This podcast is about the misconceptions that many English learners may have about the present continuous tense. Many think that it's only used for actions occurring in the moment but there's more to it than that. 

Nit-Picky English with Nika 

The Present Continuous Tense: It's more complex than it seems.

1) Translate new words using a dictionary:

Bar del barrio –
Rebajas –
Estar de acuerdo –
Me apetece –
Preferir –
Salir de fiesta –
Tomar una copa –

2) Listen to the dialogue twice and answer the questions:

¿Qué planes tienen los chicos para este viernes?
¿A qué centro comercial quieren ir? ¿Por qué?
¿A dónde quieren ir después de las compras?
¿Por qué no van a ir a una discoteca?
Y tú, ¿Qué prefieres: ir a una discoteca o a un restaurante tranquilo?

3) Read the dialogue and find the answers to the questions that caused you difficulty: 

– ¿Qué haces este viernes? ¿Quieres ir de compras? Ya empiezan las rebajas…
– Termino el trabajo a las 7. Si quieres ir por la tarde, estoy de acuerdo.
– ¿A qué centro comercial vamos? ¿Al Parque Sur? Está cerca y las tiendas no son muy caras. Me gusta.
– A mí también. Además allí hay un cine. Podemos ver alguna película.
– La verdad es que no me apetece. El viernes por la noche prefiero salir de fiesta. ¿Vamos a alguna discoteca?
– Sabes que no me gustan las discotecas ni la música muy alta, además no sé bailar. ¿Por qué no tomamos una copa en algún bar de moda? Sabes, algo especial, no un típico bar de barrio.
– Me parece genial.

Método Tati

Plans for the weekend

🍟Do you frequently eat fast food? Do you know the name McDonald in Taiwanese? Do you want to understand the terms "globalization" and "localization" in Mandarin? Don't miss out on this episode's discussion.

🍟你常吃速食吗？你知道台湾人怎么叫「Mcdonald」吗？想知道中文怎么说「globalization」「localization」吗？ 不要错过今天的节目讨论喔！

来源：
https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiEPLStqc0cktNSJ4hKIxMLAAqGQgEKhAIACoHCAowk7j0CjCY4qIDMMKL4gY?uo=CAUiPWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmNoaW5hdGltZXMuY29tL3JlYWx0aW1lbmV3cy8yMDIyMTExMDAwMjE0OS0yNjA0MDXSAQA&hl=zh-TW&gl=TW&ceid=TW%3Azh-Hant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGW2gD3DjOA&t=41s

News with zhe

#34 麦当劳纸袋印「麦当当」3字

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
〈#110〉9月2日金曜日　天気/晴れ　気温/22℃ 

札幌市/さっぽろし
・1日「防災の日」
・停電が起きたという想定
・ハイブリッド車を使って、信号機の復旧訓練

［単語］
防災/ぼうさい…地震や事故が起きた時に、それ以上わるいことが起きないようにする。
停電/ていでん… 電気が消えること
想定/そうてい…考えてみること
ハイブリッド車/はいぶりっどしゃ…ガソリンと電気で動く車
信号機/しんごうき…道にある赤、青、黄色の電気。
復旧/ふっきゅう…直すこと
訓練/くんれん…練習


〈美和Miwa〉
日本語の先生
Podcast「どこでも.JAPANESE」も放送中！

レッスン待ってます♪


北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#110〉9月2日金曜日　「防災の日」電気がなくなった時の練習

什么是“职场人设”？今天Karen和柏威聊了聊在职场上的那些事儿。


Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

你有“职场人设”吗？Do you have a “workplace persona”?

nside a dimly lit cave, a group of people sit huddled around glowing amphoras. These vessels are no ordinary pottery; they're meticulously painted with images of legendary wrestlers, engaged in eternal combat. The flickering light from a small fire casts these images onto the walls, animating the wrestlers in a primitive, captivating dance of shadows.



The cave's inhabitants watch these images, interpreting the epic battles as the ultimate expression of wrestling. They debate the techniques, celebrate the victories, and mourn the defeats, all from the moving images on the amphoras. To them, these representations are the entirety of wrestling—there is no world beyond the wrestlers on the pottery.


Nikostratos, ever the curious and skeptical cat, notices a sliver of light peeking through a crack in the cave wall. The murals and their tales don't satisfy his curiosity. One day, driven by a particularly pungent smell of the outside world—a mix of fresh earth and sweat—he finds a loose stone and wiggles his way through the crack.

Everything Zenified 

Wrestling, skeptical Cats, and Allegory of the Cave

Here is THE MOST USEFUL WORD IN RUSSIAN (you'd be surprised!) and all his meanings. Try to learn that!

Russian vs English facts and much more

THE MOST USEFUL WORD IN RUSSIAN (you'd be surprised!)

When you' re camping, don't try and put up a tent unless the ground is completely level.
Choose campsites with a good variety of facilities and entertainment in case the weather is terrible and you can't spend much time outdoors.
If you wane to explore the countryside and you're hiking during the day, be sure to have a small backpack for water, maps, lunch, etc.

English Mini Lessons

Camping

在中国，为了表示对长辈的尊重，是不可以直呼其名的，有时候连同音字都要避免使用。阿九的儿媳是个非常聪明且孝顺的人，为了表示对阿九的尊重，她从来不说“九”，甚至连“jiu”的同音字也不说。这一天，来了两位老人，他们要考验阿九的儿媳是否真的可以不说“jiu”这个音……