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Back to SearchPodcast 196 Intonation in a Story
Season 3 Episode 196
Today I have joined the two halves of The Quiet Man together so you can enjoy this story in one complete story.
I briefly discuss intonation and give…
1 year, 6 months ago
Podcast 195 Uses of SO and REALLY (B1 level)
Season 3 Episode 195
Extracts from my stories with examples of SO and REALLY Here are the 4 extracts from my stories I use in this podcast to give examples of the use of …
1 year, 6 months ago
Podcast 194 PET exam writing the article B1
Season 3 Episode 194
Writing the B1 article.
(If you are interested in my podcast about writing the B1 story...
https://www.practisingenglish.com/podcast-128.htm )
These are…
1 year, 6 months ago
Podcast 193 FCE writing the essay B2
Season 3 Episode 193
Expressions to memorize
1) There is a decline in the numbers of lynxes. (usually negative)
The decline in the number of tourists.
2) It is extremely imp…
1 year, 6 months ago
Podcast 192 The Breath of the Mosquito (Part 2) B1 story
Season 3 Episode 192
Introduction to part 2 of The Breath of the Mosquito
Emil Zimmermann, professor of astrophysics at Corpus Christi College, Oxford University sat back …
1 year, 7 months ago
Podcast 191 The Breath of the Mosquito (Part 1) B1 story
Season 3 Episode 191
This is a B1-level short story in two parts.
Professor Mathew Pearson, a paleontologist and professor at Oxford University, made an incredible discove…
1 year, 7 months ago
Podcast 190 The Harmonica Players (Part 3) B1, B2 story
Season 3 Episode 190
This is the third and final part of the story 'The Harmonica Players'.
Here are the B2 phrases I discuss in the podcast.
1) This was not the familiar …
1 year, 8 months ago
Podcast 189 The Harmonica Players (Part 2) B1, B2 story
Season 3 Episode 189
In Part 2 of my story, The Harmonica Players, I’ll be talking about racial prejudice. That means the irrational distrust and dislike of people from o…
1 year, 8 months ago
Podcast 188 The Harmonica Players (Part 1) B1, B2 story
Season 3 Episode 188
The Harmonica Players. The story of two people who are very different from each other, yet there is something that unites them.
Words and expressions …
1 year, 8 months ago
Podcast 187 The River (B1, B2 story)
Season 3 Episode 187
This is a B1 and B2 level podcast with a new story about the ages of Man. (See link to audioscript of story below.)
B1 words discussed:
sunrise
landscap…
1 year, 8 months ago