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  • Theodore Dreiser. The writer of American dreams. Elementary listening

    Dreiser was born in Indiana, America.  His parents were of German origin. They were very poor. He spent his childhood in poverty. He went to university but didn't take a degree. In 1892 he started to work as a reporter for Chicago newspapers. 

    His first novel Sister Carrie is about a young woman who doesn't want to live in the countryside. She goes to the city and becomes a famous actress. The novel makes people think about morality and lifestyle. It was called the greatest of all American urbal novels.

    In his other novels he shows different situations where young people want to have a lot of money.  Some of such people become criminals. People killed for money, married for money and it was called the American kind of crime. 

    Dreiser also was a poet. He wrote about poverty and ambition. He understood the social injustice of the working class and joined the Communist party USA in 1945. 

    His business novels make people think about life and goals in life. There is a Dreiser college in New York. Also, you can see his name in a Chicago Literary Hall of Fame. He is one of the greatest unique American writers, who showed some important aspects of social life.


    3 min
  • Minimalism intermediate listening with exercises

    The audio is from Minimalism: A documentary about the important things YouTube video 

    The full lesson with exercises and discussion questions 

    Key vocabulary:

    • the thing you were obsessed about
    • compulsory consumption
    • It wasn’t about just getting rid of my stuff

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      3 min
    • Healthy food ESL video lesson

      The audio is from a YouTube video Everything Gwyneth Paltrow eats in a day 

      The full lesson with vocabulary, exercises and discussion questions 


      Key vocabulary 

      • I’m obsessed with that stuff
      • Smoothie that has some good fat and some protein and some fiber
      • Peanut butter protein bars

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        2 min
      • Future food video lesson with exercises

        The audio is from a YouTube video Future food The menu of 2030

        The full lesson with exercises, vocabulary and discussion questions 


        Key vocabulary:

        • food sources
        • affordable product
        • food shortages

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          4 min
        • Racism and respect listening lesson

          The audio is from Tetrina Blalock on police brutality and demanding respect 

          The full lesson with exercises, vocabulary and discussion questions 


          Key vocabulary:

          • exposing deep divisions about race and policing
          • your firsthand experience with racism and prejudice
          • trust in this system

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            4 min
          • Discrimination and racism listening exercise

            The audio is from a YouTube video Julie Chen | Asian Plastic Surgery | Double Eyelid The Talk Secret Revealed

            The full lesson with vocabulary and exercises 

            Ket vocabulary:

            • the audience can’t relate to you
            • unless you get a plastic surgery
            • I look more alert

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              4 min

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