Story Listening Podcast

INTRO

Hello everyone, and welcome to the Story Listening Podcast—where, you will improve your listening, vocabulary, pronunciation, and fluency through interesting stories. I'm Alex, and joining me is Viktor. Together, we'll guide you through today's lesson.

Today’s story is called My Flower Garden. It’s about Anne’s Flower Garden. Anne loves flowers and has a beautiful flower garden in front of her house. Her garden has many types of flowers, including roses, tulips, and petunias. She grows flowers in different colours, such as red, orange, blue, and purple. Anne takes care of her garden every day by watering the flowers, removing weeds, and protecting them from insects.

But, before we begin, just relax and listen. If you feel nervous, just have a glass of water and take a sip. Try to understand the main idea as much as you can.

Are you ready? Let’s get started.

LISTENING

My name is Anne. I love flowers. I have a flower garden. My garden is in front of my house. My neighbour has a garden too. My garden has different types of flowers. I have roses in my garden. I have tulips in my garden. I have petunias in my garden. My garden has different colours. I plant red flowers. I plant orange flowers. I plant blue flowers. I plant purple flowers. I take care of my garden. I water my garden every day. I kill the weeds in my garden. I kill insects that eat my flowers. I love my beautiful garden.

VOCABULARY

How much did you understand - was it 50%? 80%? Maybe even 100%?

Don’t worry if you didn’t understand everything—or even if you didn’t understand anything at all. That’s exactly why we’re here: to help you overcome those obstacles and improve your English, one step at a time.

All right, let’s go through some key vocabulary from today’s story.

Now, I’d like to hand the vocabulary section over to Viktor. He’ll walk you through the words and give examples.

Thanks Alex, Hi everyone! How are you day? All good? So, I'll be your guide for today's vocabulary section. You know, learning these words will make the story much easier to understand. More importantly, you’ll be able to use them more naturally in your own speaking and everyday conversations.

First, we have a word: flower.

A flower is the colourful part of a plant.

In the story, Anne loves flowers and has many flowers in her garden.

Now, repeat after me.

Flower, flower

Great! Great!

Our second word is flower garden.

A flower garden is a place where flowers grow.

In the story, Anne has a flower garden in front of her house.

Do you have a flower garden around your house? If yes, say: I have

Flower garden, flower garden

Excellent! Wonderful!

Our third word is neighbour.

A neighbour is a person who lives near you.

In the story, Anne’s neighbour has a garden too.

Speak loudly

Neighbour, neighbour

Well done!

Our fourth word is rose.

A rose is a beautiful flower with soft petals.

In the story, Anne has roses in her garden.

Do you want to plant roses? I think your answer is YES. Alright, say

Rose, rose

Excellent! Great job!

Our fifth word is tulip.

A tulip is a colourful flower with a cup-shaped flower, rich colors, like: red, yellow and pink

In the story, Anne has tulips in her garden.

Let’s repeat after me.

Tulip, tulip

Wonderful! Very good!

Our sixth word is petunia.

A petunia is a small, colourful flower.

In the story, Anne has petunias in her garden.

Now, repeat after me.

Petunia, petunia

Great job!

Our seventh word is plant.

To plant means to put a seed or a plant into the ground so it can grow.

In the story, Anne plants flowers in her garden.

Let’s repeat after me.

Plant, plant

Excellent!

Our eighth word is weed.

Weed is a plant that grows where we do not want it.

In the story, Anne removes the weeds from her garden.

Now, repeat after me.

Weed, weed

Great!

Our nineth and also the last vocabulary today is insect.

Insect is a small animal, like an ant, a bee, or a butterfly.

In the story, some insects eat Anne’s flowers.

Do you hate an insect? You, probably hate it, right? Say, I hate.

Insect, insect

Excellent! Wonderful!

Alright, that you know all the vocabulary in the story, let's listen one more time.

LISTENING AGAIN

My name is Anne. I love flowers. I have a flower garden. My garden is in front of my house. My neighbour has a garden too. My garden has different types of flowers. I have roses in my garden. I have tulips in my garden. I have petunias in my garden. My garden has different colours. I plant red flowers. I plant orange flowers. I plant blue flowers. I plant purple flowers. I take care of my garden. I water my garden every day. I kill the weeds in my garden. I kill insects that eat my flowers. I love my beautiful garden.

REVIEW

Great job!

Now, let's see how much you understand the story with some questions.

Question 1.

What does Anne love? (5s) Anne loves flowers.

Question 2.

What types of flowers does Anne have? (5s) She has roses, tulips, and petunias.

Question 3.

What colors of flowers does Anne plant? (5s) She plants red, orange, blue, and purple flowers.

Question 4.

How does Anne take care of her garden? (5s) She waters the garden, removes weeds, and kills insects that eat her flowers.

Excellent guys! You’ve just done it with me.

I hope you can use these vocabulary to describe your beautiful garden to friends and colleagues.

OUTRO

Thanks Viktor, That's the long vocabulary section.

Alright, that's the end of today's listening practice.
Before you go, I have some homework for you. Head over to the Exercises section and give it a try. It's a great way to review what you've learned and strengthen your english skills.
Remember, every story you listen to, every word you repeat, and every sentence you speak brings you one step closer to speaking English with confidence.
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