The Mega Minute!
By Sab Will
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For all learners and teachers of English and lovers of this crazy language! Short educational snippets of interest and amusement from the Unique Hotch Potch English language learning web site, created by Sab Will. Our goal is to finally offer you with a language learning solution for busy professionals and stressed students alike. You have never seen an English language learning web site like Hotch Potch English before. Have fun learning with us, and May Your English FLY!
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Podcast 44 {Quote~Fact~Fun} - 'Driving Me Nuts' | Share Us! Hotch Potch English - The Mega-Minute Podcast - No.44 Listen to the Mega Minute Podcast, read the text, and try to understand as much as possible. Don't worry if you don't understand everything - just listening to real English is a FANTASTIC way to improve..! Practise as you listen: do a dictation: write down everything & check below listen and repeat: speak until your English accent is perfect! learn by heart: remember everything and impress your friends! Fun FREE English Lesson: CLICK HERE for comprehension questions for THIS podcast and much more! Podcast Script: (Click HERE to listen) _____________________________________________ Hello, and welcome to the... Hotch Potch English ~ Mega Minute Podcast No.44! 'shipping' OR 'cargo'?! Today's Quote "Why is it that when you transport something by car, it's called shipment but when you transport something by ship it's called cargo?" (Anonymous) Today's Facts Men honk more than women, and men and women honk more at women than at men. Drivers in convertibles with the tops down are less likely to honk than those with the top up. Drivers honk faster at cars whose drivers are on cell phones. And drivers are more likely to honk at people from another state or country than their own. Drivers honk less on weekends. Today's Joke The probability of being involved in a traffic accident is directly proportional to time spent on the road. Driving fast decreases one's exposure. One third of traffic accidents are caused by drunk drivers; two thirds are caused by non-drunk drivers. Therefore, the safest way to drive is drunk and VERY fast. That's all for today! Tell your friends. Read the words on the blog at students.hotchpotchenglish.com And see you next time! _____________________________________________ ________________________________ Subscribe to this Podcast in iTunes _____________________________ Podcast 44 {Quote~Fact~Fun} ~ "Driving Me Nuts" Created & written by Sab Will Copyright 2012 Sab Will / Hotch Potch English ___________________________________________________ Visit Hotch Potch English ~ The Unique English Teaching Website http://www.hotchpotchenglish.com/ | 18 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast 43 {Quote~Fact~Fun} - 'Election Madness' | Share Us! Hotch Potch English - The Mega-Minute Podcast - No.43 Listen to the Mega Minute Podcast, read the text, and try to understand as much as possible. Don't worry if you don't understand everything - just listening to real English is a FANTASTIC way to improve..! Practise as you listen: do a dictation: write down everything & check below listen and repeat: speak until your English accent is perfect! learn by heart: remember everything and impress your friends! Podcast Script: (Click HERE to listen) _____________________________________________ Hello, and welcome to the... Hotch Potch English ~ Mega Minute Podcast No.43! Today's Quote "Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody." (Franklin P. Adams 1944) Today's Facts You need 500 mayors' signatures to be able to run for president in France. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who loves orgies and violent sex, could easily have been France's new president. The age limit for theoretically becoming the president of France is now 18! Today's Joke The French try to keep election results secret until the end. Special 'coded' Tweets included: - Netherlands-Hungary qualify for return leg - Dutch cheese at 27 euros, Tokai wine at 25 euros - high-heeled shoes are going out of fashion * Code for François Hollande - Netherlands / Dutch cheese * Code for Nicolas Sarkozy - Hungary / Tokai wine / high-heeled shoes That's all for today! Tell your friends. Read the words on the blog at students.hotchpotchenglish.com And see you next time! _____________________________________________ ________________________________ Subscribe to this Podcast in iTunes _____________________________ Podcast 43 {Quote~Fact~Fun} ~ "Election Madness" Created & written by Sab Will Copyright 2012 Sab Will / Hotch Potch English ___________________________________________________ Visit Hotch Potch English ~ The Unique English Teaching Website http://www.hotchpotchenglish.com/ | 8 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoVidcast 20 {Interview} 'Good Enough For Us!' | Share Us! Hotch Potch English - The Mega-Minute Vidcast - No.20 "Good Enough For Us!" Watch the Mega Minute Vidcast, read the text, and try to understand as much as possible. FREE EXERCISES FROMHOTCH POTCH ENGLISH Don't worry if you don't understand everything - just listening to real English is a FANTASTIC way to improve..! Practise as you listen:do a dictation: write down everything & check belowlisten and repeat: speak until your English accent is perfect!learn by heart: remember everything and impress your friends! Vidcast Script: Intro: Hotch Potch English: The Mega Minute!_______________________________________ Kate: "Mmm, delicious!" Cassie: "Really good!" Kate: "And so much cheaper than human food!" Cassie: "Real good bargain... It´s really good for you as well." Kate: "Ahh, yes, very nutritious. Yummy yummy, ????? the cat."[Thumbs up] Kate: "Good enough for the cat..." Kate, Cassie, Sébastien: "Good enough for us!"[Applause] Sébastien: "That was a terrifying experience - we'll never do that to you again Wookie." [General comments, incomprehensible]_______________________________________ Outro: Hotch Potch English dot com: The Mega Minute!______________________________________________ FREE EXERCISES FROMHOTCH POTCH ENGLISH ____________________________________________Vidcast 20 {The Roleplay} ~ 'Good Enough For Us!' Created & written by Sab Will Copyright 2010 Sab Will / Hotch Potch English ___________________________________________________ Visit Hotch Potch English ~ The Unique English Teaching Website http://www.hotchpotchenglish.com/ | 22 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoVidcast 19 {Interview} 'Aikido Winds' | Share Us! Hotch Potch English - The Mega-Minute Vidcast - No.19 "Aikido Winds" Watch the Mega Minute Vidcast, read the text, and try to understand as much as possible. Get FREE English Lessons (including exercises for this podcast) from Hotch Potch English Don't worry if you don't understand everything - just listening to real English is a FANTASTIC way to improve..! Practise as you listen:do a dictation: write down everything & check belowlisten and repeat: speak until your English accent is perfect!learn by heart: remember everything and impress your friends! Vidcast Script: Intro: Hotch Potch English: The Mega Minute!