To improve listening skills, vocabulary and expression of a native speaker

Amrutham 

 In this episode, we are going to look at the current trade talks between China and the USA taking place in Switzerland. The trade talks appear to be going well, however, there is no deal reached at this time. So, will a deal be reached? That is the big question.


The Short And Sweet English Learning Podcast

Episode 5, China and US reach a trade deal?

Listen to this episode about the phrase PUSHING THE ENVELOPE and learn what "the envelope" really means.

Brentoni's English Podcast

042 - pushing the envelope

Get ready for a special treat! In this episode, I talk with Cara Leopold, an English Teacher known as the Listening Expert. We covered a lot of topics, so this will be the first of two episodes with our conversation. The main theme of our conversation was building great listening skills in another language. In this first episode, we talk about the importance of listening when learning another language, including pronunciation, and what to do when you don’t understand your colleagues in meetings.  Here are some gems from this episode:

“People might think, “I spend most of my time speaking.” But listening is actually the skill that dominates. So by that logic, the foundation for also learning future languages should be listening.”

“So what’s really helped me to get fluent in French is observing what people say, understanding them, and then copying them.”

“Notice the expressions that people keep using and then use them. You will sound more authentic because you'll be using what the people around you actually say, as opposed to what you read in a book or what you got out of a list of 100 idioms.”

Tune in to get more valuable insights from Cara, so you’ll understand more of what people say around you! The second part of our conversation will be released in the next episode. 

Read the transcript here: https://www.express-to-impress.com/listening-skills/.

Original theme music by Lucas Knutter 

Express to Impress

How to Improve Your Listening Skills With Movies With Cara Leopold

In this episode of Streetwise English Podcast, I talk wrestling with the Jiangsu Province Womens Judo Team.. My teacher profile: https://italki.com/teacher/1947582 Thanks for listening!

Streetwise English

SWE 97 Wrestling The Womens Chinese Judo Team

9_Mein Haus. Mein Auto. Mein Boot.

(A)  Eine Fernseh-Werbung aus den 90er Jahren wird in Deutschland auch heute noch oft zitiert: Zwei Männer, die sich aus ihrer Schulzeit kennen, treffen sich nach Jahren wieder und wollen demonstrieren, wie viel sie im Leben erreicht haben. Sie wollen einander IN DEN SCHATTEN STELLEN, indem sie abwechselnd Foto um Foto auf den Tisch legen mit den Worten: „Mein Haus. Mein Auto. Mein Boot.“ Wobei das Boot eine Yacht ist.

(B)  Tatsächlich war es damals ein Zeichen von Wohlstand, ein schönes Haus und ein tolles Auto zu besitzen. Heute trifft das nicht mehr hundertprozentig zu. Junge, hochqualifizierte und gut verdienende Leute ziehen es nicht selten vor, ein Haus oder eine Wohnung zu mieten. Zum einen verlangt ihr Beruf oft dass sie flexibel sind und jederzeit umziehen können, zum anderen ist Wohneigentum in deutschen Großstädten fast UNERSCHWINGLICH geworden. Auch ein eigenes Auto ist nicht mehr für jeden erstrebenswert. Die Suche nach einem Parkplatz gestaltet sich zum täglichen Drama und die Innenstädte sind ein einziger Verkehrsstau. Nicht wenige junge Leute ziehen ein Fahrrad vor: Es ist gesünder, schneller und umweltbewusster. 

(C)  Ein hoher Lebensstandard zeigt sich heute eher in der neuesten digitalen Ausstattung. Auch schöne Reisen in die ganze Welt gehören zu den Wünschen der jungen Generation.  Andererseits spricht natürlich nichts gegen einen tollen Urlaub auf einem Boot.


LearnGermanToday

9_Mein Haus. Mein Auto. Mein Boot.

Describe a time you were very busy.

You should say: 

When it was.
Why you were so busy.
How you managed it.
And explain how you felt about being so busy.





“ One of the busiest times I experienced was about 3 months ago, when I had to finish a very important and difficult assignment in order to graduate in my major, business management. 

I had only 2 weeks to complete this paper, and if I didn't meet the deadline, I would automatically fail my finals, as well as being unable to graduate, so it was of great importance to me. I also had a part-time job at this time, which took up a lot of my time and didn’t actually leave much time to complete my paper. 

The assignment was also very challenging, certainly  no walk in the park  and I needed to do a lot of research as well as collect a lot of data before I could even start to brainstorm ideas on how I would complete it. This meant I had to burn the midnight oil, and pull a few all nighters to be certain of having it finished to meet the deadline.

Although I didn’t exactly enjoy being so busy and under so much pressure, I felt very proud and satisfied to have completed the assignment after working all the hours god sent me. I was on cloud nine when I received my grade and discovered I got a straight A for the paper, and could now look forward to graduating.


Thank you…”


IELTS 85 Speaking

Describe a time you were very busy - IELTS speaking part 2

元の記事/ Original Article↓
https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/612435

☆目次
0:00 オープニング
1:04 “Introduction”
2:06 “『話し方で損する人得する人』”
5:53 聞く姿勢
9:34 “”要約”はNG！”
12:55 相談
15:28 “やたらと質問してしまうと相手が疲れる”
17:13 質問
19:36 “質問っぽくなく質問する簡単テクニック”
21:03 会話について

☆語彙
前置（まえお）き
推測（すいそく）
勘違（かんちが）い
信頼（しんらい）
的外（まとはず）れ
好意（こうい）
忍耐強（にんたいづよ）く
特性（とくせい）
就活（しゅうかつ）
継続（けいぞく）

☆引用記事
五百田達成. “話し方で｢損する人得する人｣の意外と侮れない差”. 東洋経済ONLINE. 2022-08-26. https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/612435