New Content

If you want to practice your English, I publish an article every day on my new site: I Learned This Today. 

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#3 Short English

Here is the third short English video. I’m doing idioms. Beat about the bush. I wear a wig in this one. Learn English.

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#2 Short English

The second in my short English video series. I am going to do English idioms. I hope you enjoy it. Learn English. One point English.

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#1 short English

I have started a series of short English conversation videos. One point English.

Learn English.

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#50 Electric Cars

 

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Questions

 

  1. Which of these are a feature of true electric cars?

A: They use an internal combustion engine for long distances.

B: They only have a battery powered engine.

C: They only use the electric engine for slow running.

D: They have more than one type of engine.

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#49 IOT the Internet of Things

 

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Questions

  1. What does IOT stand for?

A: It’s Only Tuesday
B: Internet Of Things
C: Inside Our Thoughts
D: Isn’t October Through  

  1. What is the IoT?

A: A way of programming a computer.
B: Any computer in the world.
C: A way of finding where you are.
D: Any device that is connected to the Internet. Continue reading

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#48 Ambulances

 

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  1. What does the word “ambulante” mean?

A: dying
B: riding
C: walking
D: breathing  

  1. What does Steven use Google for in this talk?

A: Find pictures of ambulances.
B: Discover what a word means.
C: Read relevant news about the topic.
D: Track a word’s usage over time. Continue reading

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#47 Amazon

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Questions

  1. Which of these is NOT a reason why Amazon’s logo has an arrow going from A to Z that looks like a smile?

A: They want you to think that they sell many products.
B: They want you to associate the company with happiness.
C: They want you to think that they sell arrows and dictionaries.

  1. Why did Jeff Bezos decide to sell books?

A: They are cheap to buy.
B: He likes to read.
C: Many people are good at writing. Continue reading

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#46 The Great Fire of London

 

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The Great Fire of London

Questions

  1. Which of these is not a country in the UK?

A: Wales

B: Scotland

C: Ireland  

  1. Why was London originally called “Cair Troire”?

A: It was named after the king who settled it.

B: It meant three kings in the local language.

C: It was named by the Romans. Continue reading

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#45 Movies

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Movies Transcript

Hi, how are you doing? Thanks for coming to watch this talk. I haven’t made one of these videos in absolutely ages. What with one thing and another. So, I’m going to try and get back into the swing of it. We’ll see how I go. I’ve said that before. Anyway, don’t forget, after you listen to this talk, if you click the link in the description below here, you can find the transcript for this talk. You can also find the audio. You can also find questions, multiple choice and essay type. And you can find all the answers. You can also download all of that for free. The audio is an MP3 and the questions as a word document. So please, after you listen to this talk, go there and try the questions. Practice writing a bit as well. The more you practice, the better your English is going to get.

OK. Today I’m going to talk to you for ten minutes about movies. Are you ready? Here we go. Three, two, one, go. OK, movies. You like movies, I’m sure. I love movies. I love going to the movie theater and watching movies. There’s nothing I like better than sitting there with a big tub of popcorn watching a film. So why are they called movies? Well, the expression “movies” comes from “moving pictures”, and that’s basically what a movie is. It’s a series of moving pictures, moving photographs. Obviously, if you take one photograph, it doesn’t move. But if you take many photographs of an object that’s slowly moving and you play them very, very fast, you see a moving picture. And that’s what a movie is.

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