_______________________________________ Hello, and welcome to Hotch Potch English - 'The Mega Minute'! And today, I'm talking to... Sébastien: "Sébastien! Hello!" And where are you from, Sébastien? Hi! Sébastien: "I'm from Le Mans, in France." OK. You don't sound like you have a French accent. Sébastien: "No, I'm half French, half English. I've lived in England for the last 23 years." OK, and what are you doing here in France? Sébastien: "I'm studying for a TEFL Certification." OK, where are you doing that? Sébastien: "I'm doing that in Tournan-sur-Brie." OK, where is that? Sébastien: "Ahh, that's just south-east of Paris." OK, and where are you living at the moment? Are you living in Paris? Sébastien: "No, I'm living on-site, in Tournan." And what are you about to do in the next hour or so? Sébastien: "I'm going to teach a English class!" OK. Looking forward to it? Sébastien: "Yes, indeed!" What's the topic of your lesson today? Sébastien: "Ahh, activities and interests that one can be passionate about. So 'passions' in a way." Passions! OK, that's a nice subject! And have you, yourself, got an activity you're 'passionate' about? Sébastien: "Yeah. I'm an aikido teacher, so I've been doing that for seven years and I'm very passionate about that." Have you got a quick move you could show us? Which doesn't involve pain to me! Sébastien: "Not really! OK, all right, I'll leave it at that. I'll wish you luck, and you'll let us know how it goes! Sébastien: "Thank you very much! Thank you, bye." Good luck! Bye bye._______________________________________ Outro: Hotch Potch English dot com: The Mega Minute!______________________________________________Get FREE English lessons (including exercises for this podcast) from Hotch Potch English_____________________________________________________________________________Vidcast 19 {The Interview} ~ 'Aikido Winds' Created & written by Sab Will Copyright 2010 Sab Will / Hotch Potch English ___________________________________________________ Visit Hotch Potch English ~ The Unique English Teaching Website http://www.hotchpotchenglish.com/ | 14 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoVidcast 18 {Interview} 'Ireland Calling' | Share Us! Hotch Potch English - The Mega-Minute Vidcast - No.18 "Ireland Calling" Watch the Mega Minute Vidcast, read the text, and try to understand as much as possible. Get FREE English Lessons(including exercises for this podcast)from Hotch Potch English Don't worry if you don't understand everything - just listening to real English is a FANTASTIC way to improve..! Practise as you listen:do a dictation: write down everything & check belowlisten and repeat: speak until your English accent is perfect!learn by heart: remember everything and impress your friends! Vidcast Script: Intro: Hotch Potch English: The Mega Minute!_______________________________________ Hello, and welcome to Hotch Potch English, and today I'm talking to... Rory: "Hi, I'm Rory, from Dublin, in Ireland." Eileen: "And I'm Eileen, and we live in Malahide, in Dublin." OK, and tell me, Rory, why are you here in Paris? Rory: "I'm here in Paris to learn to become an English language teacher. OK. Rory, what do you know about Paris? Have you been here before? Rory: "Yes, I've been here before. Over the years we've been here on holiday, and I've been here on business as well. So we know the sites, but we haven't spent extended periods of time here, so we're looking forward to having a few weeks to be able to learn more about Paris. OK, and Eileen, what's your favourite thing about Paris, if you have one? Eileen: "Oh, I like a lot of things about Paris. Maybe drinking coffee, and just exploring and listening to the people and being part of Paris life..." And are you thinking of staying here for quite a while or you're just passing through? Eileen: "No, we're not passing through, for once, we're hopefully going to stay in Paris for an extended time, maybe up to two years, maybe beyond, and so we'll see how it goes. OK, 'maybe beyond'! Rory, what do you think of that? Rory: "Yes, I think, I like the sound of it, it's good. I mean, two years would certainly be our horizon at the moment, and if it goes beyond that we'll be very happy." Have you got a favourite place in Paris, Rory? Rory: "I like the Latin Quarter. I must say, I like the atmosphere there. But there are many other quarters as well that have their own special character. And you know that Paris is rather well known for its Irish pubs - there's quite a lot of them! Do you think you'll be going there? Rory: "I might go to one or two, but not too many! I came here to enjoy the French atmosphere. But it'll be nice to go to an Irish pub from time to time." OK, good talking to you two. Have a good time in Paris! Rory & Eileen: "Thank you, Bye bye! _______________________________________ Outro: Hotch Potch English dot com: The Mega Minute!______________________________________________Get FREE English lessons(including exercises for this podcast)from Hotch Potch English_________________________________ Subscribe to this Podcast in iTunes ____________________________________________ Vidcast 18 {The Interview} ~ 'Ireland Calling'Created & written by Sab Will Copyright 2010 Sab Will / Hotch Potch English___________________________________________________ Visit Hotch Potch English ~ The Unique English Teaching Website http://www.hotchpotchenglish.com/ | 7 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast 42 {Quote~Fact~Fun} - 'Mind Over Matter' | Share Us! Hotch Potch English - The Mega-Minute Podcast - No.42 Listen to the Mega Minute Podcast, read the text, and try to understand as much as possible. Get FREE English Lessons (including exercises for this podcast) from Hotch Potch English Don't worry if you don't understand everything - just listening to real English is a FANTASTIC way to improve..! Practise as you listen: do a dictation: write down everything & check below listen and repeat: speak until your English accent is perfect! learn by heart: remember everything and impress your friends! AC_VHost_Embed(128880,300,200,'',1,1, 1056015, 0,1,0,'f69120221beecb51e06aba8343007d0f',8); Podcast Script: (Click HERE to listen) _____________________________________________ Hello, and welcome to the... Hotch Potch English ~ Mega Minute Podcast No.42! Today's Quote (Anonymous)"Growing