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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 121 Sherlock Holmes The Speckled Band 4

Ten Questions ESL Podcast ·

2017/05/03

LnR 121 Sherlock Holmes The Speckled Band 4 “You can imagine from what I say that my poor sister Julia and I had no great pleasure in our lives. No servant would stay with us, and for a long time we did all the work of the house. She was but thirty at the time of her death, and yet her hair had already begun to whiten, even as mine has.” “Your sister is dead, then?” “She died just two years ago, and it is of her death that I wish to speak to you. You can understand that, living the life which I

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LnR 110 (Casual Language) What did I do?

Ten Questions ESL Podcast ·

2017/05/01

LnR 110 (Casual Language) What did I do? Why? 250 from Baghdad and 5,000 from Sachsen, Germany! If you are from one of these places where I have had a lot of downloads, please send me a message at nancy@missbuswell.com. I’d like to know why there were so many downloads. This has also happened in Ceara, Brazil and in Fujian and other provinces and cities in China. Sometimes I get 100 downloads from one place, but they are 100 different episodes, so I know that one person is downloading a lot. But

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TQ 074 Erin from Virginia

Ten Questions ESL Podcast ·

2017/04/30

TQ 074 Erin from Virginia Erin, 31, has taught in China for several years. She loves sports and exercising. She had a scholarship in field hockey when she studied for her bachelor's degree, and her master's degree (in archeology) was in London. Listen as we talk about ice tea, Ultimate Frisbee, archeology and the Silk Road, and as I show that I don't know the difference between lambs and sheep and mutton! Here are some words that we use that you may not know: Wales, freshman, Brit, specifically,

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LnR 119 Sherlock Holmes The Speckled Band 3

Ten Questions ESL Podcast ·

2017/04/25

LnR 119 Sherlock Holmes The Speckled Band 3 “My name is Helen Stoner, and I am living with my stepfather, who is the last survivor of one of the oldest Saxon families in England, the Roylotts of Stoke Moran, on the western border of Surrey.” Holmes nodded his head. “The name is familiar to me,” said he. “The family was at one time among the richest in England, and the estates extended over the borders into Berkshire in the north, and Hampshire in the west. In the last century, however, four

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LnR 108 (Casual Language) Hong Kong

Ten Questions ESL Podcast ·

2017/04/22

LnR 108 Hong Kong I recorded this in my hotel room in Hong Kong. The sound quality will not be as good as usual, because I recorded it on my laptop without my nice microphone. I brought my microphone with me when I spent two weeks in Vientienne, Laos a couple months ago, but I didn't want to bring the mic with me on a short trip to Hong Kong. A: I heard you took a trip last weekend. B: Yeah, I went to Hong Kong. A: Nice. Was it your first time there? B: Yeah, my first and last time. I didn't like

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TQ 073 Pam from Boston, Massachusetts

Ten Questions ESL Podcast ·

2017/04/19

TQ 073 Pam from Boston, the U.S. This is an older podcast, from about a year and a half ago. It's one of my favorites, because it gives my listeners a chance to hear a wonderful Boston accent! ==== Pam, in her late fifties, is an ESL teacher from the city of Boston. Boston is one of the major cities on the East Coast of the U.S., along with New York and Washington, D.C. Pam speaks with a strong Boston accent and I am so pleased that she agreed to do this interview. It's great for the listeners to

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LnR 117 Sherlock Holmes The Speckled Band 2

Ten Questions ESL Podcast ·

2017/04/17

LnR 117 Sherlock Holmes The Speckled Band 2 “You must not fear,” said he soothingly, bending forward and patting her forearm. “We shall soon set matters right, I have no doubt. You have come in by train this morning, I see.” “You know me, then?” “No, but I observe the second half of a return ticket in the palm of your left glove. You must have started early, and yet you had a good drive in a dog-cart, along heavy roads, before you reached the station.” The lady gave a violent start and stared in

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LnR 106 (Casual Language) Wikipedia

Ten Questions ESL Podcast ·

2017/04/15

LnR 106 (Casual Language) Wikipedia Listen and Repeat: A: Hi there, what are you doing? (Watcha doin'?) B: Oh, hey. I'm working on my paper for World History class. A: Oh, yeah. I finished mine three days ago. It's due tomorrow, you know. B: Yeah, I know. I should've started it last week, but I just kept putting it off. A: You mean you haven't started it yet?! B: Well, I started it an hour ago. I've already written two pages. A: You know we're supposed to write eight to ten pages and use three

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TQ 072 Idair from Spain

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2017/04/13

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LnR 115 Sherlock Holmes: The Speckled Band 1

Ten Questions ESL Podcast ·

2017/04/11

LnR 115 The Speckled Band 1 http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1661 I searched for Sherlock Holmes short stories and found this ranking: http://www.bestofsherlock.com/story/storyhm.htm VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND On glancing over my notes of the seventy odd cases in which I have during the last eight years studied the methods of my friend Sherlock Holmes, I find many tragic, some comic, a large number merely strange, but none commonplace; for, working as he did rather for the love of his

