English Recordings

Following the advice I give in this guide you will undoubtedly make a lot of mistakes when you first start speaking a language. I'm certainly not offering a way to avoid these by trying to “absorb” a language in advance before trying to use it, as many courses suggest. (I'm sure there
are examples of this working, but results come about too slowly). By suggesting that you speak in the early stages, I'm actually opening you up to the possibility of making a huge amount of mistakes.

This is a necessary part of the process if you wish to make fast progress. You simply cannot avoid
making mistakes!

So, to make sure you maintain a positive attitude and keep up your momentum, you have to change your attitude towards mistakes. Rather than mistakes being the walls holding you back from speaking, they are simply bends in the road you must follow if you want to continue on your path.

The only way to make no mistakes is to not speak at all. Quite a lot of people try this approach!

I'm sure they can feel proud of having never made a single mistake in the foreign language... pity
about the minor detail of never trying and having no ability to converse other than perhaps as an
outside observer at best.

So, I suggest you try to actually to embrace making mistakes! The more mistakes you make, the more you are actually speaking, and more importantly, communicating - and the closer you are to your objective of speaking well.

Every language learner before you has made mistakes. No matter who they are. If I cared to count
them, I would have made tens (or even hundreds) of thousands of mistakes in speaking languages over the last seven years. If I only make a single mistake in a foreign language in one day, then I have not spoken enough.

A mini-goal is a target that you can achieve in one sitting (or standing, as the case may be)!

The problem with aiming to speak well some day, or even this time next year is that it is too distant to feel real and can therefore easily be ignored. You need deadlines, even if they are within your own mind. And the best deadlines are looming ones. You can't really get less distant
than TODAY.

Rather than aiming to eventually have a good scope of vocabulary, learn all words related to body
parts (for example) within 30 minutes. What has been very effective for me is having a very
conspicuous countdown timer – if I'm working on my computer, 25 percent of the entire screen is just the digital countdown, with the seconds constantly flashing at me, lest I forget!

Rather than aiming to eliminate your accent, work on rolling your 'r' for the next three days,studying tongue positions, repeating training videos on Youtube and getting natives to correct you (in person or via Skype).

These are parts that eventually add up to achieving your end-goal, and they are very much achievable if you put in that short-term devotion. It's easy to dismiss people as language geniuses, but all they are doing is a large amount of these easy tasks.

When brought together, all MINI-GOALS will add to the end-goal when planned out correctly, but each task individually isvery much achievable by anyone else. With a very efficient strategy and genuine devotion to the project, your hopes become a mission.

Summary:
Break up your monthly/weekly plans into smaller chunks that can be achieved immediately

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and learning a language is quite a trip!

You have obviously made the most important decision of all in this journey – the commitment to learn, but where you go from here depends on so many factors.

I've gone through the process several times over the last decade, and made some good decisions(and some really bad ones) in terms of speaking languages. I've learned from all of these, and continue to learn from them.

In this guide, I'll be outlining precisely what has enabled me to learn a new language and achieve
fluency in that language in a very short amount of time.

I'm writing the guide as if I were talking to me as a 21-year-old; uncomfortable with strangers,
not confident in my abilities in many things, and above all – convinced I would never speak a foreign language.

My journey over the last seven years has been an amazing one (and it continues) and I wouldn't change what I experienced for anything. But it would have been a lot easier and more fun if I had access to the information in this guide. I'd have wasted less time too.

Being open to learning how to speak a language fluently in a short period of time is not just a matter of which study materials you use or how much you learn, but is largely influenced by your attitude and motivation.

To prepare yourself to make huge strides in a language, you absolutely must have the right
mentality. The best learning techniques in the world and most expensive courses would and have
been wasted on people with the wrong mentality.

A recent trend toward the metric system in the U.S.

A trade bill passed by congress in 1988 set a September 1992 deadline for all federal agencies to convert to the metric system.

That misleads people to believe that pound-mass and pound-force can be used interchangeably as pound, which is a major source of error in the English system.

Their tool has allowed chemists to create ....

~ he aspired to for 50 years.

I would be lying if I said that it was a complete surprise to me.

~ when a material change is made to this notice ...

~ is evident in the fact that he named his ...

~ are very expensive, but when they can be used millions to billions times, ...

These tools help the public make informed decisions that have a potential impact on food security ...

