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Back to SearchPodcast 148 Generosity (a short story at B1 level)
Season 2 Episode 148
As we approach Christmas, we think more about being generous and being kind to others. This is a short story about generosity. This is a B1-level pod…
3 years, 4 months ago
Podcast 147 - B2 idioms 2
Season 2 Episode 147
Continuation of the study of six more idioms at B2 level. Some are hidden in a story that you must listen to and find. The six idioms in the podcast …
3 years, 4 months ago
Podcast 146 - B2 idioms 1
Season 2 Episode 146
A study of six idioms at B2 level. Each one is hidden in a story that you must listen to and find out which it is. The six idioms are:
break the ice
b…
3 years, 5 months ago
The Jogger (B1 level)
Season 2 Episode 145
This is a B1-level story with a few surprises. There are lots of useful B1 level words in it, and, as usual, I'll explain some key words before we st…
3 years, 5 months ago
A Boy's Story (B1 level)
Season 2 Episode 144
This is a story about a family. There's quite a lot going on in this family but that's not very obvious unless you listen very carefully. The story i…
3 years, 5 months ago
B1 The Inchcape Rock (the story)
Season 2 Episode 143
There is a place off the west coast of Scotland called the Inchcape Rock and on that rock many, many years ago there used to be a bell to tell the sh…
3 years, 6 months ago
B1 Bishop Hatto (story)
Season 2 Episode 142
This is a B1-level story that I wrote based on a poem by Robert Southey. It's a story about terrible things and revenge. It has lots of verbs especia…
3 years, 6 months ago
B1 Clothes Vocabulary
Season 2 Episode 141
This is a B1 session on clothes. I did a session on buying clothes at podcast 96 but this one looks at important B1 vocabulary describing clothes and…
3 years, 6 months ago
B1 B2 Thoughts on Queen Elizabeth II
Season 2 Episode 140
After the death of Queen Elizabeth II, I wanted to write a few lines about what she meant to me and to so many other people from the United Kingdom a…
3 years, 7 months ago
B1 Edmund the Elephant (short story)
Season 2 Episode 139
And welcome to www.PractisingEnglish.com, where I'm going to tell you another story. Now, the story today, I suppose you could say it's about identit…
3 years, 7 months ago