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LnR 104 (Casual Language) Extracurricular Activities

Ten Questions ESL Podcast ·

2017/04/07

LnR 104 Extracurricular Activities Listen and Repeat: A: We had an interesting discussion topic in English class today. B: Oh, yeah? What was it? A: Our teacher told us to talk to our partner about our first jobs. B: That's easy! My first job was working at a KFC when I was 18. It was the summer before I started university. I only worked there two months. Now I can't stand the smell of fried chicken! A: Funny! As for me, I haven't had any kind of job yet. My parents wouldn't let me do anything

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TQ 071 Max from England

Ten Questions ESL Podcast ·

2017/04/05

TQ 071 Max from England This was originally posted over a year ago. However, I have used this podcast and the worksheet in my classes many times. I thought that you would find it useful, if you haven't heard it before. Max teaches in the small city of Hengyang in Hunan Province, China. He stayed with me two nights while he was traveling around southern China. He teaches English at a university, often to students who are older than him, which makes for an interesting class dynamic. He's from

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Homework/Worksheet/Quiz based on TQ 071 Max from England

Ten Questions ESL Podcast ·

2017/04/05

I have used this as a worksheet in class, which the students filled out as they listened to the podcast. I have also used it as a quiz, where the students listened to the podcast at home and then took the quiz in class. It can also be used as homework. If you are not a teacher, you can use it either as a worksheet to see how many answers you can get, or as a quiz to see how many things you can remember.

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LnR 113 To Build a Fire 12

Ten Questions ESL Podcast ·

2017/04/03

LnR 113 from The Ten Questions ESL Podcast From the short story by Jack London Listen and Repeat to improve your English intonation and pronunciation. And all the time the dog ran with him, at his heels. When he fell down a second time, it curled its tail over its forefeet and sat in front of him facing him curiously eager and intent. The warmth and security of the animal angered him, and he cursed it till it flattened down its ears appeasingly. This time the shivering came more quickly upon the

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TQ 070 Shiyi (Eleven) from China

Ten Questions ESL Podcast ·

2017/03/29

TQ 070 Shiyi (Eleven) from China This is from the very beginning of my podcast, in August 2015. I have been posting some of these old interviews when I don't have a new one ready. Also because I have vocabulary and study guides for them, which I think some of you will find useful. I used them in one of my classes last week!

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TQ 070 Eleven from China Transcript, Vocabulary, and...

Ten Questions ESL Podcast ·

2017/03/29

TQ 070 Eleven from China Transcript, Vocabulary, and Discussion Questions This interview was first posted to my podcast in August 2015. I am posting it again because there are many new listeners to my podcast, and because I think some of you will find the transcript, vocabulary and discussion questions useful.

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LnR 111 To Build a Fire 11

Ten Questions ESL Podcast ·

2017/03/27

To Build a Fire 11 From the short story by Jack London A certain fear of death, dull and oppressive, came to him. This fear quickly became poignant as he realized that it was no longer a mere matter of freezing his fingers and toes, or of losing his hands and feet, but that it was a matter of life and death with the chances against him. This threw him into a panic, and he turned and ran up the creek-bed along the old, dim trail. The dog joined in behind and kept up with him. He ran blindly,

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TQ 069 Mel from England

Ten Questions ESL Podcast ·

2017/03/25

TQ 069 Mel from England Mel is from the Isle of Wight, which is a small island off the southern coast of England. After she finished her studies in chemistry she started traveling. Her main form of transportation is hitchhiking and she often stays with people on couchsurfing.org. Listen as we talk about the novel "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville, the Brexit, and as she says that she is uncomfortable with being comfortable! Note: In this interview I spell the word "carnival" wrong. However, I looked it

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LnR 109 To Build a Fire 10

Ten Questions ESL Podcast ·

2017/03/18

To Build a Fire 10 From the short story by Jack London LnR 109 from The Ten Questions ESL Podcast Listen and Repeat to improve your English pronunciation and intonation. The man sat up in the snow for a moment and struggled for calmness. Then he pulled on his mittens, by means of his teeth, and got upon his feet. He glanced down at first in order to assure himself that he was really standing up, for the absence of sensation in his feet left him unrelated to the earth. His erect position in itself

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LnR 107 To Build a Fire 9

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2017/03/13

LnR 107 To Build a Fire 9 From the short story by Jack London Listen and Repeat to improve your English pronunciation and intonation The old-timer on Sulphur Creek was right, he thought in the moment of controlled despair that ensued: after fifty below, a man should travel with a partner. He beat his hands, but failed in exciting any sensation. Suddenly he bared both hands, removing the mittens with his teeth. He caught the whole bunch between the heels of his hands. His arm-muscles not being

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