Author: Ariel Goodbody
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Doggo and Kitty Bake a Cake (Pre-Intermediate)
Download as a PDF Watch on YouTube 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 pre-intermediate story is called Doggo and Kitty Bake a Cake. As […]
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How Slow Can I Go?
Listen to me articulate every word as I discuss unusual beverages, insane apps, Pilates in Chinese, and how I’m feeding you all worms.
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The Juniper Tree
Skin as white as snow and eyes as red as blood. Some would call it beautiful, but to Nicholas’s parents, he is a demon child. But when Nicholas discovers that his ‘mother’ is not his real mother, his whole world starts to change.
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My Morning Routine
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Genre: ConversationNew Vocabulary: “He could talk for England”, Bar soap, Cork, Dental floss, Deodorant, Equator, Grind, Mouthwash, Muesli, Night owl, Shower gel, Yoga block, Yoga strapWord Count: 5360Download as a PDF Hello, my Lovely Learners and welcome to Easy Stories in English, the podcast that will take your English from Okay to Good and from Good to Great! I am Ariel Goodbody, your host for this show. Today’s episode is a conversation about my morning routine. As always, the transcript and PDF […]
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Before the Light Dies
The king asks a clockmaker to repair an old magical clock. But when the clockmaker tries to repair the clock, nothing works… until he discovers a secret that will change his life.
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Hello from China!
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Genre: ConversationNew Vocabulary: ‘A fish out of water’, ‘Mad dogs and Englishmen’, Adzuki bean, Apartment complex, Bedside manner, Bullfrog, Bureaucracy, Cicada, Congee, Pale, Red bayberry, Scavenger hunt, SIM card, Sweat, UltrasoundWord Count: 6366Spicy bullfrog, fights with policemen and getting locked out… my first two weeks in China have certainly been eventful!
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Running
Her mind runs, so she runs. She runs to stop her mind running. But one day, she sees an owl in the park, and reality stops running smoothly.
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I Ate Colin’s Face
In the last week before moving to China, I recount awkward goodbyes, the British tradition of caterpillar-shaped cakes, my sneaky strategy to avoid jet lag, and my super secret language study hacks. Keep listening to learn English!
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The Cave of the Danishman
A horrible pirate called the Denschman terrorises a small Scottish island. But when a storm leaves the Denschman trapped in a cave, will the people of the island be cruel enough to leave him to die?
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Freezing to Death in Scotland
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New Vocabulary: ‘It hits different’, Camper van, Ceilidh, Close the loop, Emotional breakdown, Heart rate variability, Pass rate, Peter Pan syndrome, Puer aeternus, Quaker, RV, ShibbolethWord Count: 5594So I recently went to my cousin’s wedding in Edinburgh, which turned out to be much colder than expected, ESPECIALLY since I was camping! Fortunately, the beauty of the Quaker wedding ceremony more than made up for it. I couldn’t stick around for long, though, as I had to whiz back to London on the train to take the highest level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. Sounds boring, but in fact it allowed me…
