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Chinese Lines is a podcast based on film and TV drama lines quoted, in addition which, it also involves the lines of some documentaries, chat shows, Stand up comics, Chinese songs, etc. 

Chinese Lines 中文台词

On her first day at a new school, Sara was nervous. The computer suddenly stopped working in the middle of her lesson, and the students started whispering. Without panicking, she smiled, grabbed a marker, and turned the lesson into a game on the board. The students got excited and joined in. After class, another teacher said, “Wow, you were really on the ball.”
Sara laughed and said, “I had to be — teaching always keeps you on your toes.”


Tom works in an office. One morning, his boss asks for a report.
Tom already has the information ready. He answers quickly and fixes a small mistake.
The boss smiles and says,
“Good job, Tom. You’re really on the ball today.”

Idiom : "On the ball” means alert, quick to understand, and doing your job well.

If you are on the ball, you:
pay attention
understand quickly
react fast be
are prepared

Examples:
Our new teacher is really on the ball — she noticed the mistake immediately.
You have to be on the ball in this job; things change fast.

English Mini Lessons

On the ball

Full transcript: https://japanesemayuna.com/

はい、こんにちは。今回はポッドキャストのシーズン２の9回目です。もうすぐ桜の季節なので、日本に旅行を計画している生徒さんが多いです。去年も一昨年もコロナウイルスで、たくさんの有名な観光地が、お花見のために集まることを禁止していました。なので、今年のお花見は混雑するかもしれません。私の近所の公園にも桜が咲いています。これについては、去年の４月に録音したシーズン１の20回目でお話ししました。よかったら聞いてみてください。

Hello, This is episode 9 of season 2 of my podcast.  It will soon be cherry blossom season and many students are planning a trip to Japan. Last year and the year before, due to the coronavirus, many famous tourist attractions banned people from getting together for cherry blossom viewing. So this year’s cherry blossom viewing may be crowded. Cherry blossoms are also blooming in my neighbourhood park. I talked about this in the 20th episode of season 1, recorded last April. If you have time, please take a listen.

先週私は体調を崩しました。木曜日から目眩と動悸がして、週末にはもっとひどくなりました。日曜日の最初のレッスンが終わった後、すぐに病院に行くことにしました。私がいつも行っている歯医者の近くに、日曜日でも開いている内科の病院がありました。そこでCTI検査をして、原因を調べました。CTI検査では、体の中の写真を撮ります。検査では、胃が３倍ぐらいの大きさに膨らんで、他の内臓を圧迫していることが分かりました。お医者さんは「十二指腸の動きが弱くなっている」と説明してくれました。

Last week I fell ill. I started feeling dizzy and having palpitations on Thursday and it got worse over the weekend. I decided to go to the hospital immediately after my first lesson on Sunday. Near my regular dentist there was a medical hospital that was open on Sundays. There I had a CTI test to find out what was causing the problem; in a CTI test, pictures are taken of the inside of your body. The examination showed that my stomach had swelled to about three times its size and was pressing on my other internal organs. The doctor explained that the duodenum (the part that connects the stomach to the intestines) was weakening.

病院でもらった薬を飲んだら、症状は治りました。月曜日にもう一度検査をして、そのあと本屋に行って、社会学の本を３冊買いました。最近、Shrinkflationという英語の単語を知りました。日本語では同じ現象を「ステルス値下げ」と呼びます。「ステルス」は戦闘機の名前から取っています。「ステルス値下げ」は、消費者に気づかれないように原価を下げることです。たとえば、パッケージの大きさは変えずに、中のお菓子のサイズだけを小さくして、今までと同じ値段で売ります。

Japanese Lessons with Mayuna

S2 Ep9. 体調を崩す

Let's practice words with long vowels consonant u consonant e (u_e)
Repeat after me:
cute, mule, mute, cube

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Phonics Long Vowels and Consonant Blends

cute, mule, mute, cube

Today we're talking about a piece of vocabulary that we can use to say that we haven't decided what our opinion is yet. We're still thinking about a topic and deciding what we think of it. This is the idiom "the jury is (still) out". I hope you find it useful!

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The jury's out on how good a podcaster I am.

遥远的森林里，住着一只凶猛强壮的老虎，小动物们都非常怕它。 有一天，它抓到了一只狐狸，狐狸说：“我是上天派下来做万兽之王的，如果你吃掉我，就会受到惩罚！如果你不信，就跟着我在森林里走一圈，看看动物们是不是见到我就害怕。”于是老虎便跟在狐狸后头走，它们每到一个地方，那里的动物都会吓得四处逃散。老虎见状就相信了狐狸说的话，但它并不知道动物们真正害怕的猛兽其实是自己。

CHINESE STORIES

Story1：狐假虎威（The fox takes advantage of the tiger's might）

Listening for beginners

الأسرة - 1 - The family

「そこで」と「それで」
　
１）今日は仕事が忙しくてとても疲れた。それで、帰りの電車で寝てしまった。
２）今日は仕事が忙しくてとても疲れた。そこで、帰りにマッサージに行くことにした。

１）それで…（どうなった）理由と結果
２）そこで…（どうした）対策（どうやって問題を解決するか）

今日の漢字のテストは難しかった。それで、全然書けなかった。
今日の漢字のテストは難しかった。そこで、家に帰ってから、書けなかった漢字をもう一度練習した。

突然、激しい雨が降ってきた。それで、ずぶ濡れになってしまった。
突然、激しい雨が降ってきた。そこで、雨が止むまで、残業することにした。


ことばコトバ言葉kotoba

Vol.3　「そこで」と「それで」

34-3 新单词
1. 多云 duō yún n. cloudy
2. 纽约 Niǔ yuē p.n. New York
3. 晴天 qíng tiān n. fine weather, sunny day
4. 莫斯科 Mò sī kē p.n. Moscow
5. 刮风 guā fēng v. to be windy
6. 曼谷 Màn gǔ p.n. Bangkok
7. 雨 yǔ n. rain
8. 春天 chūn tiān n. spring
9. 暖和 nuǎn huo adj. warm
10. 常常 cháng cháng adv. often, frequently
11. 秋天 qiū tiān n. fall, autumn
12. 下 xià v. (of rain, snow, etc.) to come down, to fall