Mind Webs - The Word A N D Stair Trick
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Mind Webs - The Word A N D Stair Trick

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 9, 202627 min
  • Documentary
  • Fiction & stories

A surreal sci-fi series exploring speculative concepts, dreams, and philosophical what-ifs. Each episode is a cerebral journey into the mind’s deepest questions. This episode includes AI-generated content.

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It's only when their children, their size, doesn't frighten one much.

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with those giants in their crowded streets, but on that night,

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  • 94% of the words are B1 or easier.
  • 153 words a minute: a natural pace.
  • 133 harder words (B2 and up) in the whole episode.

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0:30

Welcome to a half hour of Mind Web. Short stories from the world's speculative section. This is Michael Hanson. The mind web stories for this half hour come from a volume

1:21

and paddled a cup full of space, a heavy brew of science fiction stories by Mildred Clingerman. The first is the word. I can tell you we were frightened when that woman opened the door. Goddess tall she was, like all those people.

1:40

It's only when their children, their size, doesn't frighten one much. Even hunger, I think, could not have driven us forth from our hiding place to mingle with those giants in their crowded streets, but on that night, Lodi had slipped back to report that the streets were thronged only with the little ones.

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