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This podcast is for English learners who want to practice their listening comprehension in a natural way. In each episode, an American speaker talks about different topics without reading a script. He speaks in a natural way, with native words and phrases, but he speaks a little more slowly and clearly than other native speakers. Each episode includes the transcript, which you can use to help you understand the speaker. If you want my advanced podcast episodes and my specialized training, th ...
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These are the four comprehension questions to read before you listen to the story.
1) What was the first thing Nigel did when he went into the shower?
2) What did Nigel decide not to have for breakfast that day?
3) Why did Nigel lose his job?
4) What reason did the doctor give for Nigel's death?
Answers are given at the end of the podcast
For complete transcript of the story, go to: https://www.practisingenglish.com/podcast-237.htm
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Mike Bilbrough (Secondary school English teacher and Doctor in English philology)
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