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You may have noticed that we have two new stores on the site. The first of these is the Amazon store which carries products like books, CDs and DVDs related to the topics covered on this site. The other is J – List which sells lots of Japan related products such as manga, kanji T.shirts, anime products and various weird stuff from the land of the rising sun.

Click here to view J-List products

Links to these stores can be found in the store button at the top of the page or from the adverts on the side bar. All proceeds go to the upkeep of this site.

Paul

• Topic: Christmas presents (イギリスと日本の正月)
• Level: Beginner intermediate (初中級)
• Language: relative clause – what ()

This is an intermediate lesson on the topic of Christmas presents. Listen to what Paul and his family got for Christmas and discover what the greatest gift a man can get is. This lesson will have no video. It is listening only with a mp3 listening file and PDF lesson (tomorrow) to download. Enjoy the show!

このビデオは初中級生徒の為のレッスンです。ポールをもらったクリスマスプレセントは何でしょう？このレッスンはmp3、とPDFテキストを使用します。

There are some useful words and expressions to learn below. More are in the text.

to treasure – really care about

Dalek – a kind of robot (store link)

sidekick – an accomplice, someone who helps you

exterminate – kill, destroy

nerd – a person who is enthusiastic about one thing like a toy or game.

At the bottom of this page you can download an mp3 for listening and PDF lesson. There is also an online quiz and transcript to supplement the video.このページの下にPSPとIPODの為のMP3とPDFレッスンがdownloadできます。

For Japanese and Spanish translations please go to transcript. ( せりふの訳はこのページです)

 Lesson 24 - What did you get ? (audio) [3:24m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
 Lesson 24 - What did you get ? (text): Download

Click on picture to see movie.

• Topic: New Year customs in England and Japan (イギリスと日本の正月)
• Level: Intermediate (中級)
• Language: comparisons, descriptions (比較　説明)

This is an intermediate lesson on the topic of New Year celebrations in Japan and England. Who is the tall, dark stranger who comes to Paul’s door and why is coal important? Also, what is a ‘Dalek’!? As with other lessons on this site there will be a video, mp3 listening file and PDF lesson to download for each episode. Enjoy the show!

このビデオは中級生徒の為のレッスンです。イギリスと日本のそれぞれの正月の祝いを比べています。このレッスンはいつもと同じビデオ、mp3、とPDFテキストを使用します。

There are some useful words and expressions to learn below. More are in the text.

resolution – a promise to be a better person

snogging - kissing passionately (link to store for The Sims software)

bonking – having sex

sozzled – drunk

stubborn – a person who won’t change his mind even when wrong

At the bottom of this page you can download an m4v video or mp3 listening and PDF lesson. There is also an online quiz and transcript to supplement the video.このページの下にPSPとIPODの為のM4Vビデオ、MP3とPDFレッスンがdownloadできます。

For Japanese and Spanish translations please go to transcript. ( せりふの訳はこのページです)

 Lesson 23 - Happy New Year (video): Download
 Lesson 23 - Happy New Year (audio): Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
 Lesson 23 - Happy New Year (text): Download

Well, it’s 2007 and I’ve been making a few changes to the site during the holidays. These are still ongoing, but there are a couple of things that are new.

The first of these is that all parts of the lesson with links will be on the same post. This means you can find video, mp3, PDF, online lesson and script in the same place although the PDF lesson will always be published later as this takes time to complete.

If you look at the page links at the top of the site there is also now an online store run from Amazon.com. This will feature products that appear or are talked about in my podcasts, including useful books, DVDs and so on. Certain words in some posts may link to the store if you click them. They will be labelled as such. Any money I make from this will help to keep this site running. My thanks for this idea go to the Bob and Rob Show. Another great English podcasting site.

I am also planning to add more mp3 only podcasts to this site as they are easier to make and will fill in the gaps between video podcasts.

Finally, my thanks to you for continuing to visit my site. A Happy New Year to you all.