001 Introduction

Hello everyone and welcome to my first ever iTalki podcast.

I just discovered this tool the other day, and thought to myself, 'Hey.  Why not?'

Since this is my first contribution to this particular tool on the iTalki platform, I thought that it would be appropriate to at least offer an introduction of myself, and then as a bonus, offer you the same guidance that I give to my students as they prepare for their sessions with me.

So...

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Peace

Organic English

001 | iTalki Podcast Introduction

nside a dimly lit cave, a group of people sit huddled around glowing amphoras. These vessels are no ordinary pottery; they're meticulously painted with images of legendary wrestlers, engaged in eternal combat. The flickering light from a small fire casts these images onto the walls, animating the wrestlers in a primitive, captivating dance of shadows.



The cave's inhabitants watch these images, interpreting the epic battles as the ultimate expression of wrestling. They debate the techniques, celebrate the victories, and mourn the defeats, all from the moving images on the amphoras. To them, these representations are the entirety of wrestling—there is no world beyond the wrestlers on the pottery.


Nikostratos, ever the curious and skeptical cat, notices a sliver of light peeking through a crack in the cave wall. The murals and their tales don't satisfy his curiosity. One day, driven by a particularly pungent smell of the outside world—a mix of fresh earth and sweat—he finds a loose stone and wiggles his way through the crack.

Everything Zenified 

Wrestling, skeptical Cats, and Allegory of the Cave

Self-Fulfilling Prophecy - To Fail or To Succeed?

A self-fulfilling prophecy is an expectation or belief that can influence your behaviors, thus causing the belief to come true.

The idea behind a self-fulfilling prophecy, also known as the Pygmalion effect, is that your belief about what will happen drives the actions that make that outcome ultimately come to pass.

Think a moment and imagine relating the above to your English development, what will it mean?

If you expect everything to go wrong, you might put in less effort or fail to take steps that could turn things around, which means that expecting the worst brings out the worst.

If you expect everything to go right you might be more eager, more enthusiastic and less worried!

Listen to the recording several times and allow the information to sink in and to influence you in it's own way.

Good luck and join my 1-1 trainings to become better and brighter at expressing yourself!

Job Interview Preparation | Build Strong Communication Under Pressure

Self-Fulfilling Prophecy - To Fail or To Succeed?

In this episode, we’ll dive into three important types of Chinese words—褒义词 (positive words), 贬义词 (negative words), and 中性词 (neutral words). Understanding these can help you avoid awkward situations and express yourself more naturally in Chinese. I’ll share useful examples like 努力, 自私, and 吃饭, and show you how connotation really matters in Chinese communication. Let’s learn and have fun together!

Learn Chinese and Have Fun!

Pay Attention to 褒义词, 贬义词, and 中性词 Before Using Chinese Words!

こんにちは! Today, it's a bit a big theme: life! Meeting people has changed my life a lot.

Usage of Slow Japanese:
STEP 1. Listen to the episode without seeing scripts.
STEP 2. Go to mochifika.com/podcast/ and check "Key vocabularies of this episode", listen again to the episode while seeing the list.
STEP 3. Check the whole script, it'll fill the gap in your understanding.

Scripts and key vocabularies of this episode are here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/slow-japanese-24-63570190?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copy_to_clipboard&utm_campaign=postshare

Slow Japanese

Episode #24 - Meeting new people

I will talk about my morning routine.
This episode is N4 level.
Please use it for listening practice.

☆Script for this episode
The scripts (URL) are listed in the overview section of the channel.

Simple Japanese Listening with Meg（めぐ）Smile

#2 毎朝（まいあさ）していること（Morning routine） //N4 Level

I talk about Freemont Street street performers in Las Vegas.  This episode is half in Chinese and Half in English. Let me know if this is useful in the comments. Crank up your volume, I didn't edit the audio on this episode to save time. Let me know if this is fine raw and uncut. My italki teacher profile: https://italki.com/teacher/1947582 Thanks for listening! Visit my website for more of my full-length podcasts . https://www.streetwisenglish.com