Author: Ariel Goodbody
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Herding Mountains to Make a Forest
The Stone Forest in Yunnan is a beautiful karst mountain range. But how did it come to be? Learn all about the Sani people and the magical origins of this Chinese nature site in today’s episode.
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Doing Stand-Up Comedy in Chinese
Comedy is hard enough, but doing it in Chinese? Oh, Ariel, you do love a challenge! Hear all about my performance adventures and upcoming travel in this laughs-packed episode.
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The Animals’ Peace Party
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Genre: Myths & LegendsSetting: ChinaNew Vocabulary: Amongst, Farmhand, Favour (verb), Filthy, Greedy, Hoarse, Master (leader), Settle a dispute, Squeal, WisdomWord Count: 1044The cows and horses have argued with the pigs for too long. It’s time to have a peace party and finally settle things. But one very talkative pig has a different view…
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All the Housemates I’ve Ever Had
Living with people isn’t easy, and I’ve had it really hard. The Illuminati, the silent treatment, and deadly narcissists – I’ve seen it all. If you live alone, this episode will fill you with relief, and if you have housemates, it’ll make you think ‘Maybe they aren’t so bad after all!’
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How the Moon Became Beautiful
The moon is beautiful, but it wasn’t always that way. True love was needed, as well as breaking a mother’s heart…
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Christmas in Japan
Download as a PDF Watch on YouTube Attributions We were editing these pictures for ages, and then these girls came in and said, uh, excuse me. I think that’s our picture. And we realised we had just edited someone else’s picture. It was incredibly embarrassing, like deeply, deeply mortifying. Hello and welcome to Easy Stories […]
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Hansel and Gretel
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Genre: HorrorSetting: FairytaleNew Vocabulary: Abandon, Belly, Betrayal, Breadcrumbs, Prison bars, Quitter, Sweet tooth, Twig, Witch, WoodcutterWord Count: 2357What if the witch in Hansel and Gretel was Chinese? Well, then things would be very different. In this twisted version of the classic fairy tale, the two young children run away from the house of sweets and end up somewhere far more exotic…
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It’s My Podcast and I’ll Ramble If I Want To
Have you ever eaten bone marrow? You know, the fat inside of animal bones? Have you ever wondered whether ancient humans sucked out the marrow like a tube of yoghurt? Yeah, that’s the kind of stuff I’ve been doing recently. Have a listen.
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Hangzhou and the Joy of Cycling
Download as a PDF Watch on YouTube Attributions Hello, my lovely learners and welcome to Easy Stories in English, the podcast that will take your English from OK to Good and from Good to Great! I am Ariel Goodbody, your host for this show. Today’s episode is a conversation about Hangzhou and the joy of […]
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The Demon Cats
Would you go fishing on Halloween night? That’s when demons walk the Earth, and nobody is truly safe…
