A question that could come up in IELTS speaking part 3 or writing part 2. Nick helps you think about the pros and cons of working from home. 

IELTS with Nick - World Knowledge 

Working from home - advantages & disadvantages.

For beginner level learners✨　
わたしのいろいろなはなし　LESSON13 　

「ネコのクロエちゃん」My cat Chloe


The aim of this lesson...
ペットのことを　話します。
to talk about pets!!



4)Text, Applied conversation practice, Extra thinking training　［3：05］ 


★★Text(Kanji)★★
クロエちゃんは　ネコです。うちに来てから、もうすぐ１年です。初めは　テレビの　後ろに　隠れていましたが、今は　ベッドの　真ん中で　グーグー寝ています。

かくれんぼが　大好きです。
わたしが　隠れると、クロエちゃんは　ニャーニャーなきながら、わたしを　探します。ご飯が　食べたいとき、口を　ペロペロしています。本当に　かわいいです。

そんなクロエちゃんを　見ていると、
元気な気持ちに　なります。クロエちゃんは　わたしの　癒しです。いつも　クロエちゃんに　癒されています。



★★Applied conversation practice★★
（Animal species）の（Pet Name）は　（Animal noises）なきながら、
・・・　What your pet does　・・・ます。


れい）〈いぬ〉ポチ、ワンワン、まいにち　げんかんで　ぼくを　むかえる（　He greets me at the door every day.　）
　1）　〈ねこ〉たまちゃん、ニャーニャー、わたしを　さがす
　2）　〈ブタ〉じろう、ブーブー、いえのなかを　うろうろする（　He wanders around the house.　）



★★Extra thinking training★★
「すると、いつも」の「と」は、どれですか。
Which is the “と” in “すると、いつも"?

れい）いぬの　ぷーすけは、おかあさんと　いっしょに　スーパーに　いきました。　×

れい）いぬの　ぷーすけは　おかあさんを　みると、とんで　よろこびます。　◎

１）いぬの　ぷーすけは、とりを　みて、「わん」と　なきました。
２）いぬの　ぷーすけは　ごはんを　たべると、すぐに　ねます。　


NOTE:
The sentence pattern “Vdic. と、～” means “Vます。すると、いつも～”. Therefore, the example sentence “いぬの　ぷーすけは　おかあさんを　みると、とんで　よころびます” means “いぬの　ぷーすけが　おかあさんを　みる→ いつもとんでよろこぶ”. It has the same meaning as “V る+とき ,” but with the added nuance of “いつも(always)”.




LESSON13　ネコのクロエちゃん My cat Chloe
1)［3：27］Introduction of the characters, Please tell me about yourself 
2)［4：34］The aim of this lesson, Text, Vocabulary 
3)［3：51］Sentence pattern and expression 1&2　 
4)［3：05］Text, Applied conversation practice, Extra thinking training　 
5)［7：54］Let's challenge you too!
6)［4：18］Interview...

You can see the text of this lesson on my free website.
你可以在我的免费网站上找到这一课的内容。

Japanese! わたしの いろいろな はなし

ネコのクロエちゃん（4）

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In this episode we are going to learn how to【introduce my home】in Chinese. 
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As a beginner, there're some vocabularies that you didn't learn before, and native speaker's speed seems too fast to understand. But don't worry, let's do it step by step. 
1st time: listen and catch the words you know already, have a guess about the content.
2nd time: look at the text to check if you guessed it right. 
3rd time: listen one more time, repeat after it.
4th time: practice until you can speak as the normal speed without looking at the text. 
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我以前的家很小。
wǒ yǐ qián de jiā hěn xiǎo 。
My former home was very small.
只有一个房间。
zhǐ yǒu yí gè fáng jiān 。
There was only one room.
上个星期我搬家了。
shàng gè xīng qī wǒ bān jiā le 。
I moved house last week.
新家有三个房间。
xīn jiā yǒu sān gè fáng jiān 。
There are 3 rooms at the new house.
一个是我的卧室，一个是书房，还有一个是客房。
yí gè shì wǒ de wò shì ， yí gè shì shū fáng ， hái yǒu yí gè shì kè fáng 。
One is my bedroom, one is the study room, and the other is the guest room.
我家还有客厅、厨房、饭厅、洗手间和阳台。
wǒ jiā hái yǒu kè tīng 、 chú fáng 、 fàn tīng 、 xǐ shǒu jiān hé yáng tái 。
There 're also living room, kitchen, dining room, bathroom and balcony in my house.

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