Podcast 191 The Breath of the Mosquito (Part ...

Mike Bilbrough is taking his summer holiday at the moment. Meanwhile, we'd like to offer you a story recorded last year in two parts as one complete story for you to listen to, learn from and enjoy. You can follow the story transcript and see the B2 language in bold type at Mike' ...  Show more

These are the B1 phrases we'll study today: https://www.practisingenglish.com/podcast-318.htm1. AttemptDefinition: To try to do something, especially something difficult. (Can be used as a verb or a noun).Example 1: She will attempt to pass her driving test for the second time tom ...  Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the significance of fossils. In the middle of the nineteenth century the discoveries of the fossil hunters used to worry poor Ruskin to death, he wrote in a letter in 1851, “my faith, which was never strong, is being beaten to gold leaf…If only tho ...  Show more

In this episode of the Learn English Vocabulary podcast, Jack talks about a trip to the Natural History Museum in London.You can read the transcript and leave a comment on Learn English Vocabulary - B1 - The Natural History MuseumSupport the show ( https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Eng ...  Show more

From an imagined palace constructed out of bone to the curious ways in which animals and humans use bone for tools and construction materials, take a stroll through halls of bone with Robert and Joe in this pair of episodes from Stuff to Blow Your Mind. (Originally published 4/7/ ...  Show more

A newly-examined munch mark on a tibia has become a real pleistocene whodunit. By Natalia Raegan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices