English Recordings

Is this what you called me for? It's unlike you.
It's unlike you to be so optimistic.
The fruit was unlike anything I'd ever tasted.

Looking for fresh beet/beetroot recipes?

The month sure does appear to have flown by, but a lot has happened in the Web world!
These three months with you have flown by!

You ought not to go to there now.
you ought to be grateful
you ought not to say that

...gazing at your sleeping child in his or her crib at midnight

We don’t allow dogs in the restaurant.
We allow smoking only in restricted areas.
I do not allow anyone to talk to me like that.

I'm going to have a bath

Where does it hurt?

my head itches, my head/hand is itching
I have an itch
this sweater is very itchy
he was itching to tell her

I got bitten by mosquitoes

Stop whining on about it!
Stop your whining, Billy. You can't have everything you want.
He always whines when his mother gives him chores to do.
If you keep whining, I'll take you out first.

Do sandwiches with lettuce and cheese and tomato and egg exist?
If I made a sandwich with lettuce and cheese and tomato and egg, it would exist!

Go around and get in through the right-side door.

Could you go around and get in through the other door?

Could you get in (through) the other door (please)?

(Aug 09th 2010 17:26 ) This time I am rewriting this journal entry. In fact it was my journal written on Aug 06th 2010 in Chinese. So today I am trying write it again in English. To tell the truth I already know I have very many mistakes in English, so I’m afraid of writing in English.E very time I write in English, I feel afraid, but I tell myself, “It`s OK!You don`t need to be afraid! Just try ^^! Because it`s play, it isn’t an exam.Haha ~~~ ” Soooooo~~~ooo? Now also I am trying ^^. Hope someone can help me correct.//^. ^// *I hope it will help my friends who are learning Korean.

《Movie: Taking Woodstock(2009) } 》
Today in the late afternoon, I suddenly went to see a movie ‘Taking Woodstock(2009) ‘ with 2 friends of mine。 Why did I suddenly see that movie? Em….. today at noon, I got/received a message on my cell-phone from my friend. She asked me “Why don’t we go to a movie, how about it?” sounds more natural. I sent a reply right away “Why not?Good! See you at 3:30pm!”.So we three friends had a sudden movie time. A few days ago, by chance, I read a column about this movie in a newspaper, and that columnist made reference to a scene where one policeman who put a flower on his motorcycle helmet to enter the hippies crowd.Maybe he was very impressed with her. And now I will talk about this movie very briefly. This movie`s is set in the 1960s.
The setting of this movie is a small city in the USA in the 1960s, and and it` s a story founded on fact. The story is begins with one young man who he would prepare for a rock festival at his village, and had experienced all kinds of happenings….Through that movie I saw many kinds of hippies`s fashion, style, thoughts and act/conducts etc. I found it very interesting.
Ang-Lee is this movie’s director, who already filmed the movies ‘Brokeback Mountai]’ and ‘ Lust, Caution’ etc. But most of his movies had heavy subjects, but this movie dealt with more humorous and pleasant things, and was shot from a different viewpoint/ angle. Anyway, it was not a bad thing that I could return to 30~40 years ago , and see and feel interesting hippies`s atmosphere with me. Ok, then bye ~ Good night! ※oh— one more, very interesting view of this movie, Many hippies`s having bath in a river completely naked, drug and homosexuality etc, all of those hippies`s atmosphere were shot through a very natural angle .It was not a through heavy angle, rather as through a lilting and very humorous focus. So we can enjoy this movie as a feeling of going on a picnic with the hippies`s. And the other interesting thing, this movie is called as a musical movie but there` was no music scene.

( Aug 12th 2010 02:02 ）I got the sentence below in my e-mail, I felt it`s so good , so I am translating a Korean sentence into English, and I have recorded my voice in Korean too. I hope it will bring you to have a hope. (I hope it will bring you hope.♥ ~
What is ‘hope’?/ ‘Hope’ is~?
‘Hope ?’,
it could be said it could be said that, ‘Hope exists’ and it can also be said that ‘Hope is nonexistent.’
(We can say that ‘Hope exists’ and also can say ‘Hope is nonexistent.’)
It is just like a road on the ground.
Originally, there was no road on the ground..
One person goes first,
if more peoples go through,
if more people go through,
that will become a road.
–at the Lu Xun . 鲁迅 ‘Hometown’.—
Yes, That's right! Hope didn't exist from the beginning. Hope can come from a place where there's nothing
(Growing from a place where there's nothing, that is 'hope'.) ‘Hope’ exists to the person who has hope.
(There is ‘hope’ with the person who has hope.) ‘Hope’ is exists to the person who believes in the existence of hope. Actually, hope is non existent to the person who does not believe in hope`s existence.

