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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 comprehension and English accent (intonation). I produce two kinds of podcast episodes. 1) TQ: My original idea was the Ten Questions ESL Podcast. I interview native and non-native English speakers and ask

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LnR 044 I caught a cold (Replay)

Ten Questions ESL Podcast ·

2018/07/29

LnR 044 I caught a cold (Replay) *** This episode is from two years ago. I don't have a cold now. :-) I wrote this dialogue because I've been a bit under the weather lately. I thought I had a cold, but it turned into a mild sinus infection. I will survive. :-) This is just a short podcast, and I didn't take the time to edit out when I had to cough. Fortunately, I just had to cough one time. This is a dialogue between two people who work together: A: Hi, Melinda. I didn't see you yesterday. B: Yeah

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25:31

TQ 053 Rob from Vancouver, Canada (Replay)

Ten Questions ESL Podcast ·

2018/07/25

I'm still at my mother's house in the U.S. I plan to interview her for next week's TQ podcast. Here's an older one with my former neighbor Rob. We were co-workers for two years, and now he's going to another city in China and I will stay in Nanning for another year (or two). TQ 053 Rob from Vancouver, Canada (Replay) Rob, 34, is married to a woman from the Philippines and is from Vancouver, Canada. He taught in Korea for many years and is now my next-door neighbor in Nanning, China. If you listen

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LnR Around the World in Eighty Days 5

Ten Questions ESL Podcast ·

2018/07/23

LnR Around the World in Eighty Days 5 Listen and Repeat to improve your English language pronunciation and intonation. The mansion in Saville Row, though not sumptuous, was exceedingly comfortable. The habits of its occupant were such as to demand but little from the sole domestic, but Phileas Fogg required him to be almost superhumanly prompt and regular. On this very 2nd of October he had dismissed James Forster, because that luckless youth had brought him shaving-water at eighty-four degrees

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TQ 022 Gavin from England (Replay)

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2018/07/05

I'm home in the U.S. now! My brother met me at the airport, and then drove me 2 1/2 hours to our mother's house. It was great to see my mother and her three cats again. . . and my brother and his cat! Yes, at the moment there are four cats at home. Wow, that's a lot of cats. :-) I'm not able to send you the last interview I had, with a hitchhiker from Singapore, because it's on the good Dell laptop that stopped working a week ago. I'm writing this on a brand new Lenovo laptop that I ordered from

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LnR Around the World in Eighty Days 4

Ten Questions ESL Podcast ·

2018/07/02

LnR Around the World in Eighty Days 4 It was at least certain that Phileas Fogg had not absented himself from London for many years. Those who were honoured by a better acquaintance with him than the rest, declared that nobody could pretend to have ever seen him anywhere else. His sole pastimes were reading the papers and playing whist. He often won at this game, which, as a silent one, harmonised with his nature; but his winnings never went into his purse, being reserved as a fund for his

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LnR 040 It's a long story! (Replay)

Ten Questions ESL Podcast ·

2018/07/01

I'm leaving for the U.S. this afternoon! It will be great to see my mother and her cats again! My brother, the one who teachers drama at a high school, will also be home for a short while. LnR 040 It's a long story! (Replay) It's a long story" can have three possible meanings: 1) the literal meaning is that it might take too long to tell the story; 2) I don't want to talk about it; and 3) It's none of your business! In this dialogue it just means that it takes time to tell the story. Two friends are

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24:19

TQ 055 William from Malaysia (Replay)

Ten Questions ESL Podcast ·

2018/06/29

Hi everyone! I was going to edit a new interview I had done with a hitchhiker from Singapore who stayed with me for two days. But my computer won't start! I think the problem is the fake Windows operating system that the technician installed in the computer when I had a hard drive failure six months ago. So now my laptop won't work, but at least I can still use this old desktop computer. I have to give you another old interview, with a young man from a warm country (Malaysia) who was traveling north

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LnR Around the World in Eighty Days 3

Ten Questions ESL Podcast ·

2018/06/25

LnR Around the World in Eighty Days 3 Was Phileas Fogg rich? Undoubtedly. But those who knew him best could not imagine how he had made his fortune, and Mr. Fogg was the last person to whom to apply for the information. He was not lavish, nor, on the contrary, avaricious; for, whenever he knew that money was needed for a noble, useful, or benevolent purpose, he supplied it quietly and sometimes anonymously. He was, in short, the least communicative of men. He talked very little, and seemed all the

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LnR 038 I'm afraid (Replay)

Ten Questions ESL Podcast ·

2018/06/23

LnR 038 I'm afraid (Replay) This podcast episode is from March, 2016. You can listen and repeat using two dialogues. The first one uses "afraid" in the normal way and the second one uses it to make bad news seem softer. Two friends are talking: A: What are you afraid of? B: I'm not afraid of anything! A: What are you (whatcha) talking about? Last week you screamed when you saw a spider. B: I didn't know you saw that. Yes, spiders scare me to death. What about you? A: I don't like spiders, or rats,

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TQ 104 Marcelo from El Salvador, Central America

