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Buy me a coffee to say thank you for the podcast! === Ricky and his friends have gotten into the foundation programme, except for Max. It's awkward between them, and nobody wants to talk about it, but eventually Max says he's leaving the football team. They get into an argument, and then a shadow attacks... Today's story is The Shadow Club. This is chapter twelve, The Elephant in the Room. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Shadow12 for the full transcript. Level: Pre-Intermediate. Genre: Action. New Vocabulary: Elephant in the room, Assume, Jealous, Knight, Step down, Shake your head, Pretend, Seagull, Swoop, Distract. Setting: Modern. Word Count: 2178. 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

26 Okt 202129min

Buy me a coffee to say thank you for the podcast! === There is a cat and mouse, and they are very good friends. They live together, and everyone calls them the "Strange Friends". But they must buy food and keep it for winter. So they get a pot of fat, and put it in the church, but the cat gets hungry... Today's story is Strange Friends. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/FriendsInt for the full transcript. You can listen to the beginner version of this story at EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Friends. Level: Intermediate. Genre: Children's. New Vocabulary: Altar, Fantasise, Christening, Anticipation, Spare (Give), ‘Good things come in threes’, From top to bottom, Deter, Gravely, Evoke memories. Setting: Fairytale. Word Count: 1384. 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

19 Okt 202122min

Buy me a coffee to say thank you for the podcast! === Ricky's family goes on holiday to Spain, but all his parents want to do is look around cathedrals. Willow is sad, and Ricky realises that his parents have taken away her Fighting Cats books, so he asks them why. Later on, he gets a text from Larry with some very exciting news... Today's story is The Shadow Club. This is chapter eleven, Fighting Cats and Fighting Bulls. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Shadow11 for the full transcript. Level: Pre-Intermediate. Genre: Action. New Vocabulary: Echo, Apparently, Copy (Media), Share a look, Get the feeling, An escape, Through gritted teeth, Fluent, Foundation programme, Football academy. Setting: Modern. Word Count: 1929. 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

12 Okt 202126min

Buy me a coffee to say thank you for the podcast! === A man is walking on a tightrope between two tall buildings. Everyone is watching. They want him to make it. But one man doesn't want him to make it... Today's story is The Tightrope Walker. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Walker for the full transcript. Level: Beginner. Genre: Action. New Vocabulary: Tightrope, Leak, Drop by drop, Suddenly, Step by step, Worried to death, Imagine, Beauty, Shoot, Break the law, Arrest. Setting: Modern. Word Count: 1147. 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

5 Okt 202119min

Buy me a coffee to say thank you for the podcast! === Everything is very uncomfortable after Mr Burne shouted at The Shadow Club. But they have more important things to worry about: there's a football match this Saturday. They win the game easily, but why can't Ricky feel happy about it? Today's story is The Shadow Club. This is chapter ten, An Easy Game. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Shadow10 for the full transcript. Level: Pre-Intermediate. Genre: Action. New Vocabulary: ‘The tension is so thick you could cut it with a knife’, Awkward, Catholic, Shut up, Weird, Pale, Bible, Tackle, French toast, Girly. Setting: Modern. Word Count: 2185. 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

28 Sep 202130min

Buy me a coffee to say thank you for the podcast! === Misty the Snake loves eating other people's pets. This does not make the people of the United Kingdom happy. So her owner takes her to Brazil, but really she wants to go home to Ghana... Today's story is Misty the Snake. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Misty for the full transcript. Level: Beginner. Genre: Comedy. New Vocabulary: Sneak, Parcel, Queue, Bubble wrap, Marmite, Lick, Ex, Prison bars, Put a bounty on someone’s head, Owner, Tongue. Setting: Modern. Word Count: 1457. 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

21 Sep 202124min

Buy me a coffee to say thank you for the podcast! === The Shadow Club wants to make friends with Sanjeet, so they go with him to the library to read at lunchtime. There, they are shushed again and again by the librarian, Mr Burne. After school, Max goes to pick up a book from the library, and what he finds shocks him... Today's story is The Shadow Club. This is chapter nine, Now We Know. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Shadow9 for the full transcript. Level: Pre-Intermediate. Genre: Action. New Vocabulary: Struggle, Whisper, Incredibly, Paperwork, Tense your muscles, Focus on something, Unconscious, Chew, Vision swims, Bitter. Setting: Modern. Word Count: 2271. 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

14 Sep 202128min

Buy me a coffee to say thank you for the podcast! === Little Peter lives with his old mother, because he doesn't want to work. He decides to make money a different way, by tricking people. But when he tricks his brother Big Peter, things don't go very well... Today's story is Big Peter and Little Peter. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Peter for the full transcript. Level: Beginner. Genre: Philosophical. New Vocabulary: Stupid, Woollen, Priest, Shove, Basket, Tell the future, Let someone out, Chop off, Scared, Heaven. Setting: Fairytale. Word Count: 2016. Author: Norwegian Myths. 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

7 Sep 202127min