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View: 2150 | 2023年11月17日
Cecily G.
A park in downtown San Francisco
Salesforce Park is a public park you can visit in downtown San Francisco. It is behind Salesforce T...
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View: 3814 | 2022年5月3日
Cecily G.
On Tuesday or In Tuesday?
The other day my student said "See you in Tues". Maybe you know it should be "See you on Tues". I r...
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View: 3100 | 2022年2月26日
Cecily G.
Travel Vocabulary
Hi students,Today I was having a lesson with one of my students and we started talking about travel...
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View: 3886 | 2021年12月25日
Cecily G.
Festival of Lessons and Carols
Dear students and other Cafetalk readers,I'm listening to a recording of the Christmas service call...
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View: 3452 | 2021年9月10日
Cecily G.
Think Small to Accomplish Big Things - Michael Phelps talk
What small things are you going to do to accomplish big things? What small things can you do today,...
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View: 2843 | 2021年8月30日
Cecily G.
The Caldor Fire (near Lake Tahoe)
The Caldor Fire is one of the wildfires burning in California now. It is very sad to see. It is nea...
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View: 2026 | 2021年8月27日
Cecily G.
A chance encounter
When I was living in China, I took a trip to a mountainous part of Chongqing. I planned the trip in...
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View: 2365 | 2021年7月6日
Cecily G.
parklet
Hi students!What's a parklet?It's a new word that has changed meaning a little since the pandemic. ...
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View: 2229 | 2021年6月30日
Cecily G.
multilingual
This video, although just of people counting to 10 in at least 3 different languages, reminds me of...
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View: 2176 | 2021年6月29日
Cecily G.
Earthquake!
Just after I taught a lesson, I felt the room shake! It continued to move...We were having an earth...
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View: 2542 | 2021年5月28日
Cecily G.
Shohei Otani on the train
I heard this story on the radio that the Angels' Shohei Otani would not start against the A's tonig...
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View: 2161 | 2021年5月22日
Cecily G.
Polite requests in English
Dear students,How can you make a request politely in English?Here are some ways: "Could you please....
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View: 2427 | 2021年5月14日
Cecily G.
What are your student strengths?
I was thinking today about different kinds of students. What are your strengths as a student? What ...
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View: 2294 | 2021年4月22日
Cecily G.
study tips
Dear students,I'm a student, too. I'm preparing for final exams in the courses I'm taking now. Beca...
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View: 2106 | 2021年4月4日
Cecily G.
Words and names from French and syllable stress
Many English two syllable names have stress on the first syllable.Women's names:EmmaJanaMayaJulieMe...
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View: 2041 | 2021年3月31日
Cecily G.
idiom:
Today I was thinking of two idioms people use in English to say that something is not difficult, or...
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View: 2344 | 2021年3月23日
Cecily G.
Prince Harry and James Corden
It's quite odd to see Prince Harry chatting with James Corden. James Corden meets lots of famous pe...
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View: 2071 | 2021年2月6日 | 1
Cecily G.
boyfriend, girlfriend, friend and man friend
Dear English learners,Today I'm going to write about when to use boyfriend, girlfriend, friend or m...
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View: 2228 | 2021年1月20日
Cecily G.
idioms with "hit the"
Some idioms that use "hit the". Have you heard of them before?hit the sack, hit the hay = go to bed...
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View: 4014 | 2021年1月10日
Cecily G.
pleasantly surprised
Dear students,I don't know if you're familiar with it, but I thought I'd introduce the phrase "plea...
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View: 3826 | 2020年12月24日
Cecily G.
Christmas Lights
Hello everyone,It's almost Christmas! Christmas is not the same this year. Due to the pandemic, we ...
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View: 3882 | 2020年12月6日
Cecily G.
Stay-at-home orders
Hello students,In my area (in California) we will be under stay-at-home orders starting Monday to p...
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View: 4163 | 2020年10月10日
Cecily G.
Rain
It rained last night. Maybe for you this doesn't sound like big news, but for us it is. It hadn't ...
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View: 4713 | 2020年9月8日
Cecily G.
Essential Workers
On a previous blog post, I introduced the term social distancing. Today I will introduce essential ...
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View: 4505 | 2020年9月1日
Cecily G.
Grammar: Responding to Negative Questions in English
Dear English learners,When responding to positive questions, students aren't usually confused (alth...
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View: 4530 | 2020年8月17日 | 3
Cecily G.
Lesson Milestones
Dear students,Today I reached the milestone of 200 lessons on Cafetalk! Thank you! When we reach a ...
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View: 4894 | 2020年3月30日
Cecily G.
Social Distancing
Hello English learners,Today I wanted to introduce the term social distancing. Have you heard it?It...
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View: 5071 | 2015年8月25日
Cecily G.
idiom: "to cost an arm and a leg"
English idioms sound strange sometimes! There is an idiom "to cost an arm and a leg". It means some...
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View: 5493 | 2015年8月17日
Cecily G.
A Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in the Bush
I have been thinking recently about the proverb: "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush". It...
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