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New Year's Resolutions Around the World

How to immerse yourself in English! Top Tip 8- Work Smarter not Harder!

Implicit learning is how humans have evolved to learn language! Learn how you and your family can work smarter not harder and learn natural sounding English. Find more video tips and lessons on https://www.youtube.com/@englishteacherzoe.

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Top Tip 8- Work Smarter not Harder!

In der zweiten Episode von "DU & DEUTSCH" erfährst du von den verrücktesten Gesetzen, die in Deutschland existieren. Hättest du gedacht, dass der Ausbrauch aus einem Gefängnis bei uns absolut legal ist? Noch mehr unglaubliche Geschichten hörst du in dieser Folge.

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Unglaubliche Gesetze in Deutschland | DU & DEUTSCH

Welcome to episode 3 of my podcast. 

This podcast is for people who are learning English and who want to know more about Scotland. 

In this episode you will find out what the national animal of Scotland is, what happened when Scotland played England for the first time at football, and which Canary island has the same flag as Scotland. 

Transcripts are available. Please send me a message if you would like a copy. 

Scotland - Everything I've Ever Had

0003: Six More Facts About Scotland

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
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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）


yì xiǎo shí  
一  小   时               one hour

 yì tiān 
 一  天                    one day

yì zhōu 
一  周                       a week

yí gè yuè  
一  个   月                a month

yì nián 
一   年                        a year

HSK vocabulary

Chinese words in life

PATTY: I’m really excited for Aunt Mary’s surprise birthday party
this afternoon! Aren’t you?
SUSAN: Yeah! How old is she?
PATTY:  She’ll be 55 on May 14 [fourteenth].
SUSAN: Wow! I didn’t know that my mom was older — she’s going
to be 57 on September 2 [second]. Anyway, Aunt Mary’s 
going to be so surprised to see us all here!
PATTY: I know! But we still have to get all the food set up before 
she gets here … OK! We’re all ready now. Shh! She’s here!
ALL: Surprise!


LANGUAGE NOTES
• I’m really excited … Notice the emphasis on “really.” “Really” is used to emphasize the 
adjective “excited” here.
• Birthday party Notice that the normal stress for a compound noun falls on the first 
element of the compound.
• Aren’t you? This negative tag is used to show that the speaker expects a positive 
answer. Patty assumes that Susan is also looking forward to the party.
• She’ll be 55 Notice that “55” is stressed here. This detail answers the question “How 
old is she?”
• Fourteenth Notice that we use “th” for ordinal numbers, starting with 4 [but first, 
second and third]. The stress is on the second syllable [fourTEENTH]. Compare this with 
“fortieth: 40th” [FORtieth].
• She’s going to be ... Notice how this is pronounced like “gonna be.” Instead of four 
syllables “go/ing/to/be” there are three syllables “ga/na/be.”

English Conversation practice (30-day challenge)

Day 20: Birthdays

In questo episodio introduco brevemente quello che sarà l'argomento del prossimo episodio, ovvero, il libro La fine è il mio inizio scaricabile qui: https://enzocontini.blog/2020/12/10/la-fine-e-il-mio-inizio-redux-riduzione-del-libro-di-tiziano-terzani-pensata-soprattutto-per-i-giovani-e-ora-scaricabile-online-gratuitamente/#:~:text=La%20fine%20%C3%A8%20il%20mio%20inizio%20%28REDUX%29%3A%20riduzione,qualcosa%20di%20concreto%20nel%20mondo%20di%20oggi%20%E2%80%9C.

The Italian Miscellaneous Podcast🖐 

Alcune novità

Ever wonder why your English sounds perfect in practice but falls flat in job interviews? Join me as I sit with a top job recruiter who reveals what really makes candidates stand out, or get passed over in job interviews.
