Day 8 · The 7:40 Train

A slow English story about surviving the morning rush hour subway. 6 simple sentences. Word by word. About 5 minutes.

📖 In this episode

The 7:40 train. So packed you can barely reach your phone. The guy next to you is half asleep — you get it, same here. Counting down the stops, just hoping not to be late. We've all been there.

📝 Today's sentences

It's the 7:40 train. Too packed to even look around.

I barely squeezed in. Couldn't even get my phone out.

The guy next to me's basically sleeping. I get him, I'm the same.

I'm kind of counting down the stops, hoping I won't be late today.

Yes — finally, that's my stop!

Got to run. See you tomorrow.

🔑 Vocabulary

• too packed to /tuː pækt tə/

• barely /ˈberli/

• I get him /aɪ ɡet hɪm/

• kind of /kaɪnd əv/

• got to /ɡɑːt tə/

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— 中文 —

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— 한국어 —

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— 日本語 —

TingMateはゆっくり英語を聞くポッドキャストです。今日のテーマ:朝のラッシュ満員電車、みんな同じ。6文の短い英語ストーリー、単語ごとに解説。約5分。