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Join your host, Sal, for an exciting introduction to "TV Talk English," the podcast that helps you learn American English through popular TV episodes. In this first episode, discover how classic shows like Seinfeld, Friends, and How I Met Your Mother can make learning English fun and practical. Begin your TV learning journey with us today and get ready to dive into future episodes filled with laughter and language learning!

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Introduction to "TV Talk English"

みなさん
おはようございます！こんにちは！そして、こんばんは！
Thank you for coming back to まりちゃんの部屋（へや）
Today, I will be introducing one of the convenient expressions in Japanese daily conversation.

#1「Adjective 〜すぎる … That’s too 〜!」

Something like 
・おもしろすぎる！... That is too funny. 
・たのしすぎる … That is too fun！

【How to Conjugate？】
How to conjugate this is just so simple 
①Remove last word of the adjective and add すぎる at the end！

・（いadjective）
For example かわいい cute　
just simply remove last い like 
かわい and add すぎる 　
・かわいすぎる … that’s too cute

・（なAdjective）
If that is　ゆうめいな famous
 Then remove last な (Last word)  like ゆうめい and add すぎる
・ゆうめいすぎる … That’s too famous.

【Example】
（いadjective）
①おかしい … Crazy , Funny 
おかしすぎる
That is too crazy.

②かわいい … too cute
かわいすぎる
That is too cute.

③おいしい … Delicious
おいしすぎる
That is too delicious.

（なAdjective）
①きれいな... Beautiful
きれいすぎる
That is too beautiful.

②ゆうめいな …. Famous
ゆうめいすぎる
That is too Famous.

③べんりな … Convenient
べんりすぎる
That is too convenient.

【Example sentence 例文（れいぶん）】
①ニュージーランドの景気（けしき）ってきれい すぎる よね。
The New Zealand scenery is too beautiful.

②えーちょっと、これおいしすぎるよ！　ハマっちゃう。！
OMG! This is too tasty. I'll be absolutely addicted!

③わたしの猫（ねこ）は、かわいすぎる
My cat is too cute.

Marichanの部屋（へや）

#1 How to say? 【 Too cute! 】 in Japanese

bù zhì kě fǒu

意思是不说可以，也不说不可以。指不表明态度。

形容对某件事情或某个观点既不明确表示支持也不明确表示反对的态度。

Chinese idioms (中国成语)

不置可否

Hoy fui al centro de la ciudad y no vi ningún turista❗ 
Tal vez no conocen esta guía que ahora te comparto en este episodio. 
⚪Tutor de Español Italki - Konrad Rovira

Escucha Facil Español

¿Ser Turista en el Centro de la Ciudad?🤔🧗🏢[Capítulo 19]

なぜだろう。ひっこしてから少し落ち着くと、私は大阪の「たこやき」が恋（こい）しくなりました。だから今回は、ChatGPT ハルカちゃんとずっと食べ物の話をしています。あいかわらず、AIのくせにハルカちゃんは「大阪に行ったことがある」とか「大阪に住んだことがある」とか大ウソをつきますが、まあ、笑ってやってください。でも、食べ物屋の行列（ぎょうれつ）については、鋭（するど）い意見を言うので、感心してしまいました。

＊ご注意：①これは OpenAIで数回話した結果を、最後にまとめたものです。そのまま、1回で話せた内容ではないので、ご理解ください。
②ハルカちゃんは、日本語のアクセントやイントネーションを、ときどき間違えます。マネしないでください、聞いて理解するようにしてください。
NOTE 1; This dialogue is a final summary of several talks with OpenAI. Not created in a single session.
NOTE 2; Haruka-chan sometimes makes mistakes in her Japanese accent and intonation. Please do not imitate her, but just listen and try to understand what she says.

スクリプトは⁠こちら⁠。
https://www.notion.so/02a9cccc990d4d9197afce2f69bb9ae9?pvs=4
文法と言葉のリストはまだですが、そのうちつくります。
楽しみ方はS１と同じ。⁠⁠こちら⁠⁠を見てください。
https://www.notion.so/S2-1114d60c575442768615bc975767fd41?pvs=4
まだまだ、ハルカちゃん、話し方が不安定です。もっと話して、なかよくなりたいです。





すずまりの日本語「きき耳ずきん」S2

第2話　食いだおれの町、大阪

Mental blockers in job interviews, IELTS speaking or communication as a whole.

Have you heard of such a thing as a mental blocker? Or psychological filtering?

Most techers never talk about this because they care too much on helping you with the language (grammar, vocabulary, reading, writing). There is nothing wrong with it but why 60-90% of language learners aren't satisfied about their spoken language performance?

Mental blockers or filtering is when we focus too much on the bad things and ignore the good things. 

This can make us only see the negative parts of a situation and not notice the positives. It's like when you only pay attention to one mean comment and ignore all the nice ones. 

This can make us feel bad about ourselves and not appreciate the good things around us.

Have you found yourself in it? We all do it, I do too in various aspects and my student Savi inspired me to help you become aware of it and deal with it and succeed as the result.

Take your time listening to it as it is the first time in your life you came across this topic and again - it's not what English teachers talk about so please meditate on my thoughts, let yourself grow and come to my vip 1-1 training to ask questions and be helped.

You can do it!

The Habits of Highly Effective English Communicators

Mental blockers in job interviews, IELTS speaking or communication as a whole

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