old is nothing more than mind over matter: if you don't mind, it doesn't matter!" Today's Facts Research shows that living with pets like dogs or cats helps us live longer!A study has found that laughing a lot is good for your heart! Ha ha! To feel instantly refreshed... switch off the TV, disconnect the phone, sit down alone for a while and do... absolutely nothing! Today's Joke Signs you're getting older: - The little grey haired lady you helped across the street is your wife! - Your little black book only has names that end in 'M.D.' - You sing along with elevator music That's all for today!Tell your friends. Read the words on the blog at students.hotchpotchenglish.com And see you next time! _____________________________________________ Get FREE English Lessons (including exercises for this podcast)fromHotch Potch English________________________________Subscribe to this Podcast in iTunes_____________________________ Podcast 42 {Quote~Fact~Fun} ~ "Mind Over Matter" Created & written by Sab Will Copyright 2010 Sab Will / Hotch Potch English ___________________________________________________ Visit Hotch Potch English ~ The Unique English Teaching Website http://www.hotchpotchenglish.com/ | 1 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoVidcast 17 {Interview} 'Phoenix vs New York' | Share Us! Hotch Potch English - The Mega-Minute Vidcast - No.17 "Phoenix vs New York" Watch the Mega Minute Vidcast, read the text, and try to understand as much as possible. Get FREE English Lessons (including exercises for this podcast) from Hotch Potch English Don't worry if you don't understand everything - just listening to real English is a FANTASTIC way to improve..! Practise as you listen: do a dictation: write down everything & check below listen and repeat: speak until your English accent is perfect! learn by heart: remember everything and impress your friends! Vidcast Script: Intro: Hotch Potch English: The Mega Minute! _______________________________________ Hello, and welcome to Hotch Potch English, and today we're talking tothe Mega-Minute, and today we're talking to... Larry: "Larry, from Brooklyn, New York." And... Brianna: "Brianna, from Phoenix, Arizona." OK, Brianna, can you say something in an accent from Phoenix, Arizona? Brianna: "Umm, I wanna go to the store." OK, can you say something in a New York accent, Larry? Larry: "Well I don't really talk like this myself, but that's how some people in Brooklyn really talk." That's fantastic! Brianna, tell me something famous about Phoenix. Brianna: "It's a big desert, with lots of cactuses. And ...cowboys, I guess." OK, and something famous about New York, Larry. Larry: "Famous about New York? New York is famous - we don't need anything else to make us famous!" OK, and Larry, what do you think about people from Phoenix, Arizona? Larry: "Umm, well, because Brianna's here, I think that people from Phoenix, Arizona are lovely, intelligent, and a true pleasure to be with. OK, and the truth? Larry: "I would say the same thing even if Brianna weren't here." OK, a diplomat! And Brianna, what do you think about people from New York? Brianna: "Oh, they're crazy!" OK, thank you. I don't think we need to say anything more! Thank you very much, bye bye! Brianna & Larry: "Byeee! _______________________________________ Outro: Hotch Potch English dot com: The Mega Minute! ______________________________________________ Get FREE English lessons (including exercises for this podcast) from Hotch Potch English _________________________________ Subscribe to this Podcast in iTunes ____________________________________________ Vidcast 17 {The Interview} ~ 'Phoenix vs New York' Created & written by Sab Will Copyright 2010 Sab Will / Hotch Potch English ___________________________________________________ Visit Hotch Potch English ~ The Unique English Teaching Website http://www.hotchpotchenglish.com/ | 27 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoVidcast 16 {Interview} 'Aberdeen vs Glasgow' | Share Us! Hotch Potch English - The Mega-Minute Vidcast - No.16 Watch the Mega Minute Vidcast, read the text, and try to understand as much as possible. Get FREE English Lessons (including exercises for this podcast) from Hotch Potch English Don't worry if you don't understand everything - just listening to real English is a FANTASTIC way to improve..! Practise as you listen: do a dictation: write down everything & check below listen and repeat: speak until your English accent is perfect! learn by heart: remember everything and impress your friends! Vidcast Script: Intro: Hotch Potch English: The Mega Minute! _______________________________________ Welcome to the Hotch Potch English, the Mega-Minute, and today I'm talking to... Morna: "Morna!" And... Andrew: "Andrew!" Morna and Andrew. And where are you from? Morna: "I'm from Aberdeen in Scotland." Andrew: "And I'm from Glasgow, also in Scotland." OK, and, err, what would you say is the most interesting thing about Aberdeen? Morna: "You can get nice beef there, because we have Aberdeen Angus cows!" OK, and what about Glasgow? Andrew: "Err, there's less granite than there is in Aberdeen." That's fascinating! I'm actually... I was actually born in Edinburgh, which is a kind of a rival for Glasgow. How do people from Glasgow think about people from Edinburgh? Andrew: "I think that we tend to think of people from Edinburgh as quite... Morna: "Posh." Andrew: "Posh, snotty." Are you calling us snobs?! Andrew: "A little bit, yeah!" Not that I can call myself Edinbur... Edinbur... what's someone from Edinburgh? Morna: "Edinburghian?" Andrew: "Burger?" An Edinburgher! And what's someone from Glasgow called? Andrew: "A Glaswegian." And what's someone from Aberdeen called? Morna: "An Aberdonian." OK, thank you very much you two. Talk to you again later! Morna: "Byee." Andrew: "See ya." _______________________________________ Outro: Hotch Potch English dot com: The Mega Minute! ______________________________________________ Get FREE English lessons (including exercises for this podcast) from Hotch Potch English _________________________________ Subscribe to this Podcast in iTunes ____________________________________________ Vidcast 16 {The Interview} ~ 'Aberdeen vs Glasgow' Created & written by Sab Will Copyright 2010 Sab Will / Hotch Potch English ___________________________________________________ Visit Hotch Potch English ~ The Unique English Teaching Website http://www.hotchpotchenglish.com/ | 18 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoVidcast 15 {Years} '20-What?!' | Share Us! Hotch Potch English - The Mega-Minute Vidcast - No.15 Watch the Mega Minute Vidcast, read the text, and try to understand as much as possible. Get FREE English Lessons (including exercises for this podcast) from Hotch Potch English