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25-Авг-14 17:23
(10 лет 2 месяца назад, ред. 29-Авг-14 22:29)
205. Summer in London (Part 1)
Hello everyone! Welcome to another episode. This one was recorded last week when I was on holiday in London, and in this episode you can listen to me walking through central London and talking to you along the way. I really enjoyed recording this episode and I think you’re going to enjoy listening to it too because it’ll be like you’re actually there with me, strolling around some of my favourite parts of town, hearing all the sounds of London around you as we go. I think it’s going to be great, but before we start I’d just like to mention a couple of things as a preface to the episode.
206. Summer in London (Part 2)
Hi and welcome back to this special episode of LEP in which you join me on a walk through central London.
207. Competition Inspiration
This is another ‘quick’ podcast to let you know that I’m on holiday for a couple of weeks, and also to give you some inspiration for your entries my competition, called “Your English Podcast”.
Small Donate Button1. I’m going on holiday so I will be away from teacherluke.co.uk for a while. This means I might not be able to respond to comments or messages, and there won’t be any uploads for a while. I think you have enough new material to keep you busy until I get back, right? I’ll be back in a couple of weeks.
2. Competition: I get the impression that a lot of people out there are scratching their heads, thinking “I’d like to take part in Luke’s competition, but what shall I talk about?”
All the details of the competition are in episode 200.
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29-Авг-14 22:30
(спустя 4 дня, ред. 08-Сен-14 00:10)
208. Travelling in Indonesia (Part 1)
I just came back from a 2 week holiday in Indonesia. Let me tell you about it in this episode.
209. Travelling in Indonesia (Part 2)
Part 2 of my account of my travelling experience in Indonesia. Please listen to part 1 before listening to this one. Do leave your comments, thoughts and opinions below.
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08-Сен-14 00:10
(спустя 9 дней, ред. 18-Сен-14 20:51)
210. A Bit of a Chat with Noman Hosni
Conversation & language feedback with comedian Noman Hosni.
Small Donate ButtonHi everyone. Just before starting this episode, I would like to say a very special thank you to all of the people who have entered my competition, which is entitled “Your English Podcast”. I have received about 80 recordings in total, and very soon you’ll be able to listen to them all and then vote for your favourites. So, hold on because the special competition podcasts are coming soon. But now, let’s get started with this episode, which is number 210. Let’s go!
211. YEP! Competition Entries #1
You are listening to the first episode of a mini-series entitled “Your English Podcast” or “YEP” for short, and in this episode I am going to showcase recordings sent to me by listeners as part of a big competition. I’ve launched to celebrate the 5th birthday and 200 episodes of LEP. All the details of this competition are in episode 200 so you might like to listen to that one first if you haven’t already. Also, before I play you the first set of competition entries I’m going to give you some information, rules and guidelines about the voting process in the introduction to this episode, which I am going to start, now!
Episode 1:
Adam from Poland
Alexandr from Russia
Alexis from Canary Islands
Anna from Ukraine
Aritz from Spain
Artur from Kazakhstan
Arturo from Mexico
Ashish from India
Bella from Russia
Bruno from Brazil
212. YEP! Competition Entries #2
This is the second episode of a mini-series entitled “Your English Podcast” or “YEP” for short, and in this episode I am going to showcase recordings sent to me by listeners as part of a big competition. I’ve launched to celebrate the 5th birthday and 200 episodes of LEP. All the details of this competition are in episode 200 so you might like to listen to that one first if you haven’t already. Also, before I play you this set of competition entries I’m going to give you some information, rules and guidelines about the voting process.
In Episode 2 you will hear entries from these LEPPERS:
Charley from Sri Lanka
Chriss from Mexico
Daniel from Poland
Daniele from Italy
Dega from Mexico
Dharmendra from India
Dmitry from Russia
Edgar from Brazil
Edgar from Mexico
Elisa from Finland
213. YEP! Competition Entries #3
This is the third episode of a mini-series entitled “Your English Podcast” or “YEP” for short, and in this episode I am going to showcase more recordings sent to me by listeners as part of a big competition. I’ve launched to celebrate the 5th birthday and 200 episodes of LEP. All the details of this competition are in episode 200 so you might like to listen to that one first if you haven’t already. Also, before I play you this set of competition entries I’m going to give you some information, rules and guidelines about the voting process.
