After watching Gu Ailing, I found that the life of a talented girl has traces to follow!

【人物述说】

Eileen Gu 谷爱凌

Mona and I discuss an enigmatic concept known as the American Dream. What does it mean and what doesn't it mean? How do Americans and non-Americans view it differently? In our conversation, we attempt to tease out some answers.

(By the way, my apologies for the poor sound quality in this episode. I'll certainly do my best to fix it for the next episode!)

Link to episode transcript: https://american-idiom.com/f/004-the-american-dream

***For English learners! - Detailed Vocabulary Lesson begins at 30:50***

Vocabulary and Examples (Starts at 30:50)

“to make it” (used at 2:10, 4:19, 7:09, 9:48, and explained at 31:17)
"to get ahead” (used at 3:01, 3:11, 3:15 and 3:17 and explained at 33:31)
“to get by” (used at 3:09 and explained at 33:53)
“to throw (one)'s hat in the ring” (used at 4:04 and explained at 37:00)
"to wear (something) on your sleeve" (used at 13:28 and explained at 39:01)
“to sell (someone) short” (used at 21:21 and explained at 41:53)
“to be fed up with (something)” (used at 25:56 and explained at 43:53)

Brentoni's English Podcast

004 The American Dream

How to say what’s your name? in Thai

First of all, let’s learn some vocabulary

what = a-rai
Is  = kue
your = khong khun
name = chue

To translate directly from English to Thai, we will have the sentence like
“chue khong khun kue a-rai”
Well, this is not wrong , you will still get the answer from the listener.
But to speak in the same way as Thai native speakers, we don’t use that sentence. 
To ask for someone’s name, we will simply say

khun chue a-rai

literally means “You Name What”

The same thing goes  with “surname”.

Surname or last name , in Thai we say “naam sa gun”

Now , can you tell me how to ask “What’s your surname?”.
I give 3 seconds to think.  3 … 2 …. 1 
time’s up. Yes, you’re right. 
The answer is
khun naam sa gun a-rai

When you answer these questions, you can simply tell your name or surname straightaway.






Learn Easy Thai With Sumon

EP2 : How to say "What's your name?" in Thai

In this episode we explore different weather patterns in different parts of earth, and lastly mention about global warming and how we can stop it.

FarsiLounge

FarsiLounge ep.1: Global Weather and Global Warming

Unaccustomed  == >  you are not familiar with something or not used to something  
1 -  I am unaccustomed to American culture  
2 -  I am unaccustomed to  this environment  

Engsavvy ( 504 Absolutely Essential Words )

Lesson 1 Word 10 ( Unaccustomed ) 

Vowels o_e

Listen and repeat.
home, bone, cone, rope

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Phonics Long Vowels and Consonant Blends

Vowels o_e

In Kendrick Lamar's extremely popular song "Not Like Us", he refers to Drake as a ball boy.  What the heck does that mean?  Find out in this episode.

Grammar Without The Rules

Episode Three: Ball Boy

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）

我6岁的时候上小学。
wǒ liù suì de shí hòu shàng xiǎo xué 。
I went to elementary school when I was 6 years old.
我12岁的时候上初中。
wǒ shí èr suì de shí hòu shàng chū zhōng 。
I went to middle school when I was 12 years old.
我15岁的时候上高中。
wǒ shí wǔ suì de shí hòu shàng gāo zhōng 。
I went to high school when I was 15.
我18岁的时候上大学。
wǒ shí bā suì de shí hòu shàng dà xué 。
I went to college when I was 18.
我22岁的时候大学毕业，开始工作。
wǒ èr shí èr suì de shí hòu dà xué bì yè ， kāi shǐ gōng zuò 。
When I was 22, I graduated from college and started working.
我的第一份工作是会计师。
wǒ de dì yī fèn gōng zuò shì kuài jì shī 。
My first job was an accountant.
我也做过贸易的工作。
wǒ yě zuò guò mào yì de gōng zuò 。
I also did trading work.
现在我是一名老师。
xiàn zài wǒ shì yì míng lǎo shī 。
Now I am a teacher.