Ten Questions ESL Podcast
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Ten Questions ESL Podcast
Hi, I'm Nancy Buswell and I've been teaching people how to improve their English for over 16 years! I'm an American who teaches in a university in southern China. The Ten Questions ESL (English as a Second Language) Podcast is for people around the world who want to improve their English listening c...
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Are You Preparing For The IELTS Speaking Exam?
Wow, it's been more than two years since I have posted a podcast episode! Today I have been experimenting with a new way to make a podcast and decided...
TQ Sven and Erna
TQ Sven and Erna
Sven from Switzerland and Erna from Indonesia stayed with me in December 2018, just a month before I left China to live in the...
LnR Black Beauty 32 (End of Series)
LnR Black Beauty 32
"Thank God!" said my master. "You Beauty!" said John, and took the bridle and gently turned me round to the right-hand...
LnR Black Beauty 31 (Replay)
LnR Black Beauty 31
So back we went and round by the crossroads, but by the time we got to the bridge it was very nearly dark; we could jus...
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LnR Black Beauty 30
"I wish we were well out of this wood," said my master.
"Yes, sir," said John, "it would be rather awkward i...
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LnR Black Beauty 29
Chapter 12
A Stormy Day
One day late in the autumn my master had a long journey to go on business. I was pu...
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LnR Black Beauty 28
"Steady, steady, my boy," he would say; "wait a bit, and we will have a good swing, and soon get the tickle out of your...
LnR Black Beauty 27 (Replay)
LnR Black Beauty 27
Chapter 6
I was quite happy in my new place, and if there was one thing that I missed it must not be thought I wa...
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Black Beauty 26
Our master had two other horses that stood in another stable. One was Justice, a roan cob, used for riding or for the lugga...
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LnR Black Beauty 25
James Howard, the stable boy, was just as gentle and pleasant in his way, so I thought myself well off. There was an...
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LnR Black Beauty 24
When John went into the stable he told James that master and mistress had chosen a good, sensible English name for m...
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LnR Black Beauty 23
The next day I was brought up for my master. I remembered my mother's counsel and my good old master's, and I tried...
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LnR Black Beauty 22
"Well, John, how does he go?"
"First-rate, sir," answered John; "he is as fleet as a deer, and has a f...
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LnR Black Beauty 21
The next morning he took me into the yard and gave me a good grooming, and just as I was going into my box, with my...
LnR Black Beauty 20 (Replay)
LnR Black Beauty 20
"Well, I don't think she does find pleasure," says Merrylegs; "it is just a bad habit; she says no one was ever kind to...
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LnR Black Beauty 19
"I beg your pardon," I said, "I have turned no one out; the man who brought me put me here, and I had nothing to do...
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LnR Black Beauty 18
He gave me some very nice oats, he patted me, spoke kindly, and then went away.
When I had eaten my co...
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LnR Black Beauty 17
Squire Gordon's park skirted the village of Birtwick. It was entered by a large iron gate, at which stood the first...
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LnR Black Beauty 16
My master often drove me in double harness with my mother, because she was steady and could teach me how to go better t...
LnR Black Beauty 15 (Replay)
Note! I am sorry for the bad sound quality of the recordings in the past. I didn't realize until a couple days ago that the music at the beginning and...
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LnR Black Beauty 14
And now having got so far, my master went on to break me to harness; there were more new things to wear. First, a st...
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LnR Black Beauty 13
Next came the saddle, but that was not half so bad; my master put it on my back very gently, while old Daniel held m...
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LnR Black Beauty 12
I had of course long been used to a halter and a headstall, and to be led about in the fields and lanes quietly, but...
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LnR Black Beauty 11 (Replay)
Chapter 3: My Breaking In
I was now beginning to grow handsome; my coat had grown fine and so...
LnR Black Beauty 10 (Replay)
Hi! I just uploaded episodes 2-10 in the Black Beauty series. They are each about five minutes long.
LnR Black Beauty 10
There was no...
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LnR Black Beauty 9
"His neck is broke," said my mother.
"And serve him right, too," said one of the colts.
I...
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LnR Black Beauty 8
"Now we shall see the hare," said my mother; and just then a hare wild with fright rushed by and made for the woods....
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LnR Black Beauty 7
And soon the dogs were all tearing down the field of young wheat next to ours. I never heard such a noise as they made....
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LnR Black Beauty 6
Before I was two years old a circumstance happened which I have never forgotten. It was early in the spring; there ha...
LnR Black Beauty 5 (Replay)
LnR Black Beauty 5
There was a plowboy, Dick, who sometimes came into our field to pluck blackberries from the hedge. When he had eaten...
LnR Black Beauty 4 (Replay)
LnR Black Beauty 4
Our master was a good, kind man. He gave us good food, good lodging, and kind words; he spoke as kindly to us as he d...
LnR Black Beauty 3 (Replay)
LnR Black Beauty 3
One day, when there was a good deal of kicking, my mother whinnied to me to come to her, and then she said:
LnR Black Beauty 2 (Replay)
LnR Black Beauty 2
Black Beauty
The Autobiography of a Horse
by Anna Sewell, 1877
http://www.cybercrayon.net/readingroom/boo...
LnR Black Beauty 1 (Replay)
LnR Black Beauty 1 (Replay)
This is a series I started 2 1/2 years ago. At the time, I had planned to make YouTube videos out of the recordings,...
LnR 130 (Casual Language) Praise (Replay)
Hi! Here's another episode from about three years ago. I hope you find it useful.
LnR 130 (Casual Language) Praise
Good job!
Well do...
LnR 128 (Casual Language) Hot and Humid (Replay)
My country is having a very difficult time right now. We have three problems happening at the same time. First, there is very poor leadership at the t...
LnR 126 (Casual Language) Driving (Replay)
Hi! This episode is almost three years old. I talk about how I enjoy driving when I'm home for the summer. Of course, things have changed, and now I l...
LnR 124 (Casual Language) Summer Vacation (Replay)
Hi! This podcast episode is from almost three years ago. I made it in July in China, which is why it's about the summertime. Now, in 2020, it's early...
LnR 122 (Casual Language) Insomnia (Replay)
Hi! Like most smart Americans, I'm staying at home most of the time, just going out to run errands for my mother or go shopping. I live in a small tow...
LnR 120 (Casual Language) Heads up! (Replay)
Hi! This podcast episode is from 2 1/2 years ago, when I was still teaching in China. I've been back in the U.S. for almost a year and a half now, tea...