BBC The English We Speak – Treading on eggshells (with listen&read video): It’s about being nice – it’s about being sensitive to the situation. If there were eggshells on the […]
Feb 132016
Feb 112016
Are the days of paying by cash for a latte or a newspaper nearly gone? Now you can pay via mobile phone, contactless cards, and even using your finger. Alice […]
Feb 092016
BBC The English We Speak – To make a monkey out of me (with listen&read video): Rob’s been asked to dress up like a monkey but it seems like someone […]
Feb 082016
How are you feeling about life? Are you an optimist or a pessimist? Rob and Finn discuss how science is trying to find out what makes us think positively or […]
Oct 192015
Alice sits drowsily by a riverbank, bored by the book her older sister reads to her. Out of nowhere, a White Rabbit runs past her, fretting that he will be […]
Sep 222015
The Importance of Being Earnest Ep1 – Earnest or Ernest?: Journey back to Victorian London with us in the first episode of The Importance of Being Earnest, based on the […]
Sep 202015
On a frigid, foggy Christmas Eve in London, a shrewd, mean-spirited cheapskate named Ebenezer Scrooge works meticulously in his counting-house. Outside the office creaks a little sign reading “Scrooge and […]
Aug 072015
Things are a bit busy at Tip Top Trading – the leading manufacturer of plastic imitation fruit. Mr Socrates is the big boss from America. He’s announced he’s flying over […]
Aug 032015
VOA Daily World News: July 27, 2015 VOA Daily World News: July 28, 2015 VOA Daily World News: July 29, 2015 VOA Daily World […]
Jul 312015
Greek finance minister resigns after ‘no’ vote: Within hours after the people of Greece voted against the terms of a financial bailout, the country’s combative finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, has […]
Jul 162015
Donald Trump is drawing scrutiny for his comments on immigration, but also drawing large crowds on the campaign trail. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) TRUMP: The polls just came out […]
May 282015
BBC New How to – make complaints: Things don’t always go our way, so being able to make a complaint is a useful skill in any language. But how do […]
May 032015
It’s time to meet Inspector Stone. A man who has a mystery to solve. A ring goes missing and Inspector Stone takes on one of the most difficult cases of […]
May 012015
BBC Short Dramas: Alice in Wonderland 1 – Down the rabbit hole: Alice is an ordinary girl, until the day a white rabbit runs past her, saying “I’m late!” Alice […]
Mar 242015
When we’re talking about moving in, moving out and moving on, what do we mean? And what about getting on with a friend or getting on with your work? Phrasal […]
Mar 012015
BBC Short Dramas: Frankenstein 1 – A passion for science: In episode 1 of our new drama you can meet the main character Viktor Frankenstein. He was rescued in the […]
Dec 192014
BBC Short Dramas: A Christmas Carol 1 – Marley’s ghost: In this episode, you’ll get to know Ebenezer Scrooge. Nobody seems to be able to get a kind word or […]
Nov 132014
What are the factors that make a given person more or less likely to have children? How important are income, education, and optimism about the future? Is it true that […]
Nov 042014
IMDb: 7.6 17-year-old Natalie thinks she’s got it all figured out until she falls for a guy who has nothing to lose. Stars: Elisabeth Harnois, Jesse McCartney, Margo Harshman Keith […]
Nov 042014
IMDb: 8.3 This series explains the evidence for the theory of early human migrations out of Africa and subsequently around the world, supporting the Out of Africa Theory. Stars: Alice […]
Nov 022014
In this episode of the Wait Wait… Daniel Radcliffe made his film debut at the age of 10 in a BBC version of David Copperfield. At 11 he was cast […]
Oct 232014
Our story today is called “The Cask of Amontillado.” It was written by Edgar Allan Poe. Here is Larry West with the story. Storyteller: Fortunato and I both were members […]
Oct 142014
It looks as though the word LOOK isn’t as easy to use as it looks. In this English vocabulary lesson we look at this word in its different uses. It […]
Sep 272014
The Race E01: The challenge is set: This new drama story is about an unsuccessful author called Phil. Unlike his friends, he hasn’t done much with his life. But all […]
Jan 012014
IMDb: 7.9 Sharing a flat with would-be stand up comic Naomi Effy is now the office junior at the hedge fund department of Hewitt Maurice asset management fund. To avoid […]
Dec 162013
New Headway Video: The world’s best-selling adult English course – a perfectly-balanced syllabus with a strong grammar focus and full support with English subtitles New Headway Beginner Video […]
