B1 Vampire! (short story)

These are the B1 expressions we'll study today:For full story audio script: https://www.practisingenglish.com/podcast-310.htm1) just in caseDefinition: to be prepared if something happens.Take an umbrella just in case it rains.2) get readyDefinition: to prepare for something.We n ...  Show more

These are the B2 phrases we'll be studying today:For audioscript see: https://www.practisingenglish.com/podcast-309.htmpeculiarDefinition: strange or unusual in a way that is interesting or surprising.Examples:There was a peculiar smell coming from the kitchen.worryingDefinition: ...  Show more

When you hear the word vampire, what comes to mind? Dracula? The Twilight books? Ancient castles in Transylvania? What if I told you that vampire stories are much older, and much stranger, than you think? In today’s Halloween special episode of Thinking in English, we’re going to ...  Show more

Commonly associated with Count Dracula, the blood-sucking character in Bram Stoker’s quintessential novel, vampires continue to seduce. But where exactly did the vampire myth originate from? BBC Serbian’s Milica Radenković Jeremić has been researching the cultural history of vamp ...  Show more

Margaret reads you a story in which vampires serve as a metaphor for yet another thing, because vampires are cool.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

You know the legend he created. Tonight, our reading will tell you just how eerily all of the spooky pieces of Bram Stoker’s life fell precisely into place so that he could give the world--DRACULA! Stoker had the right illness, the right grim mother, friends, books, and even the ...  Show more