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258. The Climbing Accident (B1 Story)

Category: Education
Duration: 00:23:06
Publish Date: 2025-09-17 19:00:00
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I'm back from my holidays!

Today I'm publishing the first B1 podcast of season 5 - five years helping intermediate students pass Cambridge exams.

I also have news of my new book just published on Amazon "B1 English Vocabulary Builder" 22 Short Stories for Learning the Words and Phrases 
Students Need to Pass the B1 Exam. 

Hear more on the podcast!

The story audioscript is here:

A Climbing Accident

My name is Mary, and I love mountain climbing. My friend John and I travel abroad a lot to climb and hike. However, we were absent from work today because of an accident. All I remembered was waking up in hospital beside John. According to the doctor, the accident had happened while we were hiking in the Alps.

We had found accommodation in a small hotel in the mountains. The views were amazing. However, the weather had changed quickly. According to the weather forecast, it wasn’t going to snow that day. That hadn’t been accurate.

Still, we climbed. That was not acceptable because we could see dark clouds approaching, but John, above all, wanted to achieve his dream: to reach the top of the Matterhorn. Falling hadn’t been part of the plan—or the achievement.

To see my new book on Amazon Spain, click here (you can access it from any Amazon platform):

http://www.amazon.es/dp/8409766922

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
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Be back soon with another podcast!
Mike Bilbrough (Secondary school English teacher and Doctor in English philology)

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