Don't worry if you don't understand everything - just listening to real English is a FANTASTIC way to improve..! Practise as you listen: do a dictation: write down everything & check below listen and repeat: speak until your English accent is perfect! learn by heart: remember everything and impress your friends! Vidcast Script: Intro: Hotch Potch English: The Mega Minute! _______________________________________ Welcome to the Hotch Potch Mega-Minute, and today we're learning about...years! Hello! Larry: "I'm Larry from New York, and this is seventeen eighty nine (1789)." Thank you! Nick: "I'm Nick from Hampshire, UK, this is 1789." Brianna: "I'm Brianna from Arizona, this is 1789." Andrew: "I'm Andrew from Glasgow, and this is 1789." Joseph: "I'm Joseph from Texas, this is 1789." Morna: "I'm Morna, from Aberdeen, and this is 1789." OK, thank you. How about this one? Morna: "I'm Morna from Aberdeen, and this is nineteen sixty five (1965)." We know you're Morna! Joseph: "I'm Joseph from Texas..." We know, we know!!! Joseph: "OK, 1965." Andrew: "1965." Brianna: "1965." And how about this one, Larry? Larry: "Nineteen ninety nine (1999)." Nick: "1999." Faster! Brianna: "1999." And now it changes... Morna: "Two thousand (2000)." Joseph: "2000." Andrew: "2000." Brianna: "2000." And this one: Larry: "Two thousand an' one (2001)." Nick: "Two thousand and one (2001)." Brianna: "Two thousand one (2001)." Andrew: "Two thousand and one (2001)." Two more to go! Larry: "Two thousand ten (2010)." Nick: "Two thousand... two thousand an' ten (2010)." Brianna: "Two thousand ten." Andrew: "Twenty ten. (20-10)" Sorry? What was that? What was that?" Andrew: "I went for twenty ten (2010)." Joseph: "Two thousand ten (2010)." Morna: "Two thousand and ten." And the last one! Morna: "Ehh... two thousand and twenty (2020)." Joseph: "Two thousand twenty (2020)." Andrew: "Twenty twenty (20-20)!" Twenty twenty! Brianna: "Two thousand twenty (2020)." Nick: "Two thousand 'n' twenty (2020)." Larry: "Two thousand twenty (2020)." There you go, folks! Any clearer? I hope so... Bye bye. Thank you! Byeee... Outro: Hotch Potch English dot com: The Mega Minute! ______________________________________________ Get FREE English lessons (including exercises for this podcast) from Hotch Potch English _________________________________ Subscribe to this Podcast in iTunes _____________________________ Vidcast 15 {The Years} ~ '20-What?!' Created & written by Sab Will Copyright 2010 Sab Will / Hotch Potch English ___________________________________________________ Visit Hotch Potch English ~ The Unique English Teaching Website http://www.hotchpotchenglish.com/ | 6 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast 41 {Quote~Fact~Fun} - 'Dreams Are Renewable' | Share Us! Hotch Potch English - The Mega-Minute Podcast - No.41 Listen to the Mega Minute Podcast, read the text, and try to understand as much as possible. Get FREE English Lessons (including exercises for this podcast) from Hotch Potch English Don't worry if you don't understand everything - just listening to real English is a FANTASTIC way to improve..! Practise as you listen: do a dictation: write down everything & check below listen and repeat: speak until your English accent is perfect! learn by heart: remember everything and impress your friends! AC_VHost_Embed(128880,300,200,'',1,1, 1056024, 0,0,0,'552d2e7a261b62cd5c2d271aadea60da',8); Podcast Script: (Click HERE to listen) ________________________________________ Hello, and welcome to the... Hotch Potch English ~ Mega Minute Podcast No.41! Today's Quote (from Dr. Dale Turner) "Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born." Today's Facts We forget 90% of our dreams. Frankenstein and Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde came from vivid dreams. Your body is virtually paralyzed when you dream. Today's Joke After she woke up, a woman told her husband, "I just dreamed that you gave me a pearl necklace for our anniversary. What do you think it means?" "You'll know tonight," he said. That evening, the man came home with a small package and gave it to his wife. Delighted, she opened it to find a book entitled "The Meaning of Dreams." That's all for today! Tell your friends. Read the words on the blog at hotchpotchenglish.blogspot.com And see you next time! Get FREE English Lessons (including exercises for this podcast) from Hotch Potch English ________________________________ Subscribe to this Podcast in iTunes _____________________________ Podcast 41 {Quote~Fact~Fun} ~ "Dreams Are Renewable" Created & written by Sab Will Copyright 2009Sab Will / Hotch Potch English ___________________________________________________ Visit Hotch Potch English ~ The Unique English Teaching Website http://www.hotchpotchenglish.com/ | 28 12 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | VideoVidcast 14 {The Mistake} 'My Happy Birthday' | Share Us! Hotch Potch English - The Mega-Minute Vidcast - No.14 Watch the Mega Minute Vidcast, read the text, and try to understand as much as possible. Get FREE English Lessons (including exercises for this podcast) from Hotch Potch English Don't worry if you don't understand everything - just listening to real English is a FANTASTIC way to improve..! Practise as you listen: do a dictation: write down everything & check below listen and repeat: speak until your English accent is perfect! learn by heart: remember everything and impress your friends! Vidcast Script: Intro: Hotch Potch English: The Mega Minute! One minute, one mistake explained from Hotch Potch English (dot com). _______________________________________ Hello! Today is... my birthday - look! And it's raining - look! 'Happy birthday to me, Happy birthday to me, Happy birthday to meeee, Happy birthday to me!' BIG MISTAKE 1: 'Today is my happy birthday?' (NO!) GOOD English --> 'Today is my birthday!' (YES!) BIG MISTAKE 2: 'I have 44?' (NO, NO, NO!) GOOD English --> 'Ahh - I am 44!' (YES!) BIG MISTAKE 3: 'OK, I am 44 years. I am 44 years? No?' (NO!) GOOD English --> 'Ah, I am 44.' (YES!) Or 'I am 44 years old.' Happy birthday... to me! ______________________________________ Outro: Hotch Potch English dot com: The Mega Minute! ____________________ That's all for today! Tell your friends. Read the words on the Blog at hotchpotchenglish.blogspot.com And see you next time! Get FREE English lessons (including exercises for this podcast) from Hotch Potch English _________________________________ Subscribe to this Podcast in iTunes _____________________________ Vidcast 14 {The Mistake} ~ 'My Happy Birthday' Created & written by Sab Will Copyright 2009 Sab Will / Hotch Potch English ___________________________________________________ Visit Hotch Potch English ~ The Unique English Teaching Website http://www.hotchpotchenglish.com/ | 25 8 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | VideoVidcast 13 {The Mistake} 'Pepper and salt?' | Share Us! Hotch Potch English - The Mega-Minute Vidcast - No.13 Watch the Mega Minute Vidcast, read the text, and try to understand as much as possible. Get FREE English Lessons (including exercises for this podcast) from Hotch Potch English Don't worry if you don't understand everything - just listening to real English is a FANTASTIC way to improve..! Practise as you listen: do a dictation: write down everything & check below listen and repeat: speak until your English accent is perfect! learn by heart: remember everything and impress your friends! Vidcast Script: Intro: Hotch Potch English: The Mega Minute! One minute, one mistake explained from Hotch Potch English (dot com). _______________________________________ (The English are really very strange... look!) THE BIG MISTAKE: 'Could you pass me the pepper and salt, please?' 