🎙️ Welcome to "Learning Vietnamese with Ms Thuong" — the podcast that helps you bridge the gap between classroom Vietnamese and real-life conversations. I'm Thương, your host and language coach, here to guide you in sounding more natural and confident when speaking Vietnamese. Whether you're just starting out or looking to level up, you're in the right place. Let’s dive in!

Learn Vietnamese with Ms. Thương

Classroom Vietnamese and Real Vietnamese

        A: Excuse me, may I have some water, please?

	B: Oh, certainly, ma'am.

	A: Sorry. So, Cape Town’s nice. It seems so…interesting!

	C: Los Angeles is nice, too! So, what do you do in Los Angeles?

	A: I'm a nutritionist and personal trainer.

	C: Once again, slowly please.

	A: I'm a nu-tri-tion-ist, and a per-so-nal trai-ner.

	C: Sorry, I don't understand.

	A: Nutritionist and personal trainer. I help people eat healthy foods and exercise the right 
            way!

        C: Oh, I see!

English Conversation/Dialogue

Flight Attendant 

Joy to Our World

Never do this - Crying over spilt milk. 

Konnichiwa! Welcome to Slow Japanese! Do you like tea? There are many kinds of tea in the world. The most famous Japanese tea is probably "green tea", but did you know that there are many different types of green tea as well?

Usage of Slow Japanese:
STEP 1. Listen to the episode without seeing scripts.
STEP 2. Go to mochifika.com/podcast/ and check "Key vocabularies of this episode", listen again to the episode while seeing the list.
STEP 3. Check the whole script, it'll fill the gap in your understanding.

Scripts and key vocabularies of this episode are here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/slow-japanese-14-63363665?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copy_to_clipboard&utm_campaign=postshare

Slow Japanese

Episode #14 - Japanese green tea

Text：
客人：服务员，买单！
kèrén：fú wù yuán ， mǎidān ！
Guest: Waiter, check please！

服务员：好的，这是您的账单，请看一下。
fúwùyuán：hǎode, zhèshì nín de zhàngdān，qǐng kàn yīxià.
Waiter: Sure, here is your bill. Please take a look.

客人：没问题，多少钱？
kèrén：méi wèntí，duōshǎo qián ？
Guest: No problem, how much is it?

服务员：一共108块。
fúwùyuán： yīgòng 108 kuài.
Waiter: In total it's 108 yuan.

客人：好的，可以微信支付吗？
kèrén：hǎo de，kěyǐ wēixìn zhīfù ma？
Guest：Ok, can I use WeChat Pay?

服务员：当然，请扫描二维码。
fúwùyuán：dāngrán，qǐng sǎomiáo èrwéi mǎ.
Waiter: Of course, please scan the QR code here.

New words：
买单 mǎi dān：pay the bill; check please
账单 zhàng dān：bill
微信支付 wēi xìn zhī fù：Wechat Pay（Use with Wechat app）
当然 dāng rán：of course; certainly; sure;
扫描 sǎo miáo：scan
二维码 èr wéi mǎ：QR code
百 bǎi：hundred（num+～）
块 kuài：yuan, the basic unit of money in China（num+～）

Welcome to visit China ”欢迎来中国!“

L6 Part2 在饭馆儿买单[zài fàn guǎn ér mǎi dān]~Pay the bill at the restaurant

UNA ÉPICA BUSQUEDA DENTRO DE UN SUPERMERCADO.

CHISTES MEXICANOS

In this episode I talk about the soothing sounds of the ocean. Here is Carl's italki teacher profile: https://italki.com/teacher/1947582 Thanks for listening! Visit my website for more of my full-length podcasts . https://www.streetwisenglish.com

Streetwise English

SWE 81  🌊Soothing sounds of the ocean⛱️

In most parts of the world, students study English in school for years. Yet, the vast
majority of them never learn to speak English well. After years of study, they still
have trouble with real English conversations. They still feel nervous and shy about
speaking. To speak effortlessly, you need to exert effort.


FLO TALKS 

THREE TIPS TO LEARN ENGLISH FASTER!

The phrase to be packed out and America's versions of Stonehenge.

Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q2H70MoBA4qpVB-zP2aSz1TtcsB-LrWV/view?usp=drivesdk