Two older women went on trial last month. Two women in their seventies stood trial last month. Here is their story. Here is what happened. They made friends with a homeless man. They befriended a homeless man. They helped him find a place to live. They helped him with finding a place to live. They gave him money for rent and food. They contributed toward his rent and food costs. The man considered the women to be friends. The man looked upon the women as friends. He wasn’t at all suspicious of them. He didn’t harbor any suspicions about them. The women took out several insurance policies on his life. The women insured his life with a number of policies. For two years they stayed close friends with him. They were good friends to him for two years. One night he was struck by a car that fled the scene. One night he was run down by a hit-and-run driver. The injuries were fatal. He died from his injuries. The women collected on the insurance policies. The women got the proceeds of the insurance policies. Because the policies were two years old, no one took particular notice. Since the policies had been in force for two years, no eyebrows were raised. Six years later, another man died in a similar accident. Six years later, another man had a similar fatal accident. The same two women collected on his life insurance policies. The same two women were the beneficiaries of his life insurance policies. An investigator found out about the similar accident six years before. An investigator heard about the similar accident six years previously. As a result of his work the women were arrested and charged with murder. His work led to the women’s arrest on a charge of murder. They were tried and the jury arrived at a verdict of guilty. They stood trial and the jury found the women guilty as charged. They will spend the rest of their lives in jail. They will be imprisoned for the rest of their lives. Less

Learn English for free with podcasts.
ESL Aloud

Copyright: All rights reserved by creator

Today’s sentence Hello again. How are you today? Here’s the latest in the series on uses of the verbs do and make. You’re making fun of me. Notes To make fun of someone means to laugh (unkindly) at someone. If you make cruel / unkind jokes about someone, you are “making fun” of them. Making fun of someone doesn’t necessarily have to be really nasty or cruel. It might only be an attempt at being funny. However, it’s generally not nice if someone makes fun of you. Right: we’ll start looking at how to use the verb do tomorrow. See you then! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2008 Less

Learn English for free with podcasts.
Linguagum – Learn English faster!

Copyright: All rights reserved by creator

Two older women went on trial last month. Two women in their seventies stood trial last month. Here is their story. Here is what happened. They made friends with a homeless man. They befriended a homeless man. They helped him find a place to live. They helped him with finding a place to live. They gave him money for rent and food. They contributed toward his rent and food costs. The man considered the women to be friends. The man looked upon the women as friends. He wasn’t at all suspicious of them. He didn’t harbor any suspicions about them. The women took out several insurance policies on his life. The women insured his life with a number of policies. For two years they stayed close friends with him. They were good friends to him for two years. One night he was struck by a car that fled the scene. One night he was run down by a hit-and-run driver. The injuries were fatal. He died from his injuries. The women collected on the insurance policies. The women got the proceeds of the insurance policies. Because the policies were two years old, no one took particular notice. Since the policies had been in force for two years, no eyebrows were raised. Six years later, another man died in a similar accident. Six years later, another man had a similar fatal accident. The same two women collected on his life insurance policies. The same two women were the beneficiaries of his life insurance policies. An investigator found out about the similar accident six years before. An investigator heard about the similar accident six years previously. As a result of his work the women were arrested and charged with murder. His work led to the women’s arrest on a charge of murder. They were tried and the jury arrived at a verdict of guilty. They stood trial and the jury found the women guilty as charged. They will spend the rest of their lives in jail. They will be imprisoned for the rest of their lives. Less

Learn English for free with podcasts.
ESL Aloud

Copyright: All rights reserved by creator

Download audio file (documentary.mp3) at irp Mark: So you are making a documentary? French Guy: Yes. Bjorn: Yeah right. Mark: Yes? Where are you from? Bjorn: The basic crew is from Germany. Mark: M-hm. Bjorn: I am from Switzerland. Our main re-enacter is from France. And another protagonist is is also from France. Mark: Right so you are French, Swiss and German. Bjorn: Yes. It is basically German. It is a German crew. Mark: Everybody is speaking English though (able to speak English). French Guy: Yes. Bjorn: Yes. Mark: What part of Switzerland do you come from? Bjorn: I am from Bern. The Swiss-German part. Mark: So you are a German (speaker)? Bjorn: Yeah. Swiss-German and I have been living for fifteen years in Munich. Mark: What is the documentary about? Bjorn: Ok. The documentary is about the character of Henri Le Saut. He is a French monk born in 1910. Mark: Uh-huh. Bjorn: In forty-nine he moved in a mission for the Benedictine… Mark: Ah He is a Christian. Bjorn: Yeah. Christian monk. Benedictine monk from Brittany in France. He moved to India in order to mission the Hindus. Mark: Right. Bjorn: In order to understand the deeper meaning of hinduism. Mark: M-hm Bjorn: He went deeper and deeper into the Vedas and eventually turned sanyasin. Mark: Really? Bjorn: However without leaving his Benedictine.. Mark and Bjorn: Order. Mark: Right. Bjorn: It would not be such an amazing case but he left a lot of writings and he wrote a lot of books about this ambiguity and this sort of being torn between two religions but eventually he did not want to serve any of the religions but he wanted to look for God. Mark: To serve God. Right. Bjorn: To serve God. Yeah. So he lived here from forty-nine to seventy-three. He never went back. Mark: Right Bjorn: Although he was invited to lots of times. He led a very simple and full life and he left a lot of writings and so we… This is the third time we have been in India. We have been here two years ago in Rishikesh. We were last year in south India in Tiranamalai ..where the ashram of Ramana Maharshi is; where he was a scholar. he had his self realization through Ramana Mahashi. So he had a really deep religious and spiritual experience in his ashram there. Mark: Great. Bjorn: And later on he moved to northern India. Mark: Uh-huh. Bjorn: And he made a sort of pilgrimage to the source of the Ganges…to Gangotri where we just have just been re-enacting lots of things with Christian, our re-enactor of Henri le Saut. Mark: Right. Bjorn: So we are trying to get bits and things together on this small indie movie level. Mark: It is just an independent movie? Bjorn: Yeah it is an independent movie and we are trying to put together a ninety minute documentary. Mark: When do you think you will finish? Bjorn: I think honestly it is going to be another one and a half years. Mark: Well. Good luck! Bjorn: Thank you. acting, adverbs, ashram, australian accent, Benedictine, Catholic Church, documentary, film, finishing sentences, france, future going to tense, future will tense, Ganges, Gangotri, german language, Germany, Henri Le Saut, hindu, hinduism, India, interruption, monk, movie, movie making, past simple tense, pragmatics, present continuous tense, present perfect continuous tense, present simple tense, Ramana Mahashi, real conversations, religion, sanyasin, Switzerland, time and numbers, Vedas, would, writing, years Less

