❥ In this podcast, Teacher Melody from The Aesop for Children. 
❥ Aesop's Fables are free online at:
www.read.gov/aesop/ 
❥ Listen and learn the moral of each story.
❥ Follow along as Teacher Melody Aesop's well-known fable called 
"The Town Mouse & the Country Mouse"
https://www.read.gov/aesop/004.html
❥The moral of today’s fable is: 
"Poverty with security is better than plenty in the midst of fear and uncertainty."

Life Lessons from Aesop's Fables

Episode 3: The Town Mouse & the Country Mouse

La capacidad inmensurable de la naturaleza en todo su esplendor al crear vida.

La magia de la vida

Episodio 20: Dos corazones latiendo en el mismo cuerpo

In this episode me and Tatiana briefly discuss what to see in Milan and some interesting facts about the city. 
Levels: from A2/B1 onwards.

Languages With Melody

Milano

Wrapping up "Beefie Brain" Topic...

Let's roll through the "beef" idioms we here on the regular!

Baffling Lingo

Beefie Brain Slang 

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 5

There are 6 tones in Cantonese, tone 1 to 6, let's split them into 3 groups.
Group 1: tone1/ Group 2: tone2 and 5/ Group 3: tone3, 4 and 6
Group 1:
Tone 1 is the easiest tone to find, it equals to stressed syllables in English or other Western languages, for example, father has 2 syllables, one is fa, the other is ther, the first one fa is stressed, because it's higher in pitch, this sound exactly equals to tone 1 in Cantonese.For example I want to pronounce: tik1 (means tick in Cantonese), let's pronounce ticking first, ticking has 2 syllables, the first is stressed, so ti is tik1.
Group 2:
Tone 2 and 5 are both rising tones and are the same in question tones, like WHAT? WHERE? WHO? So to find these 2 tones, you just need to pronounce "WHAT?" then you got the correct tones!
However, what are the differences between tone 2 and 5? Well, you want to be very strict, tone 2 is relatively higher compared to tone 5, but actually when local people are speaking, to speak faster, they will omit details while talking in conversations, so you can just treat these 2 tones as the same tone.For example, if you want to pronounce hou2 (means good in Cantonese), we pronounce WHAT? first, then use the pitch of WHAT? you can find hou2 very easily.
Group3:
Similarly, just like tone 2 and 5, because these 3 tones are so close to each other and quite familiar too, so when talking in conversations, they sound just like the same tone. These 3 tones are just like our unstressed syllables, let's take father as the example again. The second syllable ther is not stressed, and this equals to tone 3, 4 or 6 in Cantonses.For example, if you want to pronounce daap3 (means take transportation in Cantonese), you can produce Linda first, Lin is stressed and da isn't, here da is our tone 3 for daap.
try below: 生活 saang1 wut6 Life/的士 dik1 si6 Taxi/啤酒 be1 zau2 Beer/學生 hok6 saang1 Student/老師 lou5 si1 Teacher/屋企 nguk1 kei5 Home/公司 gung1 si1 Company/酒吧 zau2 baa1 Bar/餐廳 caan1 teng1 Restaurant

Ms. NG Cantonese Learning Resources

How to find correct Cantonese tones

みなさんこんにちは。ミッチです。ご視聴どうもありがとうございます。

ところで、みなさん、この、私のレコーディングルームなんですけど、実はこのレコーディングルームは物置、つまりガレージなんですね。この白いビニールのカーテンの向こう側には、自転車、スケートボード、サッカーボール、マットレス、ガラクタなどがたくさん置いてあります。壁もこんなに薄いんです。この動画を撮影している現在は夏なんですが、『夏はこの部屋の中は暑くて、脳みそが溶けそうです。』で、冬になると『寒くて、手足が凍りそうです。』壁が薄いので、雨が降ると、『雨の音がうるさくて、鼓膜が破れそうです。』