(Aug.8th 2011)♥=> Hi, everyone, how ｈａｓ　 ｙｏｕｒ　ｗｅｅｋｅｎｄ　been? Me? I've ｂｅｅｎ　 just so-so. I didn't write today's English entry. Ｉ｀ｖｅ ｂｅｅｎ　ｃｈｅｃｋｉｎｇ　ｍｙ　Ｅｎｇｌｉｓｈ　ａｎｄ　Ｃｈｉｎｅｓｅ　ｅｎｔｒｉｅｓ　ｆｒｏｍ　ａ　ｙｅａｒ　ａｇｏ． Please check my entries and correct any other mistakes ｔｈｅｒｅ　ｍｉｇｈｔ　ｂｅ．Thank you very much for reading and for your help. Thanks agian. Have a good night! ~bangbang~

=(Agu. 8th.2010.) == How is everyone? This is bangbang. This time I'm writing a journal entry in English. Actually, this is the entry I wrote in Chinese on Aug 05th 2010, so I thought I would try to write it again in English. Of course, I am nervous ａｂｏｕｔ my poor English, but I ｗｉｌｌ give it a try, even if it`s not good. So I just hope that, if you have time, you'll correct my poor English. Please encourage me to learn English.
<<one unique architecture>> Hi,everyone,`ｈｏｗ　ｉｓ　everyone?
Yesterday I couldn`t writｅ my journal entry, because I stayed on a mountain where there was no computer ｏｒ internet 。Ok, I will talk about it next time/later, but first I'd like to talk about a very unique place. Ｌａｔｅ　yesterday night, when I was driving with my husband (or 'when my husband and I were driving'), we found it by chance; it looked so unique, kind of like an ancient castle. The first things that ｃａｕｇｈｔ　ｍｙ　ｅｙｅ　(The things that especially caught my eye) were the driveway at the entrance and the very straight, wide road. It kind of felt like I was being drawn into a great spaceship, so I involuntarily felt tense. Maybe the 3rd picture can help explain ｈｏｗit ｆｅｌｔ. An inexperienced driver (a novice driver / a beginning driver), especially a woman, probably would not (=wouldn't) dare attempt the ascent, I think.
When we passed that place, I asked my husband, "Wow~What is that? A hotel? A restaurant? It looks amazing! So we suddenly felt curious, immediately made a U-turn, and entered that place. I was right! It was a restaurant and　a café.
The most impressive part/feature of the restaurant was the open-air room on the second floor. From there, you could enjoy the seaside 　ｏｒ watch the sunset. The restaurant is on Yongjong Island, where the Incheon International Airport is also located.　We ordered two cups of coffee and a piece of green tea cake.
Even though it was a little expensive, it was still a great time because we could enjoy the great architecture.　I found a sign/notice that said that the restaurant had received the 'Korean architecture culture grand prize'. No wonder ~~~!!!
==<example sentence / dictionary >==========
http://engdic.daum.net/dicen/search.do?endic_kind=&m=exam&q=encourage+me
I was encouraged to learn because they had promised to help.
나는 그들이 도와주겠다고 약속한 것을 알고 용기를 얻었다.
She encouraged me to leave. 그녀는 나에게 떠나도록 격려했다.
He encouraged me to write poems. 그는 내게 시를 쓰도록 격려해 주었다
You encouraged me. 당신 덕분에 용기가 났다
I found it to be interesting reading, but sometimes the words that were meant to be encouraging did not encourage me.
This does not encourage me to pay too much attention to your opinions.
She kept saying, "Those people do not even know me, and they want to help and to encourage me."
This does not encourage me to believe that she will abide by orders of the court.
All the above is probably true, but it does encourage me in my mission to spread sweetness and light!
Carl, you encourage me to do more reading of good Christian literature!

Although you are having a great time in Rome, you miss France.

Although we ran out of money, we managed to eat something.

You are having a great time in Rome; you miss France, though.

We ran out of money; we managed to eat something, though.

1- As long as I finish my homework first, my parents don't mind I surf a little.
2- You should save your work on the computer often in case the power goes off while you are working and the program shuts down.
3- I will have it all set up in about an hour unless there's some software missing.
4- I bought a laptop in case I have to take my work with me on holiday!
5- You can use my computer as long as you don't read my e-mail!
6- You can borrow my computer as long as you are careful with it.
7- George is going to buy a new computer game unless it is too expensive.
8- I will write down your e-mail address in case I forget it.
9- You can connect to the Internet unless you forget your password.
10- You can connect the Internet as long as you remember your password.

1- If we really live with the "grid" in the future, our lives will be very different.
2- We can stay and try out my new DVDs tomorrow if it rains.
3- If it really happened, the "grid" would mean the loss of a lot of freedom.
4- If it weren't for my mobile phone, I would never know where my friends were.
5- If machines with chips broke down, they would report the problem to the manufacturer by themselves.
6- We'll see lots of new technology in the future if inventors are succesful.
7- If you press the red button, the computer begins to print the document.
8- I would be amazed if they invented a computer they could really think.
9- If a computer play chess, does it feel any desire to win?
10- I wouldn't be surprised if we were contacted by aliens in the next ten years.
11- If I were you,I would buy a new laser printer.
12- If you got a cordless keyboard, you would be able to sit more comfortably.
13- If you charged your batteries, your laptop wouldn't turn itself all the time.
14- You would send pictures by e-mail if you got a digital camera.
15- You will learn a lot about internet if you read this book.
16- If you are having problems with your connection, I can help you.
17- You will know how to operate your computer if you read the manual.
18- If your scanner doesn't work, you can try use a different connection.