In this episode I cover a perennial question "How do I improve my English skill"?

Teacher Stan's musings

10.000 hours rule

**Book Podcast lesson to discuss the topic and access the texts

English Psychology Podcasts

Addiction and its mechanism in brain

RYAN: I’m so happy this week of midterm exams is finished.
TYLER: Same here. I’m looking forward to relaxing in the mountains 
this weekend. I’ve planned a little hike in the woods. 
And I’m gonna take a canoe trip down the river if the 
weather cooperates.
RYAN: Oh, fun! I’m going to Michigan. I’m taking my camera 
because fall is coming fast. The leaves are already turning 
all shades of red and orange. It will be awesome.
TYLER: Next time you go there, I’ll join you. I’ve heard Michigan is a 
great place to go canoeing


LANGUAGE NOTES
• Midterm Students at universities in the United States often take exams midsemester, 
around October or March of every year. These exams are called midterms. Exams at the 
end of the semester are called finals or final exams and are usually in May.
• Gonna is a colloquial form of “I’m going to.” Other similar constructions include 
“wanna” [want to] or “hafta” [have to]. These are examples of transcriptions of spoken 
English and should not be used in a formal context. Some of these examples are now 
seen in text messages as a means of shortening sentences.
• Awesome: is a colloquial way of saying “excellent,” “cool,” “great.” Last night’s rock 
concert was awesome

English Conversation practice (30-day challenge)

Day 28: Hobby

Parece mentira, mas é verdade!  Um homem ofereceu mesmo um carro de luxo à sua mulher depois de esta ter feito sexo com outro homem!

Aprenda Português Com Notícias Insólitas e Malucas -Learn Portuguese With Crazy Isoteric News 

Youtuber oferece carro de luxo à mulher depois de ela ter feito vídeo pornográfico

Today’s topic is going to be about an article called: “Safer brain surgery using AI possible within two years” published by the BBC.

Thanks for tuning in and don’t hesitate to give me your feedback on the topic if you wish.

Useful vocabulary
To undergo surgery
A millimeter
To sweat bullets
A mock surgery
A substitute / to substitute
Constructive
Civil aviation / military aviation
A simulator
An autopilot system
A massive number of casualties 
A tedious task


Let's check out the news

Artificial Intelligence (AI) could help brain surgeons now.

和食/わしょくJapanese meals をつくりましょう。
べんりなウェブサイトをしょうかいしています。

Script https://www.patreon.com/2hongo_8naso


Nihongo Hanaso (Beginners)

Beginners 和食/わしょく を作ろう！

这是一个好玩的对话，生活中可能真的会发生……

Learn fun Chinese with Tracy  有用中文轻松学

我读你听have fun——早点睡觉

Script

おはようございます。日本語だんだんポットキャストのゆかりです。

私はいまトルコにいます。
さっき、トルコについたばかりです。

日本からトルコに来(き)ました。

シンガポールで、飛行機(ひこうき)の、のりつぎをしましたよ。

まず、大阪からシンガポールにいきました。

だいたい6時間くらい、かかりました。

シンガポールのチャンギ空港(くうこう)で、
のりつぎがありました。

のりつぎ時間(じかん)は
22時間(にじゅうにじかん)でした。

チャンギ空港はとてもひろいので、
いろいろなことをしてすごしました。

映画(えいが)も、
無料(むりょう)でみることができましたよ。

あなたの旅行では、のりつぎはありますか？

のりつぎ時間は、なにをしますか？

では、今日最後まで聞いてくれて、だんだん、です！

また明日。

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Today's Keywords

□トルコ(とるこ)
Turkey

□のりつぎ
layover

□のりつぎをする
transfer

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