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  • S1E54 - Quick Dictations - Expensive Bowl
    Episode Notes

    (A bit of a difficult English dictation today!)

    A weekly dictation to help learners of the English language to improve their listening comprehension.

    How to use:
    1. Don't look at the transcript (text) below.
    2. Listen to the podcast (the dictation is repeated twice) and try to write everything you hear down.
    3. Check your text with the text of the dictation. If any word is different, it is probably a listening comprehension mistake. Try to listen again to the word and repeat the pronunciation a few times. If you don't understand the word when you read it; it is probably new vocabulary.
    4. Listen to the dictation again. You should understand some of the words that you didn't understand before.
      5. Transcript:

      In Connecticut, USA, a person bought a bowl at a yard sale for just $35 dollars.  However, it was not just any ordinary bowl.  It turned out to be a rare 15th century porcelain bowl made in China.  And guess what? Last Wednesday, it sold at auction for $722,000.   The small white bowl is adorned with blue paintings of flowers and other designs.  Only seven of such bowls are known to exist in the world. 

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      3 min
    5. Improve Your English Speaking Skills
      Episode Notes

      Hi everybody,

      This is Siôn from Chuckle English. Thank you for listening to my podcasts and dictations, and I hope they are helping you to improve your listening comprehension in English.
      I’d just like to tell you about a way that you can improve your speaking skills every month from home.  By subscribing to my Patreon page as a VIP learner, you can send me a 10 minute audio clip of your speaking every month, and I will check it and give you feedback on things such as pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary.
       
      Check out the link below to see how you can subscribe and improve your English speaking skills every month.
       
      As well as this, you’ll also receive other benefits, such as an extra weekly dictation, a weekly question & answer session with me, where you can ask me a question about anything to do with the English language, and much more...

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      2 min
    6. S1E53 - Quick Dictations - Findoms
      Episode Notes

      (A bit of a difficult English dictation today!)

      A weekly dictation to help learners of the English language to improve their listening comprehension.

      How to use:
      1. Don't look at the transcript (text) below.
      2. Listen to the podcast (the dictation is repeated twice) and try to write everything you hear down.
      3. Check your text with the text of the dictation. If any word is different, it is probably a listening comprehension mistake. Try to listen again to the word and repeat the pronunciation a few times. If you don't understand the word when you read it; it is probably new vocabulary.
      4. Listen to the dictation again. You should understand some of the words that you didn't understand before.
        5. Transcript:

        Many people try to avoid getting hacked, especially their bank accounts.  But for some men, it’s their objective.  In the world of ‘findoms’, or financial domination, men give their information to women in order to allow them to take money from their accounts and buy things for themselves online.  They do this as this form of submission that is pleasurable for them.  By searching for the correct hashtag on social media, it’s possible to see that there are many men who are doing this.

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        3 min
      5. S1E52 - Quick Dictations - Cloned Ferrit
        Episode Notes

        (A bit of a difficult English dictation today!)

        A weekly dictation to help learners of the English language to improve their listening comprehension.

        How to use:
        1. Don't look at the transcript (text) below.
        2. Listen to the podcast (the dictation is repeated twice) and try to write everything you hear down.
        3. Check your text with the text of the dictation. If any word is different, it is probably a listening comprehension mistake. Try to listen again to the word and repeat the pronunciation a few times. If you don't understand the word when you read it; it is probably new vocabulary.
        4. Listen to the dictation again. You should understand some of the words that you didn't understand before.
          5. Transcript:

          The first endangered U.S. animal has been cloned.  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that they have successfully cloned a black-footed ferret.  Black-footed ferrets were declared extinct in 1970.  However, two years later a small population was found living on a Wyoming farmer’s property.  This cloned female ferret, was cloned from the frozen cells of another ferret that lived more than 30 years ago.  Officials say that the newly cloned ferret will become part of a breeding program and add some genetic diversity to the species. Do you think the cloning of endangered species is a good thing?

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          3 min
        5. S1E51 - Quick Dictations - Boy Swallows Magnets

          Episode Notes

          A weekly dictation to help learners of the English language to improve their listening comprehension.

