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More than 15 million people in 189 countries have learned English from Speak English with ESLPod.com. Get one free English lesson each week, including selected lessons from the ESLPod.com archive. These daily and cultural English lessons use a proven method that is fast, effective, and fun. They are brought to you by Dr. Lucy Tse and Dr. Jeff McQuillan, former professors of applied linguistics and education. Want to improve your English even faster? Become an Unlimited English member and get more than 1,800 lessons, or subscribe directly on Apple Podcasts to get three new premium lessons each week: two Daily English lessons and one Cultural English lesson. Go to www.ESLPod.com for more information.

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  1. 6 hr ago • Subscribers Only

    Daily English 637 - Planting Flowers and Trees

    Script: Zuly: Hurry up! Mom will be home any minute and we’re not done planting. Eric: Whose idea was it anyway to plant a garden for Mom for her birthday? We’ve been working under this hot sun all day and the smell of the fertilizer is really getting to me. Zuly: It was our idea, remember? We both wanted to give Mom something special this year. Look, we’re almost done. We’ve already picked the weeds, prepared the soil, and dug the holes for the new seeds and flowers. I’m taking the flowers out of their pots now and I’ll have them in the ground in a minute. After that, all we have left to do is to plant the new tree. Keep digging! Eric: Are you sure the hole needs to be this deep? Zuly: Yes, the book says that the roots need to have room to grow. That’s the perfect place for it, too. It’ll get a lot of direct sunlight. Eric: Great, but my arms are so tired, they’re about to fall off. Zuly: Move over. I’ll dig for a while. Why don’t you water the new flowers? Eric: Sure, right after I take a little break. In the meantime, I’ll supervise. Come on. Keep digging. You’re almost there… Zuly: I think you’d better keep your mouth shut, or I’ll think of some new uses for that fertilizer!

  2. 3 days ago • Subscribers Only

    Daily English 636 - Being Lazy and Energetic

    Script: Carmen: Wake up! You’re supposed to be working. Elias: Shhh, I’m trying to sleep. The boss is out of the office today, so I consider it a holiday. Today, I can be a little out of it if I want to be. Carmen: Out of it? You’re sleeping on the job – literally! Elias: So what? Aren’t you feeling a little tired on a Monday morning? Carmen: I admit I’m a little sluggish, but that’s no reason to fall down on the job. We both have work to get done and I’m doing it. Elias: What’s wrong with you? Why are you so hyper? I’m as hard working as the next guy, but I’m not going to jump through hoops when the boss is away. Carmen: You, hard working? Don’t make me laugh! You’d better get back to work or when the boss gets back, he’ll call you a slacker again. Elias: Okay, I’m learning by your example. I’m now as energetic and productive as you are. Carmen: Yeah? Doing what? Elias: Telling my co-worker she’s a pain in the neck!

  3. 5 days ago • Subscribers Only

    Cultural English 268 - Stephen King; Traffic school; Q&A

    Topics: Stephen King; Traffic school; Q&A Words: horror psychic clown series to follow the book lifetime achievement traffic school driver’s ed to speed to lose (one’s) driver’s license driving record correspondence course cost charge fee in a New York minute couple

  4. 6 days ago

    Free Lesson: Daily English 172 - Legal Problems

    Learn how to talk about crime and the legal system in English. Jeff reads a newspaper story about a student arrested for burglary and assault. Dialogue/Story I was reading the newspaper this morning and saw a story about a university student arrested and charged with burglary and assault. Last Monday, this student hit a security guard over the head, broke into his professor's office and stole the professor's computer. He wasn't doing well in the class and thought that he could steal the exam. When he was arraigned in court, the prosecutor said that the charges were very serious felonies, and not simple misdemeanors. He also said that because the student was a flight risk, the bail should be set at $2 million dollars. The judge agreed. If the student is found guilty of all the charges, he could be sentenced to up to 15 years in jail. When I read this story, I thought, wouldn't it have been easier for him to just study?