In episode 3 you will hear recordings from these LEPPERS:
Enrique from Spain
Eugenia from Romania
Evgeny from Russia
Gabor from Hungary
Gabriela from Brazil
Gabriella from Italy
Gerald from France, living in Belgium
Giovanni from Italy
Gudu from Ethiopia, living in Finland
Guillaume from Switzerland
214. YEP! Competition Entries #4
This is the fourth episode of a mini-series entitled “Your English Podcast” or “YEP” for short, and in this episode I am going to showcase more recordings sent to me by listeners as part of a big competition. I’ve launched to celebrate the 5th birthday and 200 episodes of LEP. All the details of this competition are in episode 200 so you might like to listen to that one first if you haven’t already. Also, before I play you this set of competition entries I’m going to give you some information, rules and guidelines about the voting process.
In episode 4 you will hear recordings from these LEPPERS:
Hamid from Pakistan
Harvey from Colombia
Hien from Vietnam
Hydy from India
Hiroshi from Japan
Irina from Russia
Irul from Indonesia
Ivan from Indonesia, living in Australia
Ivan from Russia
Javier from Spain
215. YEP! Competition Entries #5
This is the fifth episode of a mini-series entitled “Your English Podcast” or “YEP” for short, and in this episode I am going to showcase more recordings sent to me by listeners as part of a big competition. I’ve launched to celebrate the 5th birthday and 200 episodes of LEP. All the details of this competition are in episode 200 so you might like to listen to that one first if you haven’t already. Also, before I play you this set of competition entries I’m going to give you some information, rules and guidelines about the voting process.
In episode 5 you’re going to hear competition entries from these LEPPERS:
Jiang from China
Jose from Chile
June from Korea
Kevser from Turkey
Klenisson from Brazil
Konstantin from Russia
Krissy from Germany
Ksenia from Russia
Luciana from Brazil
Lulu from Taiwan
216. YEP! Competition Entries #6
This is the sixth episode of this mini-series entitled “Your English Podcast” or “YEP” for short, and in this episode I am going to showcase more recordings sent to me by listeners as part of a big competition. I’ve launched to celebrate the 5th birthday and 200 episodes of LEP. All the details of this competition are in episode 200 so you might like to listen to that one first if you haven’t already. Also, before I play you this set of competition entries I’m going to give you some information, rules and guidelines about the voting process.
In episode 6 you’ll hear recordings from these LEPPERS:
Magda from Poland
Mario from Italy
Max from Italy
Morela from Italy
Nacho from Spain
Nikolai from Russia
Oleksander from Ukraine, living in Denmark
Olga from Russia
Pavel from Russia
Pedro from Peru
217. YEP! Competition Entries #7
This is the seventh episode of a mini-series entitled “Your English Podcast” or “YEP” for short, and in this episode I am going to showcase more recordings sent to me by listeners as part of a big competition. I’ve launched to celebrate the 5th birthday and 200 episodes of LEP. All the details of this competition are in episode 200 so you might like to listen to that one first if you haven’t already. Also, before I play you this set of competition entries I’m going to give you some information, rules and guidelines about the voting process.
In episode 7 you’re going to hear recordings from these LEPPERS:
Phil from Italy
Poom from Thailand
Renata from Russia
Renato from Brazil
Sasha from Russia
Sergey from *secret*
Shaimaa from Egypt
Terry from Hong Kong, China
Tomas from Germany
Ventakesh from India
218. YEP! Competition Entries #8
This is the eighth and final episode of this mini-series entitled “Your English Podcast” or “YEP” for short, and in this episode I am going to showcase more recordings sent to me by listeners as part of a big competition. I’ve launched to celebrate the 5th birthday and 200 episodes of LEP. All the details of this competition are in episode 200 so you might like to listen to that one first if you haven’t already. Also, before I play you this set of competition entries. I’m going to give you some information, rules and guidelines about the voting process. Click here to read those rules and guidelines.
episode 8 you’ll hear recordings from these LEPPERS:
Wilkson from Brazil
Yannick from Switzerland
Yaron from Israel
Yayang from Indonesia
Yuri from Brazil
Zdenek from Czech Republic (not competing)
Alex From Russia (too late!)
219. Scottish Independence
Should Scotland become an independent country? Let’s look at the context, the arguments for & against and the possible outcomes of independence.