• ♥♡♥♡The entry below is from my Chinese entry yesterday, and now I am trying to write in English. And I also recorded in Korean as well.
• If you find any mistakes, please correct them.♥♡♥♡ ("any mistakes" sounds more natural).♥♡♥♡ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

• (1)"Today, many things have happened." / /
• (2)"Many things have happened today."

• At noon, I had lunch with my younger sister and brother.
• Afterwards I had classes,
• and in the evening I met two college friends.

• (1)"One of my friend's winter vacation just ended." / /
• (2) "One of my friends, an elementary school teacher, just finished winter vacation."
• Yesterday she started working at school today, and my other friend is starting after celebrating Seol-Nal. (Korean Traditional Holiday)
• Like this, we had time for celebrating their work and Seol-nal by drinking wine. We chatted for hours while drinking wine.
• Then we went to a nearby clothing store, looked at the clothes, and spent some money.…..@_@;
• Therefore today, I came home very late..
• WooooOo~~ three women’s endless chattering ...(^o^)
• To tell you the truth, I took some pictures of today, but there’s no time to put them now.*I will try to find time and put them next time.

• Tomorrow I'm going to my in-law's house, and I will be preparing Seol-Nal food with the wives of my husband's borthers, so I will come back home late tonight.
• Then the day after tomorrow, my husband and I will go there again, to properly celebrate Seol-Nal.
• We will perform an ancestral rite together. So I'll be busy very soon.
• Fortunately, I don't need to get on a train for the holidays.
• *If I would get up early on tomorrow morning, I `d better go to bed soon sleep soon. Bye~!Good night!

Please just read in English. Thank you very much! (*If you want to listen Korean audio please leave message,then I can record them for you.)

-------<늦다>-----------------------
• 출근이 늦어지다be late for the office
• 밤늦게at a late hour; late at night; in the middle of night
• 답장이 늦어 죄송합니다We apologize for our tardy response to your letter.
• 기차가 20분 늦었다The train was twenty minutes behind time.
• 늦었으니까 서둘러야 한다We´re running late and we have to hurry.
• 늦어도 월요일까지는 돌아온다I shall be back by Monday at latest.
• 늦어도at (the) latest; at (the) farthest
• 시계가 5분 늦다Your watch is five minutes slow.
• 습관적으로[자주] 늦다be habitually[frequently] late
• 지금이라도 늦지 않다Even now it is not too late.
• 조금[몹시] 늦다be slightly[extremely] late
• 늦도록 안 돌아오다be long in returning
• 기차 시간에 늦다be late for a train
• 고삐가 늦다The rein is slack.
• 허리띠가 늦다The belt is loose.
• 늦은 사과a belated apology
• 때늦게late in the day
• 귀가가 늦다come home late
• 늦은 봄late spring
• 늦게late
--<수다>-------------------------
• <prattle; chatter >
• 친구와 수다를 떨다
chat away with a friend / have a good gossip with a friend
• 그녀의 수다는 끝이 없다
There is no end to her chatter.
• 너무 오래 수다를 떨었다 [사적(informal)일 때]
I've been yakking[prattling] on for too long.
• 그들은 벤치에 앉아서 오랫동안 수다를 떨었다
They chatted for hours, sitting on a bench.
• 우리는 끝없이 수다를 떨었다
We chattered on endlessly. /
[사적(informal)일 때] We chewed the fat endlessly.
• 밤늦게까지 자지 않고 전화로 수다를 떨었다

[미국 영어에서] [사적(informal)일 때]
I stayed up until late at night shooting the breeze on the phone.
• When they met in the street, they passed time of day.
그들은 길에서 만나 수다를 떨었다
• After dinner, we sat around shooting the breeze.
우리는 저녁 식사 후 둘러앉아 수다를 떨었다 (잡다한 이야기를 하다shoot[bat, fan] the breeze )
• Your advice was sound, if her talking was a matter of breaking a bad habit. •
그녀의 수다가 버릇을 고치는 정도의 문제라면 당신의 조언은 적절했습니다.
• However, if other gym regulars know Jean, such gossip could find its way back to her.
하지만 체육관의 다른 회원 중에 진을 아는 사람이 있다면 그런 수다는 진에게 전해질 수 있을 것입니다.
• Okay. Let's just have a little chat. 좋아. 그냥 수다나 떨어보자고
• They went on and on about Jean`s house, family life and so on.
그들은 진의 집이며 가정생활이며 기타 등등에 대해 끝없이 수다를 떨었습니다.

