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2-minute English — 309 episodes

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How to Seek Advice with Making Decisions

2

5 Expressions on Disappointment

3

4 Expressions to Show Your Support

4

3 Expressions to Tell People Not To Hurry

5

5 Common Pronunciation Mistakes

6

How to State Your Own Opinion

7

Agree with feeling vs Agree with opinion

8

Sorry is the hardest word

9

Reducing Your Solid Waste

10

Winter Fashion Tips

11

Useful expressions for offering help

12

Asking for Help

13

New Year Eve’s celebrations across Asia

14

3 English Phrases to Gain Permissions

15

Ways to express gratitude

16

Make Polite Suggestions

17

Thanksgiving Food

18

Asking For a Favour

19

Time Idioms

20

Don’t know what to order?

21

Four Tips for New Product Launch

22

Tips to write a resignation letter

23

Things to know before entering University

24

To Interrupt politely during discussions

25

Want to be healthy?

26

Scared to travel abroad alone?

27

Love to travel?

28

Favourite Ice Cream Flavors

29

Six Tips for Being a Good Tour Guide

30

Ways to Say Thank You

31

From student to young professional

32

Ways of Accepting Thanks

33

5 Ways to Relax After a Stressful Day

34

Happy Dragon Boat Festival

35

Birthday Greeting

36

5 Ways To Build Relationships With Colleagues

37

English conversations: In a restaurant

38

Vocabulary about Hiking and Camping

39

3 Business English Phrases to describe charts/ figures

40

How to negotiate effectively?

41

How can you express compliment?

42

Want to excel in customer service?

43

Travel English You Must Know

44

5 Business English Idioms/ phrases

45

How to tell your boss you are late

46

American Slang Words

47

Shopping for clothes

48

Food Adjective

49

How to Call in Sick

50

Agreeing and Disagreeing in English

51

3 Common Words you’re Probably Pronouncing Wrong

52

Two-minute English: 6 Toughest Interview Questions and Answers! (Part 3)

53

Two-minute English: 6 Toughest Interview Questions and Answers! (Part 2)

54

Two-minute English: 6 Toughest Interview Questions and Answers! (Part 1)

55

Running a Business Meeting

56

Airport

57

So poor / so unfortunate

58

Ordering in a Restaurant

59

Communicating with Others and Resolving Conflict

60

Workplace

61

Coffee

62

Presentation Tips (Part Two)

63

Presentation Tips (Part One)

64

Busy and late in Hong Kong

65

Chinese New Year

66

Job Interviews

67

Making appointments over the phone

68

Greeting People in English

69

Asking Someone Out

70

Making a Compromise

71

Online Shopping

72

Running a Meeting

73

Useful Skills for Employment

74

Confusing Verbs

75

Euphemisms

76

Summer 2015

77

Introducing Yourself

78

Typhoon Season

79

Hiking Tips for the Summer

80

The Beatles

81

Music Instruments in a Band

82

Dining in Hong Kong

83

Healthy Eating

84

Creative Advertising and Creativity

85

Thinking Outside the Box

86

Science in Film

87

Science in Our Daily Lives

88

Best Friends and Friendship

89

How Couples Stay Close

90

The Convenience of Technology

91

Keeping Pets

92

2014 Movies and Two Classics

93

Christmas Presents

94

Clockenflap

95

Being Grateful

96

Hong Kong: Fast Paced and Fast Food

97

Hottest Food Trends

98

Suspended Coffee Movement

99

World’s Best Teacher Award

100

Ice Bucket Challenge

101

Youth, Dreams And Ambitions

102

TV Presenting

103

Camping / Glamping

104

International Sporting Events

105

Sustainable Living / Green Living

106

Brazil

107

Greatest Villains

108

What Would You Do If You Had Superpowers?

109

Who Is Your Hero?

110

Hong Kong Afternoon Tea

111

Meeting People When Travelling (what to say after hello)

112

Unforgettable Travel Moments

113

Valentine’s Day in Hong Kong and Japan

114

Chinese New Year Superstitions

115

New Year Celebrations

116

Welcoming in 2014

117

Reflecting on 2013

118

All I Want For Christmas

119

The Joy of Teaching

120

Getaways in Hong Kong

121

English Fit – Study

122

English Fit – Travel

123

English Fit – Job Interviews

124

Spooktacular Halloween

125

Staying Fit in October

126

Unsolved Mysteries

127

Pushing Your Limits

128

Typhoon Usagi and October 1st (National Day)

129

Outdoor Activities in Autumn

130

Back to School

131

The Importance of Learning

132

Self Identity / Branding

133

Goodbye Summer 2013

134

TVB Drama, Movies and PROject

135

Technology and Social Media

136

TV Game Shows

137

Street Performances / Busking

138

What Kind Of Music Do You Love?

139

Summer Activities

140

Why Is English Important To You?

141

Learn to Love Yourself

142

Fashion Icons

143

Working Holidays

144

What’s Your Fashion?

