This podcast is aimed at intermediate to advanced students who are interested in seeing life through the eyes of an online English teacher living in Cape Town, South Africa.  

The real life of an English teacher in Cape Town

This podcast is for those who enjoy listening to short stories. I will explain some vocabulary at the end of each episode and then you can listen again.... and again (if you  like)!

Stories to Stimulate!

Want to learn 5 common idioms that can be used in both business and ordinary life? Nicole will introduce them to you so clearly and  simply that you can use them in your conversation immediately!

5 Weekly Idioms 

4月8日 星期六 晴  
今天给爸爸打电话，爸爸说他不在老家，在另一个大城市。他说他正在去一家医院的路上，想去和那家医院谈谈，去他们的医院工作，做中医师（zhong1 yi1 shi1, TCM doctor）。
我问爸爸，你不想自己开诊所(zhen3suo3, clinic)了吗？虽然诊所很小，可多自由(zi4you2, unrestrained)呀！想开门就开门，想休息就休息。有那么多老病人，都认识几十年了。
爸爸说，疫情(yi4qing2, epidemic situation)以来，很多病,小诊所是不允许(yu3xu3, be allowed)看了，他自己也很担心被传染(chuan2ran3, be contagous)。除了病人变少了以外，还多了很多以前不需要做的事情，比如，有很多会要开，还有卫生局(wei4sheng1ju2, Public Health Bureau)经常来检查(jian3cha2, inspect)。他一个老人，已经没有办法面对很多的变化，更没有办法很快地去完成各种事情。所以现在他就想去大的医院，为医院工作，比较简单。而老病人，还是可以为他们看病的，可以用网络，视频(shi4pin2, video)看病，开药(kai1yao4, to prescribe medicine)，让病人们自己去买药。但有一个问题，他要离开老家去外地工作，如果要见家人和老朋友，就只能在周末了。
真的很难，鱼和熊掌不能兼得(yu2 he2 xiong2zhang3 bu4ke3 jian1de2, lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both. which means you can't always get everything you want · )。很多时候，两个你都很想要的东西，却告诉你只能选一个，没有办法，只能选一个，因为生活还是要继续。

中文小天地 Little Chinese world

Episode 5 Father's call 给爸爸打电话

In this episode, I talk about a Thai sci-fi movie about four insomniac college students who take part in an experiment in which they have to stay awake for a few days.

Vocabulary:
insomnia- having trouble falling asleep


Learn English with Stories

Movie: Deep

Don't know how to take calls? Listen to this week's story to get some tips from Don on how to handle phone orders.

Here are the comprehension questions"
- Who told Don how to take messages?
- What are the 4 “W” questions? 
- What does the word receive
 mean?
- Where will the flowers be delivered? 
- What kind of flowers were ordered? 

Wyn's Way to English

Wyn's Way to English - Listening Practice "Taking Messages"


You just got into bed after a long day, and you're exhausted. You plan to spend a few minutes on your phone — maybe scrolling Instagram or TikTok — and then sleep.

But when you try to sleep, it's not as easy as you thought it would be. You were so tired — what happened?

According to a new study, your phone may be the problem.

The study, done by researchers at New Zealand's University of Otago, involved 85 kids aged 11 to 14. They each spent a week wearing a body camera on their chest starting from three hours before they got into bed.

A second camera was also placed in their bedrooms to monitor their phone use once they were in bed. They also wore a device that tracked their sleep.

The researchers found that 99% of the participants used their phones in the two hours before bed. More than half used their phones while they were in bed, and about a third used their phones after trying to go to sleep.

The results showed that screen time in bed affected participants' sleep — it stopped them from going to sleep for about half an hour, and also reduced the amount of sleep they got.

The impact was larger when participants had a more interactive experience — such as playing a game — or if they used more than one screen. For every additional 10 minutes of this type of screen time, sleep time was reduced by the same amount.

Interestingly, phone use in the two hours before bed had little impact on sleep.

According to lead researcher Bradley Brosnan, the results suggest that, while current guidelines recommend no screen time in the hour or two before bed, keeping phones out of the bedroom might be enough for a better night's sleep.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Keep Screens Out of Bed for Better Sleep

Level : B2 
Nivel de dificultad : B2 

⚡ En este episodio hablaremos de uno de los cazadores más inteligentes del mundo 
⚡Te platicaré una estrategia para capturar a este animal 

Lindo día para ti,

Chat & eat 🌮 Charlar y comer ⚡ Monday & Wednesday 

CAPITULO 12 : ¿Cazando o pescando? 🐙 CHAPTER 12 : Hunting or fishing?

Привет.
Это мой первый подкаст. С него мы начинаем чтение книги о эмоциональной гибкости. Надеюсь вам понравиться. Приятного прослушивания. 

Not Prickly Russian

Эмоциональная гибкость. История с кораблем

a simple story about a tourist ordering food at a Sudanese restaurant and learning a new idiom " 7aja tania?" which means "anything else?" or "something else"  

Sudaniyat

The lost tourist - السائح الضايع

In this episode, you will hear where Daxin took his mother to go and why he chose this place. Enjoy it!

大新想带妈妈去海南生活。大新在海南有一个大大的房子。海南是一个岛，在中国的最南方。海南的天气非常好，冬天一点儿也不冷，非常暖和，到处都是漂亮的 花。大新觉得如果妈妈到了海南，冬天也可以出去，到公园，到海边散步， 看看漂亮的花，吹吹舒服的风，妈妈一定会很快乐。于是，2023年9月大新带着妈妈到了海南。他们在海南住了七个多月。

Dà xīn xiǎng dài mā mā qù hǎi nán shēng huó 。 dà xīn zài hǎi nán yǒu yī gè dà dà de fáng zǐ 。 hǎi nán shì yī gè dǎo ， zài zhōng guó de zuì nán fāng 。 hǎi nán de tiān qì fēi cháng hǎo ， dōng tiān yī diǎn ér yě bù lěng ， fēi cháng nuǎn hé ， dào chǔ dū shì piāo liàng de huā 。 dà xīn jué dé rú guǒ mā mā dào le hǎi nán ， dōng tiān yě kě yǐ chū qù ， dào gōng yuán ， dào hǎi biān sàn bù ， kàn kàn piāo liàng de huā ， chuī chuī shū fú de fēng ， mā mā yī dìng huì hěn kuài lè 。 yú shì ，2023 nián 9 yuè dà xīn dài zhuó mā mā dào le hǎi nán 。 tā mén zài hǎi nán zhù le qī gè duō yuè 。