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Back to SearchEpisode 119: Three Italian friends fly to Ireland to return lost wedding ring
Episode 119
In today's news, a Lord of the Rings inspired tale about three Italians returning a lost ring! We’ll also practise using the word ‘little’ with nouns…
11 hours ago
Episode 118: Man saves coins for three years to buy new scooter
Episode 118
In today's news story, a man saves up all of his coins to buy himself a big present!
In the grammar section, we look at using the gerund (verb-ing) a…
1 week ago
Episode 117: Tesla unveils ‘flying’ car
Episode 117
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's Tesla's new 'flying' car!
In the episode we also look at how to use direct and reported speech.
Have you check…
2 weeks ago
Episode 116: Delhi searches for its “chonkiest” dog
Episode 116
In today's news story, who was crowned Delhi's fattest dog?
Read the transcript with glossary, and do the comprehension quiz to test your understandi…
4 weeks ago
Episode 115: Six-year-old Chinese girl breaks Rubik’s Cube record
Episode 115
In today's news, we find out about one of the fastest, and youngest Rubik's Cube solvers! We also look at the phrase 'to take (time)'.
My September…
1 month ago
Episode 114: Library book returned after 132 years & Japan has more than 100,000 centenarians
Episode 114
Two news stories for you today, starting with some news about Japan's ageing population, and then about an overdue library book.
My September deal gi…
1 month, 1 week ago
Episode 113: Apple launches its first foldable iPhone
Episode 113
In today's tech news, a new style of iPhone... but will it sell?!
We'll also be practising how to use the phrase 'to get used to...'.
Join the fan cl…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Episode 112: Australia considers giving people more control over social media algorithms
Episode 112
In today's news, a possible change to how people in Australia get their social media content.
The grammar section focuses on how we use 'could', 'wou…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Episode 111: 1,800 volunteers help move a Japanese castle back to its original location
Episode 111
Would you volunteer to help move a castle? That's the subject of today's news story out of Japan.
We'll also be studying prepositions of movement and…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Episode 110: Dolly Parton tribute and Wales mountain queue jumpers
Episode 110
Some news - I’ve been working on something special: an English course covering the most important grammar points, from the present perfect and uncoun…
2 months ago