The Rope
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Something like a rope passed him again. It was not tied to anything. It was floating. It moved slowly, back and forward, like seaweed. Pablo watched it for a moment. It did not feel dangerous. He reached out and pushed the rope away from his body. He pushed it to the side so he could start to go up. His breath was running out. His chest felt tight. He needed to go back to the surface. Then he saw more of it. Not all at once. At first, it was only a shape. A grey shape moving in the water. It did not look like a rope anymore. It looked like skin. That was when he understood. It was a shark. He...
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Learning the Water
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Pablo had only learned to swim recently. He was in his early twenties. It took him a long time. He worked full time. He also had a part-time job. That day, he swam out from the shore and dived down. He wanted to see the rocks he had heard about under the water. He did not know how deep the ocean was there. Even close to land, it could be very deep. He felt like he was about five meters down. He did not look up at the surface. Something touched the back of his leg. It frightened him, but he kept going. The seaweed was large. It felt thick, like kelp. It brushed past the tattoo on his leg. He...
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Pablo — The Kitchen
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Perhaps he thought when he got home he could hang his wooden spoons up, although at the moment they were sitting in a great big blue jar—which seemed to be the right place, as then he could just grab them beside the air fryer, you know, that kind of thing, when he was cooking on the run. This was making him hungry now, thinking about all these wooden spoons and the boat made of wooden spoons. He was thinking about dinner. Maybe he could have some nice pasta with some garlic and some black pepper, vegetables, and maybe some olives. He might be able to put some tuna in there too, and he may...
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The boat made of wooden spoons
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After his swim, Pablo decided that he was going to sit down and do some writing. And when he sat down, he suddenly remembered that he had a dream the other night about a boat, and the boat was made from wooden spoons. Why would a boat be made of wooden spoons? That was an interesting idea. They must have been all glued together because the boat was bobbing along quite well in the water, and there was a small crew of sailors sitting in the boat having a lively chat. What were they talking about? He wondered. He hadn't remembered that part of the dream. Was the discussion about coming to land or...
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Swim First
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The Room
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Not a Busy Day
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Pablo jumped up to snatch the newspaper
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A different cup
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Pablo was suddenly very tired. He was also feeling very thirsty. So he decided to go home and make himself a nice cup of coffee. It was a beautiful, warm, sunny day. And though he was feeling hungry, he decided first he needed to get himself a nice drink. Normally, he wouldn't drink coffee after about 2:00 PM as he felt somehow made it more difficult for him to sleep. He was thinking about his favorite coffee cup when he suddenly realized that he had a series of habits that some people might have found a bit strange. The first habit he had was that in the morning first thing he would have a...
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Pablo in the park
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Pablo sat down on the stool in the kitchen and closed his eyes to think back for a moment. He remembered a few weeks ago being in the park near his apartment, sitting on a bench in the sun and noticing a small blackbird. “It can’t be the same one,” he thought. Then he remembered that was the day it rained. He had gone for a walk, turned his phone on silent, and sat on a park bench. One of his teachers had told him years ago that he should improve his skills in observation. So, when it rained, he stayed on the bench with his rain hat and raincoat for a few minutes, observing the...
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https://eattmag.com/thank-you-for-joining-us-for-thursdays-slow-speaking-english-lesson-number-43/
Hello, Cullen here, welcome back and hello to
Vourchnea, Maya, Aye, Solange, and Cecilia,
Just some of our students from Cambodia, Nepal, Myanmar, Rwanda, and Namibia.
Who are all learning to speak English and some of whom also speak
Oshindonga,
Myanmar,
Nepali, and Khmer.
Did you know that in Cambodia, around 90% of the official language is Khmer, and It is spoken by nearly 90% of the country's population.
Have you been to Cambodia?
And also, the Khmer language in Cambodia is used in government administration and for imparting education at all levels and in the media.
So great to have you all with us.
And as you know, these are just a few of our new students like you from around the world.
I have been away, traveling, and working, and so you have Harris, our intelligent machine learning friend here at EATT Magazine has been giving English
lessons while I am working on new lesson plans.
We also have a vast number of new students from Persia, Brazil, Mongolia, the United States, China, France, the Middle East, and Japan, to name just a few places
Welcome.
Great to have you with us,
Do you know the meaning of the word vast?
Vast could mean
A great area or extent or immense as just one example
and these are all great words for you to search on google.
Vast,
and Immense.
Please also don't forget to click on the link inside this lesson and tell us where you are from
Now I know some of you are already at University and some of you also plan to go to college,
but some of our students are not planning more studies they are working towards creating their own business,
so that is great to hear
Do you have a business in mind you would like to run?
Would you like to be a tour guide?
Or a teacher, or are you planning to be a builder or something else?
Please let us know in the comments as we can use all of your answers in our upcoming lessons
And what is the kind of English you might need to learn to help you get there?
So have a think about it, and from everyone here at EATT Magazine, we will catch up with you in the next lesson.
And don't forget to fill in the answers and test your English in this Saturday's lesson by clicking on the link