A few words, you'll find nowhere else, but that we use all the time

Swissitude 

Jargon


学生のとき、先輩がつくったルールがありましたか？
わたしの学校は、ルールがたくさんあって大変でした。

When you were a student, did you have any rules made by your seniors?
At my school, there were so many rules that it was very difficult.

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#3 先輩がつくったルール Rules Created by Seniors

Winning and losing.
Angela reads the basic text from this lesson, (transcript available when you take this lesson).

This topic is also available for intermediate and higher-level learners.


English with Angela -  conversation 

TASK 78 - WINNING AND REWARDS 

CHISTES MEXICANOS

PREGUNTA DE ORTOGRAFÍA.

Covered with pins and adornments, Vivianne Robinson is hard to miss in the streets of Paris.

The Olympics superfan has attended seven Summer Games over 40 years. But this trip to Paris came at a cost of $10,000.

Robinson, 66 and from Los Angeles, maxed out her credit cards and worked two jobs to afford the trip and the 38 event tickets she bought. And she has to work two more years to make up the money she spent.

"It was hard to save up and it's a big budget, but it's a thousand times worth it," she says.

Robinson's fascination with the Olympics started when her mother worked as a translator for athletes during the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Her mother would come home after work with pins from athletes that she gave to her daughter.

Her hobby of collecting pins led her to Atlanta 1996, where she made rice necklaces for athletes in exchange for their pins.

"I got all the pins and I got to meet all the athletes. And in those days, it wasn't high security like now," she said. "Now you can't even get near the athletes' village."

From there: Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, London 2012 and Rio 2016. She got a visa for Beijing 2008, but couldn't afford the trip. It was similar for Tokyo: she bought tickets, but got refunded as COVID-19 soared and the Games were held without spectators.

Robinson's outfits started simply but have become more complex over time. She spent a year working on her Paris outfit, which has hundreds of adornments. People often stop her in the street, asking for a photo.

As soon as these Olympics end, she will start working on the next Summer Games — which will be in her hometown in Los Angeles.

"I'm going to do it forever," she said. "I'm going to save all my money and just concentrate on Olympics."

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

'Worth It': Olympics Superfan Spent $10,000 to Get to Paris

Make Practicing English at Work Your Second Job

Treat your work day as your English class.

How do you feel asking about a word you didn't know?

Do you think you'll look stupid if you will?

Why there is a need to have this attitude? (Of treating your work as an opportunity to practice English as if you are in an English class?)

You'll find answers to these questions, my own story of how I grew my confidence being 23 and a lot more!

To Your Success!

PS. If you need personal coaching, please read about my 1-1 mentoring classes and my achievements. I'd love to sepport y ou personally.

See you in my 1-1 meetings.

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In this episode, I talk about motivation. How to get it and keep it, as I know it is not easy to keep on track with your language goals. I talk about why it is important and outline some strategies to help...

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 Kev's English Podcast: Episode 7: How to get motivated and stay motivated to learn EnglishIn this episode, I talk about motivation. How to get it and

Nuestro personaje, Salim, está buscando el edificio de Annafura y a su futuro compañero de piso, Hamid. 


Aprende árabe con Radia 

Buscando a alguien

When you liaise with someone, you meet up or connect with them, usually so you can work together on something cooperatively. For instance, you might liaise with another company to make sure that you don't accidentally launch new products at the same time. This word has it's roots in French so be careful with the pronunciation!