Tune into the latest Express to Impress Podcast episode to grow your English vocabulary. You’ll learn five common phrases like "Take Something Hard."

This episode is part two of How to Demonstrate Strong Emotional Intelligence in an Interview. Learning to recognize and use English phrases idioms in use will allow you to communicate better with native English speakers. You won’t feel confused when you hear English idioms and phrases and will keep up with the conversation. 

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Episode originally published September 1, 2021

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Take Something Hard and Other Common Phrases

En este episodio escuchamos sobre la diversidad del español y la influencia de idiomas indígenas.

Español con Victor

01 Diverso español

⭐ Contents: 1/ La ville et la campagne 2/ La ville d'hier et celle d'aujourd'hui 3/ La beauté des villes 4/ La laideur des villes 5/ Le tourisme de villes 6/ Le tourisme de ruines 7/ Les villes fantômes 8/ La transformation des villes 9/ Le devenir des villes

⭐ To go further, visit www.explorefrench.com. On my website, you can become a Premium Member and gain full access to all transcripts, games and language activities for both of my podcast channels "Learn French with Anthony" and "Explore France with Anthony". On my website, you'll also gain full access to my French online courses, "Skills Trainer" modules to enhance your proficiency in French, "Word Builder" modules to expand your French vocabulary, and audiobooks specially designed for learners of French. 

⭐ In this B2-level podcast, we'll talk about towns and cities—discussing their beauty and ugliness and their development and transformation. We'll also explore various ways to express causation and techniques to avoid repetition in speech. Additionally, we'll uncover the nicknames of many cities in French, among many other things.

⭐ In the first part of this podcast, I will speak French at normal speed, and in the second part, I will repeat everything at a slower speed, with some translations and explanations in English.

Learn French with Anthony

B2#01 Villes et transformations

LAYLA: Thanks for meeting with me during your lunch hour. I 
appreciate it.
MONICA: No problem. I’m happy to help. What’s going on?
LAYLA: Oh you know, the usual. Should I take this new job? Or do I 
stick with my current one?
MONICA: Well, I think it’s time for a change, don’t you? They pay you late 
and you are unhappy.
LAYLA: Do you really think so?
MONICA: I know so. And I’ve been listening to you complain for over a 
year now. Trust me. Take the job. What do you have to lose?



LANGUAGE NOTES
• In formal conversation, giving advice is often suggested through modals: ought to/ 
should / could / If I were you. In informal conversations people tend to use words such 
as I think that/ I feel that/ in my opinion.
• Listen for the emphasis on I know so and Trust me. These common phrases can be 
used to convey both positive and negative emotions. “I know so” conveys a deep belief 
or certainty. “To know” shows more certainty than “to think.”
• Notice the use of command forms: Take the job. /Trust me./ Go for it! The command 
form can be used to gently persuade someone

English Conversation practice (30-day challenge)

Day 30 (final) : Giving advice

Beginner Chinese Listening：最近怎么样？How is it going recently?

Beginner Chinese Listening

Breve biografia sobre a escritora brasileira Ruth Rocha e leitura do seu poema "As pulgas".

Português Pindorama

Ruth Rocha

みんなの日本語17課－2

写真を撮（と）らないでください。　Please do not take pictures.
ここに自転車を置（お）かないでください。Please do not leave your bicycle here.
大丈夫です。心配しないでください。It's okay. Don't worry.
たばこを吸わないでください。Don't smoke.
宿題を忘れないでください。Don't forget to do your homework.
パスポートを見せなければなりません。You must show your passport.
レポートを書かなければなりません。You have to write reports.
日曜日は早く起きなくてもいいです。You do not have to get up early on Sundays.
子どもはお金をはらわなくてもいいです。Children do not have to pay money.

ない形（negative form）です。
グループ１（い→あ）
とります→とらない
かばんを「おきます」→おかない
かきます→かかない
すいます→すわない
いきます→いかない
はなします→はなさない
まちます→またない
よびます→よばない
のみます→のまない
かえります→かえらない

グループ２
たべます→たべない（「ます」ドロップ→「ない」です）
いれます→いれない
います→いない
８じに「おきます」→おきない
あびます→あびない
みます→みない
かります→かりない

グループ３
きます→こない
します→しない
勉強（べんきょう）します→勉強しない
心配（しんぱい）します→心配しない


にほんごのれんしゅう

みんなの日本語 Lesson 17-2

On the Italian island of Budelli, visitors like to look at a place called Spiaggia Rosa, a beautiful beach where the sand is pink.

But those visitors can only look — they can't touch the sand.

That's because the authorities want to preserve the beach. In the past, people have been seen taking the sand home with them.

Anyone who breaks the rules will be punished, as a Brazilian influencer has found out.

The travel influencer, who has more than 35,000 Instagram followers, took videos of herself walking on the beach and posted them online.

Italian websites said the woman had taken a boat to the beach so she could walk on the sand.

Tourists can visit the island and walk on a path behind the beach, but no one has been allowed on the sand or in the water around it since the 1990s.

Italians weren't happy when the influencer's videos were seen online.

While she had already left the island, the authorities were able to find her in Dubai, where she lives, and they fined her almost $2,000.

About $300 of the fine was for walking on the beach, and the rest was for using a boat that wasn't allowed to travel to the island.

Authorities say there are signs telling people they cannot enter the area.

No one lives on the island, which is just north of the large island of Sardinia.

However, a man whose boat broke down nearby lived on the island for more than 30 years until he was told to leave in 2021.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Influencer Fined for Walking on Italian Beach

I invite you to check out 3 more Russian tongue twisters! 
Give it a shot and try repeating after me. I'll read each one twice: first slowly, and then closer to normal speed.

мАма мЫла мИлу мЫлом, мИла мЫло не любИла. (м,л) 

Ехал грЕка чЕрез рЕку, вИдит грЕка – в рекЕ рак. сУнул грЕка рУку в рЕку, рак за рУку грЕку – цап! (р,к)

былА у фролА, фролУ на лАвра навралА, пойдУ к лаврУ, на фролА лаврУ наврУ. (ф,л,в)

These tongue twisters focus on various Russian sounds. Try to articulate them as clearly as possible. Let's focus on accuracy rather than speed. Good luck!
