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2-Minute Tip: Learn Vocab From a Short Story
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Welcome to your 2-Minute Tip - a short, practical English lesson for your busy day. Learn it in two minutes... use it for years! Learn easily and naturally through stories! Learning vocabulary and grammar inside a story helps you remember them much better than studying isolated words or rules. That's exactly how my Bite-Sized Stories Course works. Each short story teaches useful vocabulary and grammar naturally, so you improve your English while enjoying the reading.
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B2 · Upper-intermediate
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- 83% of the words are B1 or easier.
- 148 words a minute: a natural pace.
- 9 harder words (B2 and up) in the whole episode.
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His manager reassured him that everyone feels that way at first, and suggested keeping a
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Is this episode right for you?
B2 · Upper-intermediate
Comfortable if you already follow TV news
- 83% of the words are B1 or easier.
- 148 words a minute: a natural pace.
- 9 harder words (B2 and up) in the whole episode.
Transcript
The opening of the episode. The whole transcript is in the player.
harder words (B2+)
Welcome to your two-minute tip, a short practical English lesson for your busy day. Learn it in two minutes and use it for years. If you like learning English with our short and sweet lessons, make sure to hit follow and subscribe to our podcast so you'll get every new episode.
Today, we're going to learn some new vocabulary from a short story. Listen to this paragraph, try to understand it the best you can, and then I'll explain some of the vocabulary. When Daniel started his new job, he was overwhelmed by everything he had to learn.
His manager reassured him that everyone feels that way at first, and suggested keeping a notebook for new information. By the end of the month, Daniel had gotten the hang of the software, and his coworkers even started asking him for help.
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