📋 WEEKLY RECAP
LESSON 18
Talking About Japanese Food 🍜
📖 NEW WORD
"Savoury" 🧂
= Salty! (NOT sweet.)
🍜 Ramen → savoury
🍡 Mochi → sweet
🍣 Sushi → savoury
🍰 Cake → sweet
💬 Try saying: "Ramen is savoury. I love it!"
💬 USEFUL PHRASES
👉 "It tastes like..."
👉 "It's made with..."
👉 "I recommend..."
🔊 PRONUNCIATION TIP!
Native speakers say "going to" very fast!
It sounds like → "gonna" 🗣️
And "it is" sounds like → "IDIS"
"Idis so good!" 😄 That's normal! Don't worry!
⭐ Mistakes Please don't worry about them! Please make a lot of mistakes! Its ok <(O.O)>
LESSON 19
Talking About Past Experiences 🎭
This week was all about telling stories naturally in English — using vivid language and dramatic phrases that make your stories come alive! 🎬
- 🚪 "Burst into" — enter a place suddenly and dramatically. "He burst into my room and started yelling!" Also: "burst into tears", "burst into laughter"
- 😤 "Laying into someone" — to scold or criticise someone harshly. "He started laying into me for losing his book." Shows real anger!
- 😲 "Turns out..." ⭐ — STAR OF THE WEEK! Use this to reveal a surprising or ironic ending to your story. "Turns out, he never brought it with him in the first place!"
- ❓ "Are we talking about...?" — a natural way to ask for clarification mid-story. "Are we talking about comic books or novels?"
⭐ Challenge: Tell a story from your childhood using "burst into" and end it with "turns out..."!
🗓️ This week's idioms — learn them, use them, love them!
⭐ STAR OF THE WEEK
🗣️ "Turns out..."
Used to reveal a surprising or ironic conclusion to a story. The punchline phrase! 😲
✦ "Turns out, he never brought it with him in the first place!"
✦ "Turns out I had my keys the whole time!"
🌍 Very common in natural storytelling. Use it to deliver your big reveal!
🚪 "Burst into"
To enter a place suddenly with energy or strong emotion. Makes stories dramatic!
✦ "He burst into my room and started yelling like crazy."
✦ "She burst into tears." / "They burst into laughter."
🌍 Use "burst into" + place / emotion. Very vivid and visual!
😤 "Lay into someone"
To scold or criticise someone very harshly. Shows real anger — not gentle!
✦ "He started laying into me for losing his book."
✦ "My boss really laid into me at the meeting."
🌍 Informal. More intense than "telling someone off."
🤣 "Like crazy"
An intensifier — means "a lot", "very hard", "very much." Makes stories more energetic!
✦ "He was yelling like crazy."
✦ "It was raining like crazy." / "I've been working like crazy."
🌍 Very casual and fun. Similar to "like mad."
💭 Is there a Japanese word that has no easy translation in English? What does it mean? Try to translate it! 👇 Enter your answer in the chatbox below!
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