"News in Slow English" brings you current events in clear, slow speech—perfect for learners who want to boost listening skills and stay informed at the same time.

News in Slow English

My podcast is specifically for those learners who feel like they've peaked and are just not sure where to go next. So, yes you know the word "fashionable", but have you come across "sartorial"? 

English Gym for Word Nerds

公园有四排石狮子
每排是十四只大石狮子
每只大石狮子背上是一只小石狮子
每只大石狮子脚边是四只小石狮子
史老师领四十四个学生去数石狮子
你说共数出多少只大石狮子和多少只小石狮子

gōng yuán yǒu sì pái shí shī zi
měi pái shì shí sì zhī dà shí shī zi
měi zhī dà shí shī zi bèi shàng shì yī zhī xiǎo shí shī zi
měi zhī dà shí shī zi jiǎo biān shì sì zhī xiǎo shí shī zi
shǐ lǎo shī lǐng sì shí sì gè xué shēng qù shù shí shī zi
nǐ shuō gòng shù chū duō shǎo zhī dà shí shī zi hé duō shǎo zhī xiǎo shí shī zi

绕口令（Tongue Twister）

Count lions 数狮子

Bienvenidos al podcast "aprende español hablando". En este cuarto podcast y en los siguientes, hablaremos del significado y de la importancia de las expresiones idiomáticas. En este podcast en particular, aprenderemos expresiones relacionadas con los alimentos. En cada podcast, aprenderemos el significado de 4-5 expresiones idiomáticas con ejemplos prácticos y fáciles.

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El Carnaval de Negros y Blancos es la fiesta más grande e importante del sur de Colombia. Se celebra del 2 al 7 de enero de cada año, y atrae un considerable número de turistas colombianos y extranjeros. En 2009 fue declarado Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial de la Humanidad por la UNESCO. 

El Carnaval de Negros y Blancos tiene su origen en la fusión de múltiples culturas y expresiones, correspondientes a los Andes, la Amazonia y la cultura del Pacífico. El carnaval de negros y blancos nació en el siglo XVI en el año 1546. Se realiza a principios de año debido a que tiene un origen en rituales indígenas. Estas celebraciones, con la fusión e influencia de la cultura española dan origen al sincretismo hispano religioso, que generan porto expresiones de lo que será el carnaval de Pasto. 

El 5 de enero está dedicado al día de los Negros. Durante esta jornada se conmemora el día en que los esclavos de origen africano tenían libre para dar rienda suelta a sus desahogos lúdicos y la gente juega y baila en las calles y en los lugares públicos a pintarse de negro. El lema de ese día es: ¡Qué vivan los Negros! El 6 de enero esta ciudad ya no celebra más el Día de Reyes, sino el día de los Blancos o Día del Desfile Magno. En contraste con el día anterior, en esta fecha los pastusos se pintan de blanco generalmente con talco perfumado, usándose muy poco harina, cremas o pinturas cosméticas. 

El evento o atracción principal, además de verbenas populares en las plazas y calles de la ciudad, es el gran desfile, que recorre las calles del centro de la ciudad, la Plaza del Carnaval y parte de las avenidas de la periferia por la llamada Senda del Carnaval. El lema de ese día es: ¡Qué vivan los Blancos! y en los últimos años se ha convertido en infaltable el de ¡Viva Pasto Carajo!, pronunciado tanto por lugareños como por turistas.

CELEBRACIONES MAS IMPORTANTES EN COLOMBIA 

CARNAVAL DE NEGROS Y BLANCOS

***Listen to this piece of news which is about" A wave of extreme heat , has hit large parts of Asia continent"
**Feel free to send me a message if you need any help 😊
**** You can find more stories in Farsi in my channel on Spotify : https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yas-omidvar

 خبرهای کوتاه جهان به فارسی   / Short World news in Persian

موجی از گرمای شدید /  A wave of extreme heat

Part 4. Food.

Please listen to the audio and then choose your answer.