'Ahhh, I'm sorry?' 'Yes... the pepper and salt...' THE BEST ENGLISH: 'Could you pass me the salt and pepper please?' 'Ahhhhh, the salt and pepper! Yes, of course. Here you are.' 'When I go to Britain, my favourite food is chips and fish!' 'Chips and fish... hmm...' 'Chips and fish - no?' 'I'm afraid I don't understand...' 'When I go to Britain, my favourite food is... fish and chips!' 'Ahh, fish and chips - of course! Me too!' 'You know I'm a photographer, and my favourite type of photography is... white and black!. 'White and black...' 'Yes, white and black photography, you know...?' 'Err, no, I don't know.' 'My favourite type of photography is... black and white!' 'Ahh, black and white photography. Now I understand!' (I told you the English were very strange!) ______________________________________ Outro: Hotch Potch English dot com: The Mega Minute! ____________________ That's all for today! Tell your friends. Read the words on the Blog at hotchpotchenglish.blogspot.com And see you next time! Get FREE English lessons (including exercises for this podcast) from Hotch Potch English_________________________________ Subscribe to this Podcast in iTunes _____________________________ Vidcast 13 {The Mistake} ~ 'Pepper and salt?' Created & written by Sab Will Copyright 2009 Sab Will / Hotch Potch English ___________________________________________________ Visit Hotch Potch English ~ The Unique English Teaching Website http://www.hotchpotchenglish.com/ | 15 8 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | VideoVidcast 12 {The Mistake} 'I live here since...' | Share Us! Hotch Potch English - The Mega-Minute Vidcast - No.12 Watch the Mega Minute Vidcast, read the text, and try to understand as much as possible. Get FREE English Lessons (including exercises for this podcast) from Hotch Potch English Don't worry if you don't understand everything - just listening to real English is a FANTASTIC way to improve..! Practise as you listen: do a dictation: write down everything & check below listen and repeat: speak until your English accent is perfect! learn by heart: remember everything and impress your friends! Vidcast Script: Intro: Hotch Potch English: The Mega Minute! One minute, one mistake explained from Hotch Potch English (dot com). One minute, one mistake to correct: the choice is yours! THE BIG MISTAKE: 'I live in Paris since 16 years.' (No no no no no no no no!!!) 'Oh. Ahh! I live in Paris since 17 years!' (grrrr...) 'OK OK OK. I live in Paris for 16 years. THE BEST ENGLISH: 'OK... I have lived in Paris for 16 years - Yeah!' Another example: 'I work for Barclays since 3 years?' (No!) 'I work for Barclays for 3 years?' (mm-mm) 'I have worked for Barclays for 3 years!' (clapping) (Have you watched ALL my videos yet?) Outro: Hotch Potch English dot com: The Mega Minute! ____________________ That's all for today! Tell your friends. Read the words on the Blog at hotchpotchenglish.blogspot.com And see you next time! Get FREE English lessons (including exercises for this podcast) from Hotch Potch English_________________________________ Subscribe to this Podcast in iTunes _____________________________ Vidcast 12 {The Mistake} ~ 'I live here since...' Created & written by Sab Will Copyright 2009 Sab Will / Hotch Potch English ___________________________________________________ Visit Hotch Potch English ~ The Unique English Teaching Website http://www.hotchpotchenglish.com/ | 4 8 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | VideoVidcast 11 {The Mistake} 'I like very much...' | Share Us! Hotch Potch English - The Mega-Minute Vidcast - No.11 Watch the Mega Minute Vidcast, read the text, and try to understand as much as possible. Get FREE English Lessons (including exercises for this podcast) from Hotch Potch English Don't worry if you don't understand everything - just listening to real English is a FANTASTIC way to improve..! Practise as you listen: do a dictation: write down everything & check below listen and repeat: speak until your English accent is perfect! learn by heart: remember everything and impress your friends! Vidcast Script: Intro: Hotch Potch English: The Mega Minute! One minute, one mistake explained from Hotch Potch English (dot com). One minute, one mistake to correct: the choice is yours! 'I like very much playing tennis.' (NO!!!) 'I like playing tennis very much.' (better...) But it's still not English! What we say is: 'I love playing Tennis!' Let's try another: 'We like very much speaking English.' (Nooo) 'We like speaking English very much.' (better...) But what we really say is: 'We love speaking English!' Outro: Hotch Potch English dot com: The Mega Minute! ____________________ That's all for today! Tell your friends. Read the words on the Blog at hotchpotchenglish.blogspot.com And see you next time! Get FREE English lessons (including exercises for this podcast) from Hotch Potch English_________________________________ Subscribe to this Podcast in iTunes _____________________________ Vidcast 11 {The Mistake} ~ 'I like very much...' Created & written by Sab Will Copyright 2009 Sab Will / Hotch Potch English ___________________________________________________ Visit Hotch Potch English ~ The Unique English Teaching Website http://www.hotchpotchenglish.com/ | 3 8 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast 40 {Quote~Fact~Fun} - 'The World Belongs To You' | Share Us! Hotch Potch English - The Mega-Minute Podcast - No.40 Listen to the Mega Minute Podcast, read the text, and try to understand as much as possible. Get FREE English Lessons (including exercises for this podcast) from Hotch Potch English Don't worry if you don't understand everything - just listening to real English is a FANTASTIC way to improve..! Practise as you listen: do a dictation: write down everything & check below listen and repeat: speak until your English