English Learning for Curious Minds | A More Interesting Way To Learn English Archiv
319 Episoden
12 Minuten
The Speaking Challenge - Starts 28th September - https://dripl.ink/1l2uE
Registration closes at 23:59 on Sunday, 27th September.
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Today we're going to be taking a look at 5 of the most amazing prison escapes in history.
We'll travel to South Korea, Mexico, Germany, and the US, and discover some of the ingenious ways in which prisoners evaded their guards.
Escape 1: John Herbert Dillinger and the wooden pistol
Escape 2: Choi Gap Bok, the South Korean yoga expert
Escape 3: The Alcatraz escape - but did it really happen?
Escape 4: The Great Escape - how 600 men managed to keep an escape plan hidden from their guards
Escape 5 (and 6): El Chapo, $2.5 million, laundry baskets, tunnels, and motorbikes
Key vocab: Protagonists, Ingenious, Dummies, Without further ado, Ringing a bell, Notorious, Carved, Lured, Shootout, Brute, Wriggle, Perished, Cult, Shark-infested, Tides, Feat, Raft, Intriguing, Immortalized, Squadron, Sheer, Barbed wire, Implicated, Evade, Extradited, Bribe
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Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/the-most-amazing-prison-escapes-in-history
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Keywords: Learn English, vocabulary, lessons, idioms, aprende inglés, idiomas, aprender inglês, apprendre l'anglais, imparare l’inglese, ingilizce öğren,英語を習う, تعلم الإنجليزية
Registration closes at 23:59 on Sunday, 27th September.
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Today we're going to be taking a look at 5 of the most amazing prison escapes in history.
We'll travel to South Korea, Mexico, Germany, and the US, and discover some of the ingenious ways in which prisoners evaded their guards.
Escape 1: John Herbert Dillinger and the wooden pistol
Escape 2: Choi Gap Bok, the South Korean yoga expert
Escape 3: The Alcatraz escape - but did it really happen?
Escape 4: The Great Escape - how 600 men managed to keep an escape plan hidden from their guards
Escape 5 (and 6): El Chapo, $2.5 million, laundry baskets, tunnels, and motorbikes
Key vocab: Protagonists, Ingenious, Dummies, Without further ado, Ringing a bell, Notorious, Carved, Lured, Shootout, Brute, Wriggle, Perished, Cult, Shark-infested, Tides, Feat, Raft, Intriguing, Immortalized, Squadron, Sheer, Barbed wire, Implicated, Evade, Extradited, Bribe
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Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/the-most-amazing-prison-escapes-in-history
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Keywords: Learn English, vocabulary, lessons, idioms, aprende inglés, idiomas, aprender inglês, apprendre l'anglais, imparare l’inglese, ingilizce öğren,英語を習う, تعلم الإنجليزية
9 Minuten
The Speaking Challenge - Starts 28th September - https://dripl.ink/1l2uE
Registration closes at 23:59 on Sunday, 27th September.
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Ever wondered if there are places in the world where planes can't fly?
From mountainous regions to hostile states, from theme parks to ancient temples, it's time to find out where planes can and can't fly.
A time when Western aeroplanes couldn't go over all of Russia and China
How countries use their airspace as a political tool
Why planes can't go over Tibet
Why planes don't fly over Antarctica (hint, it's probably not why you think)
What do Disney World, Disney Land and Buckingham Palace have in common?
Why are there no planes over Paris?
Key vocabulary: Airspace, Ally, Ban, Revenue, Detour, Booming, Desirable, Lofty, Elevation, Regulation, Warrant, Prohibited, Inhabitants, Ostensibly
Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/the-places-in-the-world-where-planes-cant-go
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Registration closes at 23:59 on Sunday, 27th September.
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Ever wondered if there are places in the world where planes can't fly?
From mountainous regions to hostile states, from theme parks to ancient temples, it's time to find out where planes can and can't fly.
A time when Western aeroplanes couldn't go over all of Russia and China
How countries use their airspace as a political tool
Why planes can't go over Tibet
Why planes don't fly over Antarctica (hint, it's probably not why you think)
What do Disney World, Disney Land and Buckingham Palace have in common?
Why are there no planes over Paris?
Key vocabulary: Airspace, Ally, Ban, Revenue, Detour, Booming, Desirable, Lofty, Elevation, Regulation, Warrant, Prohibited, Inhabitants, Ostensibly
Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/the-places-in-the-world-where-planes-cant-go
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14 Minuten
The Speaking Challenge - Starts 28th September - https://dripl.ink/1l2uE
Registration closes at 23:59 on Sunday, 27th September.
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Wondering what the English Learning for Curious Minds podcast is all about, who is behind it, and whether it's for you?
In today's inaugural episode, we'll cover who should be listening to the podcast (hint - if you want to improve your English and learn interesting things about the way the world works, this is you), who is behind the podcast (an English native speaker and avid language learner), and talk about some of the quick things you can do to get the most out of the podcast.
Who is behind the podcast (introduction to Alastair Budge)
Why you need to listen to native speakers
Where the English for Curious Minds podcast came from
What you can expect from the podcast
What does a 'curious mind' mean
2 quick and easy tips for how to use podcasts to learn English
Key vocabulary: Inaugural, Maximise, Let's get cracking, Trilingual, Avid, Exposing, Unforgiving, For starters, Scripted, Must, Whirring away, Innate, Absorb, Squarely, Condense, Dulled down, Artificially, Authentic, Non-trivial, Carve out, Mammoth, Touch on, Come round, A taster, Faceless, Corporation.
Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website: www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/meet-the-english-for-curious-minds-podcast
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Registration closes at 23:59 on Sunday, 27th September.
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Wondering what the English Learning for Curious Minds podcast is all about, who is behind it, and whether it's for you?
In today's inaugural episode, we'll cover who should be listening to the podcast (hint - if you want to improve your English and learn interesting things about the way the world works, this is you), who is behind the podcast (an English native speaker and avid language learner), and talk about some of the quick things you can do to get the most out of the podcast.
Who is behind the podcast (introduction to Alastair Budge)
Why you need to listen to native speakers
Where the English for Curious Minds podcast came from
What you can expect from the podcast
What does a 'curious mind' mean
2 quick and easy tips for how to use podcasts to learn English
Key vocabulary: Inaugural, Maximise, Let's get cracking, Trilingual, Avid, Exposing, Unforgiving, For starters, Scripted, Must, Whirring away, Innate, Absorb, Squarely, Condense, Dulled down, Artificially, Authentic, Non-trivial, Carve out, Mammoth, Touch on, Come round, A taster, Faceless, Corporation.
Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website: www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/meet-the-english-for-curious-minds-podcast
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2 Minuten
Learning English doesn't need to be boring. You don't need to drown in grammar books, you don't need to spend hours memorising phrasal verbs.
English Learning for Curious Minds is the podcast that teaches you English through teaching you fascinating things about the world.
No boring listening exercises, no drills, no scripted conversations.
Just thoroughly researched, utterly fascinating stories.
It's English learning, but just not as you knew it.
English Learning for Curious Minds is the podcast that teaches you English through teaching you fascinating things about the world.
No boring listening exercises, no drills, no scripted conversations.
Just thoroughly researched, utterly fascinating stories.
It's English learning, but just not as you knew it.
English Learning for Curious Minds | A More Interesting Way To Learn English
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