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VOCAB BOOST: Roomba Hacking, Lodged Bombs & Chinese Malfoy
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Three bizarre news stories from around the world that are sure to give us a bunch of new vocabulary. A man who accidentally hacked into 7000 robot vacuums, a man who introduced a WW1 era bomb into his body, and Draco Malfoy goes viral in China. I swear I didn't make any of these up. Controlling 7000 robots Frenchman with lodged projectile Malfoy viral in China Try Spoken for FREE
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B2 · Upper-intermediate
Comfortable if you already follow TV news
- 82% of the words are B1 or easier.
- 133 words a minute: a natural pace.
- 113 harder words (B2 and up) in the whole episode.
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Hey, what's up? What's going on? Welcome to another episode of English with Dane, a show designed to help you enjoy the process of perfecting your English. As always, I'm your host Dane and you can find me on Instagram and TikTok at English with Dane. On today's episode, we're looking at some strange news stories from around the world. I got some really good ones today.
We're starting off with a man who accidentally gained control of 7,000 robot vacuums at once, then the unlikely story of a Harry Potter star becoming the face of the whole country of China, and finally, and I'm not making this up, a man who went to the ER, the emergency room to the ER with, wait for it, a World War I bomb lodged in his rectum.
Yes, you heard that right. As always, we're going to come across a lot of new vocabulary that will break down and I'm sure we'll be in for a few more surprises too. Alright, you are listening to episode 45 of season 2 of English with Dane.
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