accent is perfect! learn by heart: remember everything and impress your friends! Podcast Script: (Click HERE to listen) ________________________________________ Hello, and welcome to the... Hotch Potch English ~ Mega Minute Podcast No.40! Today's Quote (from Lao Tzu) "Be content with what you have, rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you." Today's Facts The Earth travels through space at 66,700 miles per hour. About one third of our planet's land is desert. Oceans cover approximately 70% of the Earth's surface. Today's Fun Why was the thirsty alien hanging around the computer? - He was looking for the space bar! Living on Earth may be expensive, but it does include a free trip around the Sun every year. After his first meal on the moon, the astronaut reported, "The food was good, but the place really lacked atmosphere!" That's all for today. Tell your friends. Read the words on the blog at hotchpotchenglish.blogspot.com And see you next time! Get FREE English lessons (including exercises for this podcast) from Hotch Potch English_________________________________ Subscribe to this Podcast in iTunes _____________________________ Podcast 40 {Quote~Fact~Fun} ~ "The World Belongs To You" Created & written by Sab Will Copyright 2009 Sab Will / Hotch Potch English ___________________________________________________ Visit Hotch Potch English ~ The Unique English Teaching Website http://www.hotchpotchenglish.com/ | 2 8 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast 39 {The Interview} - 'Sea, sun and...' | Share Us! Hotch Potch English - The Mega-Minute Podcast - No.39 Listen to the Mega Minute Podcast, read the text, and try to understand as much as possible. Get FREE English Lessons (including exercises for this podcast) from Hotch Potch English Don't worry if you don't understand everything - just listening to real English is a FANTASTIC way to improve..! Practise as you listen: do a dictation: write down everything & check below listen and repeat: speak until your English accent is perfect! learn by heart: remember everything and impress your friends! AC_VHost_Embed(128880,300,200,'',1,1, 1056017, 0,0,0,'50d05bc934ff810c8a65599e5a0c2ce2',8); Podcast Script: (Click here to listen) Hello, and welcome to the... Hotch Potch English~ Mega Minute! And today I'm interviewing... Geoff: Geoff Harwood! Sab: Geoff, where are you from? Geoff: I'm from the United States - Baltimore, Maryland. Sab: And where are you working now? Geoff: I'm working at TEFL Barcelona, in Barcelona, in the neighbourhood of Gracia. Sab: And why did you choose Barcelona to work? Geoff: I love Barcelona. I love the sun, sea, mountains, and it's a lovely multicultural atmosphere. Sab: And how do you find the weather? Isn't it a bit hot? Geoff: At the moment it's really hot and humid, yeah, I'm not crazy about humidity. The sun's nice... Sab: And what are the students like on your course? Geoff: Lovely people! We've got a nice mixed group: Irish, American, English, and one from Belgium. Sab: OK, thanks very much for talking to us Geoff. Geoff: OK, bye, see you later! ____________________ That's all for today! Tell your friends. Read the words on the Blog at hotchpotchenglish.blogspot.com And see you next time! Get FREE English lessons (including exercises for this podcast) from Hotch Potch English_________________________________ Subscribe to this Podcast in iTunes _____________________________ Podcast 39 {The Interview} ~ "Sea, sun and..." Created & written by Sab Will Copyright 2009 Sab Will / Hotch Potch English ___________________________________________________ Visit Hotch Potch English ~ The Unique English Teaching Website http://www.hotchpotchenglish.com/ | 19 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast 38 {Quote~Fact~Fun} - 'The Same Today' | Share Us! Hotch Potch English - The Mega-Minute Podcast - No.38 Listen to the Mega Minute Podcast, read the text, and try to understand as much as possible. Go to the FREE EXERCISES(for this podcast)fromHotch Potch English Don't worry if you don't understand everything - just listening to real English is a FANTASTIC way to improve..! Practise as you listen: do a dictation: write down everything & check below listen and repeat: speak until your English accent is perfect! learn by heart: remember everything and impress your friends! Podcast Script: (Click here to listen) Hello, and welcome to the... Hotch Potch English~ Mega Minute Podcast No.38 _______________ Today's Quote (Charlie 'Tremendous' Jones) "You are the same today as you'll be in five years except for two things, the books you read and the people you meet." ____________ Today's Facts The Great Wall of China The Wall was started more than 2700 years ago. It is about 6700 km long. People say the Great Wall of China is the only man-made structure you can see from space! ____________ Today's Fun A panda goes into a restaurant and orders a big meal. When the waiter gives him the bill he takes out a gun and shoots him. As the panda's going out the door he turns and says: 'You should have looked up panda in the dictionary: it says 'eats shoots and leaves'! ____________________ That's all for today! Tell your friends. Read the words on the Blog at hotchpotchenglish.blogspot.com And see you next time! Go to the FREE EXERCISES(for this podcast)fromHotch Potch English _________________________________ Subscribe to this Podcast in iTunes _____________________________ Podcast 38 {Quote~Fact~Fun} ~ "The Same Today" Created & written by Sab Will Copyright 2009 Sab Will / Hotch Potch English ___________________________________________________ Visit Hotch Potch English ~ The Unique English Teaching Website http://www.hotchpotchenglish.com/ | 14 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast 37 {Quote~Fact~Fun} - 'Never Found Out' | Share Us! Hotch Potch English - The Mega-Minute Podcast - No.37 Listen to the Mega Minute Podcast, read the text, and try to understand as much as possible. Go to the FREE EXERCISES (for this podcast) from Hotch Potch English Don't worry if you don't understand everything - just listening to real English is a FANTASTIC way to improve..! Practise as you listen: do a dictation: write down everything & check below listen and repeat: speak until your English accent is perfect! learn by heart: remember everything and impress your friends! Podcast Script: (Click here to listen) Hello, and welcome to the... Hotch Potch English~ Mega Minute Podcast No.37 _______________ Today's Quote (from Macaulay) "The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he never would be found out." _____________________ Today's Facts Amazing Feats: The greatest distance walked by a person with a milk bottle on his head is 130.3 km by Ashrita Furman of New York. It took him 23 hours 35 minutes to complete the walk. ____________ Today's Fun Amazing Stupidity: Ken Edwards of Glossop, England ate 36 cockroaches in one minute on The Big Breakfast programme on March 5, 2001. "It's like having an anaesthetic in your mouth," says Ken. This is due to a scent they give off to stop being eaten! Yum yum!