Podcast Episodes

208. A Window on Time - Part 1 (B1 B2 Story)

Season 4 Episode 208

B2 phrases to listen for. What is the context they are used in during the story.
1) deep in thought
2) Strangely enough,
3) strictly forbidden
4) an exce…

1 year, 7 months ago

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207. Victims of Nature - part 2 (B1 B2 Story)

Season 4 Episode 207

Part 2 of my exciting story Victims of Nature for students studying B1 and B2 English.

Words to explain: 

shepherd = somebody who looks after sheep in …

1 year, 7 months ago

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206. Victims of Nature - part 1 (B1 B2 Story)

Season 4 Episode 206

A Strong B1 and B2-level story based on a real event this summer in the Alpujarra mountain region of Southern Spain (Granada).

Words to explain:

shephe…

1 year, 7 months ago

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205. Every Dog has his Day (B1 B2 Story)

Season 4 Episode 205

One way or another, Norman imagined that other people regarded him as an underachiever. He became obsessed by what his colleagues at the supermarket …

1 year, 7 months ago

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204. Winds of Bolonia (complete B1 story)

Season 3 Episode 204

The Winds of Bolonia (B1 Story with new comprehension questions)

I wanted to publish this story together with the Para-olympics in Paris. I was watchi…

1 year, 8 months ago

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203. Never Go Back (Complete B1 Story)

Season 3 Episode 203

Comprehension questions and answers for the complete story.

1) Why did Benjamin decide to go back to the hotel?

2) How did Jessica know Benjamin was st…

1 year, 8 months ago

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202. Who was Sidney Peabody (complete B1 story)

Season 3 Episode 202

Comprehension questions to read before listening to the complete B1-level story:
Who was Sidney Peabody?

1) What was unusual about the way Sidney Peab…

1 year, 8 months ago

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201. Max Headroom and the Space-time Door (complete B1 story)

Season 3 Episode 201

This is the complete B1-level story of The Spaceman (first published in 2022)

Comprehension questions for story
1) Why was Max Headroom angry at the be…

1 year, 8 months ago

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200. Tsunami (complete version B1 level)

Season 3 Episode 200

Today I'm giving you the full version of my B1-level story (with some B2 English)
Tsunami!

Here are 4 comprehension questions for part TWO of the stor…

1 year, 9 months ago

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Podcast 199 Stories from our listeners (B1 level)

Season 3 Episode 199

These are the two stories I chose for the story task I gave you at podcast 197.

Story 1

Mrs Jones was 82. Her husband had died many years ago, so she l…

1 year, 9 months ago

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