Did you like the film? Was it good?
-- Umm, it wasn't bad. 
Why do you always have to do that? Can't you just say good or bad?
-- Indeed I cannot. 

In this episode, we will take a look at the difference between 'it was good' and 'it wasn't bad.' And how we can use it in daily speech to Express a Nuance.

All Things English

Confusing Structures in the English Language - Using Opposites

Devemos ou não usar a Inteligência Artificial para aprender línguas?

Praia e Dolce Vita

Inteligência Artificial e Línguas Estrangeiras

他专心地看着，随后又说：“我不要，这只羊已经病得很重了。给我重新画一只。”
He looked at it carefully, then he said:“No. This sheep is already very sickly. Make me another.”

我又画了起来。
So I made another drawing.
我的这位朋友天真可爱地笑了，并且客气地拒绝道：
My friend smiled gently and indulgently.

你看，你画的不是小羊，是头公羊，还有犄角呢。
“You see yourself,” he said, “that this is not a sheep. This is a ram. It has horns.”
于是我又重新画了一张。
So then I did my drawing over once more.

这副画同前几副一样又被拒绝了。
But it was rejected too, just like the others.
这一只太老了。我想要一只能活得很长的羊。
This one is too old. I want a sheep that will live a long time.

我不耐烦了。因为我急于要检修发动机，
By this time my patience was exhausted, because I was in a hurry to start taking my engine apart.
于是就草草画了这张画，并且匆匆地对他说道：
So I tossed off this drawing. And I threw out an explanation with it.
这是一只箱子，你要的羊就在里面。
This is only his box. The sheep you asked for is inside.


这时我十分惊奇地看到我的这位小评判员喜笑颜开。他说：
I was very surprised to see a light break over the face of my young judge:


这正是我想要的，你说这只羊需要很多草吗？
That is exactly the way I wanted it! Do you think that this sheep will have to have a great deal of grass?
为什么问这个呢？
Why?
因为我那里地方非常小
Because where I live everything is very small.
我给你画的是一只很小的小羊，地方小也够喂养它的。
“There will surely be enough grass for him,” I said. “It is a very small sheep that I have given you.”
他把脑袋靠近这张画。“并不像你说的那么小。瞧！它睡着了”
He bent his head over the drawing:“Not so small that– Look! He has gone to sleep.


就这样，我认识了小王子。
And that is how I made the acquaintance of the little prince.

小王子-The Little Prince-Read in Chinese

小王子第五章：结识小王子

En este episodio te cuento algunas cosas generales de la literatura de Mariana Enriquez. 

Porteña

Mariana Enriquez, mi escritora contemporánea favorita

<Basic KOREAN TOPIK VOCA>
#1 가격/값, 가요/노래, 간식

Hello everyone, welcome to my podcast! I'm Jian, your Korean teacher. 
I'll gonna upload Korean vocabularies for TOPIK with more useful examples and explains in native speaker's speed.

오늘의 단어와 예문
Today's vocabularies and examples

가격/값
이 옷을 싼 가격에 샀어요.
치킨값이 작년보다 많이 올랐어요.
가격이 얼마예요?

가요/노래
저는 한국 가요를 자주 들어요.
저는 블랙핑크 노래를 자주 들어요.
저는 노래를 잘 불러요.

간식
저는 간식을 아주 좋아해요.
오늘 간식으로 치즈 케이크를 먹었어요.

If you found my podcast useful and liked, please leave a message on iTalki.
I will also share a link to my Telegram channel. You can send me a message anytime.
Your comments will be a great support for me =)

Of course, pls book a lesson if you wanna study more with me!

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그럼, 여러분 응원할게요! 한국어 공부 열심히 하세요~
다음에 봐요. 안녕~i

KOREAN TOPIK VOCABULALY LISTENING : BASIC 

Basic KOREAN TOPIK VOCA #1 가격/값, 가요/노래, 간식

Tune into the latest Express to Impress Podcast episode to grow your English vocabulary. You’ll learn 10 common phrases in English like "Short and Sweet."

This episode is a follow-up to the two previous episodes, including Will Networking Get Me a job? Strategic Networking With Lucy Samuels and Networking Tips From a Communication & Career Branding Expert. Learning to recognize and use phrases and idioms in English will allow you to communicate better with native English speakers. You won’t feel confused when you hear the phrases and idioms and will keep up with the conversation. 

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Read the transcript at https://www.express-to-impress.com/common-phrases-in-english/

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The shadowing technique
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Episode originally published October 20, 2021

Original theme music by Lucas Knutter

Express to Impress

Short and Sweet and Other Common Phrases in English

Tervetuloa!
Welcome!

In this first episode I introduce myself and talk about the podcast. All episodes are spoken in Finnish only and are made for beginner level students. 

If you struggle to understand what it said, feel free to contact me and I'll send you an audio script for the episode.

Kuullaan pian! = a Finnish proverb which means "we'll hear from each other soon"

Jenni's Finnish Lessons

Episode 1: Tervetuloa!

El taco en México es uno de los platillos emblema a nivel internacional, por la gran variedad que tienen; desde tamaño, si son suaves o duros, hasta el contenido que lleva el taco. Desde un ingrediente hasta todo un platillo completo en un solo taco, los puedes encontrar desde un puesto en la calle hasta restaurantes gourmet.

Es considerado la comida rápida en México, pero con un excelente valor nutritivo. Puede ser un taco que tiene carne, verduras o frutas; o solo vegetales, puede ir desde carne al vapor o bien algún producto frito.

Usualmente la tortilla puede ser de varios ingredientes desde harina de trigo o nopal, o la tradicional harina de maíz.

La tortilla es consumida desde la época Precolombina y se prepara con un proceso de nixtamalización (maíz, agua y cal); después pasa por el metate para hacer la masa, y de ahí toma la forma de la tortilla.

Sin embargo, el taco hizo que, durante la época de la conquista, existiera la primera taquiza o el acto de comer en un colectivo tacos; iniciado por Hernán Cortes en Coyoacán.

Los primeros tacos eran de mole, guajolote y hasta de xoloitzcuintle (raza de perro). Antes de llegar a un estatus de comida gourmet, gracias a la nueva cocina mexicana, era considerada comida para la clase trabajadora.

El taco se puede dividir en 2 categorías, por tipo de carne o relleno y el otro por tipo de preparación.

Un mexicano te dirá que el éxito de un taco, más allá de la tortilla o el relleno, será la salsa. Este es uno de los ingredientes indispensables: desde una salsa roja (jitomate), salsa verde (tomate), guacamole (aguacate y chile serrano), pico de gallo (jitomate, cebolla y chile verde).



Spanish México

LOS TACOS 2

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D0DDTVLAhyFZeXGa0qhpCjZ5Kz3N3n7M/view?usp=drivesdk