Circle the correct word.
1 Ice is solid /  liquid.
2 How does the situation effect / affect you?
3 It's all very predictable / unpredictable: you never know what's going to happen.
4 My brother is studying the effect of the problem on the environment / the pollution.
s Global warming is caused by people / human activity.
6 There was snow in the mountains, but now it's spreading / melting.
7 If there is a gradual change in something, it happens slowly / quickly.
a Water is a liquid / gas.
9 The rainforest is gradually disappearing / melting.
10 There are harmful gases in the atmosphere / effect.

English Mini Lessons

Climate change

Writing is great for your speaking, but it's not necessary! What's great about writing is that it gives you a way to LOOK at YOUR words. To see how things really are. Speech-to-text applications or many AI programs allow you SEE the words you SAY. That is so helpful.

It also gives you a way to practice WITHOUT getting feedback - which has some real benefits. 
Listen to hear more! 

Hear and There

6. But what if we don't like to write? 

One surefire way to become fluent in English.

Teacher Stan's musings

Thinking in English

Full transcript: https://japanesemayuna.com/

はい、こんにちは。今回はポッドキャストの21回目です。最近話す速度が比較的ゆっくりだったので、今日はもうちょっと自然なスピードで話してみたいと思います。一つの文章も少し長くしますし、単語の説明も省略します。いつもより難しいかもしれませんが、英訳とトランスクリプトがあるので大丈夫だと思います。どうしてもわからない単語や表現があったら、レッスンやコメントでいつでも質問してください。

Hello. This is the podcast episode 21. My speaking speed has been relatively slow lately, so today I'm going to try to speak at a more natural speed. I'll also make each sentence a bit longer, and I'll skip explaining words. It may be more difficult than usual, but I think you'll be fine with the English translations and transcripts. If there are words or expressions that you just can't understand, you can always ask me in the lesson or in the comments.

私は今週の月曜日、歯科矯正をしました。私は子供の頃は歯並びが良かったのですが、大人になって、親知らずが生えてから、歯並びが悪くなってしまいました。悪くなったと言っても前歯だけで、生活に影響はなかったので、放っておいたのですが、矯正は思っていたより安かったので、することにしました。50万円ぐらいするイメージがありましたが、実際は20万円ぐらいでした。ヨーロッパではもっと安いらしいですね。したことがある人は知っているかもしれませんが、初日より、２日目の方が痛かったです。とくに２日目の夜が痛かったです。期間は半年ぐらいかかると言われました。前歯だけなので、子供がするような一般的な矯正に比べると短いです。ああいうのは２、３年かかるみたいですね。

I had my dental braces on Monday this week. I had good teeth as a child, but as an adult, after my wisdom teeth came in, my teeth became misaligned. My teeth were misaligned, but it was only the front teeth and it didn't affect my life, so I left it alone, but I decided to do it because orthodontics was cheaper than I thought it would be. I had an image that it would cost around 500,000 yen, but in fact it was around 200,000 yen. I heard that in Europe it's even cheaper. People who have done it before may know that the second day was more painful than the first day. Especially the second night was painful. I was told it would take about six months. It's only the front teeth, so it's shorter than the typical orthodontic treatment that children have. It seems like those things take a couple of years.

Japanese Lessons with Mayuna

21. 歯科矯正をする

한국의 겨울은 조금 춥지만 겨울은 제가 가장 좋아하는 계절이에요😊

Script: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZFeDIQbKSmklYiVvLRQ-Z4ydz7pzF619/view?usp=sharing

하루 10분 한국어 팟캐스트 with Yuna

Episode 04 : 겨울 Winter

와! 방금 봤던 영화는 내 인생 영화가 될 것 같아.
哇! 刚才看的电影好像是我人生中的最佳电影。

동감이야. 특히 남자 주인공이 여자 주인공을 
그리워하는 장면의 표정 연기는 절대 잊지 못할 거야. 
我也这么想。尤其是男主角怀念女主角场面的那个表情演技, 难以忘记呀。
 
배우들 대사도 매우 훌륭했어. 벌써 영화 다시 보고 싶다.
演员们的台词也特别出色。已经想再看一遍这部电影了。 

난 이 영화 꼭 다시 보러 올 거야.
我一定要再来看一次。 

주인공 主角
그리워 하다 怀念
표정 연기 表情演技
대사 台词

[YOON] 1분 한국어

와! 방금 봤던 영화는 내 인생 영화가 될 것 같아. 哇! 刚才看的电影好像是我人生中的最佳电影。

Get ready for the four-day working week
Younger managers are much more open to the idea than their bosses and female leaders like it too. 

I will be discussing the four day working week from a UK prospective. Feel free to comment and let me know what you think about the four day week focusing on the benefits and negatives of the idea. 



Engine English

The Four Day Working Week

EL CAÑÓN DEL PERGIS CHIHUAHUA, MÉXICO.

Cañón del Pegüis Chihuahua, es uno de los cañones emblemáticos de la zona desértica del estado, una espectacular barranca y una zona desconocida para muchos escaladores. Cuenta con paredes de caliza de hasta 200 mts de altura, algunas de ellas teniendo base en el río Conchos, otras con repisas para su ascenso. El lugar aparte de contar con paredes enormes para ruta, cuenta también con una gran extensión de boulders a lo largo de todo el cañón. Se tiene que tomar una canoa, para poder escalar en ellos. También se permite practicar rafting de un mediano a un alto nivel de dificultad. En el lugar existe un mirador sobre la carretera, donde podrás observar una gran sección de los paredones que conforman el cañón, los cuales llegan a medir hasta 300 metros de alto.

 La mejor temporada para el Cañón del Pegüis es entre Abril hasta Octubre.
- No se recomienda ir en verano por el calor intenso y los mosquitos.

