Tidbit Note -Practice English With Me-

I got a job! I got a job! I got a job! I said 3 times because it is important. I’m really really delighted to hear from the company. The news filled me with emotion. I’ll start my full-time job on November 1st in the customer care department at the office. Looking back on my job hunting, I applied to about 160 companies in total and had 6 interviews until getting the job which took 4 months. I cha...

こうばん　ではなく　かんぱん　だそうです。英語より日本語学べ！

Transcript↓ Sometimes we meet something strange. I've been trying to get various idioms because these days I get stuck studying English. As I’m looking for idioms on the internet, I met some interesting ones. Especially idioms that mean differently from the original words are very interesting. For example, being under the weather means feeling bad because of some illnesses. Who can predict the mea...

良くない朝の挨拶がBad morningにならない理由がわかった

Script↓ Today I was surprised by something. I happened to watch a video on youtube and it said there is a different meaning between “good morning” in English and in Japanese.  We were told “good morning” meant おはよう(Ohayou) in Japanese when we were children even though “Ohayou” literally means “you are so early this morning.”  I haven’t cared about the exact meaning so far, today fina...

私のお友達はGoogle

Script ↓ Today, let me introduce the tips for good job interviews that were given yesterday by my friend Google as usual because having interviews are always very very hard for anyone. Obviously, there are always more candidates for positions than there are openings. That means we must be chosen as the best candidate in order to get a job. Literally, we need to “stand up from the crowd!” By the wa...

日本人だけがマクド的な感じでティムホって呼んでる気がする

Script ↓ If you have a chance to visit Canada, where would you like to go? When I arrived here, on the first day, I asked a driver where to visit to feel Canada most. He said have you heard of ”Tim hortons? It is said that there are more Tim hortons than traffic lights here! “ Now I realized it was just a joke but many people even in Japan who has been to Canada recommended me to visit Tim hortons...

がんばれとしか言いようがない月

Script ↓ Today I am going to talk about my personal goal for October. First, let me look back at September’s target. Last month my slogan was “Get my life organized.” In detail, Getting a job related to marketing, going to the gym on a weekday night and getting back at least 2 hours a day to study English. To be honest,I actually achieved just jogging 4 times a month. I am really ashamed there is...

わからないものを英語で調べて日本語訳したからよりわからなくなった

Episode Script ↓ Today I am in the library, same as 3 days ago, I’d like to talk about the knowledge of American football that I looked up on the internet. The reason why I chose this topic today is that my best friend who is an Enthusiastic NFL fan is going to give me an opportunity to watch the game in Seattle next month. He actually had played for several years in Japan and presented to me the...

意外と厳密にルール化されてるチップの話

Script ↓ Hey, everyone! I'm Charlie, and this is "Charlie doesn't like chocolate"—a podcast about my life as an international student in Canada. I'll be posting every Tuesday and Friday just to improve my English. I hope you enjoy listening! I still have lost the internet at home so I’m uploading it at the library. Also, from now on I decide the day to post the podcast at 6pm on Tuesday and Friday...

It means I can't upload my podcast. lol

このポッドキャストもジャッジしないでね

Episode Script ↓ Sometimes, especially for English beginners,  can’t understand the reason why the person asked me this question. For example, if the teacher asks you “what do you think about world war Ⅱ?”  It is a kind of difficult question. For me, I’m like “From which perspective?” or  “How serious I should answer it?”  if people ask me this question. In my opinion, in these...

カナダにいる日本人は皆一度TOTOに合掌している

Let me ask Japanese people something. If you were asked what Japanese culture is, what would you say? Many foreigners even Japanese, may answer Sushi, Kimono, Samurai or manga? If you try to give a unique answer, it will probably be hot springs or judo. But it is a stereotype, out-of-date. I found the answer to the exact Japanese culture!  In my opinion, in terms of real Japanese culture, &nb...

母も聞いているので余計なことは言わなかった

Episode transcript ↓ Today I’d like to talk about my mother. It is because today September 17th is her birthday. She just turned 66 years old today. Actually, I called her yesterday because the date in Japan has changed ahead of Canada. Let me tell about something about her. She is a tutoring school teacher for almost 20 years and keeping to have her class every Monday and Thursday except on holid...

ギャンブル人生アクセル全開

Episode script ↓ Today’s topic is about the key to successfully quitting your job, and obviously, the important thing is how to have a conversation with your manager. It is because I had to let my manager know 2 days ago that I need to leave my job in 1 month in order to get the next job related to marketing. It is kind of a tough situation, isn’t it? I just wanted to be polite like the sort of th...

彼女はカナダの国家元首なんだよ、知ってた？