Practice Listening to
English Firsthand in This Story
 
Listening
to English firsthand is perhaps the best way to learn. I started
practicing my Japanese when I lived in Canada. I learned from
a
book, had no Japanese friends, and no one to talk with in Japanese.
When I came to Japan, I could not speak Japanese.
But I could speak a bit after one year. I was listening to
Japanese firsthand.
You can listen to many speakers of
English and they will all help you, but the best speakers are native
speakers. The story on this page is read by a native speaker
(myself!).
If you listen to the same story several times,
then switch to another story and listen several times, and then keep
switching, you are getting lots of practice with English firsthand.
All the stories are written and read by me, a native speaker.
Please feel free (after all, it's free!) to listen as
often as you would like to these stories as you study phrasal verbs.
Come back often!
Catching
On
1. take up
to
occupy oneself with the study or practice of
2. catch on
to
understand; perceive.
3. pick up
to make progress; improve
4. leave over
to leave something for a while with plans to do or
get later
5. wipe off
remove by wiping
You
can get your own copy of this recording in mp3 format here - (at no charge).
Just right click here.
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