【英语趣味课堂】寻宝-Treasure Hunt

Jana: So, Peter, you mentioned treasure diving. How did you find out about this? Peter: Oh, well, I had this friend and he actually used to work for the government but he was diving just for pleasure at that time but then he met, I think while on a d

【英语趣味课堂】每天的安排-Daily Routine

Eli: At the moment I'm living in Japan and life here is pretty different to anything I've really experienced before. I think just because the daily routine is so different. In England, in England, basically I was really lazy. I'd probably get up at y

【英语趣味课堂】放假时的爱好-Holiday Hobbies

Simon: Hi! What's your name? Lesie: My name is Lesie Gregory. Simon: And do you want to tell us about your hobbies? Lesie: Sure, I'll tell you about my hobbies. Simon: OK. What are they? Lesie: My first hobby is going to the gym. I go to the gym thre

【英语趣味课堂】Struggling in New York City

Todd: So Kevin, I thought we would talk about money today, and you have many interesting stories about being broke. Kevin: Yes. I have been broke a number of times. Anything in particular that you would like to hear? I've got quite a bunch. Todd: So

【英语趣味课堂】住在别国-Living in Other Countries

I am totally English but I spent my whole life basically living in other countries, well, my parents spent most of my life living in other countries. I've actually been at school in England for quite a while of it. Living away from your own country i

【英语趣味课堂】大阪和东京-Osaka and Tokyo

Todd: Kawabe, can you explain the difference, or compare, Tokyo and Osaka? Kawabe: Tokyo and Osaka? OK, I think that Tokyo is like New York City and Osaka is, like where? It's like, I guess it's like, OK, let's say, little Irish city. Todd: A little

【英语趣味课堂】弹球盘-Pachinko

Todd: OK, Kawabe, can you explain Pachinko? Foreigners don't understand pachinko. Kawabe: OK. Explain pachinko. Todd: Yeah, because when we get off the train and go home we often we often walk past pachinko parlours, or in the morning even. Kawabe: I

【英语趣味课堂】一条特殊的狗-A Special Dog

My first pet was bought for me when I was still a baby, so I think, I think I was, I think I was less than six weeks old when my granddad bought me a little terrier pup. So as far, as long as I can remember from being very very young, I could always

【英语趣味课堂】古巴和日本-Cuba and Japan

OK, I'd like to talk about consumerism in capitalist and communist countries. I don't know if anyone has actually noticed but Japan is very, what's the word, consumerized. Everything is built for the consumer. You've got huge adverts, you've got talk

【英语趣味课堂】书本和电影-Books and Movies

I am totally English but I spent my whole life basically living in other countries, well, my parentsspent most of my life living in other countries. I've actually been at school in England for quite a while of it. Living away from your own country is

【英语趣味课堂】学习语言-Learning Languages

Ben: It helps in that I have insight to how somebody learning a foreign language needs things explained because I've learned 4 myself. However in some ways it doesn't help because the Japanese learner, the Japanese sort of mind, and how they learn la

【英语趣味课堂】电影批判-Movie Critique

Todd: OK. I'm going to talk about movies. I love movies. I think many, many people around the world today love movies. I probably see one or two movies a week on DVD in my room. I watch the movies on my computer so I am a big, big fan of movies, and

【英语趣味课堂】蘑菇-Mushrooms

One of my friends told me she read a story in the paper today about a man who died from eating mushrooms, which I thought was quite strange because this old man lived in the mountains I think, or lived in a country area where he would have eaten mush

【英语趣味课堂】寄宿学校-Boarding School

I've been at boarding school since the age of 8, which is pretty young if you think about it. The reason I went there was because my family were living abroad and they thought it would probably be better for me to go to school in England. It was real

【英语趣味课堂】目标-Goal

Simon: Where are you from? Matt: I'm from a little country called England. Simon: Oh, yeah, where in England? Matt: All of it! I have no hometown. Simon: OK. OK. Where do you live now? Matt: I'm living in Tokyo, in Japan. Simon: What do you do in you

【英语趣味课堂】三个愿望-Three Wishes

OK, I'm going to talk about my one wish. I think everybody has one or two things they wish they could change about themselves and for me I really wish I could sing. Unfortunately I have a terrible voice. I cannot sing at all, and in Japan, this is ve

【英语趣味课堂】第一份工作-The First Job

Marion: So Steve what's the worst job you've ever had? Steve: Ah, let's see. The worst job I've ever had has to be Fort Fun in East Born. Marion: What's Fort Fun? Steve: Fort Fun is fun for children but it isn't fun for the spotty 16 year olds who ha

【英语趣味课堂】信差-The Messenger

Todd: Um , Kawabe you said you used to be a bike delivery person. Kawabe: Yes, I was. It was not very long but I was doing that for like 6 months. Todd: Do you mean push bike or motorcycle? Kawabe: Push bike? What is a push bike? Todd: Push bike is l

【英语趣味课堂】午餐-Lunch

Nicola: Hi, Cat, that looks like a lovely salad you got there. Cat: Thanks it is. Nicola: What has it got in it? Cat: Um, I cheated and I bought one of those pre-packaged lettuce with herbs and some leftover food from last night, but it's good. It's

【英语趣味课堂】宠物-Pets

Yeah, so I think from growing up with dogs, like we always had dogs at home or my granddads house, so we were always playing with dogs, so I've never really had a fear of dogs like some people have, and I always considered myself a dog person, you kn