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SHORT ITALIAN LESSONS - Slow Italian

Storie di un'italiana che si è appena trasferita in un altro Paese: vita quotidiana, progressi, insuccessi, riflessioni sulle differenze culturali e sull' apprendimento delle lingue straniere

Vita da expat: mi sono trasferita in Bahrain!

English is a broad and beautiful language which is always evolving. Over time, people assign different meanings to the same word or they create new words which can be known as slang. Slang is informal and used in speech rather than writing. Here, I have put together some words you might hear when speaking with native British English speakers.

Engine English

TOP 10 British Slang Words You Must Know! 

Halo! Bagaimana akhir minggu kalian? Saya harap semua baik ya! 
Saya punya cerita tentang kamera saya. Saya sudah punya kamera itu dari 5 tahun lalu. Fungsi dan hasil fotonya juga bagus. Tapi, tiba-tiba hari Sabtu lalu, waktu saya memakainya, kamera itu tidak bisa berfungsi! Jadi, saya memutuskan pergi ke toko reparasi kamera untuk coba mereparasinya. Saya kaget, biaya reparasi kamera itu sangat mahal! Biayanya hampir sama dengan biaya membeli kamera baru. 

Lalu, saya bertanya apakah bisa tukar tambah kamera saya dengan kamera baru. “Tukar tambah” di Bahasa Inggris artinya “trade in”, dan di Bahasa Jepang artinya “下取り”. Ya, akhirnya saya bisa menukar kamera saya, dan menambah uang untuk mendapat kamera baru. Saya senang!

Apakah kalian pernah melakukan tukar tambah? Tukar tambah HP lama dengan HP baru? Tukar tambah mobil lama dengan mobil baru? Tapi, jangan tukar tambah pacar lama dengan pacar baru loh! Hahaha…. Ok, hari ini sampai di sini ya. Sampai jumpa lagi! 



Akhir minggu

Tukar tambah

Today we're looking at some interesting, higher level vocabulary that we can use when there are too many things trying to get our attention or take up our time. I hope you find them useful!

DAILY Business English VOCABULARY builder

Hide! We're being bombarded! 

In this episode I have a talk with Jania Alvarez, Italki tutor from Mexico, about Jergas colombianas.

Colombia

Talking to jania about Jergas Colombianas

对不起！duì bu qǐ ！I‘m sorry!
请原谅。qǐng yuán liàng. Please forgive me.
真不好意思。zhēn bùhǎo yìsi. I'm really sorry.
我不是故意的。wǒ bù shì gùyì de. I didn't mean it.
打扰了。dǎ rǎo le. I'm sorry to trouble you.
对不起，失陪了。duì bù qǐ,shī péi le. Sorry, but I have to go now.
真抱歉，我来晚了！zhēn bào qiàn,wǒ lái wǎn le ！Sorry,I'm late!
没关系。méi guānxi. It's alright.
不要紧。bù yàojǐn. It's ok.
别介意。bié jièyì. Never mind please.
没事儿。méi shìr. It's nothing.
算了。suàn le. Forget it.
这不是你的错。zhè bùshì nǐde cuò. It's not your fault.


Say It Now! 想说就说[xiǎng shuō jiù shuō]

4. 道歉[dào qiàn]～Apologies

Today we're talking about the French word, nonchalant, and how we use it in English. I hope you find today's podcast useful!

I don't really care.

Hawaii's regular sunshine, short rain showers and clean air come together to create some of the planet's best conditions for viewing rainbows. Rainbows are seen so often here that a University of Hawaii professor calls the state the "rainbow capital of the world."

"Hawaii has maybe the best rainbows on the planet," said Steven Businger, professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

He has even created an app called RainbowChase to help people find rainbows in Hawaii.

Rainbows form when drops of rain refract sunlight into a spectrum of colors. The brighter the sun, the clearer the rainbow.

Hawaii's winds bring many small showers with enough blue sky between them for the sun to shine through. Conditions are best during the rainy season from October through April.

Visitors should look for rainbows when it's both sunny and raining at the same time. Rainbows will appear opposite the sun. They will seem larger and higher in the sky in the early morning and late afternoon, when the sun is lower on the horizon.

Rainbows are popular symbols of island life. Pictures of them can be seen on buildings and buses, and even on vehicle license plates.

"They cause us to stand still and for a moment, forget about the past and the future," Businger said.

There are about 20 names for rainbows in the Hawaiian language, including different words for different types of rainbows.

Sam 'Ohu Gon III, senior scientist and cultural adviser at The Nature Conservancy in Hawaii, said rainbows are considered a symbol of Kāne, one of the four main gods in Hawaiian tradition. The closer you get to a rainbow, the more likely you are to meet a supernatural force or a powerful person, he said.

A rainbow is also believed to show that an aumakua — a deified family member or family god — is nearby.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Why Hawaii Is the 'Rainbow Capital of the World'

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
〈#117〉9月19日月曜日　天気/くもり　気温/22℃ 

江別市/えべつし
酪農学園大学/らくのうがくえんだいがく
・9月20日〜26日は動物愛護週間
・酪農学園大学で、動物と触れあうイベントがあった。
・獣医師がペットのマッサージの方法を教えた

［単語］
動物愛護週間/どうぶつあいごしゅうかん…動物にやさしくしたり、動物について勉強する一週間。
触れあう/ふれあう…さわる、さわられる。
イベント/いべんと…人が集まって、遊んだり楽しんだりすること。
獣医師/じゅういし…動物のお医者さん
マッサージ/まっさーじ…体を軽く押したり、さわったりすること。

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