Simplified Speech #196 – Heat waves and cold ...

Canada is famous for its cold winters, but what is it really like to visit in January? In this week’s bonus episode, Andrew shares stories about his recent trip back to his hometown in Canada. He traveled there to enjoy the snow and do some classic winter activities. However, the ...  Show more

In this Simplified Speech episode, Andrew and Indiana discuss a difficult question: Can you separate the art from the artist? Sometimes, famous singers, writers, or actors do bad things or share opinions that hurt other people. Andrew and Indiana talk about if it is OK to still e ...  Show more

Today's story: Most homes in cold-weather places have furnaces or boilers to provide heat indoors. These are effective and are relatively cheap to install, but they run on fossil fuels. A greener option is heat pumps. But like electric cars, heat pumps face barriers to wider adop ...  Show more

You need to know these English phrases when speaking about the weather. This is a big topic for American English speakers. We have small talk in the United States and the main small talk topic is the weather. In most of the United States when the seasons change you talk about ...

In this English lesson, we will do a deep dive on the English word, warm. You will learn the four ways we use the English phrasal verb, warm up. We use warm up when we talk about what we do before exercising, when we are cold outside by go inside to get warmer, when someone is ...