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	Podcast:		Practising English
	Episode:		Podcast 191 The Breath of the Mosquito (Part 1) B1 story
	Category:		Education
	Duration:		00:26:19
	Publish Date:		2024-05-26 21:00:00
	Description:		Send us a Text Message. This is a B1-level short story in two parts. Professor Mathew Pearson, a paleontologist and professor at Oxford University, made an incredible discovery when he found a skull. Tests are done and the results are extremely surprising... Technical vocabulary in the story Prehistory / A prehistoric scene paleontology fossils The Jurassic period (finished 145 million years ago) The Eocene period (finished 33m years ago) skull The prehistoric animal mentioned in the story is a sarkastodon. B1 vocabulary I discuss at the beginning before the story starts The weather forecast seriously hurting the planet spectacularly beautiful buildings A friend had introduced them to each other. Christine had encouraged him to keep on going. explain in detail We must keep it a secret. changed the subject taking all this extremely seriously Sorry, if I kept you waiting! 'I don’t think I’ve had the pleasure,’ said Mathew. There was an embarrassing pause. without any doubt Listen for these phrases and enjoy the story. At https://www.practisingenglish.com/ I offer learners of intermediate-level English, grammar help and exercises and other English learning pages. https://www.practisingenglish.com/ My latest novel for learners of B2 English is called The Tudor Conspiracy. You can see it on Amazon here: https://amzn.to/33Axu2N https://amzn.to/33Axu2N Be back soon with another podcast! Mike Bilbrough (Secondary school English teacher and Doctor in English philology)
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