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The Youth in Asia
"THAT'S IT," MY MOTHER SAID AFTER HAVING SADIE PUT TO SLEEP. "MY CAT DAYS ARE OVER."

In the early sixties, during what my mother referred to as the "tail end of the Lassie years," my parents were given two collies they named Rastus and Duchess. We were living in upstate New York, out in the country, and the dogs were free to race through the forest. They napped in meadows and stood knee-deep in frigid streams, costars in their own private dog-food commercial. According to our father, anyone could tell that the two of them were in love.

Late one evening, while lying on a blanket in the garage, Duchess gave birth to a litter of slick, potato-sized puppies. When it looked as though one of them had died, our mother placed the creature in a casserole dish and popped it into the oven, like the witch in "Hänsel and Gretel."

"Oh, keep your shirts on," she said. "It's only set on 200. I'm not baking anyone; this is just to keep him warm."

The heat revived the sick puppy and left us believing our mother was capable of resurrecting the dead.

Faced with the responsibilities of fatherhood, Rastus took off. The puppies were given away, and we moved south, where the heat and humidity worked against a collie's best interests. Duchess's once beautiful coat now hung in ragged patches. Age set in and she limped about the house, clearing rooms with her suffocating farts. When finally, full of worms, she collapsed in the ravine beside our house, we reevaluated our mother's healing powers. The entire animal kingdom was beyond her scope; apparently, she could resurrect only the cute dead.

The oven trick was performed on half a dozen peakish hamsters but failed to work on my first guinea pig, who died after eating a couple of cigarettes and an entire pack of matches.


Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk and other stories from David Sedaris ( Adult 18+) 

The Youth in Asia

A Korean romantic comedy series about a woman who goes on a blind date with her boss.

Vocabulary:
proposal: asking someone to marry you
reject: to refuse someone
CEO: Chief Executive Officer, the boss of a company
great-grandchildren: the children of your grandchildren (I accidentally said grandchildren in the episode instead of great-grandchildren.) 
archaeopteryx: a bird-like dinosaur
fiancee: the woman you're engaged to, (the male equivalent is fiance.)
worry doll: a small doll you tell your worries to, this originated in Guatemala
gossip: rumors about the personal life of others
blind date: going on a date with someone you've never met

Phrases:
to pass away: to die
the lengths she goes to: extra effort someone does to achieve something
a running joke: a shared joke or a joke repeated throughout something
to talk behind someone's back: to say bad things about someone when they're not around
a white lie: lying about something small

Learn English with Stories

Movie Series: Business Proposal

Si vedel/a, da imamo slovenci svoje valentinovo, ki se imenuje gregorjevo? Kdaj se praznuje in kakšni so na ta dan običaji boš izvedel/a v podcastu.

Podcast: Povej mi več - Tell me more!

Povej mi več o slovenskem valentinovem

Una novela policíaca que aún resulta interesante 100 años después, una escritora española y, sobre todo... una gota de sangre.

La transformación

La gota de sangre

In this Podcast I am reading the introduction and one page of my book Pensieri Felici. One of my four books that I published on 2021.
In this book you can listen Italian, gain vocabulary, pronunciation and who knows maybe you even get inspired by this book.

I podcast secondo San Luca

I podcast secondo San Luca - Lettura del libro Pensieri Felici di Luca Facchini - Luca Facchini

Learn English Through Listening – Perfect for Kids & O-Level Students! 🌟🎙️ "Kickstart your English journey with our playful and engaging podcast! Tailored for young learners.


DIALOGS FOR EVERYDAY USE 🎧📚

Dialogue for Beginners 🎉📚 (Day # 28)

2分くらい⌚
こんにちは！なぎさです。
みなさんは、どんな番組(ばんぐみ)をみますか？私は、YouTubeでオーディション番組をみます。

話したこと🗣
こんにちは。うれしいニュースがありました。
いわさき けいいちさんという日本人が、BGT(ブリテンズ・ゴット・タレント)でゴールデンブザーを獲得(かくとく)しました。BGTはオーディション番組です。イギリスで放送(ほうそう)されています。いわさきさんは、自転車(じてんしゃ)で旅をするマジシャンです。大がかりなマジックはしません。ユーモアのあるクロースアップマジックをしました。司会(しかい)のアントとデック、それから審査員のアリーシャをステージの上に呼んで、マジックで審査員たちを楽しませました。審査員たちは笑顔でスタンディングオベーションをしました。そして、アントとデックがゴールデンブザーをおしました！
私はYouTubeでその動画をみました。いわさきさんのマジックはとてもおもしろかったので、ゴールデンブザーを獲得して、すごくうれしいきもちになりました。
みなさんはオーディション番組をみますか？オーディション番組で、どんな人がすきですか？歌手やマジシャン、いろいろな人が登場します。私は、びっくりするようなマジシャンやおもしろい人がすきです。ぜひ、コメントしてくださいね。それでは、またね～

たんご✎
番組・・・テレビ番組、ラジオ番組、show, program
獲得・・・手にいれること
大がかり・・たくさんのじゅんび(お金や人手)をする。
審査員・・・judges

なぎ先生の のんびり日本語

BGTに日本人が出場(しゅつじょう)！

Tune into the latest Express to Impress Podcast episode to grow your English vocabulary. You’ll learn 10 common phrases in English like "Short and Sweet."

This episode is a follow-up to the two previous episodes, including Will Networking Get Me a job? Strategic Networking With Lucy Samuels and Networking Tips From a Communication & Career Branding Expert. Learning to recognize and use phrases and idioms in English will allow you to communicate better with native English speakers. You won’t feel confused when you hear the phrases and idioms and will keep up with the conversation. 

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Read the transcript at https://www.express-to-impress.com/common-phrases-in-english/

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The shadowing technique
https://www.express-to-impress.com/english-learning/

Episode originally published October 20, 2021

Original theme music by Lucas Knutter