• 210. The Visitors (Part 1) B1 B2 story

  • Oct 13 2024
  • Length: 27 mins
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210. The Visitors (Part 1) B1 B2 story

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  • Write to Mike Bilbrough to ask a question or give an opinion.

    Words to explain:

    extraterrestrial - from another planet

    alien - life from another planet

    life forms - beings which are living

    electro-magnetic field - this surrounds the Earth and protects us from harmful rays from space

    orbit - going around the sun etc.

    meteorite - an object that may crash into the Earth

    evolve / evolution - life that grows and changes over long periods of time

    cosmic - from the universe

    comet - a huge ball of us that flies through space

    B2 phrases to listen for. What is the context of each phrase?

    1) Nevertheless

    2) no expense spared

    3) you've got another thing coming!

    4) evidently

    5) up to one's eyes

    6) in the middle of nowhere

    The vowels (a, e, i, o, u) have been taken out (unless the word begins with a vowel). Read the definition and guess the word in bold.

    B1-level

    1) knwldg - what is known

    2) ancnt - very old

    3) dstntn - the end of your journey

    4) plnt - Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars etc.

    5) elmntry - easy

    B2-level

    6) wsdm

    7) uncnvncd

    8) figr ot - find a solution

    9) ovrxctd - too nervous

    10) hbtbl - a place where life can exist

    See the answers at: https://www.practisingenglish.com/podcast-210.htm

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    Be back soon with another podcast!
    Mike Bilbrough (Secondary school English teacher and Doctor in English philology)

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