145

Food Culture Around the World

146

Tips On Handling Stress

147

Hong Kong Food We Cannot Live Without

148

Mother’s Day Gift Ideas

149

Street Performances and Flash Mobs

150

All About Art

151

Popular Forms of Charity

152

Tips on Effective Communication in English

153

The Long Easter Holiday

154

Finding Things To Do In Hong Kong

155

How Skateboarding Changed My Life

156

Ready? Set! Let’s Go and Explore Hong Kong!

157

Discover Macau

158

How Did You Spend Valentine’s Day?

159

What is your Goal in the Year of Snake?

160

Chinese New Year 2013

161

Expressing your Dream

162

How to Prepare Yourself for 2013

163

Welcome 2013!

164

Bye-bye 2012 / Hello 2013

165

Christmas

166

Showing Love and Helping People in Need

167

Everyone’s Got Talent (Because We Can Learn)!

168

Thanksgiving Fun Facts and Wall Street’s Got Talent

169

Thanksgiving and Being Thankful

170

How Do People Become Really Talented?

171

Talent Shows

172

Halloween

173

Why We Celebrate

174

Western Festivals

175

Chinese Festivals

176

Celebration – Birth of a Child

177

Celebration – Marriage

178

Celebration – Career / Getting a Promotion

179

Celebration – Graduation

180

Culture - Festivals

181

Culture - Clothing

182

Culture - Food

183

Culture - Language

184

Olympics (part 3)

185

Olympics (Part 2)

186

Olympics

187

Holidays

188

15th Anniversary of the HKSAR

189

Staying Active in Summer

190

Summer English, IELTS Prep and Game On

191

Summer Course and Overseas Study Information Day

192

Summer Sports

193

Productivity and Job Satisfaction

194

Workplace Culture

195

Dehumidifers, Stationery and Office Supplies

196

Awareness of Interpersonal Skills

197

Multicultural English

198

Telephone English

199

Workplace Personalities

200

Lifelong Learning

201

“Pro English” And Improving Your English

202

Learn and Win

203

Attractions in Hong Kong / Cheung Chau Historical Tour

204

Charity and Volunteering

205

Common English Words and Phrases

206

St Valentine’s Day

207

Chinese Valentine’s Day (Spring Lantern Festival)

208

Planning Ahead

209

CNY 2012

210

WSI Student Cards and Technology

211

Academic Preparation

212

Goodbye 2011

213

Christmas 2011

214

Studying Overseas

215

Charity

216

Study Trip

217

Graduation

218

WSI Hong Kong Channel Classes

219

Hong Kong Countryside

220

Routine VS Surprises

221

Apple, Education and Technology

222

The End of Summer

223

Typhoon Signal No. 8

224

Questions with “Did”

225

Phuket

226

Using a Language

227

Third Culture People

228

Hong Kong Police Force

229

Things that are controversial

230

Taking a break from our busy lives

231

Borrow / lend

232

Values

233

Review of Conditionals (Part Two)

234

Review of Conditionals (Part One)

235

Housework (Part 2)

236

Housework (Part 1)

237

2001 to 2011

238

Supposed To

239

Taboos

240

The First Time I Became an Uncle!

241

Outlying Islands in Hong Kong

242

Describing the Rain

243

Stress / Stressed / Stressful

244

Past Simple Tense with the /id/ Sound

245

Growing Up

246

International School Friends in Hong Kong

247

Gross / Awesome

248

Politeness and Etiquette

249

Summer, Ice Cream and Haagen Daz

250

Irrational Fear and Peer Pressure

251

Uses of the Verb “To Dare”

252

Idioms To Express How Much You Like Something

253

The Budget and Two Pronunciation Errors

254

Reflecting On Life

255

Be about to

256

Idioms with "love"

257

Getting Rest

258

Cathay Pacific

259

CNY

260

Hardly / Hardly Ever

261

Tourists in Hong Kong

262

The Joy of Travelling

263

The Cold Weather

264

Christmas Holidays

265

More Common Pronunciation Errors

266

Goodbyes and Farewells

267

Common Pronunciation Errors

268

Working In Customer Service

269

I Love Music

270

Asking Questions

271

Getting Along With People

272

Meeting up with friends

273

Weekends

274

Words ending with an /id/ sound

275

Eating out in Hong Kong

276

My Morning Routine

277

Mid Autumn Festival

278

Past Simple

279

Homework VS Housework

280

Hong Kong-style Cafes

281

Umbrellas and Adverbs of Frequency

282

Review of Common Mistakes

283

Different Uses of “Like”

284

Questions

285

How to Practise Writing Every Day (2)

286

How to Practise English Every Day (1)

287

My Grandfather in Vancouver

288

Money, money, money

289

Used to

290

Phrasal verbs with get

291

Footwear for the rainy season

292

Exercise

293

Politics / Hong Kong

294

Under the weather

295

Gathering / dinner

296

Vocabulary / expressions associated with drama

297

Good etiquette

298

Speaking with confidence

299

Facing challenges

300

Reading the news

301

Dealing with problems / difficult people

302

Ache / oven (pronunciation)

303

Good communication skills

304

What’s romantic about Hong Kong?

305

Vocabulary / expressions associated with love

306

Divorce / voice (pronunciation) / CNY, Valentine’s Day

307

What is love? (puppy love / unconditional love / love at first sight etc.)

308

So poor / so unfortunate (differences)

309

Holiday / day off