The ESLPod Blog (page 134)
- Life in the United States
5 Things You Didn’t Hear When You Graduated
What advice would you give a young person who is about to graduate from (finish; complete) college in 2012? Last year I talked about the tradition of commencement speeches at American colleges. A…
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Podcasts This Week (April 23, 2012)
ON MONDAY ESL Podcast 784 – Socializing With Clients
- Life in the United States
Let’s Go to Coachella!
For two weekends every April, the town of Indio in the Coachella Valley (a low area of land between hills or mountains) becomes a happening (fashionable, popular) place. More than 75,000 will flock…
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Podcasts This Week (April 16, 2012)
ON MONDAY ESL Podcast 782 – Expressing Bitter Feelings
- Technology
Art in the 21st Century
I’ve recently started reading a book by English historian Paul Johnson called Art: A New History . I confess (tell you a secret) that I don’t know very much about art, although I took a class in art…
- Life in the United States
Some Wars Make Me Hungry
A recent New York Times article brought to mind (made me remember) some early memories, memories of a different kind of war, called price wars. Price wars begin when one business drops (reduces) its…
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Podcasts This Week (April 2, 2012)
ESL Podcast 778 – Getting Your Pocket Picked In the Learning Guide: Get a full transcript (written version of every word you hear), vocabulary list and sample sentences, and comprehension questions.…
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Podcasts This Week (March 26, 2012)
ON MONDAY ESL Podcast 776 – Getting Praise and Recognition



