Tag: LEARN ENGLISH

To Focus (with transcript)

Listen to the most recent episode of my podcast: #770 To Focus (with transcript) https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joseph-mc42/episodes/770-To-Focus-with-transcript-e2jnmd5

Transcript https://docs.google.com/document/d/19E1q6pK03LswlyXGzhTZi8NEnZtAnIjQO4dajuWu-O8/edit?usp=drivesdk

Today’s phrase for ESL Learners is “To focus”.

Also today:
Darts becomes Britain’s most exciting sport and Scientists study the language of Apes.

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To be treated like Cattle (with Transcript)

Listen to the most recent episode of my podcast: #768 To be treated like Cattle (with transcript). https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joseph-mc42/episodes/768-To-be-treated-like-Cattle-with-transcript-e2jm6j7

Full transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o1Cxj13Rbidow4B972fyccKk2IAOluoPgnfZasJiI20/edit?usp=sharing

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To Be Hooked on.. (with transcript)

Listen to the most recent episode of my podcast: To Be Hooked on Something (with transcript) https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joseph-mc42/episodes/To-Be-Hooked-on-Something-with-transcript-e2jj93u

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JLikBSeqMOjVYniaOzLwQxaN7N-nm6jj-teWCEm3pqE/edit?usp=drivesdk

Today’s Learning English idiom for ESL learners is to Be Hooked on Something (with transcript)
Also:
Are British people addicted to Smartphones?
The English Breakfast is evolving – we now have cheese with coffee.
British People now drink Japanese wine “sake”.

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To Hit the Right Note (With Transcript)

Listen to the most recent episode of my podcast: #763 To Hit the Right Note (with transcript)

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joseph-mc42/episodes/763-To-Hit-the-Right-Note-with-transcript-e2ji4d5

Today’s Idiom to help you learn English is “to hit the right note”. Also:

  1. Nemo, a Swiss non binary singer wins Eurovision.
  2. An Archeological dig in Orkney will vanish again into the earth.
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To Probe (with transcript)

Listen to the most recent episode of my podcast: #760 – To Probe (With Transcript) https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joseph-mc42/episodes/760—To-Probe-With-Transcript-e2jh8ro

In Today’s Podcast to help you learn English:
The verb and noun “Probe”.
Antidepressants are being probed by the Government.
Cheers Stars, Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson begin a new podcast.
Tom Sellick from Magnum PI writes a Book
Jurors in the UK get offered Counselling.

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yuC-p53_L5WmIzvQkNzlOzrZdiOQHjNAvfHCJQL-1xw/edit?usp=sharing

To be Fed Up (with transcript)

Listen to the most recent episode of my podcast: #751 To be Fed Up (with transcript) https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joseph-mc42/episodes/751-To-be-Fed-Up-with-transcript-e2ja5bf

Full Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p14A3_eBXZQD9bTOqN8s5NxSrtF9wwNFwX-5lncg0Sg/edit?usp=drivesdk

Extract:

Hello, everyone, and welcome again to another Teacher Joseph podcast.


Today, the phrase we have is “to be fed up”. To be fed up, and it basically means to be bored or to be mentally tired of a particular situation. Now, it can also mean a little bit depressed.
So for example, you might hear your friends say:
 Oh, I’m really fed up of this job, I’ve been doing it now for 10 years.
 I’m fed up of my boss’s behaviour. He always acts inappropriately.
 Today, I feel really fed up. It’s wet outside and I don’t have very much to do.
To be fed up. A synonym of bored  or perhaps even to be depressed.

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