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Your library card unlocks free streaming
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B1 · Intermediate
Fine if you can follow simple news
- 96% of the words are B1 or easier.
- 163 words a minute: natural, fairly fast speech.
- 23 harder words (B2 and up) in the whole episode.
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The opening of the episode. The whole transcript is in the player.
harder words (B2+)
You're paying for three streaming services. Meanwhile, there's a free one sitting in your wallet right now. Your library card. Libraries come with streaming apps now.
Canopy with a K streams movies and shows more than 30,000 of them. Hoopla has movies, TV, music, and comics. Libby loads you up with audiobooks and ebooks, all free with your card. And there are no late fees either because everything returns itself when time's up.
Download the app, pick your library, and punch in your card number. card, many libraries let you sign up online in minutes. Fair warning, some libraries cap how many movies you get each month. But drop one $10 streamer, and that's $120 a year, back in your pocket.
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