Students regularly ask me, "How do I know what comes after a verb?" If a verb takes another verb as a complement, it is usually either a full infinitive or a gerund (e.g., "to do" or "doing").  Bare infinitives (e.g., "do") can only be complements for a small number of verbs, but these verbs are very common.  In this article, I take a look at some verbs that take bare infinitives as complements.  

To access the full text of this podcast, please go to https://www.difficultenglishexplained.com/what-comes-after-verb-2/.

Be sure that you read the first post in this series!  You can find it at: https://www.difficultenglishexplained.com/what-comes-after-a-verb-to-do-do-or-doing-part-1/

Difficult English Explained

What comes after a verb? "To do", "do," or "doing"? (Part 2)

For today’s lesson, we will learn more about “time”.

零líng (zero)
分fēn (minute)
半bàn（half）
刻kè（quarter）
差chà （lack）
两liǎng（two， 两+measure word）
1.	6:05  六点零五分liù diǎn líng wǔ fēn
2.	8:12  八点十二分bā diǎn shí èr fēn
3.	7:30  七点半qī diǎn bàn
4.	5:15  五点一刻wǔ diǎn yí kè
5.	11:55 差五分十二点chà wǔ fēn shí èr diǎn
6.	2:00  两点liǎng diǎn

Practice:
3:00    12:06    7:30   4:35am   2:45pm   6:56pm


Daily Conversation（日常对话）

6. Reading Time（读时间）part2

*This episode is about "Qeshm" an Island  in the the Persian Gulf

**Book Podcast lesson to discuss the topic and access the texts

Persian Podcasts / پادکست فارسی 

جزیره قشم (1)


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。

私はいまトルコにいます。

海のちかくに、住(す)んでいます。

とてもきれいなところです。

橋(はし)の上(うえ)では、

たくさんの人が釣(つ)りをしています。

"釣りをする"というと、

魚(さかな)つりのことです。

私は小さいころに、
父と弟と、よく魚つりに行きました。

長い時間(じかん)、まつことは、
あまり好きじゃありませんでした。

でも、魚がつれて、
家で食べることは、大好(だいす)きでした。

みなさんは、さかなつりをしたことはありますか？

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

□魚釣り(さかなつり)
fishing

□釣りをする(つりをする)
go fishing


Japaneseだんだんpodcast

34. 釣(つ)りをする/Japaneseだんだんpodcast

Kavi moves into Amana’s home to work as a translator of rare books. Soon he hears frightening rumors about Amana. After finding a tombstone in the yard, he wonders if the rumors are true: that Amana is a vampire. Will he be the next victim?

Transcript: https://saracasalino-books.weebly.com/blog/the-scholar-and-the-vampire-chapter-1

Learn English with Stories

The Scholar and the Vampire- Chapter 1

过生日的时候我们会怎么庆祝呢？

中文故事

过生日

Уживајте у овој краткој причи / Uživajte u ovoj kratkoj priči! / Enjoy in this short story! After listening to the story try to answer these questions in the comments below:
1) Како се зову прва, друга и трећа свећа?
2) Које свеће су се угасиле?
3) Која свећа је остала да гори?
Срећно учење! / Srećno učenje!



SERBIAN TO GO

Четири свеће – Četiri sveće (A short story for B1 level)

Two corvesations: 

1- Planes de fin de semana

2- La feria estatal

This podcast is to improve your listening and vocabulary

Learn Spanish Conversation

Learn Spanish Conversation parte 24

Some people love to brag. They might brag about where they live, the money they make or how great they are at sports.

In fact, some people even brag about how busy or stressed they are.

And it's becoming quite common.

It's called "busy bragging" or "stress bragging" — and people find it just as annoying as any other bragging.

You may have heard it at your workplace, when people tell everyone about how much work they have to do, or say things like: "You have no idea of the stress I'm under."

They might be doing this to show others that they're important or working hard.

However, a study from the US found that the colleagues of stress braggers find those people less likable and less competent because of their bragging.

And colleagues were found to be less likely to help stress braggers.

The study also found that colleagues may even begin to feel stress themselves because of the effect of people stress bragging.

Study author Jessica Rodell said: "People are harming themselves by doing this thing they think is going to make them look better to their colleagues."

However, Rodell said sharing workplace stress with others is not a bad thing to do: it's only when people brag about their stress that it causes negative feelings.

"It's not the being stressed part that's a problem," she said. In fact, the study found that if your colleagues think you're stressed, they do think you're more competent.

You just can't brag about it.