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The nights and mornings are certainly getting colder now, so this week was all about getting ready for winter! We washed the fluffy blankets and cleaned out the chimney on our wood stove. I'm looking forward to lighting a nice warm fire soon-- Do you want a fun and easy way to practice English every day? My Daily English Diary video series is perfect for busy people to read and listen to one minute of natural English each day. And it's free on YouTube! Keep warm!
↓ Students & teachers, https://www.imagineigo.com/english-diary-resources.html ↑ you can freely download a printable copy of the text here! Last night, singer/songwriter Ai Nagayoshi invited me to her local radio show on Sunshine FM Miyazaki. It was so fun talking about my favorite song by U2. Thank you to everyone who listened! ↓ Check out my favorite local singer/songwriter, Ai Nagayoshi, here! https://youtu.be/F1Vviyk_feU Sunshine FM Miyazaki 76.1 www.sunfm.co.jp This is my speaking diary of daily life. It's in easy English so you can enjoy some listening & reading practice and learn some useful daily conversation. Enjoy!
↓ Students & teachers, https://www.imagineigo.com/english-diary-resources.html ↑ you can freely download a printable copy of the text here!  Today in Japan we welcomed the new year 2019 with a traditional feast called 'osechi'. It comes in a huge 3-tiered wooden 'bento' box. It is filled with many symbolic foods for beginning a happy new year.
Inside this wonderful box there are:
I hope your 2019 is filled with all of these things-- By the way, in the USA we don't really have such a special feast for the new year. We do the big feasting with our families on Christmas. (And we eat a lot!) Our new year festivities are focused on midnight of New Year's Eve. We throw huge public parties with friends and family to welcome the new year in with a BANG! (Often with lots of champagne!) Then we use the holiday of New Year's Day to recover by sleeping in late and watching parades on TV... Wherever you are now, I hope you have a fun start to a happy and successful new year-- |
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