Tag: LEARN ENGLISH

Getting the Best from Online Lessons (with transcript)

Listen to the most recent episode of my podcast: #749 Getting the Best from Online Lessons (with Transcript) https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joseph-mc42/episodes/749-Getting-the-Best-from-Online-Lessons-with-Transcript-e2j85n5

Transcript https://docs.google.com/document/d/13_FTArCu98SOXOw3oGTjV0XdHVqvIMGhTlNmtDKWYvc/edit?usp=drivesdk

Extract:
Today. I want to explore with you the difference between face-to-face classroom lessons and e-learning lessons on the internet. I’ve done both and there’s a very real difference. And if you’re someone who hasn’t had an online lesson before or you’re just not sure how they work, we’re going to be looking at that today.

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Pints of Wine (with transcript)

Listen to the most recent episode of my podcast: #748 Pints of Wine (with transcript) https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joseph-mc42/episodes/748-Pints-of-Wine-with-transcript-e2j6q1u

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s9FlLsMihQwiRdgsN4A2pXyw_32R3JxLKgLopkLY-Ow/edit?usp=drivesdk

Extract: Well, there’s a story in one of our newspapers today. This is from the Daily Mirror and it’s saying that pints of wine will be on sale from this coming Autumn. Now, you may remember a few months ago, I told you about this….that pint size glasses and bottles of wine were to be made available in the UK. And of course, as a nation, we don’t really taste things. We just drink in volumes because we, we don’t really have an appreciation you know…. we don’t taste the wine and say 

“Oh delicious, dry, sweet,,,, would be nice with fish”. 

No…. we just drink to get drunk so it’s no surprise then that we would want wine by the pint rather than appreciating the delicacy and beauty of the drink. So we’re going to go through this story and we’ll be talking about it as we go.

To be Rigged (with transcript)

Listen to the most recent episode of my podcast: #747 To be Rigged (with transcript) https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joseph-mc42/episodes/747-To-be-Rigged-with-transcript-e2j5dfn

Transcript https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EAOtcKX3LOgmTEWRU5SaEV4pLLDDtzx9/view?usp=drivesdk

Today’s phrase is to be rigged. Now when something is rigged, it is believed that it’s operated using deceit or some kind of malicious behaviour to promote a desired outcome. Now, let me just give you some examples to show you what I mean:

So, if we say, for example, 

We had an election today to vote for our Union leader but I honestly believe the election is rigged. 

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To set the wheels in motion (with transcript)

Listen to the most recent episode of my podcast: #722 To Set the Wheels in Motion (with transcript)

British soldiers turn to Paganism and Britain invents new pizza toppings.

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joseph-mc42/episodes/722-To-Set-the-Wheels-in-Motion-with-transcript-e2i480k

Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1M6MOiD2O2J5waS3i3sRkB7yrLGS4dIiQ/view?usp=drivesdk