Episodes

  • Planning a Holiday Getaway

    Planning a Holiday Getaway
    Nov 24 2024
    In this podcast, Chris helps Sue book a holiday aboard in real time, you'll hear clicks, and some mis-clicks, as they decide where to go. Sue has a budget, but not much of an idea, whereas Chris loves to surf the web to find lots of options. As a language learner, you can practice understanding flight times, dates, times, costs and destinations.
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    20 mins
  • Describing pain and symptoms

    Describing pain and symptoms
    Nov 24 2024
    In this podcast, we hear from 4 people who describe some of their health issues; being stung by a bee, breaking both ankles at the same time, suffering with back pain and feeling the effects of a hangover... all the vocabulary you'll ever need to describe health mishaps.
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    20 mins
  • A Few Days in New York

    A Few Days in New York
    Nov 24 2024
    In this podcast, we are on holiday in New York! Listen as Sue chats to Laura about their holiday in The Big Apple. Not only will you hear about some of the top places to visit but also you'll hear great grammar; the Present Perfect, the Present Continuous used to describe future plans as well as current situations.... in short everything you need to talk about your trips wherever you go.
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    20 mins
  • The World of Buying and Selling on-line

    The World of Buying and Selling on-line
    Nov 24 2024
    In this podcast, Chris talks Sue through how to buy and sell on-line. There is a ton of useful vocabulary and even some great safety tips when using on-line sites.
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    20 mins
  • The Past Tenses for Advanced Learners

    The Past Tenses for Advanced Learners
    Nov 22 2024
    In this podcast, we take a look at our phones and discuss the apps we use and why. Could you live without your apps? Are they really that useful? Do you use the same ones as us? Can you describe why you use them and like them? Listen to us as we use everyday vocabulary which you'll find pretty useful.
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    20 mins
  • The Travel Bet from Toulouse to Paris

    The Travel Bet from Toulouse to Paris
    Nov 21 2024
    In this podcast, we take on a bet.... a travel bet! We test out which is the fastest, most reliable and cheapest way to get from Toulouse to Paris. Chris takes the car and Sue takes the plane. Which means of transport do you think comes out on top ? As a language learner you can check your comprehension with a quiz. Listen up carefully because there are lots of numbers in this podcast to test you!
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    20 mins
  • Guns, Gingerbread and the American Constitution

    Guns, Gingerbread and the American Constitution
    Nov 20 2024
    In this podcast, Sue, as a European, listens in amazement to Cindy, an American from North Carolina, as she describes her everyday life living with guns in the USA. Cindy recounts why she needs to own a gun, how she practices shooting and how the constitution allows American citizens to carry an arm (and shoot) for their own protection. Whatever your view of guns, this podcast will fascinate you.
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    20 mins
  • Very Superstitious! Just how superstitious are you?

    Very Superstitious! Just how superstitious are you?
    Nov 20 2024
    In this podcast, we dive into superstitions. Do you believe in them or not? Why do we believe in something we rationally know not to be true? Are superstitions dangerous, or just a harmless cultural traditional? In this podcast you can hear Chris put the case for superstitions and Sue who debunks the whole idea of superstition, and you'll learn lots of vocabulary along the way.
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    5 mins