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18-Сен-14 20:53
(спустя 10 дней, ред. 23-Сен-14 20:33)
220. A Cup of Tea with Corneliu Dragomirescu (Part 1)
This is one of those episodes in which I invite a friend onto the podcast and we chat about various things. I like these episodes because it gives me a chance to get to know someone on the podcast, and you can listen to some natural free-flowing conversation in English.
Let me tell you a bit about Corneliu. He is a film maker and comedian originally from Romania. He lives in France now where he writes, directs, produces and acts in films and television projects. Corneliu is a polyglot (he speaks Romanian, French and English), he’s a movie-buff and an he’s an all-round great conversationalist and therefore is the perfect guest for another episode of LEP.
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23-Сен-14 20:33
(спустя 4 дня, ред. 30-Сен-14 21:04)
221. A Cup of Tea with Corneliu Dragomirescu (Part 2)
Here's part 2 of my conversation with "The Son of the Dragon Tamer" in which we talk about these things:
- The difference “pleasshure” and “pleasure”, “bio” and “B.O.”
- The importance of ‘passion’ in France
- Jamie Oliver’s (fake?) cockney accent
- British & American English
- Corneliu’s experiences in America, his acting and his accent
- Corneliu’s learning experiences with a great teacher when he was a child
- The interesting course-book which Corneliu used in his English lessons
- The myth of ‘the English gentleman’
- Depictions of Englishness in films
- Stereotypes of Romania
- Romania & Bulgaria’s entry into the EU and the media panic related to migrant workers
- Vampires, Dracula and Romania
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30-Сен-14 21:04
(спустя 7 дней, ред. 08-Окт-14 09:53)
222. Luke’s Late Night Podcast
Take a musical trip through Luke’s hard-drive, in the middle of the night. Right-click here to download this episode.
Small Donate ButtonLate one night recently, I decided to record a podcast while randomly picking some pieces of music from my hard-drive and talking to you at the same time. This is the result.
There’s no language agenda in this episode in particular. It’s just me talking to you about various things while interspersing the episode with some music and other bits and pieces from my hard-drive.
Any music or other content in this episode is presented for educational purposes as part of my effort to aid people in their learning of English and culture.
Below you can read lyrics of some songs from this episode if you’d like to read to check your listening comprehension or pick up vocabulary.
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03-Окт-14 18:29
(спустя 2 дня 21 час)
beerofeel! Спасибо за душевную раздачу!) Давно ждал полный архив! Респект!
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03-Окт-14 18:46
(спустя 17 мин., ред. 03-Окт-14 21:00)
overdose_ писал(а):
65347590Давно ждал полный архив!
А зачем вы его ждали? Раздаче уже больше года. А beerofeel спасибо. да 
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04-Окт-14 12:31
(спустя 17 часов)
Спасибо ребята, приятно когда тебя хвалят.
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05-Окт-14 19:36
(спустя 1 день 7 часов)
beerofeel писал(а):
65355311Спасибо ребята, приятно когда тебя хвалят.
Еще одно большое СПАСИБО прими!!! А нам-то как приятно пользоваться готовыми подборками
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08-Окт-14 09:57
(спустя 2 дня 14 часов, ред. 14-Окт-14 10:15)
223. YEP! Competition Winners
YEP Competition Results, news and some rambling about mosquitoes and TV documentaries about ghosts.
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14-Окт-14 10:15
(спустя 6 дней, ред. 21-Окт-14 23:41)
224. Pronunciation: Verb Tenses & Connected Speech
This episode focuses on how sentences are pronounced quickly by native speakers. This is invaluable knowledge which will help you to take your listening and your pronunciation to the next level! Right-click here to download.
This is the episode I promised to record at the end of episode 176. In that episode I focused on the major verb tenses in English and I explained their meaning and uses. This episode is the sequel to that one, and it focuses specifically on the pronunciation of sentences containing a range of verb tenses.
225. Film Club: “Taken
This episode is all about the film “Taken” starring Liam Neeson as an ex-CIA agent who uses his ‘particular set of skills’ to save his daughter who is kidnapped while on a trip to Paris.
You might remember hearing me talking about this film in a recent episode of the podcast with my friend Corneliu. Remember that? Well, I'm a little bit obsessed by this film, and I talk about it in my stand-up shows, so I've decided to devote this episode just to this subject: The film Taken, starring Liam Neeson.