Please answer the following questions of understanding:

Question 1:
What is a grocery store?
a An establishment that cooks food for customers
b There are several definitions of a grocery store
c A place to sell and trade goods
d An establishment that distributes foods, drinks, household products, and other items that're used by the typical consumer

Question 2:
Fresh fruits and vegetables are collectively referred to as which of the following terms?
a Produce
b Feggies
c Veggies
d Famine	

Question 3:
What are staples?
a Small pieces of metal used to hold papers together
b Rare foods
c Foods that play a prominent role in the average diet
d Green fruits and vegetables

Question 4:
More vegetables are stocked in grocery stores than fruits because:
a Fruits stay fresh for less time than vegetables
b Vegetables are more popular than fruits, generally speaking
c Grocery store managers prefer fruits
d A and B

Question 5:
"Fresh" groceries are:
a Prepared by employees
b Measured manually
c Charged by the pound
d All of the Above


I hope you enjoyed spending time thinking and answering some questions and the idea is to do it daily for at least 90 days for the habit ‘to properly register’ in your brain.

See you tomorrow for further development :)


The Habits of Women Growing Into Strong, Confident English Communicators

Listening & Comprehension. 

我的第一号、第二号作品的不成功，使我泄了气。
I had been disheartened by the failure of my Drawing Number One and my Drawing Number Two.
这些大人们，靠他们自己什么也弄不懂，还得老是不断地给他们作解释。这真叫孩子们腻味。
Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.

后来，我只好选择了另外一个职业，我学会了开飞机，
So then I chose another profession, and learned to pilot airplanes.


世界各地差不多都飞到过。的确，地理学帮了我很大的忙。
I have flown a little over all parts of the world; and it is true that geography has been very useful to me.
我一眼就能分辨出中国和亚里桑那。
At a glance I can distinguish China from Arizona.
要是夜里迷失了航向，这是很有用的。
If one gets lost in the night, such knowledge is valuable.


这样，在我的生活中，我跟许多严肃的人有过很多的接触。
In the course of this life I have had a great many encounters with a great many people who have been concerned with matters of consequence.

我在大人们中间生活过很长时间。
I have lived a great deal among grown-ups.
我仔细地观察过他们，但这并没有使我对他们的看法有多大的改变。
I have seen them intimately, close at hand.And that hasn’t much improved my opinion of them.
当我遇到一个头脑看来稍微清楚的大人时，
Whenever I met one of them who seemed to me at all clear-sighted,


我就拿出一直保存着的我那第一号作品来测试测试他。
I tried the experiment of showing him my Drawing Number One, which I have always kept.


我想知道他是否真的有理解能力。
I would try to find out, so, if this was a person of true understanding.
可是，得到的回答总是：“这是顶帽子。”
But, whoever it was, he, or she, would always say: “That is a hat.”
我就不和他谈巨蟒呀，原始森林呀，或者星星之类的事。
Then I would never talk to that person about boa constrictors, or primeval forests, or stars.

我只得迁就他们的水平，和他们谈些桥牌呀，高尔夫球呀，政治呀，领带呀这些。
I would bring myself down to his level. I would talk to him about bridge,and golf, and politics, and neckties.
于是大人们就十分高兴能认识我这样一个通情达理的人。
And the grown-up would be greatly pleased to have met such a sensible man.

小王子-The Little Prince-Read in Chinese

小王子第二章：通情达理之人

Have you ever been so confused you didn't know what to do or say? If so, you might find these words helpful.

If you're shocked by something, you can say you are "flabbergasted." No one knows where this word comes from, but it might come from "aghast," which means "horrified."

So if you got home and found that everything you own had been stolen, you might say, "I'm flabbergasted that they were able to steal everything without being seen!"

If something is very complicated and confusing, you can say you are "bewildered." This word probably comes from "to wilder," an old word that means "to make someone become lost."

So if the police were not able to find out anything about what happened, they might say, "We're bewildered — we have no idea who took your things."

Another word that could be used is "flummoxed," which also means "confused." People don't know for sure, but it may have come from "flummock," an old word that meant "to make untidy or confuse."

So you could say to the police, "I'm just as flummoxed as you are — I can't understand how they could have stolen everything."

If something is difficult to understand, you can say it's "perplexing," or makes you feel "perplexed." So the police might say, "I'm sorry, but we might not be able to find your things. This is a very perplexing case!"

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

4 Ways to Say You're Confused

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