A slow English story about A lazy weekend, a farmers market across the street, and a little businessman at one stand. 14 simple sentences. Word by word. About 13 minutes.

📝 Today's sentences

① This weekend, I slept in really late.

② I skipped breakfast and went out for some porridge.

③ Then I noticed a lively crowd across the street.

④ I love a good crowd, so I went over to check it out.

⑤ It turned out to be a farmers market, and I absolutely loved it.

⑥ Local farmers were selling homegrown veggies and homemade food.

⑦ I bought tomatoes in all kinds of colors.

⑧ I also got some yellow cherries called Rainier.

⑨ At one stand, a Mexican boy was translating for his dad.

⑩ He counted out my change, but he didn't seem very good at math.

⑪ His dad did the math in his head really fast.

⑫ Then he told his son in Spanish, and the boy told me in English.

⑬ I wanted to say, I already did the math myself.

⑭ But I just told him, Good job, businessman!

🔑 Vocabulary

• slept in /slept ɪn/

• skipped breakfast /skɪpt ˈbrekfəst/

• across the street /əˈkrɔːs ðə striːt/

• check it out /tʃek ɪt aʊt/

• turned out /tɜːrnd aʊt/

• homemade /ˌhoʊmˈmeɪd/

• all kinds of /ɔːl kaɪndz əv/

• change /tʃeɪndʒ/

• good at math /ɡʊd ət mæθ/

• did the math /dɪd ðə mæθ/

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