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17-Окт-14 18:42
(спустя 3 дня)
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225. Film Club: “Taken"]This episode is all about the film “Taken” starring Liam Neeson as an ex-CIA agent who uses his ‘particular set of skills’ to save his daughter who is kidnapped while on a trip to Paris.
Вот откуда Люк взял свой любимый "sinister voice"
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21-Окт-14 23:43
(спустя 4 дня, ред. 27-Окт-14 13:03)
226. On a Boat
aka “The Boat that Rocked” or “The Drunk Episode 2″. In this episode I spent the evening on a narrowboat on a canal in a part of North London known as Little Venice, with my friends Alex, Paul, Moz and Dave. Join us as we talk about life on a canal boat in London, the first jobs we ever had, answers to a few questions sent in by a long-term listener called Hiroshi, and explanations of various rude expressions and jokes which came up spontaneously during the conversation. Please be aware that this episode contains strong language, rude & explicit content and plenty of bad jokes.
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27-Окт-14 13:03
(спустя 4 дня, ред. 31-Окт-14 00:15)
227. Sausages, Barcodes & Apple Watches
This is one of those episodes in which I set myself a 30 minute challenge. Can I talk for 30 minutes without pausing or repeating myself, and with absolutely nothing prepared in advance? Listen to the episode to find out.
I've done this kind of episode before, for example on the Ice Cream Episode, in which I rambled on about whatever came into my head until eventually I ended up talking about how I wish everyone in the world could stop fighting and share some ice-cream instead (you may say I’m a dreamer – but I'm not the only one). That’s why I called it The Ice-Cream Episode.
This one is called “Sausages, Barcodes & Apple Watches” and you don’t have to be a genius to work out what came into my head while recording this episode. As well as these subjects I also touched upon the topics of: Evil cheese, a religion based on the hatred of pizza, and more…
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31-Окт-14 00:15
(спустя 3 дня, ред. 04-Ноя-14 13:44)
EPISODE 228. Zombies! Part 1. The Zombie in Popular Culture
Zombies seem to be more popular than ever, but why? (The Walking Dead, zombie films like Zombieland, Shaun of the Dead and computer games like Left 4 Dead or Resident Evil)
The origin of the word “zombie”.
The concept has been popularly associated with the Vodou religion, but it plays no part in that faith’s formal practices.
In Haitian folklore, a zombie is an animated corpse raised by magical means, such as witchcraft. Zombies featured widely in Haitian rural folklore, as dead persons physically revived by the act of necromancy of a bokor sorcerer (the bokor is a witch-like figure). Zombies remain under the control of the bokor as their personal slaves, since they have no will of their own. Some people say that zombie voodoo magic is real, but others claim that it’s just a chemical or hypnotic control of a living person – causing them to act like mindless slaves of the bokor sorcerer. That’s certainly very creepy and fascinating from a social, biological, chemical and psychological point of view.
EPISODE 229. Zombies! Part 2: Zombie Survival
The Zombieland 32 Rules of Zombie Survival
Pick a survival quiz and go through it.
The Ultimate Zombie Apocalypse Survival Quiz
The Walking Dead Survival Test
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02-Ноя-14 17:03
(спустя 2 дня 16 часов)
очень классно, понравилось больше, чем подкасты типа china232
спасибо!
накачал, буду в поездках слушать)
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04-Ноя-14 13:46
(спустя 1 день 20 часов, ред. 11-Ноя-14 21:08)
230. Can You Learn a Language in 6 Months?
This episode is based on a TEDx presentation by Chris Lonsdale, who claims that any normal adult can learn a language within 6 months. Is that really possible? How method of learning does Chris propose? How does this relate to listening to Luke’s English Podcast? You can see the video of Chris Lonsdale’s talk, with a transcript on my website.
231. YEP! Runners Up (Part 1)
Here are my conversations with runners up from the YEP competition. In this episode you’ll hear me talk to Kevser from Turkey, Max from Italy and Giovanni from Italy – all of whom won their groups in the competition. In the next episode you’ll hear from the other runners up, Yannick, Aritz, Phil and Javier, and then finally a longer conversation with the main winner Edgar from Mexico. Enjoy!
232. YEP! Runners Up (Part 2)
In this episode you can listen to conversations I had with YEP competition runners up Yannick, Aritz, Phil and Javier. They won their groups in the competition. In the next episode you’ll be able to listen to my conversation with the overall winner, Edgar from Mexico.
