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  • Climbing Mount Everest Part 2 (from Into the Story)

    Climbing Mount Everest Part 2 (from Into the Story)
    Jul 30 2024
    Today's episode comes from the Into the Story podcast. Check it out if you like the idea of learning English with real-life stories - and I'm sure you do! Laurie Skreslet and a team of climbers face difficult conditions as they attempt to reach the summit of Mount Everest — will they make it? If you haven't already listened to Climbing Mount Everest Part 1, go listen now! 🚐 Ready to take your English further? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CLICK HERE FOR FULL EPISODE PACKAGE⁠⁠⁠⁠ with vocabulary, test, and transcript! Level: Upper-intermediate Accent: Canadian 5 words and expressions in today's story: - TO BRACE YOURSELF: means to prepare yourself for something that might be difficult or unpleasant. - TO KEEP PACE WITH vs TO FALL BEHIND: To keep pace means to stay at the same speed or level. To fall behind means to not keep up with others. - TO GET DOWN TO BUSINESS: to start focusing on an important task or activity, and stop wasting time. - TO BE TOUCHED BY SOMETHING: used figuratively, this means to be emotionally moved or affected by something. - TO SINK IN: means to start to understand or realize the truth of something. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    23 m
  • Climbing Mount Everest Part 1 (from Into the Story)

    Climbing Mount Everest Part 1 (from Into the Story)
    Jul 23 2024
    Today's episode comes from the Into the Story podcast. Check it out if you like the idea of learning English with real-life stories - and I'm sure you do! When Laurie Skreslet attempted to climb Mount Everest in 1982, he faced dangerous avalanches, the closure of the only route up the mountain, and a life-changing moment. Level: Advanced Accent: Canadian 🚐 Ready to take your English further? ⁠⁠⁠⁠CLICK HERE FOR FULL EPISODE PACKAGE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with vocabulary, test, and transcript! 5 words and expressions in today's story: - TO IGNITE: to start something, either literally by starting a fire or figuratively by sparking an idea or feeling, as Laurie discusses igniting a passion for climbing. - LITTLE DID I KNOW: expresses discovering or experiencing something unexpectedly, often referring to unexpected consequences. For instance, loving a food you thought you would hate or finding a test more difficult than expected. - DIVING BOARD: is a platform used for jumping off into a pool, commonly used in the sport of diving. - LEAP: refers to a big jump, like a cat jumping from a table to the ground, or a sudden change, such as starting a business after years of working in the same job. - TO GIVE IN: means to agree or surrender to something you didn't want to do, while "to give up" means to stop doing something or quit trying. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    22 m
  • A Good Long Natter (Conversation)

    A Good Long Natter (Conversation)
    Jul 16 2024
    In this episode, I talk about everything I've been up to for the past two months: visiting a friend, what I'm wearing, a romantic encounter in the supermarket, my try at stand-up comedy, the Royal Academy of Art, eating in the dark: there's just too much to summarise! Listen to it!! Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Natter for the full transcript. Get episodes without adverts + bonus episodes at EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Support. Your support is appreciated! Buy me a coffee, you know, if you feel like it: https://ko-fi.com/arielgoodbody Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    28 m
  • Rapunzel, Rapunzel, Cut Off Your Hair (Pre-Intermediate)

    Rapunzel, Rapunzel, Cut Off Your Hair (Pre-Intermediate)
    Jul 9 2024
    Book a class with me! If you book a package of 10 classes, you can get 33% off: EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Classes An old couple wish for a son and instead have a daughter with long, magical hair. They don't see the value in it, and sell her off to an old man who keeps her in a tower. Every day, he massages the oil from her hair and sells it. But the girl gets tired of this life, and makes a plan to escape... Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Cut for the full transcript. Get episodes without adverts + bonus episodes at EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Support. Your support is appreciated! Level: Pre-intermediate. Genre: Romance. Vocabulary: Loom, Get caught on, Scalp, Pharmacist, Suit of armour, Sword, Chew, Treat someone like, Trapped, Starve, Nail. Setting: Fairytale. Word Count: 3658. Author: Ariel Goodbody. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    43 m
  • Strange Friends (Advanced)

