Empty Nest Angela talks about transitioning her life once her twin children became adults. http://www.dl.apadana-ielts.com/podcast/EmptyNest/Empty%20Nest.mp3 QuizVocabScriptQuiz Vocab Vocabulary Empty Nest empty nester http://www.dl.apadana-ielts.com/podcast/EmptyNest/1-empty-nester.mp3 What’s called an empty nester. An empty nester is a parent whose children are grown up and have left [...]
Making Breakfast Katie and Todd discuss what they need to make breakfast. http://www.dl.apadana-ielts.com/podcast/making%20breakfast/Making%20Breakfast.mp3 QuizGrammarScriptQuiz Grammar Grammar Making Breakfast Basic Quantifiers - Grammar Focus Point 1: Singular nouns use an article before the noun. One can replace the noun. (Q) Do you have a [...]
Weekend Shirley talks about her weekend, doing chores, taking in nature and some art. http://www.dl.apadana-ielts.com/podcast/weekend/Weekend%20Work,%20Wildlife,%20and%20Art.mp3 QuizVocabScriptQuiz Vocab Vocabulary Weekend ferret http://www.dl.apadana-ielts.com/podcast/weekend/01-ferret.mp3 I saw a ferret. A ferret is a long, small, furry mammal. Notice the following: Some people keep ferrets as pets. Ferrets [...]
Road Rage Nathan talks with Julia about road rage and dealing with anger on the road. http://www.dl.apadana-ielts.com/podcast/RoadRage/Nathan-Rage.mp3 QuizVocabScriptQuiz Vocab Vocabulary road rage http://www.dl.apadana-ielts.com/podcast/RoadRage/1-road-rage.mp3 I can seriously get mega road rage. Road rage is anger drivers feel towards other drivers about how they [...]
Homesickness Gilda and Katie teach overseas. They talk about what they miss from their home countries of Venezuela and England. http://www.dl.apadana-ielts.com/podcast/Homesickness/Homsickness.mp3 QuizVocabScriptQuiz Vocab Vocabulary Homesickness homesickness http://www.dl.apadana-ielts.com/podcast/Homesickness/1-homesickness.mp3 We must deal with homesickness because we're so far from our home. Homesickness is the feeling of being [...]
Food We Hate Katie and Gilda talk about the different foods that they hate. http://www.dl.apadana-ielts.com/podcast/FoodWeHate/Food%20We%20Hate.mp3 QuizVocabScriptQuiz Vocab Vocabulary Foof We Hate can't stand http://www.dl.apadana-ielts.com/podcast/FoodWeHate/1-cant-stand.mp3 So what are three foods you can't stand? When you can't stand something, you dislike it greatly. Notice the following: I can't [...]
Head, Heart, Hand Olga gives tips on adapting new life habits http://www.dl.apadana-ielts.com/podcast/headheart/Learning%20to%20Live.mp3 QuizVocabScriptQuiz Vocab Vocabulary Head, Heart, Hand cornerstone http://www.dl.apadana-ielts.com/podcast/headheart/1-cornerstone.mp3 That is the cornerstone of this learning concept. A cornerstone is an important quality or feature on which a particular thing depends or is based. Notice [...]
Komodo Island Widuri talks about a special island her country with a very special, and dangerous animal. http://www.dl.apadana-ielts.com/podcast/komodo/Komodo%20Island.mp3 QuizVocabScriptQuiz Vocab Vocabulary Komodo Island destroy http://www.dl.apadana-ielts.com/podcast/komodo/1-destroyed.mp3 It was destroyed before because of the earthquake. When something is destroyed, it is damaged very badly. Notice the following: The house was destroyed [...]
Giving Gifts Jen and Todd discuss if they like giving gifts. http://www.dl.apadana-ielts.com/podcast/GivingGifts/The%20Gift%20of%20Giving%20Gifts.mp3 QuizVocabScriptQuiz Vocab Vocabulary Giving Gifts It's the though the counts. http://www.dl.apadana-ielts.com/podcast/GivingGifts/1-its-the-thought-that-counts.mp3 It's the thought that counts. This phrase means that the act of giving a gift is more important that the [...]
Mega Cities Win, Michael and Goron talk about living in maga cities that have huge populations. http://www.dl.apadana-ielts.com/podcast/megacities/Mega%20Cities.mp3 QuizVocabScriptQuiz Vocab Vocabulary Mega Cities infrastructure http://www.dl.apadana-ielts.com/podcast/megacities/1-infrastructure.mp3 Infrastructure is not capable of keeping up. Infrastructure refers to things like roads and bridges. Notice the following: The [...]