233. YEP! Winner
Here’s my conversation with the overall YEP competition winner, Edgar Hernandez from Mexico (aka Bono Chimp).
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11-Ноя-14 21:08
(спустя 7 дней, ред. 15-Ноя-14 00:02)
234. Making “Choons” with My Brother
Hi everyone, how are you doing? In this episode I’m joined again by my brother James. The last time you heard from him he was talking about how he had dislocated his shoulder after falling off his skateboard. In this episode he gives us an update on his shoulder injury and then we talk about the music (his “choons”) that he has been making recently. What is a “choon”? Basically, it’s a “tune” – a piece of music, typically a piece of dance music, hip-hop, house music, drum & bass or techno. When you hear a really good tune, it’s quite typical to say “Ah this is a CHOOOON!” My brother makes instrumental hip-hop CHOONS. You can hear him talking about his music making process in this episode.
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14-Ноя-14 00:37
(спустя 2 дня 3 часа)
Очень довольна подкастами Люка. Немногим больше месяца начала по два- три часа в день слушать его эпизоды и надо сказать, что результат превзошел все мои ожидания, если вначале понимала всего несколько слов из его беглой речи, то сейчас понимание, после нескольких раз прослушивания, составляет до 90-100%. После прослушивание
нового подкаста уже понятно о чем речь, но для более детального понимания нужно прослушать не один раз.
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15-Ноя-14 00:02
(спустя 23 часа, ред. 18-Ноя-14 17:48)
235. British Slang (N to Z)
Finally, here is the last part in the series about British slang. Be aware that this episode contains some rude language and slightly explicit content.
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18-Ноя-14 17:48
(спустя 3 дня, ред. 25-Ноя-14 09:31)
236. OPP: Other People’s Podcasts (Part 1)
This episode is not about podcasts for learners of English. It’s also not about podcasts made by LEPPERS. It’s just some podcasts that I love to listen to and that I’d like to share. They aren’t for learners of English specifically. This could mean they’re hard to understand for you. However – it could be really good for you to at least try listening to one of these podcasts and see if they click with you. It could be really good for your English, especially if there’s one that really grabs your attention.
I listen to podcasts on my phone, or on my mp3 player when I’m out and about or when I’m doing something. How about you?
237. OPP: Other People’s Podcasts (Part 2)
Part 2 of my top 10 list of podcasts that I listen to regularly and which I would like to share with you.
This episode is not about podcasts for learners of English. It’s also not about podcasts made by LEPPERS. It’s just some podcasts that I love to listen to and that I’d like to share with you.
They aren’t for learners of English specifically. This could mean they’re hard to understand for you. However – it could be really good for you to at least try listening to one of these podcasts and see if they click with you. It could be really good for your English, especially if there’s one that really grabs your attention.
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25-Ноя-14 09:31
(спустя 6 дней, ред. 02-Дек-14 19:46)
238. Prepositions (Failed Attempt)
In this episode I decided to teach you about prepositions! Yes! Everyone’s favourite words in English! However, the episode didn’t go as planned and my attempt crashed and burned in failure. Listen to find out what happened.
I’ve been meaning to do this episode for ages and now finally I’ve managed to get round to it. Well, that was the plan anyway.
Following notes I made over a year ago (which weren’t actually finished) I thought I would be able to deal with this topic without much preparation, but prepositions tend to be complex little creatures to get a hold of, and the topic proved too slippery to deal with fully in this episode, so I have promised to continue the series in the next episode, when we will look at the way prepositions collocate with other words.
So for this episode, I didn’t manage to succeed in my overall mission, but you can see this as like ‘part 1′ in a series about prepositions.
What? Another series? Yes, that’s right! The next episode will focus on ways prepositions collocate with verbs, and will feature an improvised courtroom drama featuring a whole list of verb + preposition collocations. You’ll just have to wait for that one. But for now, join me as I begin to explain prepositions, and end up going on about poor sales techniques and why you shouldn’t buy an iPhone 3 from me. Enjoy!
239. Prepositions: Verb Collocations
In the last episode I attempted to explain ways that prepositions are used in English, and I failed because I wasn’t prepared. I managed to get across the idea that prepositions are complicated because they’re used in combination with other words, and that you had to remember vocabulary in ‘chunks’ but the idea was also to present you with some useful lists of preposition collocations. This time around I’ve done some more preparation. I’ve spent a bit more time on it and so for round 2 I think we should get a proper grip on the subject.
