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	Podcast:		Practising English
	Episode:		Podcast 206 Victims of Nature - part 1 (B2 Story)
	Category:		Education
	Duration:		00:21:05
	Publish Date:		2024-09-16 06:00:00
	Description:		Send me a text. A Strong B1 and B2-level story based on a real event this summer in the Alpujarra mountain region of Southern Spain (Granada). Words to explain: shepherd = spmebody who looks after sheep in the countryside raft = a small flat boat flock of sheep = a group of sheep waterfall = where water falls vertically down from a high rock B2 phrases to listen for. What is the context of each phrase? 1) The reality of the situation... 2) take charge of... 3) he held on for dear life... 4) What’s the point of... 5) be bored stiff... The vowels (a, e, i, o, u) have been taken out (unless the word begins with a vowel). Read the definition and guess the word in bold. B1-level 1) dsty adj. covered in a fine layer of dirt, sand, etc. 2) shd n. the dark are under a tree, for example, where the sun does not shine. 3) strm n. a small river 4) dprtr n. opposite of arrival, where you leave from, going away 5) end p v. finish, where an event has its end. B2-level 6) unblvbl adj. something you find difficult to think is true 7) pctrsq adj. very pretty scenery e.g. mountains, woods etc. 8) wtty adj. clever with words 9) undrstndbl adj. when you respect somebody's feelings and feel what they say is true 10) thrtnng adj. something that could hurt or harm us, it could be dangerous Read the answers at: https://www.practisingenglish.com/podcast-206.htm 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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