Easy Stories in English

Ariel Goodbody, Polyglot English Teacher & Glassbox Media
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Aug 24, 2021 • 25min

The King's New Clothes (Intermediate)

Buy me a coffee to say thank you for the podcast! === The King is obsessed with clothes, so when two weavers promise to make him a magical outfit, he is thrilled. The cloth cannot be seen by those who are stupid or unfit for office. There's just one problem: nobody in the castle can see it! Are these weavers really who they say they are? Today's story is The King's New Clothes. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/King for the full transcript. Level: Intermediate. Genre: Action. New Vocabulary: Outfit, Rule, Thread, Weave, Trickster, Unfit for office, Loom, Moth, Adviser, Knight (verb), Train (clothes). Setting: Fairytale. Word Count: 1772. Author: Fairy Tales. If you enjoy the podcast, please consider supporting me on Patreon. For just a few dollars a month you can get extra episodes, conversational podcasts, exercises, and much more. Support Easy Stories in English by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/easystoriesinenglish Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Aug 17, 2021 • 27min

The Shadow Club #7: A Group Project

Buy me a coffee to say thank you for the podcast! === Bethany has joined The Shadow Club, and she's annoying everyone. But she has some ideas about how the shadows are working, and tells them they need to choose weapons. In history class, Mr Pearson gives them a group project, and while working on it, they meet the horrible librarian, Mr Burne... Today's story is The Shadow Club. This is chapter seven, A Group Project. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Shadow7 for the full transcript. Level: Pre-Intermediate. Genre: Action. New Vocabulary: Lean, Caveman, Librarian, Traumatised, Swear (bad language), Weapon, Lying around, Middle Ages, Sword, Negative. Setting: Modern. Word Count: 1855. Author: Ariel Goodbody. If you enjoy the podcast, please consider supporting me on Patreon. For just a few dollars a month you can get extra episodes, conversational podcasts, exercises, and much more. Support Easy Stories in English by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/easystoriesinenglish Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Aug 10, 2021 • 41min

Jack and the Beanstalk (Intermediate)

Buy me a coffee to say thank you for the podcast! === Jack's parents are old, and are always talking about how great things were in the past. But now, their house is falling apart, and they have nothing to eat. Jack goes to sell their cow, and a witch trades him some magic beans. The next day, a huge beanstalk grows in the garden, and Jack climbs up... Today's story is Jack and the Beanstalk. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Jack for the full transcript. Level: Intermediate. Genre: Action. New Vocabulary: Mansion, Glory, Goose, Harp, Giant, Witch, Beanstalk, Axe, Chop down, Stomp, Grind, Enchant. Setting: Fairytale. Word Count: 3748. Author: Fairy Tales. If you enjoy the podcast, please consider supporting me on Patreon. For just a few dollars a month you can get extra episodes, conversational podcasts, exercises, and much more. Support Easy Stories in English by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/easystoriesinenglish Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Aug 3, 2021 • 31min

The Shadow Club #6: Just a Stick

Buy me a coffee to say thank you for the podcast! === Larry sees a shadow in the bathroom, but when they look, it's disappeared. Bethany is following them and asking what they're looking for. Finally, they see the kid who Ms Knight shouted at, and when they're talking to him, something happens... Today's story is The Shadow Club. This is chapter six, Just a Stick. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Shadow6 for the full transcript. Level: Pre-Intermediate. Genre: Action. New Vocabulary: Hip, More or less, Intimidate, Beat someone up, Say hopefully, Tail, Dodge, Distract, Swing, Stab. Setting: Modern. Word Count: 2321. Author: Ariel Goodbody. If you enjoy the podcast, please consider supporting me on Patreon. For just a few dollars a month you can get extra episodes, conversational podcasts, exercises, and much more. Support Easy Stories in English by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/easystoriesinenglish Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jul 27, 2021 • 33min

A Holiday Gone Wrong (Intermediate)

Buy me a coffee to say thank you for the podcast! === A tourist goes to a small village in Japan because it's part of a TV show he loves. He looks around, remembering all the horrible things that happened in the horror show, but just when he's about to take a picture, he falls down a hill... Today's story is A Holiday Gone Wrong. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Holiday for the full transcript. Level: Intermediate. Genre: Horror. New Vocabulary: Curse, Shinto shrine, Mecca, Guts, Cicada, Jet lag, Chopsticks, Incense, Crow, Ritual. Setting: Fairytale. Word Count: 2620. Author: Ariel Goodbody. If you enjoy the podcast, please consider supporting me on Patreon. For just a few dollars a month you can get extra episodes, conversational podcasts, exercises, and much more. Support Easy Stories in English by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/easystoriesinenglish Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jul 20, 2021 • 28min

The Shadow Club #5: Bullies or Heroes?