____________________ That's all for today! Tell your friends. Read the words on the Blog at hotchpotchenglish.blogspot.com And see you next time! Go to the FREE EXERCISES (for this podcast) from Hotch Potch English _________________________________ Subscribe to this Podcast in iTunes _____________________________ Podcast 37 {Quote~Fact~Fun} ~ "Never Found Out" Created & written by Sab Will Copyright 2009 Sab Will / Hotch Potch English ___________________________________________________ Visit Hotch Potch English ~ The Unique English Teaching Website http://www.hotchpotchenglish.com/ | 6 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast 36 {Quote~Fact~Fun} - 'The First Step' | Share Us! Hotch Potch English - The Mega-Minute Podcast - No.36 Listen to the Mega Minute Podcast, read the text, and try to understand as much as possible. Get FREE English Lessons (including exercises for this podcast) from Hotch Potch English Don't worry if you don't understand everything - just listening to real English is a FANTASTIC way to improve..! Practise as you listen: do a dictation: write down everything & check below listen and repeat: speak until your English accent is perfect! learn by heart: remember everything and impress your friends! Podcast Script: (Click HERE to listen) ________________________________________ Hello, and welcome to the... Hotch Potch English ~ Mega Minute Podcast No.36! Today's Quote (from Tom Venuto) " There's no secret to getting started. You simply decide and then take your first step. With each subsequent step, the next one becomes easier..." Today's Facts About pigs: Pigs are actually very clean animals. But they can't sweat, so they stay cool using water or mud. Pigs may be more intelligent than dogs and cats. A female pig is called a sow, a male pig is called a boar, and a baby pig is called a piglet. Today's Fun What should you say to a pig on rollerskates? Nothing - just get out of the way! That's all for today. Tell your friends. Read the words on the blog at hotchpotchenglish.blogspot.com And see you next time! Get FREE English lessons (including exercises for this podcast) from Hotch Potch English_________________________________ Subscribe to this Podcast in iTunes _____________________________ Podcast 36 {Quote~Fact~Fun} ~ "The First Step" Created & written by Sab Will Copyright 2009 Sab Will / Hotch Potch English ___________________________________________________ Visit Hotch Potch English ~ The Unique English Teaching Website http://www.hotchpotchenglish.com/ | 4 5 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast 35 {Quote~Fact~Fun} - 'True Conservationist' | Share Us! Hotch Potch English - The Mega-Minute Podcast - No.35 Listen to the Mega Minute Podcast, read the text, and try to understand as much as possible. Get FREE English Lessons (including exercises for this podcast) from Hotch Potch English Don't worry if you don't understand everything - just listening to real English is a FANTASTIC way to improve..! Practise as you listen: do a dictation: write down everything & check below listen and repeat: speak until your English accent is perfect! learn by heart: remember everything and impress your friends! AC_VHost_Embed(128880,300,200,'',1,1, 1056017, 0,0,0,'50d05bc934ff810c8a65599e5a0c2ce2',8); Podcast Script: (Click here to listen) Hello, and welcome to the... Hotch Potch English~ Mega Minute Podcast No.35 _______________ Today's Quote (from John James Audubon) "A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children." ____________ Today's Facts About Mexico: At the beginning of the 21st century, Mexico's population was more than 100 million. Mexico has the largest population of Spanish speakers in the world. Mexicans comprise the largest group of legal immigrants in the United States. ____________ Today's Fun They said it: Bill Clinton: “If we don’t succeed, we run the risk of failure.” Al Gore: “It isn’t pollution that’s harming the environment. It’s the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.” ____________________ That's all for today! Tell your friends. Read the words on the Blog at hotchpotchenglish.blogspot.com And see you next time! Get FREE English lessons (including exercises for this podcast) from Hotch Potch English_________________________________ Subscribe to this Podcast in iTunes _____________________________ Podcast 35 {Quote~Fact~Fun} ~ "True Conservationist" Created & written by Sab Will Copyright 2009 Sab Will / Hotch Potch English ___________________________________________________ Visit Hotch Potch English ~ The Unique English Teaching Website http://www.hotchpotchenglish.com/ | 27 4 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast 34 {Quote~Fact~Fun} - 'You Choose' | Share Us! Hotch Potch English - The Mega-Minute Podcast - No.34 Listen to the Mega Minute Podcast, read the text, and try to understand as much as possible. Get FREE English Lessons (including exercises for this podcast) from Hotch Potch English Don't worry if you don't understand everything - just listening to real English is a FANTASTIC way to improve..! Practise as you listen: do a dictation: write down everything & check below listen and repeat: speak until your English accent is perfect! learn by heart: remember everything and impress your friends! AC_VHost_Embed(128880,300,200,'',1,1, 1056015, 0,1,0,'f69120221beecb51e06aba8343007d0f',8); Podcast Script: (Right-click and open in new window to listen) Hello, and welcome to the... Hotch Potch English~ Mega Minute Podcast No.34 _______________ Today's Quote (from Richard Bach) "Every person, all the events of your life are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you." _____________________ Today's Amazing Facts Nobody knows what the future of the universe will be. But the various theories have some great names: The Big Freeze, The Big Rip, The Big Crunch and The Big Bounce are just some of them. Whatever happens, you and I really don't need to worry about it too much! ____________ Today's Fun Very wrong preditions: "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943. ____________________ That's all for today! Tell your friends. Read the words on the Blog at hotchpotchenglish.blogspot.com And see you next time! Get FREE English lessons (including exercises for this podcast) from Hotch Potch English _________________________________ Subscribe to this Podcast in iTunes _____________________________ Podcast 34 {Quote~Fact~Fun} ~ "You Choose" Created & written by Sab Will