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  • How the Platypus Came to Be (Pre-Intermediate)

    How the Platypus Came to Be (Pre-Intermediate)
    2024/12/10
    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? Find out in this hilarious story... Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Platypus for the full transcript. Get episodes without adverts + bonus episodes at EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Support. Your support is appreciated! Level: Pre-Intermediate. Genre: Myths & Legends. Vocabulary: Platypus, Beak, Came to be, Can’t be bothered, Pester, Beaver, Tail, Dam, Otter. Setting: Modern. Word Count: 1040. Author: Ariel Goodbody. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    24 分
  • New? Start here! (Conversation)

    New? Start here! (Conversation)
    2024/11/26
    New to the podcast, or want to know how best to learn English, and more about me, Ariel Goodbody? You're in the right place. In today's episode I reintroduce myself, answer some frequently asked questions and recommend you my favourite episodes. Transcript: https://www.easystoriesinenglish.com/start Get episodes without advertisements! EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Support Word count: 6463 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    50 分
  • The Curse of the Pig (Beginner)

    The Curse of the Pig (Beginner)
    2024/11/12
    A princess finds a book that tells her future. When she grows up, she will have to marry a pig. The girl doesn't want to believe it, but one day a pig comes knocking on her door. But things are not as they seem. This is a curse, and there has to be a way to break it... Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Curse for the full transcript. Get episodes without adverts + bonus episodes at EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Support. Your support is appreciated! Level: Beginner. Genre: Children's. Vocabulary: Curse, Forbid, Dragon, Tell the future, Mud, Pork, Pass by in a blur, Transform, String, Tie around, Wear out, Iron, Bone, Catch wind, Ladder. Setting: Fairytale. Word Count: 4280. Author: Ariel Goodbody. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    46 分
  • Three Kisses (Pre-Intermediate)

    Three Kisses (Pre-Intermediate)
    2024/10/29
    Answer my survey and get the free beginner story, The City Mouse and the Country Mouse: https://www.easystoriesinenglish.com/ask Leah's mother dies, and her brother leaves home, and Leah is so sad that she cannot speak. Her father plants a rose garden on her balcony, and every day she gives a white rose to a seagull and kisses it three times, sending it to her brother. But dark magic is also travelling across the sea, and soon Leah will find that every rose is not so sweet... Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Kiss for the full transcript. Mit dem Code easystories erhältst du das 12-Monatsabo von Babbel zumPreis von nur 6 Monaten. Das Angebot gilt bis zum 31. Oktober 2024. Einfach auf https://www.babbel.com/audio einlösen und loslegen. Get episodes without adverts + bonus episodes at EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Support. Your support is appreciated! Level: Pre-Intermediate. Genre: Children's. Vocabulary: Ruby, Grief, Servant, Dragon, Witch, Seagull, Courage, Slave, Smash, Bathtub. Setting: Fairytale. Word Count: 2405. Author: Gordon Urquhart. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    30 分
  • I have a confession to make...

    I have a confession to make...
    2024/10/18
    Answer my survey and get the beginner story, The City Mouse and the Country Mouse: EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Ask Today, I have a confession to make. I thought I knew what you all wanted, but I was wrong. In this episode, I ask for your help. Get the transcript: https://easystoriesinenglish.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/TRANSCRIPT-I-have-a-confession-to-make.pdf Level up your English with Story Builders, an eight-week online course https://www.easystoriesinenglish.com/build Mit dem Code easystories erhältst du das 12-Monatsabo von Babbel zumPreis von nur 6 Monaten. Das Angebot gilt bis zum 31. Oktober 2024. Einfach auf https://www.babbel.com/audio einlösen und loslegen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    12 分
  • The Freezer Door (Beginner)

    The Freezer Door (Beginner)
    2024/10/15
    Level up your English with Story Builders, an eight-week online course https://www.easystoriesinenglish.com/build A woman has a loving husband and children, and she's great at her job. So why is she sad? One day, she opens the freezer door and sees the way into another world. If she goes, she will lose her husband and children. But could she be happy there? Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Door for the full transcript. Level: Beginner. Genre: Philosophical. Vocabulary: Freeze, Freezer, Cheek, Pick at, Kid, Nightmare, Gooseberry, Cliff, Sober, Weigh something up, Parallel universe. Setting: Modern. Word Count: 1517. Author: Ariel Goodbody. Mit dem Code easystories erhältst du das 12-Monatsabo von Babbel zumPreis von nur 6 Monaten. Das Angebot gilt bis zum 31. Oktober 2024. Einfach auf https://www.babbel.com/audio einlösen und loslegen. Get episodes without adverts + bonus episodes at EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Support. Your support is appreciated! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    28 分
  • The Superpower of Story with Bree Aesie

    The Superpower of Story with Bree Aesie
    2024/10/01
    Get 25% off my Story Builders course by signing up by the end of today! https://easystoriesinenglish.com/build Today I talk to Bree Aesie from the Into the Story podcast about how to use stories in your everyday life, what makes a great communicator and some interesting memory techniques. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Bree for the full transcript. Check out my appearance on Bree's podcast, Into the Story: https://intothestorypodcast.com/stories/63-having-the-courage-to-stand-up/ Mit dem Code easystories erhältst du das 12-Monatsabo von Babbel zumPreis von nur 6 Monaten. Das Angebot gilt bis zum 31. Oktober 2024. Einfach auf https://www.babbel.com/audio einlösen und loslegen. Get episodes without adverts + bonus episodes at EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Support. Your support is appreciated! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 時間 1 分
  • Hamburg, City of Water (Conversation)

    Hamburg, City of Water (Conversation)
    2024/09/24
    Get 25% off my Story Builders course by signing up before 1st October! https://easystoriesinenglish.com/build In today's episode, learn all about the second-largest city in Germany with the world's largest model railway, how I'm conquering my fears with a piece of paper, the controversial new smoking bans in the UK and my fabulous new course Story Builders! Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Hamburg for the full transcript. Mit dem Code easystories erhältst du das 12-Monatsabo von Babbel zumPreis von nur 6 Monaten. Das Angebot gilt bis zum 31. Oktober 2024. Einfach auf https://www.babbel.com/audio einlösen und loslegen. Get episodes without adverts + bonus episodes at EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Support. Your support is appreciated! Vocabulary: ‘How did you find…?’, Streak (record), Leafy, Suburb, Model railway, Nerd, Cityscape, VR, Overwhelmed, Demolish, Bulge out, Privilege, Cobbled, Mortar, Rest on your laurels, CV, Bubbly, Rejection, Trial shift, Bucket list, Resilient, Ban, Phased ban, Nanny state, Vaping, Second-hand smoke HealthyGamerGG’s video ‘Why Your Identity Dooms You To Failure’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmJmvaMIjIY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 時間 11 分