short stories shared for discussion with your friends and family

Story time with Debbie

Turkish listening

after the age of thirty 

[日本のカフェ文化]
2022/4/9(月) 兵庫県の天気/晴れ　朝の気温/10度　昼の気温/25度

（文法）
・〜比べて
・〜ながら
・〜かもしれない
・〜たり〜たり

（言葉）
・文化
・喫茶店（きっさてん）
・昭和（しょうわ）
・ラテアート
・充実（じゅじつ）している　
・タバコを吸える
・フクロウ
・はちゅう類


Mayu 　と　Nihongo  ラジオ　

４月９日（月）　日本のカフェ文化

Hello everyone, I hope you are doing well. Today I’ll be commenting on an article titled: “Why are people on TikTok asking men how often they think about the Roman Empire?” published on CBSNews. Don’t hesitate to participate in the discussion if you wish. Enjoy.

Useful vocabulary:
An enthusiast
To go viral
Modern-days sewage system
To popularize
An Aqueduct
To rise to power
A spectacular collapse
To expand
A political / military system
An emblematic movie
To be portrayed (in TV shows or movies)


Let's check out the news

New TikTok trend: How often do you think about the Roman Empire?

this is the first part of a simple story. It's good for beginners and intermediate learners. 

Arabic Podcast

The story of Mansour

it starts with a Dream!

Whether you are and into IELTS speaking or job interview preparation or business English enhancement - you might want to read on and listen to the podcast.

Most people, however, spend their time on 'the negative' part of their dreams.

Do you know what it is?

It's about visualizing terrible things taking place at the time of the event or after.

They break down in great details how they fail, they see other people laughing at them, they envision everything falling apart while they are performing.

It's called 'doubters syndrome', the doubting thought clutter their minds, acting like a filter - helping people to fail over succeeding...it's a sad story and most teachers never talk about it :(

You have the answer in this podcast - what to do to overcome it and how to think in a new way. 

Listen to it and see yourself succeeding with it!

If you want me to save you the time and money - come to my 1-1 success activation meetings and we'll develop a roadmap that will help you achieve your goals faster whether IE;TS speaking, job interview preparation or business English.

To Your Success,
Anatoly

The Habits of Highly Effective English Communicators

It starts with a Dream (For IELTS/Job preparation students) + for other language learners.

....
Около полудня обыкновенно появляется множество круглых высоких облаков, золотисто-серых, с нежными белыми краями. Подобно островам, разбросанным по бесконечно разлившейся реке, обтекающей их глубоко прозрачными рукавами ровной синевы, они почти не трогаются с места; далее, к небосклону, они сдвигаются, теснятся, синевы между ними уже не видать; но сами они так же лазурны, как небо: они все насквозь проникнуты светом и теплотой. Цвет небосклона, легкий, бледно-лиловый, не изменяется во весь день и кругом одинаков; нигде не темнеет, не густеет гроза; разве кое-где протянутся сверху вниз голубоватые полосы: то сеется едва заметный дождь. К вечеру эти облака исчезают; последние из них, черноватые и неопределенные, как дым, ложатся розовыми клубами напротив заходящего солнца; на месте, где оно закатилось так же спокойно, как спокойно взошло на небо, алое сиянье стоит недолгое время над потемневшей землей, и, тихо мигая, как бережно несомая свечка, затеплится на нем вечерняя звезда. В такие дни краски все смягчены; светлы, но не ярки; на всем лежит печать какой-то трогательной кротости. 
....

Нескучные истории - Not boring stories

Отрывок из произведения И. С. Тургенева - "Записки охотника. Бежин луг."

How can you easily identitify the gender of the countries in French ? " le " , " la " , " les " ? 🤔
In this Podcast , i explain you the rule : why do we say " la France " and why " le Japon " ? 🤔
Come on .. just find it out and enjoy practicing  french  😉 Merci🙏

𝗗𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗔𝗞 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗔𝗜𝗦 ? 😉

🌍 the Countries in french : feminin , masculin or plural  ? 🌍

Teacher Smith and Den were having a natural, unplanned conversation about Den’s journey to becoming fluent in English. Den reflected on how he once struggled but improved by immersing himself in English-speaking environments and practicing regularly. Over time, his confidence grew, and now, to Teacher Smith’s admiration, Den has even become an English teacher himself. They shared a laugh about how fluent he sounds today and marvelled at his impressive progress.