Appreciation

Episode #52:  Appreciation

This is BLT Eigo, brought to you by BLTnetwork.com. I’m your host and English Coach, David Hylton. 

First of all, I’d like to open my mailbox and read a message from a listener named Hiro.  He writes:

“This podcast is cool! It’s good to see what you said in the lesson.

I’ll keep listening.  Thanks.”

And thank you, Hiro, for your kind words.  I really appreciate it.  Showing someone appreciation makes them feel that they are doing a good job and are needed.  It helps us build relationships.  Here are a few phrases that seem pretty successful:

You can just say “thank you,” or be more specific with phrases like:

Thank you for being a friend.

Thanks for helping with the party.

You can also say, “I’m glad you’re my friend.”

Of course the warmest phrase is, “I love you.”

Good job!

Hey, Valentine’s Day is coming soon so practice that last phrase on the people around you.  You’ll see a BIG difference.  This is David Hylton with BLT Eigo… signing off.  See you next time right here on BLTnetwork.com.  Bye.

Check out the previous post:  http://eigo.bltnetwork.com/2009/01/08/happy-new-year/

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Episode #51:  Happy New Year!

This is BLT Eigo, brought to you by BLTnetwork.com. I’m your host and English Coach, David Hylton.

Happy New Year and in Japanese, Akemashite omedetougozaimasu!  Try saying that ten times fast!  Can you believe it’s already 2009?  It seems like only yesterday I was still writing 1999 on all my letters.  Anyway,  with a new year comes a New Year’s Resolution. A resolution is basically a promise you make to do something.  For example, my resolution this year is to study more Japanese writing characters called kanji. The reason?  I’m embarrassed to say, I can’t read very well and my writing is horrible.

OK, let’s try a few examples then you can make your own resolution:

I will study kanji very hard this year.

I won’t eat as much chocolate this year.

I will exercise more this year.

I won’t spend money on useless things this year.

I will listen to every BLT Eigo episode this year!

Good job!

See you next time right here on BLTnetwork.com.

Check out our last post of 2008 about Christmas…in which I sing.  Yes, no kidding…I actually sing.  Here is the link:  http://eigo.bltnetwork.com/2008/12/25/merry-christmas/

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Lesson #48:  Thanksgiving

This is BLT Eigo, brought to you by BLTnetwork.com. I’m your host and English Coach, David Hylton.

In American, we celebrate a special day to give thanks for everything in our lives.  It’s called Thanksgiving Day and falls on Thursday, November 27th in 2008.  But it’s not always on November 27th. It changes every year.  It falls on the fourth Thursday of November so, in 2009, we will celebrate Thanksgiving Day on the 26th.  

When I was a child, we celebrated Thanksgiving Day by eating Thanksgiving dinner, lots of turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, stuff like that…and watching parades and football on TV.  

Now living in Japan, all that has changed. My wife hates turkey, so we usually eat chicken or fish…and watch DVD movies.   It’s not bad but I sure miss that smoked turkey.

Anyway, I would like to thank all of you for being a friend of BLT Eigo.  I hope you will continue watching and tell all your family and friends to join us.

OK, now repeat after me:

Thank you for being a friend.

Good Job! 

Now go out and thank all your friends and family.  Join us next time right here on BLT Eigo.  Bye.

See our previous post here:  http://eigo.bltnetwork.com/2008/11/13/would-you-mind/

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