Can learning a language give you an alternative perspective on life? We discuss this with our expert in linguistic relativity Guillaume Thierry.

The Age of Humans

Episode 1: Does learning a new language change your perception?

私は子供の時に親に「ごはんできた？」とよく聞いていました。このフレーズはごはんの準備が終わったかどうかを聞くときによく使います。まだごはんの準備が終わっていなければ、「まだだよ」「もうすぐだよ」、準備が終わっていれば「できたよ」と親は答えます。
「できた」のここでの意味は英語のreadyという意味です。
他にも「レポートできた？」「準備できた？」など日本人はこのフレーズをよく使います。
また、「テストできた？」と友達に聞かれたことがありますか？このフレーズはテストが終わった後に友達同士でテストがうまくいったかどうかを聞き合う時によく使います。もし、みなさんが、「テストどうだった？できた？」と友達に聞かれたら、「けっこうできたよ」「あんまりできなかった」「全然できなかった」と答えることができます。
このふたつの「できた」も日本人が会話の中でよく使います。よかったら、私のレッスンに来て一緒に練習しましょう！
「できた」の他の使い方は「ジブリパークができた」というエピソードで説明しています。まだ聞いていない人はそちらも聞いてみてください。

準備：じゅんび　preparation
聞き合う：ききあう　ask each other
けっこうできた：It went pretty well

Nihongo Short Story by Noriko

ごはんできた？テストできた？-Today’s Word

Although I'm from the UK, I lived in China for 15 years, teach a large number of Chinese students, and even have a Chinese girlfriend. In this episode, I share some of my thoughts on the main differences I've noticed between the two cultures. These affect the way we approach education, the way we interact with our friends, and even how we eat our food and choose what to wear.
So what do you think? Do you agree with me? Are there any other differences that you've noticed? I'd love to read your comments.

Learn English with Cambridge David

Cultural Differences between the UK and China

Uskoro nam stiže 14-ti veljače, tada se u Hrvatskoj obilježava Valentinovo ili Dan zaljubljenih...

Priče iz Hrvatske

Epizoda 5 : Valentinovo, dan zaljubljenih

IELTS Speaking preparation. Band 8-9 Answers. Part 1 - Law.

Q. Why do you think law and order are important?
Q. Who/which department is most responsible for enforcing the law?
Q. Should laws be more universal?
Q. Is there any law you think is too strict? [Why?/Why not?]
Q. How do people in your country generally think about obeying laws?

Try to connect with what you think ( not what the questions is making you think about). I found it's a lot easier for students to speak what they believe or believed in the past.

Let me know how easy it's going to be doing it this way.



IELTS-SPEAKING 8-9 BAND IS POSSIBLE. DAILY SPEAKING PRACTICE PART 1,2 & 3. Listen daily.

IELTS Speaking preparation. Band 8-9 Answers. Part 1 - Law.

谢谢你的帮助
xiè xiè nǐ de bāng zhù 

不客气
bù kè qì

日常中文（Daily Chinese）

Thank you for your help  谢谢你的帮助

¿Sabes qué eran las clases de mecanografía? Es una cosa que hacíamos cuando yo era niña y que ahora es muy útil para esta vida tecnológica en la que vivimos.

Curiosidades sobre el español y su cultura

Las clases de mecanografía

On this episode, we are going to learn how to put “time” in a sentence.

Subject + time + predicate
1.我wǒ+早上八点zǎo shang bā diǎn+上学shàng xué。
（I go to school at 8am.）
2. 你nǐ+几点jǐ diǎn+睡觉shuì jiào？
（What time do you go to sleep?）

Daily routine:
起床 qǐ chuáng（get up）
吃早饭 chī zǎo fàn （have breakfast）
吃午饭 chī wǔ fàn （have lunch）
吃晚饭 chī wǎn fàn （have dinner）
上班 shàng bān（go to work） 
下班 xià bān（off work） 
上学shàng xué（go to school） 
放学fàng xué（after school）
睡觉 shuì jiào（to sleep）  


Daily Conversation（日常对话）

7.	The Position of Time（“时间”的位置）

speaker: 董卿Dǒng Qīng 中国主持人，曾于2005年到2017年连续13年主持中央电视台的春节联欢晚会。
Chinese television host.From 2005 to 2017, she has hosted the annual CCTV New Year's Gala.

script:枪响之后没有赢家，伤害与被伤害有时候也是对立统一的关系。伤害他人有时候也意味着在毁灭自己，即便你占尽了优势也不可能是为所欲为的，然后你就可以接着说你想到的平衡的问题，一切都在追求一种平衡，健康在于平衡，发展在于平衡，对抗有时候也是一种平衡，对不对？所以如果你想到了这个之后，你就最后就不仅仅是人和熊的关系了，人和自然的关系，人和自我的关系，人和世界的关系。 

平衡  píng héng  
关系  guān xi 
翻译: There are no winners in a gun fight. To hurt or to be hurt are not always mutually exclusive. Sometimes hurting others causes more damage to yourself，despite being in an advanteous position, you can't act recklessly, this leads us to the topic of balance. There needs to be balance in life. Balance in heath, balance in development, even balance in conflict, right? When you come to realise this, you will recognise that it doesn't just refer to the relationship between man and animals, but also to the relationships between man and nature, man and himself, and man and the world around him.
