Welcome to Turtle's Pace English Stories! Improve your English listening with slow, clear stories. Perfect for English learners looking to build vocabulary and confidence at a relaxed pace. 

Turtle's Pace English Stories

This is a podcast for learners who want to continue improving outside of the classroom. There are so many resources for learning languages at our finger tips--lets explore how to learn independently. 

Learning Strategies for Success with Tyler Teacher

😅 Sorry if you can hear my dog scratching her bed in the background. 🙏🏼

Episode Translation: Movie Fan

Vocabulario: 
película (movie)
cine (movie theater, cinema)
vez (time)
genero (genre, gender)
especialmente (especially)
frente (in front)
comedor (dining room)
desayuno (breakfast)
almuerzo (lunch)
trastes (dishes)
ejercicio (exercise)
mayoria (majority, most)
doblaje (dub)
preferir (to prefer)
idioma (language)
Coreano (Korean)
Noruego (Norwegian)
doblado (dubbed)
aunque (even though, although)
terminar + verbo (to end up doing an action)
darse cuenta (to realize, to notice)
botana (snack)
disfrutar (to enjoy)
crepa (crepe)
torta (sandwhich - in Mexican Spanish / cake - in European Spanish)
durante (during)
pastel (cake)
pollo (chicken)
frito (fried)
hasta (until, even)
cerveza (beer)
aventar (to throw)
palomitas (popcorn)
ahogarse (to choke)

Las Aventuras De Miss Jacy

Fan Del Cine

Episode Translation: Driving for hours

Vocabulario: 
estado (state)
papeleo (paperwork)
manejar (to drive)
autopista (highway)
finalmente (finally)
aviso (notice/announcement) 
molesto (bothered, annoyed)
ya que (oh well)
reirse (to laugh)
nada (nothing)
explicar (to explain) 

Manejando Por Horas

Episode translation: Using the GPS

Vocabulario:
encantar (to like a lot, to love something) 
unico (only) 
quinta (fifth / 5th)
siempre (always)
entre (between)
calle (street) 
cercano (nearby)
espacio (space)
centro comercial (shopping center) 
asi que (so)
dar hambre (to get hungry)
revisar (to check)
horario (schedule)
entonces (so)
en linea (online)

Usando El GPS

Episode Title Translation: Bored at the airport

In this episode you will learn some airport travel vocabulary.

Vocabulary: 
aeropuerto (Airport)
tan (so)
ejemplo (example)
ido (gone)
había (there was)
manejar (to drive)
alrededor (around)
decir (to say)
Japonés (Japanese)
entender (to understand)
puerta (gate)
vuelo (flight) 
descanso (rest)
Estilo (style)
feo (ugly)
usualmente (usually)
ciudad (city) 
visto (seen)
se ve (it looks)
jardín (garden)
cascada (waterfall)
juego (game)
pared (wall)
escalar (to climb)
obra de arte (work of art)
adentro, dentro (inside)
afuera (outside)
estacionamiento (parking lot)
divertido (fun)
avión (plane)
volar (to fly)
azafata (flight attendant) 

Aburrida En El Aeropuerto

Episode Translation: Lost On The Train

How to ask for directions at a train station and other transportation vocabulary. (Beginner A2 - Intermediate B1)

In this episode I talk about the time I got lost in a train station in Japan on my way to the Hello Kitty theme park (Sanrio Puroland). 

Vocabulary List:
perderse (to get lost)
tren (train)
Japón (Japan)
disculpe (excuse me)
estación (station)
pasar (to pass)
encontrar (to find)
entrar (to enter)
plataforma (platform)
llegar (to arrive)
necesitar (to need)
tomar (to take)
linea (line)
perdido (lost)
despues (after)
caminar (to walk)
subirse (to get on)
destino (destination)
deber (should)
bajarse (to get off)
central (center)
parada (stop)
siguiente (next)
parque tematico (theme park)
salir (to exit)
ahora (now)
regresar (to return)
tres cuartos (three fourths)