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Monthly Archives: August 2014
Podcasts This Week (September 1, 2014)
Get the full benefits of ESL Podcast by getting the Learning Guide. We designed the Learning Guide to help you learn English better and faster. Get more vocabulary, language explanations, sample sentences, comprehension questions, cultural notes, and more. Get the … Continue reading
Posted in Announcements
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Attack of the Killer Cabbages?*
Alaska is known for many things: cold weather, beautiful scenery, and, of course, giant cabbages. Giant cabbages?! That’s right. If you want to find a 130-pound (59-kilogram) cabbage, visit Alaska. If you’re in the mood for (feel like eating) some … Continue reading
Posted in Life in the United States
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Podcasts This Week (August 25, 2014)
We are grateful to our members and donors, because we are only able to produce this podcast with the generous help of our listeners. If you enjoy our podcasts, please consider supporting ESL Podcast by becoming a Basic or Premium Member today! … Continue reading
Posted in About ESL Podcast
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Digital Detox*
Do you suffer from (have, like a disease) FOMO? Many people do. FOMO is an acronym (a word made up of the first letters of several words) for Fear Of Missing Out. To miss out on something is to not … Continue reading
Posted in Life in the United States
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The Turban Makes the Man*
If you lived in the American South in the 1940s and you were African American, you would likely be very aware of the Jim Crow laws (see “What Insiders Know” in the Learning Guide of English Cafe 197). These laws … Continue reading
Posted in Life in the United States
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Podcasts This Week (August 18, 2014)
Is your limited English standing in your way? Do you want to improve your English now? Learn English even faster with the help of the Learning Guide. In it, you’ll get more vocabulary, language explanations, sample sentences, comprehension questions, cultural … Continue reading
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Headline English: Private Equity’s Latest Fix
Here’s a headline from a recent Wall Street Journal article: Private Equity’s Latest Fix: Auto-Body Repair A lot of newspaper headlines (titles of articles) are based on a “double meaning” of one of the words, where one word has two … Continue reading
Posted in News and Current Events
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Podcasts This Week (August 11, 2014)
Get the full benefits of ESL Podcast by getting the Learning Guide. We designed the Learning Guide to help you learn English better and faster. Get more vocabulary, language explanations, sample sentences, comprehension questions, cultural notes, and more. Get the … Continue reading
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They Came, and They Continue To Come
Twenty-five years ago, in the movie Field* of Dreams, a mysterious (difficult to explain or understand) voice told Ray Kinsella, “If you build it, he will come.” Ray, a young Iowa farmer, was not sure who “he” was, but he … Continue reading
Posted in Life in the United States
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Action Stars: Helen & Helen
Have you heard of the movie stars Helen Holmes and Helen Gibson? Me, neither, until I read about them recently. Helen Holmes was a silent film (movie with no dialogue or speaking by the actors) star who appeared in many films at … Continue reading
Posted in Television and Movies
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