Practising English

Podcast 188 The Harmonica Players (Part 1) B1, B2 story


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The Harmonica Players. The story of two people who are very different from each other, yet there is something that unites them.

Words and expressions discussed in the podcast:

bedsit - accommodation, which is very basic, and is usually just one room.
meter -
a machine you put money into which controls the amount of electricity is consumed.

-        Somehow, he couldn’t face starting his day without a hot shower

-        All of a sudden, the ceiling light, television, fridge and electric heater all came on* at once.

-        work as a musician had been difficult to get hold of

-        From time to time, he gave harmonica lessons online…

-        Martin always kept his eye out for a job that he could do.

-        Every once in a while, he’d found work doing what he really loved

-        a chance of a lifetime

-        he dropped out of college

-        struggling to make ends meet

-        Jeffrey had a strong dislike of mobile phones

-        They should be behind bars.

-        [She] gazed out of the window at the daffodils in the snow

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Be back soon with another podcast!
Mike Bilbrough (Secondary school English teacher and Doctor in English philology)

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