Do you think our parents' or grandparents' lives were more stressful than ours? Or do you think the fast-paced modern day is harder to deal with.

Today Nick discusses this topic to help you form ideas for the IELTS test. 

IELTS with Nick - World Knowledge 

Do you think modern life is more stressful than in the past?

In today's daily challenge the topic I'll ask you about is friends.

In one minute I will ask you 7 or 8 questions to inspire your thoughts and to have you go through your daily portion of spoken English :)

Enjoy it and see you tomorrow!

One minute speaking challenge - Challenge yourself to speak English daily!

One Minute English Challenge - Friends!

The final installment of this amazing story!

Stories to Stimulate!

Will and Mary Part 11

明けましておめでとうございます！
ポッドキャストの更新が滞っている間に年が明けてしまいました！
皆さんは新年のカレンダーを買いましたか？
今回は、フミがお気に入りのカレンダーについて話します。
※去年の秋に収録したものなので、少し季節外れな会話があります。

Happy New Year!
While we have not been updating the podcast, the New Year has come!
Have you bought your New Year's calendars?　
This time, Fumi talks about his favorite calendar.
*We recorded this podcast last fall, so the conversation is a bit out of season.

♤ キーワード
・縁起がいい（えんぎがいい：bring good luck）
・六曜（ろくよう：The traditional Japanese calendar system used to indicate the perceived luck or fortune of each day. There are 6 labels and often referenced for scheduling events like weddings or funerals. While their use is rooted in superstition, the Rokuyo system remains widely referenced in Japan for scheduling ceremonies and selecting auspicious dates.）
　1. 先勝 - Senshō / Sakikachi (good for starting things, good in the morning)
　2. 友引 - Tomobiki (good day, should avoid funerals)
　3. 先負 - Senbu / Sakimake (good afternoon, bad morning)
　4. 仏滅 - Butsumetsu (extremely unlucky)
　5. 大安 - Taian (very lucky )
　6. 赤口 - Shakkō (lucky only during the hour of the horse (11 a.m. to 1 p.m.), awfully unlucky at other times)
・寅の日（とらのひ：The golden pattern of the tiger is a symbol of money, so the day of the tiger is especially associated with money luck.）
・一粒万倍日（いちりゅうまんばいび：The day that you can get hundreds of times harvest from a grain of seed. So it’s believed many benefits are received from very little.）
・怪我の功名（けがのこうみょう：One of the Japanese proverbs that means a mistake or careless action leading to a fortunate result. It is an unexpected success born out of a failure.）
・待てば海路の日和あり（まてばかいろのひよりあり：One of the Japanese proverbs that means”Everything comes to him who waits.”）

♧ 理解度チェッククイズ
1. フミは毎年どんなカレンダーを買っている？
2. それはどうして？

♢ 前回のクイズの答え
1. フミが最近気になっている言葉は？
→ 界隈
2. それはどういう意味？
→ 〜(する)人たち
3. 元々どこで使われていた言葉？
→ TwitterやInstagramなどのSNSで使われていた

BGM special thanks：MusMus

アヤさんとフミさんの日本語雑談（Aya and Fumi’s Japanese Chit-Chat）

Episode 31：お気に入りのカレンダー

"In this episode we are going to learn a Real Chinese Conversation【Treat friend to a meal】. 
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Step 1: Listen and catch the words you know already, have a guess about the content.
Step 2: Check the script to learn one by one. 
Step 3: Listen and repeat after it.
Step 4: Practice until you can perform the dialogue. 
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A: 你这两天有空吗？
nǐ zhè liǎng tiān yǒu kòng ma ？
Are you free for the next few days?
B: 明天不太忙。怎么啦？
míng tiān bú tài máng 。 zěn me la ？
I'm not too busy tomorrow. What's up?
A: 好久没跟你见面了，我请你吃个饭吧。
hǎo jiǔ méi gēn nǐ jiàn miàn le ， wǒ qǐng nǐ chī gè fàn ba 。
I haven't seen you for a while. Let me treat you to dinner.
B: 哇，有人请吃饭，我当然要去啦。
wa， yǒu rén qǐng chī fàn ， wǒ dāng rán yào qù la 。
Wow, someone's treating me to dinner, of course I'm going.
A: 有什么想吃的吗？
yǒu shén me xiǎng chī de ma ？
What do you want to eat?
B: 我都可以，你定吧。
wǒ dōu kě yǐ ， nǐ dìng ba 。
Anything will be OK for me. You are the boss.
A: 那就去吃火锅吧。
nà jiù qù chī huǒ guō ba 。
Then let's go to eat hot pot.
B: 可以啊，我这几天刚好想吃。
kě yǐ a ， wǒ zhè jǐ tiān gāng hǎo xiǎng chī 。
Sure, I happedn to be craving it these days.
A: 那明天晚上7点左右在你们公司附近那家四川火锅店见。
nà míng tiān wǎn shàng qī diǎn zuǒ yòu zài nǐ men gōng sī fù jìn nà jiā sì chuān huǒ guō diàn jiàn 。
See you tomorrow night around 7:00 at that Sichuan hot pot restaurant near your company.
B: 行，你到了给我发信息。
xíng ， nǐ dào le gěi wǒ fā xìn xī 。
Okay, send me a message when you get there.
A: 好，那明天见啦。
hǎo ， nà míng tiān jiàn la 。
Okay, see you tomorrow.

Yuli's Chinese Channel

请朋友吃饭  Treat friend to a meal （Beginner）

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Daily English Podcast Chapter # 10

안녕하세요, 여러분!
Today's topic is about 이에요/예요 and 있어요
I hope you like it!

받침 final consonant O 이에요 
받침 final consonant X 예요
있어요

안녕하세요! 킴이에요! 에피소드 2가 있어요!

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EP02. 이에요/예요 vs 있어요, what's the difference between them?

Go Out With

"Go out with" означает "встречаться с кем-то" или "выходить с кем-то" . например, "Today I’m going out with my friends." "Сегодня я встречаюсь с друзьями". этот глагол также используется в романтическом контексте. В романтическом контексте он означает "ходить на свидание". 

1. I like to go out with my friends on weekends.
Мне нравится выходить гулять с друзьями по выходным.

2. She goes out with her family every Friday.
Она выходит гулять с семьёй каждую пятницу.

3. He wants to go out with her this weekend.
Он хочет пойти с ней на свидание в эти выходные.




Английский для Русскоговорящих _ 50 Самых Распространённых Фразовых Глаголов в Английском Языке

изучение фразового глагола "Go Out With"

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