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2018/06/20

TQ 104 Marcelo from El Salvador, Central America Marcelo spent several days with me in my apartment in Nanning, China. He rested, relaxed, and did some research on China. He has been cycling around the world for the last six years! He entered China from Vietnam and is on his way north. His home country, El Salvador is very small in size, and has a population of only 7 million. He talks about the problem he has at some borders, because the border guards have never heard of his country! Listen as he

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LnR Around the World in Eighty Days 2

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2018/06/18

LnR Around the World in Eighty Days 2 He certainly was not a manufacturer; nor was he a merchant or a gentleman farmer. His name was strange to the scientific and learned societies, and he never was known to take part in the sage deliberations of the Royal Institution or the London Institution, the Artisan's Association, or the Institution of Arts and Sciences. He belonged, in fact, to none of the numerous societies which swarm in the English capital, from the Harmonic to that of the Entomologists,

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LnR Around the World in Eighty Days 1

Ten Questions ESL Podcast ·

2018/06/12

LnR Around the World in Eighty Days 1 by Jules Verne ((1826-1905) Written in 1872 Chapter I Mr. Phileas Fogg lived, in 1872, at No. 7, Saville Row, Burlington Gardens, the house in which Sheridan died in 1814. He was one of the most noticeable members of the Reform Club, though he seemed always to avoid attracting attention; an enigmatical personage, about whom little was known, except that he was a polished man of the world. People said that he resembled Byron—at least that his head was Byronic;

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LnR 034 OMG! (Replay)

Ten Questions ESL Podcast ·

2018/06/08

This is a replay of a podcast I posted over two years ago. It's based on a quiz I gave my students at that time. At the end of the dialogue, the students say that they listen to my podcasts every day, but they are just trying to flatter me. On the other hand, a former student of mine told me last night that he's been listening to my podcasts to help him prepare for the IELTS speaking exam. Thanks, David! That's really encouraging. :-) LnR 034 OMG! (Replay) In this episode I talk about words like

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LnR 027 Two poems by Walt Whitman (Replay)

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2018/05/30

LnR 027 Two poems by Walt Whitman (Replay) Walt Whitman, 1819 - 1892 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/walt-whitman#poet O Captain! My Captain! O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring; But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red,

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LnR 024 Whaddaya wanna do? (Replay)

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2018/05/27

LnR 024 Whaddaya wanna do? (Replay) OK, I have to admit it . . . I talked too much in this one! :-) Two university friends are talking about their summer plans: A: Hey, whatcha gonna do this summer? [This is how it's pronounced. Remember, NEVER EVER write this in an essay for your English teacher or an email to your client or customer! We don't write this way, but we speak this way. I'm writing it here so you see how we say these words.] B: Well, I failed calculus, so I have to take it again during

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TQ 103 Stephanie from the US, France and Belgium

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2018/05/24

TQ 103 Stephanie from the US, France, and Belgium I think you'll really enjoy this new interview! Stephanie is young, but has had many experiences in her life. She has taught ESL in Libya, Turkey and China. Her family history is very interesting, with an American father, a French mother and an Algerian grandfather. She is trilingual (three languages): English, French and Dutch (Flemish) and also knows some Arabic. Listen as she talks about her family history, living in Libya, and her "bucket list"

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LnR 025 Emma by Jane Austin (Replay)

Ten Questions ESL Podcast ·

2018/05/14

I'm having a lot of problems with my internet! The internet connection in my apartment stopped working ten days ago. Fortunately my neighbor lets me use his wifi, but it's not a strong connection. We'll see how long it takes to upload this podcast! LnR 025 Emma by Jane Austin (Replay) Jane Austin: 1775-1817 http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/158 Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had

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TQ 052 Masato from Japan (Replay)

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2018/05/03

TQ 052 Masato from Japan (Replay) Masato is only 20 years old, but he is on a round-the-world trip for six months! He is taking a break from his university studies so that he can travel and see new things. He is from Fukushima Prefecture, which is where the terrible earthquake and tsunami hit a few years ago. Listen as we talk about his trip, two interesting places (Kyoto, Japan and Mongolia) and Ramen noodles. Please note that Masato speaks English with a strong Japanese accent. It might be hard

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LnR 023 Dracula by Bram Stoker (Replay)

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2018/05/01

LnR 023 Dracula by Bram Stoker (Replay) Bram Stoker: 11847-1912 http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/345 3 May. Bistritz.—Left Munich at 8:35 P. M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late. Buda-Pest seems a wonderful place, from the glimpse which I got of it from the train and the little I could walk through the streets. I feared to go very far from the station, as we had arrived late and would start as near the correct time as possible

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LnR 022 Watcha doin? (Replay)

Ten Questions ESL Podcast ·

2018/04/29

This episode is from two years ago, during the Chinese New Year break in January and February. Now it's the end of April, 2018. Here in southern China, we've had a whole month of holidays, it seems! At the beginning of the month, we had three days for the Qingming (Tomb-Sweeping) Festival, then a couple weeks ago my province of Guangxi had a five-day holiday for a local Zhuang minority festival, and now I'm on another three-day break for May 1! All of these holidays mess up my teaching schedule

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