Copyright 2009 Sab Will / Hotch Potch English ___________________________________________________ Visit Hotch Potch English ~ The Unique English Teaching Website http://www.hotchpotchenglish.com/ | 8 4 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast 33 {Quote~Fact~Fun} - 'Distrust Wrinkles' | Share Us! Hotch Potch English - The Mega-Minute Podcast - No.33 Listen to the Mega Minute Podcast, read the text, and try to understand as much as possible. Go to the FREE EXERCISES (for this podcast) from Hotch Potch English Don't worry if you don't understand everything - just listening to real English is a FANTASTIC way to improve..! Practise as you listen: do a dictation: write down everything & check below listen and repeat: speak until your English accent is perfect! learn by heart: remember everything and impress your friends! Podcast Script: (Click here to listen) Hello, and welcome to the... Hotch Potch English~ Mega Minute Podcast No.33 _______________ Today's Quote (from Abigail Van Buren) "Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does - except wrinkles. It's true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place." _____________________ Today's Facts So what does G-20 stand for? In fact, G stands for 'Group' and '20' stand for not 20 but... about 36 member nations. Not all countries are equal though. Countries like the US, Great Britain and Saudi Arabia are 'A' countries. Others like Canada, Italy and Mexico are 'B' countries.____________ Today's Fun Newspaper headlines from 2035:'Ozone from electric cars is now killing millions every year''White minorities still trying to have English recognised as California's third official language''Baby conceived naturally... scientists amazed'____________________ That's all for today! Tell your friends. Read the words on the Blog at hotchpotchenglish.blogspot.com And see you next time! Go to the FREE EXERCISES (for this podcast) from Hotch Potch English_________________________________ Subscribe to this Podcast in iTunes _____________________________ Podcast 33 {Quote~Fact~Fun} ~ "Distrust Wrinkles" Created & written by Sab Will Copyright 2009 Sab Will / Hotch Potch English ___________________________________________________ Visit Hotch Potch English ~ The Unique English Teaching Website http://www.hotchpotchenglish.com/ | 3 4 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast 32 {Quote~Fact~Fun} - 'Get the Message' | Share Us! Hotch Potch English - The Mega-Minute Podcast - No.32 Listen to the Mega Minute Podcast, read the text, and try to understand as much as possible. Get FREE English Lessons (including exercises for this podcast) from Hotch Potch English Don't worry if you don't understand everything - just listening to real English is a FANTASTIC way to improve..! Practise as you listen: do a dictation: write down everything & check below listen and repeat: speak until your English accent is perfect! learn by heart: remember everything and impress your friends! Podcast Script: (Right-click and open in new window to listen) ________________________________________ Hello, and welcome to the... Hotch Potch English ~ Mega Minute Podcast No.32! Today's Quote (unknown) "Pain, emotional or physical, has a very clear message... We should do more of something or less of something else. Once we get the pain's message, and follow its advice, the pain goes away." Today's Amazing Facts April Fools' Day In France, on April the 1st, people stick paper fish on people's backs and laugh at them. In the UK people try to make people believe very silly things. Today's Fun A serious news programme on the BBC once played a very funny April Fool's Day joke on listeners. They announced that thanks to good weather, farmers in Switzerland were enjoying a great harvest from their spaghetti trees.Many people phoned the programme to know how to grow their own spaghetti tree! That's all for today. Tell your friends. Read the words on the blog at hotchpotchenglish.blogspot.com And see you next time! Get FREE English lessons (including exercises for this podcast) from Hotch Potch English_________________________________ Subscribe to this Podcast in iTunes _____________________________ Podcast 32 {Quote~Fact~Fun} ~ "Get the Message" Created & written by Sab Will Copyright 2009 Sab Will / Hotch Potch English ___________________________________________________ Visit Hotch Potch English ~ The Unique English Teaching Website http://www.hotchpotchenglish.com/ | 1 4 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Podcast 31 {Quote~Fact~Fun} - 'Give Advice' | Share Us! Hotch Potch English - The Mega-Minute Podcast - No.31 Listen to the Mega Minute Podcast, read the text, and try to understand as much as possible. Get FREE English Lessons (including exercises for this podcast) from Hotch Potch English Don't worry if you don't understand everything - just listening to real English is a FANTASTIC way to improve..! Practise as you listen: do a dictation: write down everything & check below listen and repeat: speak until your English accent is perfect! learn by heart: remember everything and impress your friends! AC_VHost_Embed(128880,300,200,'',1,1, 1056017, 0,0,0,'50d05bc934ff810c8a65599e5a0c2ce2',8); Podcast Script: (Right-click and open in new window to listen) Hello, and welcome to the... Hotch Potch English~ Mega Minute Podcast No.31 _______________ Today's Quote (from Brendan Francis) "People who ask our advice almost never take it. Yet we should never refuse to give it, upon request, for it often helps us to see our own way more clearly." _____________________ Today's Amazing Facts About Australia: Australia is about twice the size of Europe. It has the lowest population density on earth, except Antarctica. There are only about 22 million people in Australia but around 120 million sheep - that's about five sheep per person! There are also estimated to be around 40 million of Australia's most famous marsupial - the jumping kangaroo! ____________ Today's Fun Q) What do you get if you cross an elephant and a kangaroo? A) Big holes all over Australia! ____________________ That's all for today! Tell your friends. Read the words on the Blog at hotchpotchenglish.blogspot.com And see you next time! Get FREE English lessons (including exercises for this podcast) from Hotch Potch English_________________________________ Subscribe to this Podcast in iTunes _____________________________ Podcast 31 {Quote~Fact~Fun} ~ "Give Advice" Created & written by Sab Will Copyright 2009 Sab Will / Hotch Potch English ___________________________________________________ Visit Hotch Potch English ~ The Unique English Teaching Website http://www.hotchpotchenglish.com/ | 25 3 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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