Buy me a coffee to say thank you for the podcast! === Ricky revises with Max, and they finally have their chemistry exam. Afterwards, they have their first official Shadow Club meeting. They don't find shadows, but they do find a kid crying in the toilet, who seems unnaturally fast... Today's story is The Shadow Club. This is chapter five, Bullies or Heroes?. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Shadow5 for the full transcript. Level: Pre-Intermediate. Genre: Action. New Vocabulary: Review, Tutor group, Element, Flush, Mark (exams), Catch up on something, Consider the possibility, Stomp, Do your business, Cubicle, Bully. Setting: Modern. Word Count: 1810. Author: Ariel Goodbody. If you enjoy the podcast, please consider supporting me on Patreon. For just a few dollars a month you can get extra episodes, conversational podcasts, exercises, and much more. Support Easy Stories in English by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/easystoriesinenglish Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jul 13, 2021 • 41min

Why You Must Read (Introduction to my new book)

Buy me a coffee to say thank you for the podcast! === In today's episode, I read you the introduction to my new book, Easy Stories in English, in two different levels. Find out why reading is the BEST way to improve your English, and the best way to do it! Today's episode is Why You Must Read. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Read for the full transcript. Level: Beginner; Intermediate. Genre: Other. New Vocabulary: Pleasure, Experiment, Crime, Silence, Naturally, Novel, Science fiction, Translation, Expert, Follow a story; Proficiency, Train your ear, Juvenile delinquent reform centre, Replicate a study, Memorise, Second language acquisition, No shame in, Comprehensible, “Don’t sweat it”, Contradict. Setting: Other. Word Count: 3459. Author: Ariel Goodbody. If you enjoy the podcast, please consider supporting me on Patreon. For just a few dollars a month you can get extra episodes, conversational podcasts, exercises, and much more. Support Easy Stories in English by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/easystoriesinenglish Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jul 6, 2021 • 28min

The Shadow Club #4: Hunting for Shadows

Buy me a coffee to say thank you for the podcast! === The Shadow Club starts looking for shadows around the school, but they can't find any. One of their teammates, Bethany, asks what they're doing, and Ricky gets a horrible piece of English homework. Today's story is The Shadow Club. This is chapter four, Hunting for Shadows. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Shadow4 for the full transcript. Level: Pre-Intermediate. Genre: Action. New Vocabulary: Daft, Bench, Loser, Patrol, Split up, Chapel, Knock over, Hairs stand on end, Bend back, Cross your arms. Setting: Modern. Word Count: 1851. Author: Ariel Goodbody. If you enjoy the podcast, please consider supporting me on Patreon. For just a few dollars a month you can get extra episodes, conversational podcasts, exercises, and much more. Support Easy Stories in English by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/easystoriesinenglish Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jun 29, 2021 • 27min

The Little Frog with the Big Mouth (Pre-Intermediate)

Buy me a coffee to say thank you for the podcast! === A little frog with a big mouth lives in the forest. Every day, he eats flies for breakfast, lunch and dinner. One day, he decides he does not want to eat flies anymore, so he goes out to find other food. But he finds more than he asked for... Today's story is The Little Frog with the Big Mouth. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Frog3 for the full transcript. This is a levelled-up version of the story. You can listener to the beginner level at EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Frog2. Level: Pre-Intermediate. Genre: Children's. New Vocabulary: Cut in half, Watermelon, Creepy, X o’clock sharp, Nap, Feather, Worm, Hop, Hay, Lick your lips. Setting: Fairytale. Word Count: 1269. Author: Ariel Goodbody. If you enjoy the podcast, please consider supporting me on Patreon. For just a few dollars a month you can get extra episodes, conversational podcasts, exercises, and much more. Support Easy Stories in English by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/easystoriesinenglish Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jun 22, 2021 • 27min

The Shadow Club #3: A Strange Kind of Club

Buy me a coffee to say thank you for the podcast! === Ricky, Max and Larry fight the monster on the football field. None of the other players can see it, though. Afterwards, they discuss what they saw. They decide that they have to do something about these monsters... Today's story is The Shadow Club. This is chapter three, A Strange Kind of Club. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Shadow3 for the full transcript. Level: Pre-Intermediate. Genre: Action. New Vocabulary: Swipe, Overhead, Lunge, Chest, Mark (damage), Slide, Whistle (object), Timeout, Hesitate, Give up on something. Setting: Modern. Word Count: 1863. Author: Ariel Goodbody. If you enjoy the podcast, please consider supporting me on Patreon. For just a few dollars a month you can get extra episodes, conversational podcasts, exercises, and much more. Support Easy Stories in English by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/easystoriesinenglish Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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