Podcasts This Week (October 20, 2014)

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ON MONDAY
ESL Podcast 1044 – Issuing a Public Apology

In the Learning Guide: Get a full transcript (written version of every word you hear), vocabulary list and sample sentences, and comprehension questions.
In “What Else Does it Mean,” learn the other meanings of “plainly” and “to bounce back.”
In the “Culture Note,” learn about “Corporate Public Apologies.”
“Companies often make mistakes and have to ‘apologize’ (say they are sorry) for …” – READ MORE in the Learning Guide

ON WEDNESDAY
English Cafe 473

Topics: Famous Buildings/Structures – The Brooklyn Bridge; The Minimum Wage; to speculate versus to deliberate versus to contemplate; holy moly; down-and-dirty

In the Learning Guide:  Get a full transcript (written version of every word you hear).
In “What Insiders Know,” you will read about “The National Registry of Historic Places.”
“On October 15, 1966, the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) became a…” – READ MORE in the Learning Guide

ON FRIDAY
ESL Podcast 1045 – Being Infatuated With Someone

In the Learning Guide: Get a full transcript (written version of every word you hear), vocabulary list and sample sentences, and comprehension questions.
In “What Else Does it Mean,” learn the other meanings of “fan” and “sighting.”
In the “Culture Note,” learn about “Fanzines.”
“‘Fanzines’ are unofficial magazines that are created by the fans of a particular…” – READ MORE in the Learning Guide

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6 Responses to Podcasts This Week (October 20, 2014)

  1. Tania says:

    Hi! Thank you , Parviz.
    What’s going on with me?
    Life is not all roses.
    A simple hit can make you knock-out for a while.
    I was waiting for to come back.
    Here I am.

  2. Tania says:

    Hi! The great reporter from CNN, Richard Quest, visited my country again.

  3. Tania says:

    Hi! Thank you for the explanation of the difference between “shoot” and “shooting”.
    We have more discussed about the verb “to shoot”.
    Maybe it’s easier to say “shooting”. In music, in art, we use many, many American-English words.
    For instance, we use the same phrase “a photo shooting” for a photomodel.
    So we are at the site of a shoot, and not at a site of a shooting.

  4. Tania says:

    Hi! Thank you for the excelent explanation of “either” and “neither”.

  5. Marcos says:

    Hi everyone

    Here the salary is usually more usual and paid by month and there is a minimum federal that is R$ 724,00, about U$$ 290,76 monthly. My view is that the minimum federal is so small that I don’t believe anyone in my country can live with that amount, but the government say that is possible. So you need work hard and get over the minimum to live and get welfare for you and your family. I know that people gain over than minimum to live here but I know too that in some places people need help to survive. The great problem here is the large difference between poor people and the rich.

    Nice day to us

  6. Marcos says:

    Hi again

    ( podcast 1045 )

    I am not a fan like that even when young. I like music and some sports but never got carried away with anyone. I really admire some people that devoted your life on sport, music, writers, scientist, teachers, so everyone that have a goal in your life and working hard to get that goal. People that give your life to help others even unknown people. I know they are very important to inspiring others to make different and I recognize. I hope that one day I’ll have a inspiration to change my life and make the difference too.

    Nice day to us

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