English Learning Doesn't Need to Be Painful!

Learn how to learn English painlessly--without a boring study of English grammar or vocabulary. 

Painless English

A : 안녕하십니까? 저는 마이클 존슨이라고 합니다.
B : 네. 이쪽으로 앉으세요.
      존슨 씨는 어느 나라 사람입니까?
A : 저는 미국 사람입니다.
B : 전공이 무엇입니까?
A : 저는 컴퓨터 그래픽을 전공했습니다.

A : Hello. I am Michael Johnson.
B : Well, have a seat here, please. 
     Where are you from, Mr. Johnson?
A : I am from the States.
B : What is your major?
A : I majored in Computer graphics.

** Grammar points.

A/V-ㅂ/습니다, N-입니다, A/V-았/었습니다, N-였습니다/이었습니다.
In the formal situations such as interviews, news, and public announcement, the formal style of speech is used as stated below.
For the present tense, A/V-ㅂ/습니다, N-입니다 are used.
A/V-ㅂ/습니다
* verb or adjective stems ending with a vowel + -ㅂ니다 : 가다 -> 갑니다.
* verb or adjective stems ending with a consonant + -습니다 : 먹다 -> 먹습니다.
N-입니다 : 의사 + -입니다 -> 의사입니다 
For the past tense, A/V-았/었습니다, N-였습니다/이었습니다 are used.
A/V-았/었습니다 : 가다 -> 갔습니다 / 먹다 -> 먹었습니다
N-였습니다/이었습니다 : 학교 -> 학교였습니다 / 월요일 -> 월요일이었습니다.


Reading Korea.

Having an interview

De vez en cuando, tenía tiempo de echar un vistazo al Mediterráneo y me imaginaba a los que llegaban allende los mares a otras tierras donde no había ni una palabra en común entre los dos idiomas: el que llegaba y el que estaba esperando.

AUDIO-ARTÍCULOS (Nivel B2-C1)

Un mar de sensaciones.

This audio is about a student's presentation on the origins of unicorns.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Unicorns

cos'è la Costituzione?
quando è stata scritta?
cosa dice l'articolo 9 per tutelare il patrimonio artistico?

la Rubrica di Simona

La Costituzione italiana - breve storia e tutela del patrimonio artistico

Thank you very much for listening to my podcast.
And in this episode, I'm going to talk about Swedish snacks.

Super Casual Japanese with Teppei

スウェーデンのお菓子

1. -예요/-이에요  (am, is, are)

2. 거짓말! (You're lying!)

Speaking Practice - Beginner

1. -예요/-이에요

In this Chillchat you will become a “water connoisseur” (not really) and learn how to talk about different kinds of water in Chinese. E.g. ice water, room temperature water, sparkling water, etc.

Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

你喜欢喝什么水？  What kind of water do you like?

Recycled Human Hair Is Cleaning Belgian Water
Imagine if the hair caught in your drain could actually help to clean it.

That's what's happening in Belgium, where human hair is being recycled to help clean the country's water.

Around the country, hairdressers are taking the hair they cut from their customers' heads and putting it into bags. These bags of hair are then collected by a non-profit organization that runs a project called "Hair Recycle."

The hair collected by Hair Recycle is put through a machine and made into 60-centimeter-wide square mats. These mats can then be put into a drain to absorb oil and other pollution before it gets into a river or stream.

According to the Hair Recycle website, 1 kilogram of hair can absorb up to 8 liters of oil.

To take part in the project, hair salons have to pay a small fee. They then receive bags to collect the hair, and a sticker for their window, so they can show their customers that they are helping the environment.

Salons in Luxembourg and the Netherlands are also taking part in the Hair Recycle project.

Belgium's Hair Recycle is not the only hair recycling project, however. In the UK and Ireland, a company called Green Salon Collective is recycling hair and other waste from salons, including metal, paper, plastic and chemicals.

And a similar company called Green Circle Salons is recycling hair and other salon waste in the US and Canada.

So maybe hair in the drain can be a good thing?