We all need to ask for favors or help sometimes from others and that doesn’t change when you are in a different country surrounded by people speaking a different language. In this episode we covered key vocabulary related to helping others, some useful sentence structures you can apply and extremely helpful phrases in emergency situations. Let’s go!

(Enjoy the bloopers ;))

Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

Asking for Help in Chinese: from Small Favors to Emergencies

I describe my thoughts on exercising and dieting

Random Thoughts

Workout

■今日は、韓国旅行(かんこくりょこう)の話(はなし)をします。
Kyō wa, Kankoku ryokō no hanashi o shimasu.
▶︎Today, I will talk about my trip to Korea.
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■7月5日(しちがついつか)から7月7日(しちがつなのか)まで、私(わたし)は韓国(かんこく)に行(い)きました。
Shichigatsu itsuka kara shichigatsu nanoka made, watashi wa Kankoku ni ikimashita.
▶︎From July 5th to 7th, I went to Korea.
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■韓国(かんこく)に行(い)った理由(りゆう)は、ダンスの大会(たいかい)に出(で)るためです。
Kankoku ni itta riyū wa, dansu no taikai ni deru tame desu.
▶︎I went to Korea to join a dance competition.
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In this episode, we focus on one of the most powerful spelling patterns in English: the Magic E. Adding a silent e at the end of a word can completely change the vowel sound—from short to long.

Through a series of minimal pairs like cap–cape, fin–fine, hop–hope, and cub–cube, you’ll practice hearing and producing the difference between short and long vowels. The goal is not just accuracy, but awareness—training your ear and mouth to clearly feel the contrast.

Listen and repeat, exaggerate the vowel length, and strengthen one of the core pronunciation patterns that appears everywhere in English.



Transcript:

a + consonant + e:

cap - cape, tap - tape, mat - mate, hat - hate, can – cane, pan – pane, man – mane, mad – made, fad – fade, dam – dame, Sam – same, rat – rate, fat – fate, wag – wage, plan – plane, tap – tape

i + consonant +e:

fin – fine, pin – pine, win – wine, kit – kite, bit – bite, rid – ride, hid – hide, dim – dime, Tim – time, pip – pipe, rip – ripe, sit – site

o + consonant + e:

Hop - hope, cop - cope, mop - mope, pop - pope, not - note, rob - robe, cod – code, nod – node, lob – lobe, con – cone, ton – tone, Jon – jone

u + consonant + e:

cub - cube, tub - tube, us - use, hug - huge, cut - cute, tun – tune, dun – dune

Practice sentence examples:

He fixed the tap with some tape.

Tim didn’t have time.

Don’t mope when you mop.

I would love a huge hug.

British Pronunciation Tips 

British Vowel Sound Masterclass: Magic E Practice 

Look after 

Фразовый глагол "look after" означает присмотреть или заботиться о чем-то или о ком-то.

1.I need to look after my brother while my parents are away. 
Мне нужно присмотреть за своим братом, пока родители отсутствуют.

2.Can you please look after my cat while I'm on vacation? 
Можешь, пожалуйста, позаботиться о моей кошке, пока я на отдыхе?

3.Would you mind looking after my plants while I'm away for the weekend? 
Не мог бы ты позаботиться о моих растениях, пока я уезжаю на выходные?


Английский для Русскоговорящих _ 50 Самых Распространённых Фразовых Глаголов в Английском Языке

изучение фразового глагола "Look After"

How To Prepare For an Interview?

Interview Preparation skills needed to present yourself in the best possible light.

What impression do you want to create?

How do you want to sound?

Which words should you use while communicating your ideas?

Listen to the podcast to go through common elements needed to prepare for a job interview.

If you need some help in job interview preparation and you want to feel confident, less nervous, you'd like to communicate the right information about you and finally - invited to the next stage of the process or hired - read my job interview preparation class before booking.

If you feel connected with what I am sharing in my class details ( you can read them all - there is plenty of motivation for you)..

Book my one-on-one mentoring right now.

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The new words and texts of HSK1-5“她女儿今年二十岁”.

蒙蒙读HSK

HSK1-5 她女儿今年二十岁

La Casa de los Azulejos es uno de los edificios más emblemáticos del centro de la Ciudad de México.
La Casa de los Azulejos o la Casa del Conde del Valle de Orizaba, es uno de los edificios más emblemáticos del centro de la Ciudad de México. En tiempos pre pandemia recibía a cientos de visitantes cada día, quienes no perdían oportunidad de tomarse una fotografía o de comer en su famoso restaurante.





Spanish México

La Casa de Los Azulejos.

Let me tell you why you DON'T want to keep trying to speak like a "native".
In this episode, I will share with you reasons why such a goal will not help you become fluent,  based on my experience as a teacher. Actually, it might make it harder!

Share in the comments what you think and stay tuned for more episodes on fluency!