    Strange Friends (Advanced)
    Jul 2 2024
    Book a class with me! If you book a package of 10 classes, you can get 33% off: EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Classes A cat and a mouse live together as friends, and what strange friends that makes! One day, the cat suggests they store some food for the winter, so they buy a pot of fat and hide it in a church. But while the mouse happily cleans the house, the cat starts to think about the food... Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/FriendsL4 for the full transcript. Get episodes without adverts + bonus episodes at EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Support. Your support is appreciated! Level: Advanced. Genre: Children's. Vocabulary: Altar, Fantasise, Christening, Godmother, Crumbs, Savour, Disposition, Kitty, Ponder, Might as well, “For all the good it will do you”. Setting: Fairytale. Word Count: 1554. Author: Ariel Goodbody. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    28 m
  • Hector the Snail (Rerun)

    Hector the Snail (Rerun)
    Jun 18 2024
    Mit dem Code easystories erhältst du das 12-Monatsabo von Babbel zumPreis von nur 6 Monaten. Das Angebot gilt bis zum 31. Oktober 2024. Einfach auf https://www.babbel.com/audio einlösen und loslegen. Hector is a snail, so of course he's very slow. But he dreams of becoming fast. He decides to find a wizard and ask the wizard to swap his body with an ostrich's. What could go wrong? Well, a lot, actually... Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Snail for the full transcript. Get episodes without adverts + bonus episodes at EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Support. Your support is appreciated! Level: Beginner. Genre: Children's. Vocabulary: Snail, Snail trail, Wizard, Swap, Ostrich, Human, Cave, Solve a problem, Ride, Kick, Free (verb), All over, False eyelashes. Setting: Fairytale. Word Count: 1033. Author: Ariel Goodbody Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    21 m
  • The Light at the Bottom of the Sea (Pre-Intermediate)

    The Light at the Bottom of the Sea (Pre-Intermediate)
    Jun 11 2024
    Mit dem Code easystories erhältst du das 12-Monatsabo von Babbel zumPreis von nur 6 Monaten. Das Angebot gilt bis zum 31. Oktober 2024. Einfach auf https://www.babbel.com/audio einlösen und loslegen. Żgugina lives on the coast of Malta with her son. When pirates attack, she rushes to the church to pray to St Demetrius. 'St Demetrius,' she says, 'if you save my son I will light a lamp that burns forever!' What happened next was too much for her to believe... Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Light for the full transcript. Get episodes without adverts + bonus episodes at EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Support. Your support is appreciated! Level: Pre-Intermediate. Genre: Myths & Legends. Vocabulary: Portrait, Faithful, Saint, Kneel, Captain, Treasure, Basement, Tie up, Horizon, Hoofprint, Earthquake. Setting: Malta. Word Count: 979. Author: Saviour Pirotta. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    21 m
  • The Kind-Hearted Pea (Beginner)

    The Kind-Hearted Pea (Beginner)
    Jun 4 2024
    Mit dem Code easystories erhältst du das 12-Monatsabo von Babbel zumPreis von nur 6 Monaten. Das Angebot gilt bis zum 31. Oktober 2024. Einfach auf https://www.babbel.com/audio einlösen und loslegen. The wind carries a pea to a crack by a window. Inside the house, a boy is sick and dying. The pea wants to help the boy, and slowly it grows into a plant. When the boy sees the plant he is so happy, and he helps the plant grow. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Pea for the full transcript. Get episodes without adverts + bonus episodes at EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Support. Your support is appreciated! Level: Beginner. Genre: Children's. Vocabulary: Kind-hearted, Pea, Pod, Harvest, Blow, Crack, Afford, Shoo, Water (verb), Shaped like Setting: Modern. Word Count: 1081. Author: Saviour Pirotta. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    18 m