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A-23 Storytelling and Morals

In today’s lesson we are going to look at the skill of paraphrasing stories, using old stories that have moral lessons in them to help. Paraphrasing involves restating someone else’s ideas in your own words and is a useful tool for improving your fluency. LINK TO DOWNLOAD THIS LESSON (right-click, save as) : ode_biz138_C23.mp3(10.6mb) [...]

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Today’s lesson is about shopping. When traveling abroad, it is always fun to go shopping. There are several phrases that native English speakers often use when shopping, so to help you bring home some nice souvenirs, we are going to look at a few of them today. LINK TO DOWNLOAD THIS LESSON (right-click, save [...]

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Today’s lesson is about travel. It is important to be able to say things that you have done in English. To do this we use the present perfect tense. We are going to listen to some native English speakers using the present perfect tense to describe past travels. LINK TO DOWNLOAD THIS LESSON [...]

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Today’s lesson is about health. Wherever you are, it is important to be able to go to a doctor or get medicine if you are ill. English is the international language or communication, so if you find yourself feeling sick in a foreign country, we are going to look at how to say [...]

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In today’s mp3 lesson we are going to listen to how to invite someone to your house for dinner and how to accept. We will also listen to ways of making offers to bring something along or to help with the dinner. The dialogue is in three parts - the invitation, entering the home and [...]

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Today’s podcast lesson is about crime and punishment. There is a lot of legal language that is useful to know if you ever want to talk about a court case. There are often controversial court cases that become popular topics of conversation and many American TV shows involve police and/or lawyers, so we [...]

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Today’s English lesson is about banks. If you move to a foreign country, you will most likely have to set up a bank account. Even if you aren’t planning a move, when traveling you may need to go to a bank for one reason or another. It can be difficult if you [...]

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Today’s lesson is about dates. There are many different ways of expressing a date in English. Native English speakers often use a variety to say the same thing, so it is important for you to know what they are talking about when they say a date to you. LINK TO [...]

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Today’s lesson is about money and spending. Native English speakers often use idioms, especially when money is involved. Today we are going to look at some of the most common idioms that are used when referring to money. Even if you don’t use idioms yourself, it is important to know what people [...]

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Today’s lesson is about car accidents. Anything can happen on the road. There are a variety of ways to describe an accident in English. Hopefully if you are traveling or living abroad you won’t be in this situation, but it helps to know how just in case. LINK TO DOWNLOAD THIS LESSON (right-click, [...]

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Today’s lesson is about scheduling. It is important to be able to arrange a meeting or to talk about your daily schedule so that you can plan things. When describing your schedule and trying to arrange a time for something there are several words and phrases that are commonly used. We will [...]

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Today’s podcast lesson is about time. There are several different ways to tell time in English. We will look at different phrases that are used to tell time. We are going to discuss a person’s daily schedule: what time they do things. English speaking people talk a lot about time, [...]

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Most of us have daily routines. Part of these daily routines involve the times we must get up, be off to work, eat lunch, finish work, and get home. In today’s lesson we will be thinking about some of these times and how to express them properly using the best time preposition. LINK TO DOWNLOAD THIS [...]

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Today’s lesson is looking at some different health terms. Sometimes, we just can’t help getting sick, especially when the seasons change or we are under a lot of stress. Other times being sick is a good excuse for just getting some time off to catch up or relax. LINK TO DOWNLOAD THIS LESSON (right-click, save as) [...]

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Today’s podcast lesson is about time. There are several different ways to tell time in English. We will look at different phrases that are used to tell time. We are going to discuss a person’s daily schedule: what time they do things. English speaking people talk a lot about time, [...]

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Today’s mp3 lesson is about dinner parties. In English speaking countries friends will often invite each other over for dinner and everyone will bring something to the party. The person who is having the party usually tells their friends what to bring to the party. It is important to be able to [...]

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Today’s mp3 lesson is about introductions. Often, when two people meet, they ask each other many questions. These questions can be different, but there are several that are almost always asked. We also often ask the same question that someone has just asked us, back to them. We are going to [...]

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In today’s English podcast David is looking for a new apartment. Liz and David are discussing the things he wants and needs in a new apartment.LINK TO DOWNLOAD THIS LESSON (right-click, save as) :ode_biz118_B31.mp3(9.92mb)

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To sound more like a native speaker of English, it is necessary to learn some of the reduced forms used in daily speech. It is also important if you want to understand what native speakers are saying. As you may have noticed, we do not pronounce every word clearly. While you listen [...]

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In today’s podcast lesson we well talk about things that happened in the past. It is common for English speakers to ask each other about what they did yesterday, last night, and last week. We will practice talking about vacations (UK holidays) and use words describing activities that people do on vacation.LINK TO [...]

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