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02-Дек-14 19:46
(спустя 7 дней, ред. 07-Дек-14 15:00)
240. Politicians Avoiding Questions
In this episode we’re going to look at the way politicians deal with tough and challenging questions from TV and radio interviewers. We’ll listen to some examples of politicians avoiding questions in interviews and examine some of the ways they get themselves out of tight situations while also promoting their ideas.
I’m not sure what you think about politics. I don’t talk about it a lot on Luke’s English Podcast. I did an episode a couple of years ago called “82. Votings, Elections, Government“, in which I talk about the political system, and various vocabulary related to politics, voting and elections. Now, a lot of people find politics to be quite boring, and I used to think that too, but more and more (perhaps because I’m growing up finally!) I think that politics is fascinating and really important. I’m particularly keen on watching debates between politicians, and watching the way in which politicians cleverly deal with challenging questions in interviews. It’s fascinating to watch them very skilfully squirm their way out of tight situations, or use all manner of linguistic and rhetorical skills to persuade people live on TV.
British journalists tend to interview politicians in an aggressive manner. Politicians are getting very good at avoiding questions. And this is what I’m particularly interested in studying in this episode of the podcast. How do politicians avoid questions? Let’s have a listen, and find out.
241. Star Wars
"Luke's Film Club" continues with one of my all-time favourites: Star Wars! In this episode I'm going to ramble on about the Star Wars franchise, including the original trilogy (episodes 4-6), the prequel trilogy (episodes 1-3) and the upcoming new trilogy (episodes 7-9). If you're a Star Wars fan, this one's for you! If you don't like Star Wars, I hope this episode will give you some idea of why people are so crazy about these movies.
Contents
In this episode I talk about these things:
– The new Star Wars Episode VII Trailer
– A history of the Star Wars films
– An overview of the storyline for the original trilogy and prequel trilogy
– Some reasons why I like the original films so much
– Some sound effects from the films!
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beerofeel
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beerofeel ·
07-Дек-14 15:02
(спустя 4 дня, ред. 11-Дек-14 17:57)
242. 11 Idioms Only Brits Understand (really?)
This is a slightly rambling and unprepared episode which I made up as I went along, and in the end I talked about a page I found on MatadorNetwork.com called "11 Idioms Only Brits Understand". I don't think that these are exclusively used by Brits, but nevertheless they are some pretty commonly used idioms, so I decided to talk to you about them in this episode. After that I ended up clicking on a few random YouTube videos, playing around with the cockney accent and listening to some music. Enjoy!
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beerofeel
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beerofeel ·
11-Дек-14 19:44
(спустя 4 дня, ред. 16-Дек-14 09:26)
243. A Life-Changing Teaching Experience in Ghana
Hello and welcome to another episode of Luke’s English Podcast! In this episode I’m going to interview my friend Mike Bruce about his recent teaching experience in Ghana in West Africa. Mike is an old friend and colleague of mine, he’s originally from Scotland, although he doesn’t have a particularly strong accent, and he has lived and worked in places all over the world. I’ve known him for about 13 years and he was one of the first people I ever worked with as a language teacher in Japan. Mike has an amazing CV. He’s taught in lots of countries around the world. He’s very highly qualified, and as well as teaching students of English as a second language he also teaches teachers how to teach. So, he’s pretty much a Jedi Master of English teaching in my opinion.
Mike recently came back from a teaching mission in Ghana, and judging by the Facebook photos and statuses, it was quite an epic experience for him. I thought it would be interesting to talk to him about it on Luke’s English Podcast. My aim for this interview is to have a bit of a chat with Mike, just a bit of a chat, introduce him to the LEPsters? LEPans? LEPians?LEPenese? LEPlanders? LEPish? LEPaholics? and then find out about his African teaching experience.
Below you’ll see questions and notes I used during the interview, and a slide show of Mike’s pictures.
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beerofeel
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beerofeel ·
16-Дек-14 09:26
(спустя 4 дня, ред. 23-Дек-14 16:32)
244. Urban Myths
This episode is all about urban myths. Get your thinking hat on in this episode because it’s time to evaluate a few stories and beliefs and decide if they are based in reality or if they’re just the product of an overactive imagination, or rumours, or just plain old-fashioned bullcr*p! I will also teach you some very useful language connected to expressing if you think something is true or not. There are vocabulary notes, transcriptions and more details below. [Download]
In This Episode we will:
Consider what an urban myth actually is
Look at a news story about a commonly held belief from another country (and decide if it’s really true or not)
Look at some useful language – phrases and sentences we use to say “That’s true” or “That’s not true” – useful, natural vocabulary!