Jun 292013
The transcript of this ESL British Podcast: Here in Britain, we have been celebrating a birthday. Not the birthday of a person, however, but the birthday of a railway. One […]
Feb 252013
2min English Talking about your family: How would you describe your family to someone else? What words and phrases would you use to introduce your different family members? In this […]
Jan 092013
IN WHICH WE ARE INTRODUCED TO WINNIE THE POOH AND SOME BEES, AND THE STORIES BEGIN The 1st part of the Winnie the Pooh Chapter 1: The 2nd part of […]
Oct 192012
Disney Magic English 1 – Hello: Greetings: In SHOWTIME you will discover wonderful histories in English carried out by Aladdin, Bambi, Donald, Daisy and Mowgli. In SONGS you will be […]
Oct 192012
Giraffe Song The Bouncing Song Days Of The Week Song Click here for more KidsTV123 Songs Click here for GoGo’s Adventures with English Click here for Disney Magic English for […]
Oct 152012
What does this expression mean? Well, according to the Macmillan dictionary it means “to have a conversation with someone in which you exchange opinions on a range of subjects, especially […]
Oct 132012
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Chapter 1 – Down the Rabbit-Hole: Alice follows a White Rabbit into a hole, and falls down, down, until she lands softly. She finds a bottle […]
Oct 132012
http://archive.org/download/pride_prejudice_krs_librivox/pride_and_prejudice_01_austen.mp3 It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings […]
Oct 132012
The Secret Garden Chapter 1 – There Is No One Left http://traffic.libsyn.com/blogrelations/01-secret-garden-storynory.mp3 When Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle everybody said she was the […]
Feb 182016
Mark Zuckerberg, the creator of the social media platform Facebook, has announced he will give away most of his fortune. Neil and Sophie talk about robber barons, industrialization in America, […]
Feb 152016
At what age do we become adults? Many people assume it’s 18. It’s an age when many leave home for university and also when we can vote in elections the […]
Feb 142016
The Pendle witches were a group of people in Lancashire, north-west England, who were hanged for using witchcraft in the seventeenth century. Recently, the remains of a seventeenth century house […]
Feb 052016
Tea comes in different forms – milky, sweet and spicy for those in India. The Chinese drink it green with no milk. Listen to Alice and Neil discussing how this […]
Feb 052016
BBC The English We Speak – Take a rain check (with listen&read video): If I take a rain check on something, I won’t do it immediately but I would like […]
Feb 022016
BBC The English We Speak – Hot potato (with listen&read video): Helen has been nominated for an important role on the Parents Association, but she’s having nightmares about it. Neil […]
Feb 012016
Neil’s been listening to the news this week. There are so many important people getting together discussing important things – and it’s got him thinking about the skill of setting […]
Jan 292016
BBC The English We Speak – Use your loaf (with listen&read video): It’s a little old-fashioned but it’s still something you might hear. ‘Use your loaf’ means think about things […]
Jan 282016
Hundreds of millions of us make the same journey day in day out – the commute. Alice and Neil discuss the benefits of cycling to work and why sitting on […]
Jan 262016
BBC The English We Speak – There’s method to my madness (with listen&read video): Rob is taken aback by the mess in the studio and asks Li why she has […]
Jan 252016
A famous French writer once said: “Language is the source of misunderstandings”, and for many language learners misunderstandings can happen on a daily basis. But when you know the right […]
Jan 222016
BBC The English We Speak – Skeleton in the closet (with listen&read video): In English, when we say that someone has a skeleton in the closet, we mean that they […]
Jan 212016
Are food allergies on the increase and if so, why? Do some people believe they have an allergy when they don’t? Neil and Alice discuss how the food industry has […]
Jan 192016
BBC The English We Speak – In good nick (with listen&read video): Neil’s made a great saving by going to a car boot sale and stocking up on all his […]
Jan 182016
In this special business edition of 6 Minute English, Feifei and Neil talk about a very common situation: customer complaints. What should you say if you want to complain about […]
Jan 152016
BBC The English We Speak – Get lost! (with listen&read video): It means go away, leave me alone. Don’t tell me the way to go. Saying get lost is quite […]