          How to use:
          1. Don't look at the transcript (text) below.
          2. Listen to the podcast (the dictation is repeated twice) and try to write everything you hear down.
          3. Check your text with the text of the dictation. If any word is different, it is probably a listening comprehension mistake. Try to listen again to the word and repeat the pronunciation a few times. If you don't understand the word when you read it; it is probably new vocabulary.
          4. Listen to the dictation again. You should understand some of the words that you didn't understand before.
            5. Transcript:

            A boy had to have six hours of life-saving surgery after he ate dozens of magnets for an experiment. Rhiley, 12, loves science and decided to swallow 54 magnetic balls, to see if he could get metal to stick to his stomach. He swallowed the first half on January 1st, and the rest 3 days later.   When they failed to pass through his system, he woke his mum up and told her he had only swallowed 2.  He was rushed to hospital and after an x-ray, he had a six-hour operation to remove them.  He spent 10 days unable to move without vomiting.  Doctors say that he was very lucky to not have caused any serious lasting damage.

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            4 min
          5. S1E50 - Quick Dictations - Supermarket Hero
            Episode Notes

            A weekly dictation to help learners of the English language to improve their listening comprehension.

            How to use:
            1. Don't look at the transcript (text) below.
            2. Listen to the podcast (the dictation is repeated twice) and try to write everything you hear down.
            3. Check your text with the text of the dictation. If any word is different, it is probably a listening comprehension mistake. Try to listen again to the word and repeat the pronunciation a few times. If you don't understand the word when you read it; it is probably new vocabulary.
            4. Listen to the dictation again. You should understand some of the words that you didn't understand before.

              5. (The dictations starts at 34 seconds, if you don't need the instructions)

              Transcript:
              Episode Notes

              A weekly dictation to help learners of the English language to improve their listening comprehension.

              How to use:
              1. Don't look at the transcript (text) below.
              2. Listen to the podcast (the dictation is repeated twice) and try to write everything you hear down.
              3. Check your text with the text of the dictation. If any word is different, it is probably a listening comprehension mistake. Try to listen again to the word and repeat the pronunciation a few times. If you don't understand the word when you read it; it is probably new vocabulary.
              4. Listen to the dictation again. You should understand some of the words that you didn't understand before.
                5. Transcript:

                A man has been declared a ‘legend’ after helping a woman in a supermarket.  Brandon, saw the woman being harassed by another man, who was touching her and asking her to go back to his place.  Brandon then went over to the woman and started to talk to her like he knew her.  She went along with it, he told her that his aunt is with him and wants to come and see her. They eventually walked off together and the woman thanked him for helping her.  She said that the man was ‘so creepy’. 

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                2 min
              5. S1E49 - Quick Dictations - Don't Drink on a Plane
                Episode Notes

                A weekly dictation to help learners of the English language to improve their listening comprehension.

                How to use:
                1. Don't look at the transcript (text) below.
                2. Listen to the podcast (the dictation is repeated twice) and try to write everything you hear down.
                3. Check your text with the text of the dictation. If any word is different, it is probably a listening comprehension mistake. Try to listen again to the word and repeat the pronunciation a few times. If you don't understand the word when you read it; it is probably new vocabulary.
                4. Listen to the dictation again. You should understand some of the words that you didn't understand before.

                  5. (The dictations starts at 34 seconds, if you don't need the instructions)

                  Transcript:
                  Episode Notes

                  A weekly dictation to help learners of the English language to improve their listening comprehension.

                  How to use:
                  1. Don't look at the transcript (text) below.
                  2. Listen to the podcast (the dictation is repeated twice) and try to write everything you hear down.
                  3. Check your text with the text of the dictation. If any word is different, it is probably a listening comprehension mistake. Try to listen again to the word and repeat the pronunciation a few times. If you don't understand the word when you read it; it is probably new vocabulary.
                  4. Listen to the dictation again. You should understand some of the words that you didn't understand before.

                    5. (The dictations starts at 34 seconds, if you don't need the instructions)

                    Transcript:

                    Recently, a flight attendant has shared a video explaining the products that you should never consume on a plane.  Basically, she says that you should only drink drinks that come in a bottle or a carton.  The water tanks that are used for tea and coffee are never cleaned, she explains.  She also goes on to explain that certain parts of the coffee machine are only cleaned if they break.  She went on to say that parents should never ask for hot water to put in their baby bottles.  Will you ask for a cup of coffee or tea the next time you fly?

