Ever forgotten a word mid-sentence or gone completely blank in conversation? You're not alone! In this episode, we explore the neuroscience behind why your brain freezes when speaking English—and, more importantly, what we can do about it!

Brain talk

Blanking in conversation 

Mona teaches us how to make banoffee pie, a mysterious British invention. If you enjoyed the blueberry pie episode, you might like this one too.

Starting at 21:40, I explain the following vocabulary from the episode in detail:

to hit upon something

to be a big deal

to go to town

Brentoni's English Podcast

019 - How to Make a Banoffee Pie

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。

毎日、寒(さむ)いですね。

暖房をつけても、部屋が寒いなぁと思います。

暖房(だんぼう)とは・・

部屋をあたためることです。

みなさんは、家でどんな暖房(だんぼう)を
つかっていますか？

たとえば、エアコン、ヒーター、
セントラルヒーティング、こたつなど、ですね。

A:「うぅ、今日は寒いね。暖房をつけよう！」

B:「え、暖房？エアコンがもうついてるよ。」

A:「そうなの？でもまだ寒いから・・このヒーターもつけよう。」

といいます。

暖房をつける
暖房をけす

オンとオフは、つける、けすといいます。

みなさんの家では、どんな暖房をつけていますか？

あったかくして、風邪をひかないようにして下さいね。

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！


Japaneseだんだんpodcast

57.暖房(だんぼう)をつける/Japaneseだんだんpodcast

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WOULD YOU DATE YOU? 

In this episode, Karen taught Baiwei some authentic Dongbei dialect, including “annoying”, “what should we do”, “what are you looking at”…

Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

有想要学东北话的吗？Anyone wants to learn Northeastern dialect?


This topic is going to be divided into 4 chapters. We are going to discuss all of these topics thoroughly, going into deep understanding of all of them. So, if you are interested-subscribe to this channel to stay informed.

Alright, let’s start from the basics. Why do we need conditionals? It’s super simple. We use them to talk about some conditions. Here are a couple of examples: We will go to the cinema, if you buy these tickets. Or vice versa ‘We won’t go to the cinema, if you don’t buy these tickets. 
There are 4 types of conditionals and today’s podcast is devoted to “zero and first conditional”.
Okay, guys. Zero conditional. We use it to talk about some facts, rules or laws.
“Snow melts, when it is hot”, “if you violate the law, you are punished”
How do we make it? Super simple. Our sentence consists of 2 parts: clause and main part, both of them are written in present simple. The clause part always contains if or when.
 Let’s take a look again.
“If you don’t work, you don’t get money”
I am about to leave you a couple of exercises in the quiz to practice.

Alright, the first conditional is about FUTURE. Yes, guys, and this is when a lot of students make mistakes. Let’s take a look at the examples.
“If you pass your exams, you will enter the university”
“If I don’t have enough delights, I will go to the supermarket to purchase them”

How do we make it?
In the main part we have Future Simple, in the clause one we, again, have present simple. 
The main mistake is when you use Future Simple instead of Present Simple. Try to remember that here, after ‘if or when” we don’t use the future. (Sometimes we do, but we’ll talk about it later)

“If I don’t exercises, I’ll never achieve a strong body”
“You will never find a good job, if you don’t look for it,”

And of course, I’ve prepared a good exercise for you to practice.

I hope it was useful, it was nice to share this info with you. Feel free to book lessons with me. Thank you and see you later!




Excellent at English with Kate K

Conditional sentences(zero and 1st)

みなさんは味覚に自信がありますか？
アヤは食べることが好きですが、残念ながらバカ舌です…
今回はアヤがアイスクリームの味について長年誤解していたことを話します。

Do you feel confident about your sense of taste?
Aya likes to eat but she has no sense of taste.
This time, Aya talks about her many years of misunderstanding about the taste of ice creams.

♤ キーワード 
・先入観（せんにゅうかん：preconception）  
・配合（はいごう：combination of ingredients）
・違和感がある（いわかんがある：feel strange） 

♧ 理解度チェッククイズ 
1.  アヤさんが最近まで同じ味だと思っていたのは何味と何味？
2.  今回の雑談を経て、２人の宿題になったことは？

♢ 前回のクイズの答え 
1. フミさんが「土用の丑の日」にアナゴを買った理由は？ 
→ ウナギよりアナゴのほうが値段が安いから。
2. フミさんが「土用の丑の日」に矛盾を感じたのはなぜ？ 
→ 最近メディアを通して「サステナブル」が謳われているものの、スーパーではウナギが大量に仕入れられて余っているから。

BGM special thanks：MusMus

アヤさんとフミさんの日本語雑談（Aya and Fumi’s Japanese Chit-Chat）

Episode 11：アイスクリームの味

In this episode you will learn how to ask want。

HSK2

Learn how to ask want :要

用这个表达，我们实际上是在谈论距离。我只用2分钟告诉你。