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English from the Beach

「坂本龍馬って、どんな人？」
N3〜N2レベルの日本語で、その人生のポイントと“意外な一面”を軽くのぞくエピソードです。
続きが気になる、ほどよいボリュームで楽しめます。


NANA Japanese Listening

坂本龍馬の一生と意外な一面【N4–N2】

Do you get confused when using nouns? Are they countable or uncountable? Should you say 'much' or 'many'? Why do we say 'much fruit' but 'many bananas?' Find out the answer to all these questions in my latest podcast!

Learn English with Pip

Countable & Uncountable Nouns: much or many?

Avete già deciso dove andrete in vacanza quest'anno? O magari ci siete già stati?
In questo episodio vi racconterò di quello che è il mio "viaggio dei sogni", usando tantissime parole utili relative a questo argomento.

Tutti a bordo, si parte!

Subtitled Italian

Season 01 / Episode 12 - Talking about holidays

In this episode, I explain why your English progress can slow down and stop. I offer 5 key strategies you can follow to overcome "the intermediate plateau" and move on to fluency. 
Follow the link for the full transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-Uv6OsMTb0c7VHmzNe4E8ue8ZsmElqy8uh09d2KLqf4/edit?usp=sharing

UK TALKS WITH LIZ

EPISODE 4: WHY IS MY ENGLISH BLOCKED?

提起葡萄，您是想起了法国的波尔多、还是新疆的吐鲁番？When you think of grapes, do you think of Bordeaux in France or Turpan in Xinjiang Province?
生产葡萄的地方很多，仅国内就有七大栽培区，它们是：There are many places to produce grapes. There are seven growing areas in China alone. They are:
（1）西北产区：包括新疆、甘肃、宁夏、内蒙西部等；Northwest producing areas: Xinjiang, Gansu, Ningxia, western Inner Mongolia, etc.
（2）黄土高原栽培区：包括陕西、山西，汉中等；Cultivation areas of Loess Plateau: Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hanzhong, etc.
（3）环渤海湾栽培区：包括河北、山东和京津地区以及辽宁等；Cultivation area around Bohai Bay: Hebei, Shandong, Beijing and Tianjin, Liaoning, etc.
（4）黄河故道栽培区：包括河南、山东鲁西南地区、江苏北部和安徽北部等；Old Yellow River cultivated areas: Henan, southwest Shandong, northern Jiangsu and northern Anhui, etc.
（5）南方栽培区：包括安徽、江苏、浙江、上海、重庆、湖北、湖南、江西、福建、广西等；Southern cultivation areas: Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Chongqing, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangxi, etc.
（6）东北中北部栽培区：包括吉林、黑龙江等；North-central cultivation areas of Northeast China: Jilin, Heilongjiang;
（7）西南栽培区：包括云贵高原、川西高原及金沙江沿岸河谷地区。Southwest cultivation areas: Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, west Sichuan Plateau and Jinsha River valley.


新鲜事儿（Anecdote）

莲花架下的奶葡萄

Tv has made a huge impact on our lives. Have you ever thought about how you'd answer this question in an IELTS test?

Today, Nick helps you with some ideas. 

IELTS with Nick - World Knowledge 

How has TV changed our lives? 

tre notizie semi serie e una polemica tutta italiana!

la Rubrica di Simona

La prima settimana del 2024

tous les jours : todos os dias, everyday 
tous les matins : todas as manhãs, Every morning
toutes les après-midi : todas as tardes, every afternoon 
tous les soirs : todas as noites, every evening
hier : ontem, yesterday
avant-hier : anteontem, the day before yesterday
hier matin : ontem de manhã, yesterday morning
hier après-midi : ontem à tarde, yesterday afternoon
hier soir : ontem à noite, yesterday evening
il y a 3 jours : 3 dias atrás, 3 days ago
il y a un mois : 1 mês atrás, 1 month ago
la semaine dernière : a semana passada, last week