• Just listening to her silly chatter really wears me out.그
여자의 쓸데없는 수다를 듣다 보면 정말 기운이 다 빠집니다.

• Their chatter distracts me from studying.
그들의 수다 때문에 공부에 정신을 집중할 수 없다.
• He prattleed on endlessly about his operation.
그는 자신의 수술에 대해 끊임없이 수다를 떨었다.
• I dislike women who chatter incessantly.
나는 쉴 새 없이 수다를 떠는 여성은 질색이다.

• senseless chatting 의미 없는 수다
• They chatted for the best part of an hour.
그들은 거의 한 시간가량이나 수다를 떨었다.

• Would have loved to have chatted about it.
수다나 떨었으면 좋았을 텐데..
• I don't have time to chat.
수다 떨 시간 없어요
-----<시간을 내다>--------------------------
• 시간을 내다make[arrange] time for a thing
• make time to do시간을 내어 하다
• find the time시간을 내다.
• make oneself available시간을 내다
• take time off to do하기 위해 시간을 내다
• Dear Bellevue: Untie your hands and help this woman. 벨뷰에게 : 시간을 내어 이 여성을 도와 주세요.
• Please, take a little time out of your schedule to help a child whose only wish is to be cared for decently.
일정에서 약간의 시간을 내어 제대로 된 보살핌을 받고 싶은 게 소원인 아이를 도와 주시기 바랍니다.
• We hope everyone will take the time to check those Web sites you`ve listed.모두가 시간을 내어 당신이 소개한 웹사이트를 방문했으면 합니다.
• They took a time-out to rest. 그들은 시간을 내어 휴식했다.
• They are lonely and bereft, and easy pickings for any woman who takes the time to console them.그들은 외롭고 상실감을 느끼기 때문에 아무 여성이나 시간을 내어 그들을 위로하면 손쉬운 먹이감이 됩니다.
• Even though daddy was a busy doctor, he usually managed to squeeze a Sunday in with my mom and me. 우리 아버지는 의사라서 매우 바쁘셨지만 어머니와 나를 위해 일요일에는 어렵게 시간을 내시곤 했어요.
• When do they find time to gamble? 도박할 시간은 어떻게 내는 거야?
• To think of something better. 더 나은 걸 생각해낼 시간
• When do they find time to gamble? 도박할 시간은 어떻게 내는 거야?
• To think of something better. 더 나은 걸 생각해낼 시간
• But I don't have time! 하지만 내겐 허비할 시간이 없소!
• It will take time to get all this settled. 합의점을 이루어 내는 데는 상당한 시간이 걸려요.

(1)Short news: Just a moment ago, I saw a picture on the internet news website..
(2)Short news: Just moment ago, I saw this picture on an internet news website.

• (1)• There were cars lining up, moving slowly like tortoises, on the return trip to Seoul.
• (2)"There were cars lining up, moving slowly like tortoises, returning to Seoul."
• (3)"There were cars as slow as tortoises lining up, returning to Seoul."
• (4)"There were slowly-moving cars on the return trip to Seoul."

•(1) People had celebrated the New Year Holiday in their hometown, and now they are heading back to Seoul to their daily life.
• (2)People had celebrated the New Year Holiday in their hometowns, and now they were coming back to resume their daily lives in Seoul.

•(1) On the last day of the holiday, highways were jammed with cars returning to Seoul, thus it became a parking place.
•(2)On the last day of the holiday the highways were jammed with cars returning to Seoul so the streets became a parking lot.
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I read a book, "TAKAMINE Hideko no ryugi".
Ms.Takamine was one of the most famous actress in Japan
and passed away last December.
This book is a work of essey,but you can see how she is through this book.
The writer went to her place several times and did　some interview or talking,
just as if the writer was a true daugher of Ms.Takamine.

Ms.Takamine was tough time when she was a child.
She had to earn money to her family, and didn't go to school.
She learned everything on her own, for instance, figures so on.

I was really touched by her toughness of mental, and the way of beautiful living.

When I go to sleep while reading
books I like,
I end up dreaming something special.

When I wake up and I don't feel any pain,
I'm feeling kind of good.

There's some small happiness.

I don't understand this web service yet.
Hmmmm...What should I say?