BOB: We’d like two tickets for the 3:30
show, please.
TICKET SALES: Here you go. Enjoy the movie!
[Inside the theater]
BOB: Would you mind moving over one,
so my friend and I can sit together?
WOMAN: No, not at all.
BOB: Thanks a lot!



LANGUAGE NOTES
• The 3:30 show Movies are shown at different times throughout the day. This refers to 
the movie that starts at 3:30. Notice the emphasis on 3:30.
• Enjoy the movie! Notice how the intonation rises on movie. This is said in a friendly 
way, and is followed by an exclamation point.
• Would you mind is a polite way to ask “Can you do something for me?” Notice the 
verb ends in “-ing.” Compare this structure to “Would you mind if I” plus a verb that 
ends in “-ed” (Would you mind if I opened the window?).
• Moving over one Here “one” is short for “one seat.”
• No, not at all is a way of saying “No, I don’t mind” or “I will be glad to.” Notice the 
answer to “Would you mind” is in the negative form.

English Conversation practice (30-day challenge)

Day 21: At the Movies

A：你很少生病，是不是喜欢运动？
B：是啊，我每天早上都要出去跑步。
A：你每天几点起床？
B：我每天六点起床。


HSK Standard Course Level 2 Audio of the textbook

Lesson 2 tex 1

Learn what "Yeah, no," "No, yeah," and "Yeah, no, for sure" actually mean in American English. These aren't contradictions — they're discourse markers that soften tone and manage conversation. This episode breaks down the pattern, explains the cultural context, and gives real-life examples so you can start recognizing (and using) these phrases naturally.

**Topics covered:** discourse markers, polite refusal, enthusiastic agreement, American indirectness, conversational flow

**Level:** Intermediate to Advanced

Context Clues

Why Americans Say the Opposite of What They Mean

Today we're talking about an idiom that we can use to talk about joining a new team or project, or perhaps starting a new job. I hope you find it useful!

DAILY Business English VOCABULARY builder

You're moving too slowly for this podcast!

Let's make Japanese sentences together.   If you make a sentence in Japanese, write it in the comment section! I will correct your sentences! 

【Today's  topic】
【⚪⚪かどうか】

(Verb 辞書形）+かどうか

この文法はJLPT N4の表現(ひょうげん)です。

意味(いみ)は、文(ぶん)の中(なか)に、２つの選択肢(せんたくし yes or no )を含(ふく)む。
英語では【Whether  ～かどうか】

📕Verb辞書形
(行く　買う　飲む　)

(ex)
なつやすみに日本(にほん)に行(い)くかどうか、まだわかりません。

あたらしい携帯電話(けいたいでんわ)を買(か)う　かどうか　なやんでいます。

なつやすみに実家(じっか)に帰(かえ)る　かどうか　まだきめていません。

あしたの朝(あさ)、仕事(しごと)がはやいので、ビールを飲(の)む　かどうか　まよっている。


🗾豆知識(まめちしき)bits of knowledge

道路(どうろ) road
規制(きせい) regulate
広範囲(こうはんい)extensively

Japanese teacher Noriko’s room

(Verb 辞書形）+かどうか　

مقال رائع يتحدث فيه الكاتب عن مشكلة النكد وكيف يؤثر على الحياة الزوجية ويدمرها ، والحل فيمن كانت حياته مع شريك حياته مليئة بالهم وعدم التفاهم
المستوى اللغوي للمتعلم : متقدم

Arabic Guide 

بريد الجمعة لعبد الوهاب مطاوع : مشكلة النكد في الحياة الزوجية

.مقهى اللغة العربية مدونة صوتية ستساعدك على تطوير مستواك في اللغة العربية

هذه المدونة الصوتية مناسبة لمتعلمي اللغة العربية ذوي المستوى المتوسط, تم انشاءها باستعمال المدخلات المفهومة.

Arabic Café is a podcast that will help you improve your level of the Arabic language.

This podcast is suitable for intermediate-level students of Arabic and was made using comprehensible input.

Arabic Café | مقهى اللغة العربية

الحلقة 1 - تعرف على مقهى اللغة العربية | Intermediate Arabic |

¿LOS CORREGIMOS?

Dale play y mejora tu español conmigo hoy! 🙌🏼

Disfruta de aprender

ERRORES DE GRAMÁTICA SUPER COMUNES EN ESTUDIANTES DE ESPAÑOL

People who spend a lot of time sitting down might reduce their health risks by drinking coffee, a new study suggests.

Researchers from China wanted to look at the health effects of coffee drinking and time spent sitting.

They looked at health data for nearly 11,000 people in the US and followed them for up to 13 years.

During the period of the study, 945 people died, including 284 from heart disease.

The research team found that people who sat for over eight hours a day were almost 50% more likely to die from all causes, and nearly 80% more likely to die from heart disease.

That's compared to people who sat for fewer than four hours per day.

Sitting for a long time has been linked to increased risks of diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity and more.

The researchers also found that people who drank the most coffee — three or more cups per day — reduced their risk of death from all causes by over 30% compared to those who drank no coffee. And they were more than 50% less likely to die from heart disease.

And drinking coffee even seemed to protect people from the health risks of sitting down: coffee drinkers could sit for more than six hours a day and still have about the same risk of death as non-coffee drinkers who sat for less than six hours.

However, the researchers said they didn't look at the effects of different types of coffee on our health, so they couldn't be sure which type was best.

They wrote that more research would be needed on this "miracle" drink.