Author: Ariel Goodbody
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Giving Up Sugar for Lent
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Genre: ConversationNew Vocabulary: Abstain, Crave, Daylight savings, Flashcards, Give something up, Hojicha, Hold someone accountable, Lent, Ramadan, Spring (verb), Taste buds, VainWord Count: 3773Lent is the 40 days leading up to Easter. Traditionally, during Lent, Christians fast or give something up. In today’s episode, I talk about giving up sugar, plus give some tips on how best to use flashcards to learn vocabulary.
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Adrian’s Dream
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Genre: PhilosophicalSetting: ModernNew Vocabulary: Autopilot, Bespectacled, Blaring, Buoy, Circadian rhythm, Dent, Diagnostic framework, Fête, Hook line sinker, Nap, Pond, Querying agents, Thrum, Weaker selfWord Count: 1118Adrian wants to write, but he can never concentrate. He tries waking up early before work, but he always just goes back to bed. Finally, he decides to nap.
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Life, Love and Learning Japanese
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Word Count: 5256I catch you all up on what I’ve been up to recently. There’s a bit of philosophy, some dating, and some very manic studying for Japanese.
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The Dragon of Kraków
A dragon is terrorising the city of Kraków, but one man has a way to defeat it. It won’t take strength, though, but wisdom.
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The Shape of Art
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Genre: PhilosophicalSetting: ModernNew Vocabulary: Abstract, Art supplies, Bin, Landscape (painting), Law, Portrait, Sculpture, Shape, Wrong (feeling)Word Count: 1397Felicity is a successful lawyer, but she wants a change. She tries painting and loves it. But there’s a problem: everyone hates her paintings. Can she find the true shape of her art?
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Three Balls of Wool
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Genre: Children’sSetting: FairytaleNew Vocabulary: Dot, Fig, Gaze, Her curiosity got the better of her, Itch, Reflection, Rotten, Scar, Scratch, Wart, WitchWord Count: 3099One day, Leila finds a strange butterfly with three dots and fine lines on its wings. When she tries to touch the butterfly, it turns into a witch and drags her to her castle! For seven years Leila works for the witch, trying to find a way to escape. Then, one day, the witch says she is going travelling…
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Think Fast!
Eugene is a big nerd, and he’s afraid of everything. But one day, a man attacks him in the street, and Eugene discovers that he isn’t so weak after all.
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How I Celebrate Christmas
Chocolate oranges, burning puddings and white carrots: British Christmas is quite unique. Find out all about how it’s celebrated in today’s episode.
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How the Platypus Came to Be
The nose of a duck, the fur of an otter and the tail of a beaver: platypuses are one of the strangest animals in the world! So where did they come from?
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New? Start here!
In today’s episode I reintroduce myself, answer some frequently asked questions and recommend you my favourite episodes.
