In this episode of English Learners Boost, Teacher Ian — a Filipino licensed professional science teacher and English tutor — talks about the empowering message behind the phrase “Do it afraid.” Inspired by Joyce Meyer’s book Do It Afraid: Embracing Courage in the Face of Fear, this episode reminds you that courage isn’t the absence of fear but the decision to move forward despite it.

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Do it Afraid

Se explica el significado de la expresión, usos, ejemplos, origen, etc. de esta expresión.

EXPRESIONES en español

Expresión LANZAR UN ÓRDAGO

의사: 어떻게 오셨어요?
환자: 머리가 아파서 왔어요.
의사: 여기 앉으세요.  언제부터 아팠어요?
환자: 어제부터 아팠어요.
    ***
의사: 감기에 걸렸으니까 찬물을 마시지 마세요. 그리고 많이 쉬세요.
환자: 내일 다시 와야 돼요?
의사: 네, 내일 다시 오세요.

Doctor: How can I help you?
Patient: I came because my head hurts.
Doctor: Sit here, please. Since when have you been sick?
Patient: I have been sick since yesterday.
   ***
Doctor: You caught a cold, so don't drink cold water. And you have to rest a lot.
Patient: Should I come again tomorrow?
Doctor: Yes, come again tomorrow, please

Grammar Points
*N이/가 아프다
When expressing where you feel the pain, '이/가 아프다' is added to the part of body

*A/V-(으)니까
'-(으)니까' means 'because', 'since' or 'so'

*V-지 마세요
'-지 마세요' is the negative imperative form.


Reading Korea.

Hospital dialogue

Charla con la profe colombiana Majo, sobre el uso del pronombre USTED.

Mucho que decir

El uso de USTED en Colombia Ft. Majo

 Yo ___ ___ voy a dar.
 Nosotros ___ ___compramos.
 Ustedes ___ ___ prestaron.
 Tú ___ ___ mandaste.
 Ustedes ___ ___ regalaron

Reflexive and direct pronouns

我的家里有四口人：爸爸、妈妈、妹妹和我。
Wǒ de jiā lǐ yǒu sì kǒu rén: bàba, māma, mèimei hé wǒ。

我爸爸是一名中学数学老师，他对学生很热情，并且很有耐心。我小时候也去过爸爸的学校，他一直都很受学生的欢迎；
Wǒ bàba shì yī míng zhōngxué shùxué lǎoshī, tā duì xuéshēng hěn rèqíng,bìngqiě hěn yǒu nàixīn。Wǒ xiǎo shíhòu yě qù guò bàba de xuéxiào, tā yīzhí dōu hěn shòu xuéshēng de huān yíng。
 
我的妈妈是个普通工人，但她工作认认真真，多次拿到优秀工作者的称号。回到家里，妈妈还会照顾爸爸、妹妹和我的生活，即使我现在长大了，但仍然很喜欢与妈妈一起聊天儿；
Wǒ de māma shì gè pǔtōng gōngréng, dàn tā gōngzuò rèn rèn zhēn zhēng, duō cì nádào yōuxiù gōngzuòzhě de chēnghàoà。Huídào jiā lǐ, māma hái huì zhàogù bàba, mèimei hé wǒ de shēnghuó, jíshǐ wǒ xiànzài zhǎngdà le, dàn réngrán hěn xǐhuān yǔ māma yīqǐ liǎotiānr。

 妹妹是一名大学生了，样子甜甜的，特别喜欢唱歌, 她连洗澡都在唱歌。每到大家的休息日，她总要我们当她的粉丝，听她唱一个下午。
Mèimei shì yī míng dà xuéshēng le, yàngzi tiántián de , tèbié xǐhuān chànggē，Tā lián xǐzǎo dōu zài chànggē。Měi dào dàjiā de xiūxī rì, tā zǒngyào wǒmen dāng tā de fěnsī, tīng tā chàng yī gè xiàwǔ

我爱我的家人。工作之余，总喜欢跟他们呆在一起，聊聊天，逛逛街，吃吃饭。
Wǒ ài wǒ de jiārén。 Gōngzuò zhī yú, zǒng xǐhuan gēn tāmen dāi zài yīqǐ, liáo liáo tiān, guàng guàng jiē, chī chī fàn。


There are four people in my family: father, mother, sister and I.  

My father is a middle school math teacher. He is very warm and patient to his students.  I went to my dad's school when I was young, and he was always popular with the students;  
 
My mother is an ordinary worker, but she works seriously and has won the title of excellent worker for many times.  Back home, my mother will take care of my father, my sister and me. Even though I am older now, I still enjoy chatting with my mother.  

My sister is a college student, like sweet, especially like singing, she even take a shower are singing, every day to everyone's rest, she always want us to be her fans, sing an afternoon.  
 
I love my family. After work, I always like to stay with them, chatting, shopping and eating.  





Listening & Speaking (Mandarin)

我的家人   My family    Wǒ de jiā rén    (HSK2-3)

Konnichiwa! Welcome to Slow Japanese! In this episode, program host Akari will talk about herself, the self-introduction episode. 

Usage of Slow Japanese:
STEP 1. Listen to the episode without seeing scripts.
STEP 2. Go to mochifika.com and check "Key vocabularies of this episode", listen again to the episode while seeing the list.
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https://mochifika.com/podcast-script/slow-japanese-episode-1-about-me/

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