Learn English for free with podcasts.
English Conversations

Copyright: All rights reserved by creator

Today’s sentence Hi – how’s it going? Today we’re starting a new theme. We’re going to look at uses of the verbs do and make. You’re making a fuss about nothing. Notes Basically, make means create. To make a fuss means to give too much importance to something. e.g. You are going out and your mother says: “fasten your coat; it’s cold outside. Where’s your hat? Where are your gloves? Where are you going? Be back by 6.00.” Etc. And you’re only going to the shops. She’s making a fuss. Is this a very sexist example? Probably. Sorry. To make a fuss about nothing means to give a lot of importance to something which is completely unimportant. OK, I hope that was useful. Don’t go away – we’ll continue with this theme tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2008 Less

Learn English for free with podcasts.
Linguagum – Learn English faster!

Copyright: All rights reserved by creator

Today’s sentence Hi – how’s it going? Today we’re starting a new theme. We’re going to look at uses of the verbs do and make. You’re making a fuss about nothing. Notes Basically, make means create. To make a fuss means to give too much importance to something. e.g. You are going out and your mother says: “fasten your coat; it’s cold outside. Where’s your hat? Where are your gloves? Where are you going? Be back by 6.00.” Etc. And you’re only going to the shops. She’s making a fuss. Is this a very sexist example? Probably. Sorry. To make a fuss about nothing means to give a lot of importance to something which is completely unimportant. OK, I hope that was useful. Don’t go away – we’ll continue with this theme tomorrow. Bye! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2008 Less

Learn English for free with podcasts.
Linguagum – Learn English faster!

Copyright: All rights reserved by creator

Today’s sentence Hi. How’s it going? We’re starting a new series today. We’re going to be looking at words which have the same spelling but different pronunciations and meanings. We’re making a lot of progress. Notes Progress. It’s a noun. It means: Advancement / improvement / change for the better. For example, maybe I’m talking about a work project. We’ve started it and it’s going well. We’ve done a lot of it already. Listen again to the recording. The pronunciation is progress. If progress were a verb, how do you think it would be pronounced? Find out tomorrow! See you then! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Less

Learn English for free with podcasts.
Linguagum – Learn English faster!

Copyright: All rights reserved by creator

Today’s sentence Hi. How’s it going? We’re starting a new series today. We’re going to be looking at words which have the same spelling but different pronunciations and meanings. We’re making a lot of progress. Notes Progress. It’s a noun. It means: Advancement / improvement / change for the better. For example, maybe I’m talking about a work project. We’ve started it and it’s going well. We’ve done a lot of it already. Listen again to the recording. The pronunciation is progress. If progress were a verb, how do you think it would be pronounced? Find out tomorrow! See you then! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Less

Learn English for free with podcasts.
Linguagum – Learn English faster!

Copyright: All rights reserved by creator

Today’s sentence Hi. How’s it going? We’re starting a new series today. We’re going to be looking at words which have the same spelling but different pronunciations and meanings. We’re making a lot of progress. Notes Progress. It’s a noun. It means: Advancement / improvement / change for the better. For example, maybe I’m talking about a work project. We’ve started it and it’s going well. We’ve done a lot of it already. Listen again to the recording. The pronunciation is progress. If progress were a verb, how do you think it would be pronounced? Find out tomorrow! See you then! Search Linguagum for more English tips, check out our very useful links and our shop! And please, tell us what you think of us! Text and audio © linguagum.com 2006-2009 Less

Learn English for free with podcasts.
Linguagum – Learn English faster!

Copyright: All rights reserved by creator

Learn English for free with podcasts.
Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

Copyright: All rights reserved by creator