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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What are your “New Year’s” resolutions?
Will you make a “New Year’s” resolution?
Did you have “New Year’s” resolutions last year?
And will you make a “New Year’s” resolutions this year?
These are just some of the questions in today's lesson.
One of my “New Year’s” resolutions for this coming year is to tell a story.
A story that came to mind one day when I was on my bike when I was riding alongside the river.
It's a story about someone living in a new city and the things he learns about the world around him
And another resolution I have for the coming year is to learn faster and to Work Smarter, Not Harder
Do you know what it means to Work Smarter, Not Harder?
So one example of Working Smarter, Not Harder could be
Instead of writing long emails, sometimes it's better to pick up the phone
So, this might work for some people but it can be a challenge if you are learning English
And depending on your level of English this might not always be the best option for you
So in this is the case you might change that idea into another idea such as
to write smaller emails not longer ones so you can improve your English by writing more emails faster
about more subjects so you can learn faster by improving the range of subjects you can write and learn about.
One of my goals also In the future is to Automate more tasks.
This will reduce the number of decisions I have to make throughout the day.
So, what tasks could I automate I wonder?
I know.
I could automate the way I email some of our English language students, here at learn English with Cullen.
If I made a system, then we could send and receive emails, more automatically to help our students.
Then I could then spend more time creating my story.
That can then help more of our students in a faster way, so I could create a series of podcasts that go into an audio book.
and I could create a free and a paid audio book version of the story so this could pay for more of free and a paid story.
Audio books that could help more and more students at different levels at Learn English with Cullen.
Ok, So lets go through the questions you can answer in the form or in the link to the form if you can't see the form, ok ready.
Answer these questions in this link
https://forms.gle/cwPVTgzqhEvtaSKa8
if you cannot see a form below.
So for example a goal maybe to
Listen to more English podcasts
Or another goal maybe to answer some of the questions in the form in this podcast.
Yes, that could be a great goal
Or another goal may be to speak with more people in English by joining a meetup where more people speak English or a sports team, or any other class where people might speak English.
So please leave your answers in the form or in a comment on our website.
And so let's learn faster and Work Smarter, Not Harder together.
And to you and everyone who supports and your learning journey my friend.
I wish you a very Happy New Year.
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