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Learn English Through Listening Hilary Platt
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Discover Adept English, the modern way to learn to speak English. Our goal is to help you speak English fluently. The Adept English language teaching approach is to learn through listening. We publish two new English audio lessons, with full transcripts, weekly. Every one of our English lessons will help you learn to speak English in ways that are interesting and lead to success. We have lots of podcasts, at all difficulty levels, on many topics, suitable for all listeners, ready for you to listen too right now.
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No Excuses Keep Practising Your English Listening Ep 565
Holiday English Listening Practice
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✔Lesson transcript: https://adeptenglish.com/lessons/english-listening-practice-french-holiday/
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English Money And Economic News Phrases It Helps To Know Ep 564
In this English lesson we talk about the price of money, how loans work and lots more. Financial jargon and statistics can confuse new English language learners. So we use lots of examples to help explain English money and economic terms to help you understand some of the more common phrases that are used in business and interacting with banks. This type of English vocabulary and phrases will help you follow English financial news reporting and deal with things like banks and loans.
Vocabulary of Money: A Guide to Understanding English Financial Phrases
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I covered the UK cost-of-living crisis in podcast 534, and if you haven’t listened to that one yet it would be a good follow on lesson to this one. We all have to work with money, deal with banks and loans. So understanding the common economic vocabulary used in everyday English is really worth learning. This is especially useful if you are looking to take an IELTS exam, as IELTS examiners like to hear money and statistical terms being used correctly and understood.
As with any language, understanding the context in which we use words will help you more quickly grasp their meaning. The English language has a lot of terms that are used in business and economics. Understanding the meaning and usage of these will help you communicate more effectively with others, as well as understand what they are talking about.
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Learn English With A Useful Time Saving Idiom Ep 563
An easy to follow English lesson about an idiom used when you invest a little of your time, to you save far more. Time is a precious commodity. It’s the one thing we can’t get more of, unless you live in a sci-fi movie. We’re all busy. We all want to save time. And that’s what this idiom is about saving time by spending it wisely. I explain it all with the help of an interesting cautionary tale.
An English Idiom All About Spending A Little Time To Save A Lot Of Time
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Today’s idiom is one I used after a minor disaster in my garden. In this lesson we talk about English idioms, how native English speakers would use these idioms in everyday English. As always, there are lots of examples and an interesting story to help you remember the idiom and any unusual vocabulary.
The English language has lots of idioms that offer wisdom on how you invest your time or money. For example, “penny wise and pound foolish,” which means that you’re being cheap when it comes to saving money, but that’s costing you more in the long run. If you spend a little time now to save lots later, then that’s not being penny wise and pound foolish
✔Lesson transcript: https://adeptenglish.com/lessons/english-idioms-a-stitch-in-time/
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Growing Old An English Listening Topic That Interests Everyone At Some Point In Their Lives Ep 562
Today we will explore an English listening practice topic which interests us all: ageing. We will discover what scientists are learning from animals that live a long time, or ones that live brief lives. And what that means for us aging humans. So join us and learn to speak English with our fun listen and learn approach to language learning.
English Listening Practice: Let’s Talk About Ageing
Ageing is something we’re all intimately familiar with, although most of us try to avoid thinking about it! When we think about getting old, we focus on the symptoms, a wrinkle here and ache there, less hair and less energy. Well, today we look at the other end of the problem, the causes of ageing.
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All of our English language lessons are like this: fun and engaging. It’s an interesting English listening practice lesson, and all you have to do is listen to improve your English language skills. It’s just like having an English teacher, but cheaper because it’s free. And as listening is something you can do pretty much anywhere, learning English this way will fit in with your busy life.
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If You Want To Understand English News This Is A Great Place To Start Ep 561
Today we look at some advanced English vocabulary. You know the sort of English words and phrases that turn up in newspaper and magazine articles? There is a common problem, where English language learners who understand most spoken and written English, find radio and TV news, newspapers and magazines hard to comprehend. If you want to understand the English news, this podcast English lesson is a great place to start.
English TV, Radio News Phrases That Everyone Should Be Able To Understand
✔Lesson transcript: https://adeptenglish.com/lessons/english-phrases-news-vocabulary/
So lets take an interesting newspaper article about uni students staying home because of the cost-of-living crisis in the UK. I will read out the article, identify any tricky phrases or idioms, explain the spelling and vocabulary in a full breakdown of the English used. Of course the newspaper article itself is interesting and worth listening to!
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This lesson will help you level up your English comprehension so you can follow the news in English. We have lots and lots of other free English lessons focused on phrases, idioms and listening comprehension practice here on our adeptenglish.com website. We also have some outstanding English courses designed to help you with your English language learning to use exactly the same listen and learn method you will listen to today. So take a look here. You never know, it might be the push you needed to get your English fluency.
News is what somebody somewhere wants to suppress; all the rest is advertising.
⭐ Lord Northcliffe
This change in the type of English language used is because news and magazines writers often use idioms and phrases to imply a meaning or an idea to make content engaging. They need to entertain the reader/listeners to make money! It’s the type of English you avoid in everyday conversations, because you would sound very stuffy and formal, and you probably don’t want your audience to work too hard understanding what you are trying to communicate.
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No Clear Evidence Low Serotonin Levels Cause Depression Ep 560
Today our English listening practice topic is about depression, anti-depressants and serotonin. A recent research paper says serotonin has little or nothing to do with depression! So wait a minute, the primary treatment we have to help people with depression targets serotonin, and serotonin has little or nothing to do with depression. How could we possibly take so long to discover something this fundamental? With so many people taking these pills, there is a lot to talk about.
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English Listening Practice: Serotonin Imbalance Does Not Cause Depression
Anti-depression medication affects the people who take it. Otherwise, why prescribe the drugs to so many people and for such long periods of time? People will tell you that anti-depressant pills have helped them, but whatever is going on medically is now being questioned by some heavyweight medical research from University College London. Of course, this ignores the elephant in the room, and that is the side effects of taking this type of mind-altering drug over long periods of time.
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When I say a lot of people take these pills, I mean millions of people in Britain alone! The Lancet published data from NHS Digital showing that 70.9 million prescriptions for antidepressants were given out in England in 2018, compared with 36 million in 2008. No wonder the anti-depression pill market is booming. The global antidepressant drugs market in 2020 had a value of 15.6 Billion USD and they project it will reach 21 Billion USD by 2030. It’s a substantial business if you are one of the 5 major players that dominates this market.
Since I was 16, I've felt a black cloud hangs over me. Since then, I have taken pills for depression.
⭐ Amy Winehouse, UK Singer
Now tell me that this English listening lesson isn’t engaging! We want you to want to listen to the content, to make it worth the struggle to understand the English vocabulary. It’s this type of value content you will find in all our English lessons. Learn English through listening, it’s a better way to learn to speak English fluently.
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