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                    3 min
                  5. S1E48 - Quick Dictations - Hidden Two-Way Mirror
                    Episode Notes

                    A weekly dictation to help learners of the English language to improve their listening comprehension.

                    How to use:
                    1. Don't look at the transcript (text) below.
                    2. Listen to the podcast (the dictation is repeated twice) and try to write everything you hear down.
                    3. Check your text with the text of the dictation. If any word is different, it is probably a listening comprehension mistake. Try to listen again to the word and repeat the pronunciation a few times. If you don't understand the word when you read it; it is probably new vocabulary.
                    4. Listen to the dictation again. You should understand some of the words that you didn't understand before.

                      5. (The dictations starts at 34 seconds, if you don't need the instructions)

                      Transcript:
                      Episode Notes

                      A weekly dictation to help learners of the English language to improve their listening comprehension.

                      How to use:
                      1. Don't look at the transcript (text) below.
                      2. Listen to the podcast (the dictation is repeated twice) and try to write everything you hear down.
                      3. Check your text with the text of the dictation. If any word is different, it is probably a listening comprehension mistake. Try to listen again to the word and repeat the pronunciation a few times. If you don't understand the word when you read it; it is probably new vocabulary.
                      4. Listen to the dictation again. You should understand some of the words that you didn't understand before.

                        5. (The dictations starts at 34 seconds, if you don't need the instructions)

                        Transcript:

                        Have you ever found something strange in a new house?  That is what happened to a woman in Arizona!  When Annabell moved to a new house with her family, they became suspicious when they found a large mirror attached to the wall.  They couldn’t get the mirror off, as it was firmly attached to the wall.  They decided to cut the wall around the mirror.  They found that it was a two-way mirror. Behind the two-way mirror was a secret room with wires to connect to cameras, and also some strange cupboards.  Who was being filmed? And who was doing filming?

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                      5. S1E47 - Quick Dictations - Beer At The Airport
                        Episode Notes

                        A weekly dictation to help learners of the English language to improve their listening comprehension.

                        How to use:
                        1. Don't look at the transcript (text) below.
                        2. Listen to the podcast (the dictation is repeated twice) and try to write everything you hear down.
                        3. Check your text with the text of the dictation. If any word is different, it is probably a listening comprehension mistake. Try to listen again to the word and repeat the pronunciation a few times. If you don't understand the word when you read it; it is probably new vocabulary.
                        4. Listen to the dictation again. You should understand some of the words that you didn't understand before.

                          5. (The dictations starts at 34 seconds, if you don't need the instructions)

                          Transcript:

                          A group of friends from Northern Island booked a flight to meet up during lockdown. But all is not what it seems. With all of the bars and pubs closed in Northern Ireland, the only place to drink a pint was at the airport. So, they all booked a cheap £10 flight and met up at the airport to have a drink at the bar there. They posted photos of their beer and boarding passes on social media, and have been branded ‘legends’. Selfishness or a great idea, what do you think?

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                        5. S1E46 - Quick Dictations - Fishermen Find Strange Shark
                          Episode Notes

                          A weekly dictation to help learners of the English language to improve their listening comprehension.

                          How to use:
                          1. Don't look at the transcript (text) below.
                          2. Listen to the podcast (the dictation is repeated twice) and try to write everything you hear down.
                          3. Check your text with the text of the dictation. If any word is different, it is probably a listening comprehension mistake. Try to listen again to the word and repeat the pronunciation a few times. If you don't understand the word when you read it; it is probably new vocabulary.
                          4. Listen to the dictation again. You should understand some of the words that you didn't understand before.

                            5. (The dictations starts at 34 seconds, if you don't need the instructions)

                            Transcript:

                            Recently, fishermen in Indonesia were astonished when they found an albino shark. They found the baby shark inside the stomach of a dead adult shark which was caught in their nets. But they weren’t shocked because it was an albino shark. What shocked them the most was that this shark only had one eye. Its one eye is located exactly in the middle of its head. It was a Cyclops shark! Me? I prefer one-eyed sharks; it makes it easier to escape them! Is this the result of nuclear contamination? What’s next? Godzilla?

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                            3 min

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