Consider some commonly told and surprising ‘facts’ and decide if they’re true
Talk about some of the UK’s favourite superstitions (if we have time – if not, that will be another episode in the future some time)
What’s an urban myth?
Essentially, this is a story or a fact which people spread around as if it is true, but in fact it is probably just made up. Often these urban myths or urban legends are personal stories or anecdotes, typically 2nd hand ones (like, “this happened to a friend of my brother’s girlfriend’s cousin and it’s absolutely true!”) and often involve something horrible, scary and shocking. Urban myths may also be just commonly held beliefs about something which are not based on any real evidence or fact, but are perpetuated out of misinformation, or as a hoax.
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beerofeel
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beerofeel ·
23-Дек-14 16:32
(спустя 7 дней, ред. 03-Янв-15 23:47)
245. Merry Christmas! (+ Other News)
This is just a chance to wish you all a Merry Christmas and to give you a bit of news. There is a video for this episode, featuring 15 minutes of extra footage which I filmed before recording the audio episode. You can watch it below. [Download audio]
I started recording this 15 minutes before starting the podcast, so you’ll see me preparing myself to start recording, and I show you what it’s like to record a podcast in the slightly cramped (and badly lit) conditions of the ‘spacepod’ or ‘sky pod’! Unfortunately, the batteries in my camera ran out after about 30 minutes! Never mind – the audio podcast is my main focus anyway.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVppsIEOA80#t=157
246. Flight Stories
Listen to some stand-up comedy and true stories about flying experiences, learn some vocabulary and consider what makes these comedy routines funny.
Introduction
This episode features a few humourous accounts of people’s experiences on aeroplanes. Why have I chosen this topic? Well, why not? There’s no Christmas connection or anything, it’s just an episode I’ve been thinking about for ages and I finally got around to doing it. Actually, the main reason is so I can play you some stand up comedy, which hopefully you will both learn from and enjoy. I always want to play you some stand up comedy – because it’s brilliant and I want to share it with you! The subject of flying is something that is pretty universal, so I thought there was a good chance you’d be able to relate to it. Also, comedians all seem to have material based on flying. it’s a really common topic for stand-up, precisely because it’s universal but also because it’s a pretty bizarre experience in some ways!
Please be aware that there is some rude language in this episode.
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beerofeel
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beerofeel ·
03-Янв-15 23:48
(спустя 11 дней, ред. 08-Янв-15 19:02)
247. Understanding the USA
This episode is an attempt to understand The USA in more detail, getting beyond the made-up version that we see in movies and on TV in order to get a proper understanding of the country, its culture and its people. I’m joined by an American friend of mine called Sebastian Marx, and during our conversation we go through most of the main events in the history of the USA and discuss some of the most important principles in the story of the country. The ultimate aim: to understand The United States of America.
As well as being a relaxed conversation between friends, this episode is a summary of some of the main ideas and topics that I’ve covered this semester in my university classes, and in fact our conversation deals with some of the most important issues and concepts that will help you to get a proper understanding of the USA.
Speaking to Sebastian in this episode allows me to check some of the thoughts I had about the USA with a genuine American guy, as a way of getting the inside story. Ideally I would like ask all the people of the USA for their opinions, but as I can’t do that I have decided to just ask one American guy for his input, and he isn’t even in America at the moment – but that’s more than good enough for me!
You probably know Sebastian from previous episodes of LEP. He was in 130. A Cup of Tea with Sebastian Marx and also 183. Luke’s D-Day Diary (Part 1). He’s a stand-up comic who performs a one-man show in English and French, entitled “A New Yorker in Paris”, and he’s a very funny and interesting bloke. For more info on Sebastian go to www.sebmarx.com.
As usual, I would like to know your opinions, so if anything occurs to you, please leave your comments below this episode. I’m actually quite pleased with the outcome of this one because I think there is some genuine insight in this episode, even if it is delivered by two guys just having a chat.
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slavon1500
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slavon1500 ·
04-Янв-15 23:50
(спустя 1 день)
А для какого уровня этот подкаст?
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