  5. 31 Aug • Subscribers Only

    Daily English 635 - Arranging Airport Transfer

    Script: My wife and I bought a vacation package and we thought that it included everything. We should have double-checked that it included airport transfer to our hotel as well. Hindsight is 20/20, they say. My wife wanted to take a taxi, but I nixed that idea. It would cost an arm and a leg. I wanted a cheaper option so we went to ask about it at the airport information desk. … Don: Hello, my wife and I need to get to our hotel downtown. What are our options? Clerk: Well, you could take a taxi. Don: We’re hoping to find a cheaper option. Clerk: Okay, in that case, a limo service would be out, too. There are private shuttle services, but since you’re so far from downtown, you’ll be making a lot of stops and it will take a long time to get there. You could also take public transportation – the bus or the subway – but that’ll take even longer. Doesn’t your hotel have a courtesy shuttle? Don: I never thought of that. Clerk: Many downtown hotels do. Call your hotel and they’ll be able to tell you. They’ll probably have the best suggestion on how to get there, too, if they don’t have their own shuttle. If you decide on a private shuttle service or to take public transportation, come back and I’ll give you more information. Don: Thanks a lot. I’ll give the hotel a call right now. … Lucky for us, the hotel had a courtesy shuttle and it was on its way. Good thing, too, since I didn’t relish spending any more time at the airport after a long red-eye!

  6. 28 Aug • Subscribers Only

    Daily English 634 - Resembling One’s Parents

    Script: Khaled: Hi, what are you looking at? Susanna: Your photo albums. Your roommate let me in and said I could make myself comfortable while I waited for you. Khaled: There are some really incriminating pictures in there. You’d better give those back to me. Susanna: Not yet! I’m looking at your baby pictures and your family portraits. You’re the spitting image of your mother. Khaled: That’s not my mother. That was our neighbor. Susanna: Oh, now that I look a little closer, I can see that you resemble your father. You’re a chip off the old block. Khaled: That’s not my father. That’s my father’s friend. Now, why don’t I take those… Susanna: Wait! These candids of your birthday parties are so cute! You were so adorable! Khaled: Right. When I was a kid, I had a face only a mother could love. Susanna: That’s not true! You have a great profile. I’d expect to see your likeness in paintings and on statues. Khaled: Okay, enough with the brown-nosing. What do you really want? Susanna: I don’t want anything…okay, just one little thing. My cousin is in town. I want to go out with Rick tonight and I thought we could double date. Me, Rick, my cousin…and you. What do you say? Khaled: I knew it had to be something. Does she look like you? Susanna: We are like two peas in a pod. Khaled: Then, forget it! Susanna: Hmph!

  7. 26 Aug • Subscribers Only

    Cultural English 267 - Video-game violence; ROTC; Q&A

    Topics: Video-game violence; ROTC; Q&A Words: realism insensitive arcade minor rating system console officer branch ranking Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell gay should have done should have to do just / only to learn as (one) goes

  8. 25 Aug

    Free Lesson: Cultural English 62 - New York City

    Topics American Cities: New York City · Letters after people's names · Questions and Answers Key Terms borough skyscraper Broadway musical pushy frank in your face JFK Esquire Ph.D. MD RN DDS napkin to work out

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More than 15 million people in 189 countries have learned English from Speak English with ESLPod.com. Get one free English lesson each week, including selected lessons from the ESLPod.com archive. These daily and cultural English lessons use a proven method that is fast, effective, and fun. They are brought to you by Dr. Lucy Tse and Dr. Jeff McQuillan, former professors of applied linguistics and education. Want to improve your English even faster? Become an Unlimited English member and get more than 1,800 lessons, or subscribe directly on Apple Podcasts to get three new premium lessons each week: two Daily English lessons and one Cultural English lesson. Go to www.ESLPod.com for more information.

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