すみません、『鼓膜が破れそうです』はちょっと大袈裟でした。でも、本当に雨が降ると、この部屋の中はとてもうるさいんです。さて、それは置いておいて、今日のターゲット表現は先ほどあった『暑くて、脳みそが溶けそうです。』、『寒くて、手足が凍りそうです。』、『うるさくて、鼓膜が破れそうです。』と言う文の、『い形容詞→(語幹)くて』と言う形と動詞の『OOます→OOそうです』と言う形をマスターして行ってみましょう！

今日の表現もレベルが高いです。みなさんが日本語を話すときに、今日の表現を使うと、みなさんの日本語を聞いた人たちは、みんな『おおお！』っとなりますよ！では行ってみましょう！

まず、
『い形容詞→(語幹)くて』と言う形を使うと、
スペイン語で言うと、"es tan + adjectivo que"
英語で言うと、"it is so + adjective + that"
の様な表現が日本語でできます。

例えば、
『暑い』→『暑くて』
『寒い』→『寒くて』
『うるさい』→『うるさくて』


そして、動詞の
『OOます→OOそうです』と言う形にします。すると、
スペイン語で言うと、"estoy a punto de hacer algo"
英語で言うと、"I'm about to do something"
の様な表現が日本語でできます。

例えば、
『溶ける』→『溶けます』→『溶けそうです。』
『凍る』→『凍ります』→『凍りそうです。』
『破れる』→『破れます』→『破れそうです。』


Useful Japanese Phrases and Exercises (JLPT N4, N3 Level)

【OOくて+OOしそうです】tan OO que voy a hacer△△ en japonés, so OO that I'm going to do △△ in Japanese

IELTS Preparation. Band 8-9 Answers. Part 1 - Your favourite place. Qquestion 2.

How often do you visit this place? ( the place was  the “White Cliffs of Dover” in Kent.

Relevant vocabulary: natural beauty, famous landmarks, twice, to top the list, those places, tranquility, peace, relaxation, to clear my head.

I hope it's what you needed in your preparation. 

To get more inspiration check our my podcasts on my teacher's page, read my students thank you messages and come to be trained by me personally.

Book my class now to start doing better!

See you in 5!


IELTS-SPEAKING 8-9 BAND IS POSSIBLE. DAILY SPEAKING PRACTICE PART 1,2 & 3. Listen daily.

IELTS Preparation. Band 8-9 Answers. Part 1 - Your favourite place. Q.2 

从前，有个孩子在山上放羊。他看到很多人在山下干活儿，想捉弄一下别人，就故意大声喊叫:“狼来了！狼来了！”山下的人听到喊叫声，立刻跑上山来。可是，山上根本没有狼，是放羊的孩子在撒谎，人们被他欺骗了。

过了几天，人们又听见这个孩子在山上喊:“狼来了！狼来了！”大家又跑到山上去，结果还是没有狼，人们又被撒谎的孩子欺骗了。

又过了几天，狼真的来了。这个孩子又喊:“狼来了！狼来了！狼真的来了！”山下的人们听到喊声，再也没有人理他了。结果他的许多羊都被狼吃了。

cóng qián，yǒu ge hái zi zài shān shanq fàng yáng。tā kàn dào hěn duō rén zài shān xià gàn huór，xiǎng zhuō nòng yí xià bié ren，jiù gù yì dà shēng hǎn jiào：“lánq lái le！lánq lái le！”shān xià de rén tīng dào hǎn jiào shenq，lì kè pǎo shang shān lai，kě shi，shān shang ɡēn běn méi yǒu láng，shì fàng yáng de hái zi zài sā huǎng，rén men bèi tā qī piàn le。	

guò le jǐ tiān，rén men yòu tīng jiàn zhè ge hái zi zài shān	shang hǎn：“lánq lái le！láng lái le！”dà jiā yòu pǎo dào shān	shang qù，jié guǒ hái shì méi yǒu láng， rén men yòu bèi sā huǎng de hái zi qī piàn le。

yòu guò le jǐ tiān，láng zhēn de lái le。zhè ge hái zi yòu hǎn：“lánq lái le！láng lái le！lánq zhēn de lái le！”shān xià de rén men tīng dào hǎn shēnɡ，zài yě méi yǒu rén lǐ tā le。jié guǒ tā de xǔ duō yánq dōu bèi láng chī le.