Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You have found you like the Japanese language very much. You’ve studied your lessons. You’ve practiced, practiced, and practiced more. Now, standing with your potential employer in Japan, he asks you, in Japanese, “Your credentials are impressive, and you speak Japanese well. We wonder if you’ve taken the Japanese Language Proficiency...
Learn Italian with LearnItalianPod. When you think about a sea-bathing establishment right on the beach, you mentally picture men, women, and children all together enjoying their time outside. Not so if you enter the sea-bathing establishment "La Lanterna" in Trieste, Italy, where men and women cannot mingle together but are in fact separated by a [...]
Slow dialogue: 1:25 Explanations: 4:19 Fast dialogue: 16:09 Renaldo: Hello, may I speak to Simone Otto? Simone: This is Simone. May I ask who’s calling? Renaldo: This is Renaldo Garcia at Cinetect. You interviewed for a position with me last week. Simone: Oh, yes, of course. How are you? Renaldo: I’m doing well. The reason I’m calling is that I was very impressed with you last week,...
Slow dialogue: 1:13 Explanations: 2:32 Fast dialogue: 16:11 Justin: What are you ogling at? Katrina: I’m watching those guys working across the street. Justin: Those construction workers? Katrina: Yeah, those prime examples of manhood. There’s not a flabby gut in the bunch. Justin: I’m pretty sure they wouldn’t appreciate you watching them as though they were pieces of meat....
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You made it to Japan. You learned to speak Japanese. You made a lot of friends there. Now one of them is getting married, and she asked you to give one of the traditional speeches at her wedding. OH, THE HORROR! At a traditional, formal, Japanese wedding, you must stand up [...]
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Do you feel uncomfortable when there’s nothing to talk about? Imagine the extra discomfort of having nothing to talk about in Japanese. You should follow that long-standing tradition of talking about the weather. You can imagine the situation. You see the weather change as you stand outside in Kyoto, Japan so [...]
Topics: Psychological pricing; daytime soap operas; target versus objective versus purpose; the silent “b”: slumber versus plumber; there, there Words: whole number to make change to round up/down chain soap opera longest-running bizarre plot twist clone to come back from the dead of all time coma target objective purpose slumber plumber there, there
Learn Japanese travel phrases with Japanese Survival Phrases! A little Japanese can go such a long way! Whether you’re traveling to Japan for business or pleasure, these phrases will help make your trip much more pleasant and meaningful! Today, we’ll go over how to bargain for a better price in Japanese! But first, you have to [...]
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You finally got what you wanted. You’ve been accepted by an electronics firm to work in Japan. Your excitement knows no limits. Travel to Japan. Good, interesting work to do. The chance to learn more Japanese from the Japanese themselves. But there’s a big hitch in your git-a-long. You can’t stay [...]
Learn Italian with LearnItalianPod. Episode #27 of the "Upper-Intermediate Level Series" is entitled "Brand or No Brand?". When it comes to buying clothes, Italians are divided into two opposing categories: on one side those who refuse to buy anything that is not "branded" and on the opposite side those who do not care about [...]
Slow dialogue: 1:17 Explanations: 3:18 Fast dialogue: 13:12 Gabby: Another birthday! I’m going to stop celebrating. What’s there to celebrate – getting old and decrepit? Cherif: Are you kidding me? We’re in the prime of our lives. Who’s decrepit? I’m not. Gabby: If I’m in my prime, then why do I feel so middle age? Cherif: It’s a matter of perspective....
Slow dialogue: 1:12 Explanations: 2:52 Fast dialogue: 14:02 Maya: What are those? Jorge: They’re pictures from our ski trip last weekend. Maya: Is there any reason you’re staring at the ones with Jessica in them? I think you’ve got a crush on her. Jorge: I’m not 10 years old. I don’t get crushes. Maya: Then, I think you’re falling head over heels for her. Jorge:...
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Think of walking towards a large red gate. You see many people and you see Japanese writing all around you. Your lessons have come in handy. You’re ready to experience one of the most famous shrines in Japan. As you pass through the gate, your anticipation grows. You walk onward. And [...]
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You’re thankful there’s a dog café nearby the dog park. Who would have guessed there are dog cafés in Japan, but you’re glad it’s there. You were starting to run out of things to say to the pretty Japanese girl with the Chihuahua. Now you have more to talk about. “Have [...]
Topics: Famous Americans: Janis Joplin; compulsory education and truancy laws; to bask; to brace; to palm off; to follow one’s hunch(es) Words: blues to catch the attention of lead singer solo artist to struggle with to relapse compulsory to play hooky to skip school truancy detention mandate to bask to palm off to follow one’s hunch(es)
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