The ESLPod Blog (page 105)
- Life in the United States
They Encourage, Challenge, and Entertain
This time every year, thousands of young people graduate from colleges and universities. We usually celebrate this occasion by a ceremony (a traditional event) we call graduation or commencement.
- Language & Terms
“Pocket Dialing” Disasters
Pocket dialing — also called “pocket calling,” “butt dialing,” or “butt calling” (with “ butt ” referring to the part of the body you sit on) — is when you accidentally make a phone call using your…
- About ESL Podcast
Podcasts This Week (May 26, 2014)
ON MONDAY ESL Podcast 1002 – An Unwelcomed Business in the Neighborhood
- Business
Do As I Say, Not As I Do
It has long been an accepted (widely-believed) axiom (rule; law) in the world of marketing (selling things to people) that you never ask people how much money they would pay to buy something. If you…
- Life in the United States
How To Win At Rock-Paper-Scissors
As long as I can remember, children – and others – have played rock-paper-scissors, also called roshambo. Sometimes it’s played as a game, usually between two players. Other times it’s used as a way…
- Life in the United States
The Town That (Almost) Never Was
Today, I’m going to tell you about a town that did not exist (was not real), then came into being (became real), then disappeared (stopped existing) again.
- About ESL Podcast
Podcasts This Week (May 12, 2014)
ON MONDAY ESL Podcast 998 – Meeting a New Neighbor
- Life in the United States
Boomerang Kids
The term “ boomerang kids” refers to adult children who move back into their parents’ house after a period of living on their own. (This is a boomerang , which when you throw it, returns to you.)
- About ESL Podcast
Podcasts This Week (May 5, 2014)
ON MONDAY ESL Podcast 996 – Importing Goods to the U.S.
