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Lessons 21 to 30, newest first. Each one is free to listen to. See every lesson on one page.
2.11 - Things in the House - Zapp! English Listening
Alec has a problem with his new bedroom. "the whole room is exactly the length of me", he says, so "my feet touch one wall...when I'm in bed. And my head touches the other". He calls it manageable. That's the tone of this episode: six people describing the rooms they…
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2.18 - Music, Literature & Art - Zapp! English Vocabulary & Pronunciation
Asked whether she'd like her portrait painted, Clare says yes — "I'd love someone to paint my portrait but only if they made me prettier!" — and then admits she has no idea what she'd do with it, because a picture of yourself on your own wall is a bit…
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2.17 - Professions & Kinds of People - Zapp! English Vocabulary & Pronunciation
Halfway through describing a director, Amanda runs out of road: "Or it's also a person who dire...mmm...hold on..." Then the answer arrives anyway. That is the shape of this episode — someone talking her way towards a word in real time, with the pauses and the coughs left in, while…
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2.10 - Describing Things - Zapp! English Listening
One speaker owns almost nothing on purpose. After a friend lost everything she had collected in a fire, Ronny decided "I never wanted to own anything that I couldn’t bear to part with" — and then admits to one exception: a clay Buddha head she has kept for fifty years…
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2.16 - Food (& Ingredients) - Zapp! English Vocabulary & Pronunciation
Ask an English speaker whether they eat raw food and you get a surprisingly detailed answer. In this episode one speaker lists sushi, raw beef and carrots with dips, then admits he'd never touch raw fish himself. Another has never heard that lettuce makes you sleepy, and points out that…
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2.5 - Danger! - Zapp! English Listening
A foot in the water, and it was "absolutely lovely". Then the sea took her out. Sybil is an experienced swimmer and a body surfer, and she still admits: "I should have known better, Katie, but I...I think I got a little ahead of myself." This episode collects three conversations…
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2.15 - Money - Zapp! English Vocabulary & Pronunciation
Katie asks a simple question: how many coins do you have in your pocket right now? Kim's answer comes back fast — "None. None whatsoever." She never puts money in her pockets, and she says she can't understand men who walk around with pockets full of coins and keys. Then…
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2.4 - Friends & Family - Zapp! English Listening
Katie starts one of these conversations by asking two friends to tell her about their best friend — and then undercuts the question straight away: "Have you got any?" The answer comes back flat: "One or two." That dryness runs through the whole episode. Nobody is performing. Two people compare…
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2.3 - Describing People (& Character) - Zapp! English Listening
Katie gives Sybil an awkward job — name the kinds of personality you dislike — and Sybil's first instinct is to resist: "That's very difficult for me because, I like so many people but...I'm going to try hard." They're sitting in the garden, and you can hear the birds behind…
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2.2 - Describing Work Situations - Zapp! English Vocabulary for Work
Katie asks Piotr about his day and gets an honest answer: it was "pretty, pretty rough". Then comes the line that sets up the whole episode — "Another day another dollar, as they say." Katie stops to admire it: "That's a nice expression." From there the two of them work…
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