A：我们要不要买几个新的椅子？
B：好啊，什么时候去买？
A：明天下午怎么样？你明天下午几点能回来？
B：三点多。

日常对话 daily conversation

买东西

Let's ponder over the word Active. We shall make sentences about what it means to lead an active lifestyle. We shall also proceed with our different sentence variations.  

Joy to Our World

I am active! 

Nick tells you what to expect on this new podcast!

IELTS with Nick - World Knowledge 

Introduction


“I think one of the most difficult decisions I ever had to make was choosing what major and university to apply for after graduating from high school. I had to make this decision about 3 years ago, at which time I was at a crossroads in my life, and had to decide something that I knew would affect my whole future life in a pretty short space of time. 

Since I can remember, I loved anything to do with computers, and knew I wanted to further my studies in something related to computers, especially programming. After a few weeks of research on the internet, I narrowed my choice down to two universities. I was at my wits end trying  to make a decision between these two universities, when my mother reminded me that two of my cousins had both graduated in computer science. After some really sound advice from my cousins I decided to apply to the university which specialised in coding.

I can happily say that I think I made a really good decision, thanks to the great advice from my cousins, and I'm really happy with my choice, as well as with what I have learned in the last 3 years. I’m also feeling very confident about my future, and because of making this decision, I now feel very confident that I will find a good job in the future.


IELTS 85 Speaking

Describe a difficult decision you made

・東北地方の方言のクイズの紹介
第一問「わもほしい」（津軽地方）
第二問「お弁当開き」（山形県）
・クイズの答えと意味の紹介
・津軽弁で「わ」⇒「私」「な」⇒「あなた」
・まとめ


Nihongo tokidoki Inaka hougen with Megumi Na

東北弁クイズ！「わもほしい」「お弁当開き」の意味は？Learning Tohoku dialect

Hi everyone, this is Jesse, your story writer, and you’re listening to the Being a Cloud podcast. 

More teachers are waking up to the power of stories to teach languages, and on this show, I share the stories I’ve made with my italki students for you to enjoy. 

Are you an ESL student? Do you want to make a story? Book a lesson with me and let’s create one together. 

In this story, an orange named Orangutan gets an unexpected text message from his girlfriend. This is part 1 of 3.  

~~~

Orangutan the Orange

Rain is pouring heavily onto a small town somewhere in Russia. It’s 8:15 in the morning on a cold Monday. 

Inside of a small, community-run gym, there is an angry-looking orange lifting some weights. It’s early, so no other members are in the gym. Not all the lights are turned on. The fourteen-year-old orange is alone lifting some dumbbells. 

8 – 9 – 10 – Rest… 

He takes in huge breathes to recover. He seems very driven to push his body to its limits. 

Again… 1 – 2 – 3… 

After completing his 5th set, the orange walks over to the bench press. He lays down on the bench, grabs the steel bar and lifts the 50kg weights. He’s very strong for such a young piece of fruit. 

Then, his mobile phone makes a sound. The orange completes his set, then grabs his phone from his bag. Two new messages have arrived. He opens the first one and scans the text. 

Hi, Orangutan, my dear, it’s me. I’m sorry to say, but our relationship is over. Please don’t visit me or call me anymore. You’re very strong and handsome, but you’re not polite or considerate. While I do care for you, sometimes I don’t feel safe around you…

The message stops there. It continues in the second message. But Orangutan feels so insulted and hurt by the message. He instantly deletes both of the messages, without reading the second. 

~~~

Wanting more? Then create your own story. Book a class with me on italki. 


Being a Cloud

Orangutan the Orange

One Minute Speaking Challenge - Shopping

In today's One Minute English Challenge you'll find some questions that will help you to express your thoughts and ideas on the topic of Shopping.

If you want - write your answers but it's better to speak it out as it's the goal for One Minute Daily Challenges.

Enjoy the process and see you tomorrow.


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

One Minute Speaking Challenge - Shopping

久しぶり：ひさしぶり　long time no see
引っ越す：ひっこす　move to 
中心：ちゅうしん　center
公用語：こうようご　official language
うれしい：glad
簡単に：かんたんに　easily
****************************************


みなさん、お久しぶりです。こんにちは。


私は去年ドイツからベルギーのブリュッセルに引っ越しました。ベルギーはヨーロッパの中心にあり、とても小さい国ですが公用語が３つあります。ドイツ語とフランス語とオランダ語です。ブリュッセルにはフランス語を話す人が多いです。英語を話せる人もたくさんいます。そして、ブリュッセルには日本人がたくさんいるので、日本の食べ物を簡単に買うことができます。これは私にとってうれしいことです。もう一つブリュッセルに住んでいてうれしいことはパンやケーキがとてもおいしいことです。ドイツのパンやケーキも好きですが、わたしはベルギーのパンやケーキのほうがもっと好きです。皆さんはブリュッセルに来たことがありますか？よかったら私のレッスンに来てブリュッセルについて教えてください。ではまた次のエピソードでお会いしましょう。さようなら。


Nihongo Short Story by Noriko

ブリュッセルに引っ越しました（I moved to Brussels）

IELTS Speaking Part 1 - Study. Band 8-9 answers.

Here are the four questions for today:

Q. 1. Where do you study?
Q. 2. Which part of the course do you enjoy most?
Q. 3. What is your favourite subject?
Q. 4. Is it a difficult subject to study?

Come over to my classes if you'd like to achieve the fluency and do it in a relaxed manner.

To Your Success!