with a big apple tree.
On vacation, they visit many interesting places in the country and sometimes buy souvenirs from the trip. They also bring gifts to the neighbors and family. 

Podcast Learn Spanish

LISTENING AND COMPREHENSION OF SPANISH PARAGRAPH 

From this episode, we are going to learn how to read time.

Q: 请问，现在几点？(Excuse me, what time is it now?)
   qǐng wèn , xiàn zài jǐ diǎn ? 
   几点了？
   jǐ diǎn le ?
A: 现在五点。(It is 5 o’clock.)
    xiàn zài wǔ diǎn .
     
早上zǎo shanɡ/上午 shàng wǔ（morning）
中午zhōng wǔ （noon）
下午xià wǔ （afternoon） 
晚上wǎn shang （night,evening）
半夜bàn yè （midnight）

6:00AM 早上六点zǎo shang liù diǎn 
12:00PM 中午十二点zhōng wǔ shí èr diǎn
3:00PM 下午三点xià wǔ sān diǎn
9:00PM 晚上九点wǎn shang jiǔ diǎn
1:00AM 半夜一点bàn yè yì diǎn

The questions from the beginning of this episode:
1.你叫什么名字？
2.你是哪国人？
3.你会说什么语言？
4.你喜欢做什么？
5.今天星期几？
6.今天几号？


Daily Conversation（日常对话）

5. Reading Time（读时间）part1

Many of us have a preferred way of dealing with conflict. However, the way you respond to conflict should depend on the situation. So, take time to consider the situation and decide on the best way of dealing with that conflict. 

Giving in:
You’re probably right.
I’m happy to do it your way.

Avoiding:
I’d prefer not to talk about this now.
I’ll leave it to you to decide.

Forcing:
Let me tell you how this made me feel.
This is what I think we should do…

Compromising:
If I (do this) can you (do this)?
I’m happy to agree on (this) if you can (do that).

Working together:
I’d like to hear your side of things.
What do you think is the best way forward?

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