Today's phrase for ESL learners is to be "knocked" down.

It can mean anything which has been knocked over, it can also mean when someone is involved in a car accident.
Examples:
My little cat sometimes knocks things over (or knocks things down).
My friend was knocked down by a passing car.




Teacher Joseph's Podcast

To Be Knocked Down

法国的面包和中国的面包有什么不同？

Yating在法国

面包

Matt
Excuse me, could you help me find my seat?


Flight Attendant
Certainly. May I have your boarding pass?


Matt
Here it is.


Flight Attendant
Thank you! Let me see... Your seat number is 13D. It’s the aisle seat on the right side.


Matt
Thank you!

Someone is sitting in 13D.


Matt
Excuse me. I’m afraid you’re sitting in my seat.


Nicole
Oh, really?

Nicole looks at her boarding pass.


Nicole
Yes, you are right. I got the wrong seat. I'm so sorry!


Matt
No problem.

A flight attendant approaches Matt.


Flight Attendant
Would you like something to drink?


Matt
Yes, I’d like to have an orange juice.


Flight Attendant
Sure. Here it is.


Matt
Thank you. May I recline my seat?


Flight Attendant
Yes, of course.


Matt
And, can I have a blanket, please?


Flight Attendant
Sure, I will bring you one right away.


Matt
Thank you so much!


English Conversation/Dialogue

On an Airplane

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Daily English Podcast

Daily English Podcast # 6

let's see what  " I am on it" means: 

It means: 
I have got this ! Don't worry . I will do it and I will start it right now !!!

Leave it all to me !!

English for Work with James

Episode 1 : I am on it !!

I discuss some of my favorite idioms! 
Can't see the forest for the trees
better late than never 
fishing for compliments 
could care less 
go above and beyond (the call of duty) 
go the extra mile 
You give them an inch and they take a mile. 
on the fence/in two minds about
Take it easy

Nit-Picky English with Nika 

Interesting Idioms

Enjoy in this short story, written for kids by Su Yu Jin, which tells us about how to find real friends. After listening to this amazing story, try to solve the quizzes.
Срећно учење! / Srećno učenje!


SERBIAN TO GO

Свитац тражи пријатеља – Svitac traži prijatelja -  Firefly looking for friends (A short story for B1 level)

Transcript by italki teacher Carl:
Improve your spoken English and book a lesson with me: https://teach.italki.com/teacher/1947582
Streetwise English Podcast - Pink Floyd
Welcome back to another mini episode of Streetwise English podcast. You can search for Streetwise English Podcast on other platforms and find full length episodes, but these are just mini podcasts. Today I'd like to talk about music, and specifically I'd like to talk about an English band called Pink Floyd. So Pink Floyd was big back in the 1970s. And I remember as a kid my dad had the album The Dark Side of the Moon, and the cover Art of the Dark Side of the Moon was a prism, like a triangle.
And then on the right side of the prism was a rainbow. So the spectrum of colors in light and this album was groundbreaking at the time because it was kind of a new genre of music. It was psychedelic rock, so there were soundscapes and they were using synthesizers and electric instruments in ways that people had never done before. And I looked, I Googled it, checked on the Wikipedia page, and it says that The Dark Side of the Moon is the eighth studio album of the English rock band Pink Floyd released on March 1st 1973 the record was conceived as an album that focused on the pressures faced by the band during their arduous lifestyle. And dealing with the apparent mental health problems suffered by former band member Syd Barrett, who was a part of the group in 1968.
So in my research, um, my brief research here on Pink Floyd I learned about Syd Barrett and that he was the founding member of the band who left the group and I guess he had some kind of mental illness and experimented with a lot of psychedelic drugs. Um, and he kind of disappeared from the band, but it seems like he was probably maybe the most talented one and the original member of the band and kind of helped form, form their style of exploring sonic soundscapes and free flow of consciousness and the way that he would create the lyrics and...



Streetwise English

SWE #10 Pink Floyd- Psychedelic Rock

lesson on italki 
https://www.italki.com/ja/teacher/9451959/japanese

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ccr9nwq8ytV

https://linktr.ee/atsushi_japanese

こんにちは！
Japanese daily life podcast のAtsushiです。
このPodcastは、日本語を勉強しているみなさんに向けたPodcastです。

日本の年度始まりについて話します。
年度というのは、1年間をどこで区切るか、ということです。日本では、2023年度といえば、だいたいの会社や学校は2023年4月から2024年3月をいいます。

でも、海外だと、9月はじまりが多かったりしますね。では日本はなぜ4月からはじまるのか、知っていますか？
それについて話をしますね！

実はこれには江戸時代に関係があります。
江戸時代は日本の1600-1870年ぐらいまでの約300年ぐらい続きました。この時代にも税金を払っていたんですね。ですがこの時はお米でした。米を税金の代わりに納めていたんですね。時代は変わって明治時代になります。明治時代になると米を納めることはなくなりました。その代わりに米を売ってそのお金を税金として納めるようになりました。米を売ってすぐに税金を納めるのはむずかしかったので、時期がずれて4月が年度はじめになった、ということです。

ぼくははじめ、桜が咲いたりする時期で、なんとなく出会いと別れのイメージがありますが、それは自分で勝手に結びつけていたイメージなんだなと思いました。

一方で、海外はなぜ9月が多いかというと、これも同じような理由でした。夏は収穫で忙しい時期だったので、その後の9月にビジネスなどの新年度が始まるようになったそうです。いくつかのネットの情報を見たり、chat GPTに聞いてみたりしました。

ということで、日本では新しくはじまる時期が4月なんですね。それで新しいことを始める、という人も多いと思います。ぼくは今、英語を勉強していますが、オランダ語も勉強しようと思っています。Duolingo では、いろいろと言語を勉強しているんですが、それはまぁ、遊んでいる感じですね。今年はオランダ語、がんばって勉強しようかなぁと思っています。

みなさんは、何か新しくはじめること、はじめたことはありますか？ぜひオンラインレッスンでお話しましょう！お待ちしています！

ということで、今回も最後まで聞いていただき、ありがとうございます！ではまた！





