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IELTS Speaking Practice

Paraphrasing - do you like chatting with friends?

Konnichiwa! Welcome to Slow Japanese! If you go on trips, where do you want to go?

Usage of Slow Japanese:
STEP 1. Listen to the episode without seeing scripts.
STEP 2. Go to mochifika.com/podcast/ and check "Key vocabularies of this episode", listen again to the episode while seeing the list.
STEP 3. Check the whole script, it'll fill the gap in your understanding.

Scripts and key vocabularies of this episode are here:
https://mochifika.com/podcast-script/slow-japanese-episode-11-i-want-to-go/

Slow Japanese

Episode #11 - Places which I want to visit

En este episodio te cuento mi experiencia cuando fui examinadora el pasado mayo de 2023. Fui examinadora del DELE C1. Hablo desde el punto de vista de examinadora, pero te puede servir para saber todo lo que hacemos. 

DELE exam (B2-C1)

Mi experiencia como examinadora en mayo 2023

When the end of the working week arrives, it can be a little harder to keep going.

If you work from Monday to Friday, you might find yourself thinking about the weekend as your brain and body get ready to rest. You may feel that you're getting less work done.

You might even feel this way near the end of each work day.

And a study from the US has found that yes, it's true — we aren't as productive and we make more mistakes in the afternoons, especially on Fridays.

While most of us could probably have guessed that result, the researchers said most studies in the past have just asked workers about their feelings related to their productivity.

But this one actually used data based on computer use, including how fast people typed and the numbers of typos they made.

The researchers, from Texas A&M University, looked at the computer use of 789 employees working from the office of a big company in Texas.

They studied them for two years and looked at their computer use at different times of the day and week.

And they found that computer use "dropped significantly" on Fridays.

One of the researchers, Taehyun Roh, said: "Employees were less active in the afternoons, and made more typos in the afternoons — especially on Fridays."

The authors added that results like this should encourage bosses to think about flexible working arrangements or four-day working weeks to get the best from their employees.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Study: Workers Make More Mistakes on Friday Afternoons

You can read the podcast here >> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_AWN5FTaMh93JcOYcW5N-A5_im1bG1py/view?usp=sharing

Lisa's Podcast

Cristiano Ronaldo in Trouble: Big Lawsuit for NFTs - Here's What Happened

日本語の先生のTinaです！
今日は、「〜っぽい」という言葉を紹介します。

レッスンの予約もお待ちしています♪
いっしょに、日本語の勉強をがんばりましょ〜！

Tina Japa Go!

Episode 27. 〜っぽい

NATASHA: What time is it? We’re going to be late!
TONY: It’s a quarter after seven. We’re on time. Don’t panic.
NATASHA: But I thought we had to be at the restaurant by 7:30 for 
the surprise party. We’ll never make it there with all this 
evening traffic.
TONY: Sure we will. Rush hour is almost over. Anyway, the party 
starts at 8:00. But I do need help with directions. Can you 
call the restaurant and ask them where we park our car?




LANGUAGE NOTES
• It’s a quarter after seven. This phrase is one of the most common ways of stating 
this time. It means: “It’s 15 minutes past 7:00.” Another possibility here is to simply 
say: “It’s seven fifteen.” In general you can say: “It’s a quarter past the hour.” How do 
we know the time of day? Look for context clues: “evening traffic.”
• In the dialog, Natasha and Tony are going to a surprise party. They need to be on time. 
Therefore there is an element of stress and urgency. When someone is stressed for 
time you can use expressions like: Don’t worry. / Don’t stress. / We’re fine. / We will 
be on time.
• Natasha thinks the surprise party begins at 7:30. There are two different ways to 
express this time. You may say simply “seven thirty” or “half past seven.”
• Rush hour is the time of day—usually in the morning and evening—when traffic is 
heavy because of people commuting to and from their workplace by bus, by car, by 
subway, on foot, etc.

English Conversation practice (30-day challenge)

Day 5: Ask about the time

떡 먹자! 엄마가 맛있는 떡 사왔다.
吃年糕吧! 妈买了好吃的年糕。

엄마, 이것 무슨 떡이에요?
妈, 这是什么年糕? 

이 떡은 설탕도 적고, 찹쌀과 현미로 만들어서 일반 떡보다 칼로리가 낮아. 这些是低糖的, 用糯米和糙米做的, 比一般的年糕低很多卡路里。 

우와! 너무 좋아요! 오늘은 꼭 실컷 먹어야지.
哇! 太好了! 今天一定吃个痛快。 

떡 年糕
찹쌀 糯米
현미 糙米
칼로리 卡路里
실컷 먹다 吃个痛快

[YOON] 1분 한국어

떡 먹자! 엄마가 맛있는 떡 사왔다. 吃年糕吧! 妈买了好吃的年糕。

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