These Pronunciation episodes follow chronologically. They follow a reading on Engoo - with explanations along the way. Go to the website in order to follow along. : https://engoo.com/app/daily-news/article/study-says-reading-fiction-helps-us-understand-others/MsfhnFVrEe22EWf-hDINhQ 

English in 60 Seconds

Pronunciation 3

In this episode you will find alternative words and colloquial expressions to the word "random"

De todo un poco

Random? ¿Qué dices? Alternativas a la palabra inglesa "random"

Los ácidos grasos son esenciales para el buen funcionamiento del cuerpo humano.

VIDA SANA EN ESPAÑOL

ÁCIDOS GRASOS ESENCIALES

Nick talks about decisions at different ages in people's lives. This will help with IELTS Speaking Part 3 or Writing Part 2. 

IELTS with Nick - World Knowledge 

What kind of big decisions do people make in their lives?

La profe Celeste me cuenta sobre un lugar que está con ganas.

Celeste:
https://www.italki.com/teacher/11134200

Mucho que decir

Ometepe Ft. Celeste Sáenz (Nicaragua)

Covered with pins and adornments, Vivianne Robinson is hard to miss in the streets of Paris.

The Olympics superfan has attended seven Summer Games over 40 years. But this trip to Paris came at a cost of $10,000.

Robinson, 66 and from Los Angeles, maxed out her credit cards and worked two jobs to afford the trip and the 38 event tickets she bought. And she has to work two more years to make up the money she spent.

"It was hard to save up and it's a big budget, but it's a thousand times worth it," she says.

Robinson's fascination with the Olympics started when her mother worked as a translator for athletes during the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Her mother would come home after work with pins from athletes that she gave to her daughter.

Her hobby of collecting pins led her to Atlanta 1996, where she made rice necklaces for athletes in exchange for their pins.

"I got all the pins and I got to meet all the athletes. And in those days, it wasn't high security like now," she said. "Now you can't even get near the athletes' village."

From there: Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, London 2012 and Rio 2016. She got a visa for Beijing 2008, but couldn't afford the trip. It was similar for Tokyo: she bought tickets, but got refunded as COVID-19 soared and the Games were held without spectators.

Robinson's outfits started simply but have become more complex over time. She spent a year working on her Paris outfit, which has hundreds of adornments. People often stop her in the street, asking for a photo.

As soon as these Olympics end, she will start working on the next Summer Games — which will be in her hometown in Los Angeles.

"I'm going to do it forever," she said. "I'm going to save all my money and just concentrate on Olympics."

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

'Worth It': Olympics Superfan Spent $10,000 to Get to Paris

In last week's podcast episode, you learned how to learn a new language.  You heard that learning a new language should be more than just a means to an end. Of course, learning a new language will help you achieve other goals, but the process of learning a new language can be fun, rewarding, and beneficial in many ways.

Tune in to this week’s episode to learn more about using "a means to an end” and seven more English phrases and idioms. You'll also get some homework at the end so you can continue to improve your English communication skills. Tune in to continue building your English vocabulary with new idioms and phrases! 

Original theme music by Lucas Knutter 

Read the transcript at https://www.express-to-impress.com/english-vocabulary/.

See infographics for this episode at https://www.pinterest.com/ExpresstoImpress/_created/.

Episode originally published October 13, 2020.

Express to Impress

Learning New English Vocabulary

こんにちは！
Japanese daily life podcast のAtsushiです。
このPodcastは、日本語を楽しく勉強しているみなさんに向けたPodcastです。

ぼくの日常生活の話を聞くことで、日本語のリスニングをよくしたり、新しい言葉を知ってもらえたらいいなと思います。


みなさんお元気でしょうか。
今日もジョージアでPodcastを録っています。

今回は漢字。
在を説明します。

音読みは、ざい
訓読みは、あーる

意味は、ある、いる、という意味があります。


・存在ーそんざい　あること、いること

・現在ーげんざい　今

・在宅ーざいたく　家にいること

・不在ーふざい　そこにいないこと

・在日ーざいにち　日本で長い期間生活していること

例文
・このチームで彼はいつも存在感があるプレーをする

・過去から現在に至るまで、この問題は解決していない。

・コロナ禍になって以降、在宅勤務が可能になりました。

・来週1週間は不在にしています。

・私の友人は在日30年になります。

ということで、今回は以上です。

最後まで聞いていただき、ありがとうございます！
ではまた！




