Browsing tag

Podcast

Learning English Podcast

On today’s podcast, many people around the world will celebrate the ‘Year of the Dragon’; record gambling expected for the Super Bowl; a listener’s question about the difference between ‘surge’ and ‘soar’; pt. three of ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ by Edgar Allan Poe on American Stories. Source link

Learning English Podcast

On today’s podcast, remembering performing artist Chita Rivera; the Grammy Awards honor musical performers; we answer a listener’s question about dropped sounds and sound assimilation; then, part two of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ on American Stories. Source link

Learning English Podcast

On today’s podcast, companies are offering recycling services for solar panels to deal with waste; artificial intelligence is being used to identify asteroids that could hit Earth followed by a discussion with more about these algorithms; then hear about Yosemite National Park in California. Source link

Learning English Podcast

On today’s podcast, hear how Catholic churches are being repurposed in Belgium; learn how Japan aims to get more women in STEM jobs; hear about the latest discover of organic material by NASA’s Mars rover followed by a discussion about its importance; then learn about Joshua Tree National Park. Source link

VIDEOCAST 1 Understanding the past perfect progressive tense

The past perfect progressive tense is a way of talking about something that was happening for a while in the past before another event. Imagine you were building a tower with blocks and you kept doing it until lunchtime. You can say, “I had been building a tower when lunchtime came.” The “had been building” […]