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Can You Use This Spoken English Story to Improve Your Listening Skills?


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Stories read aloud in spoken English are a great way to study English. In fact, this is how humans learn language: we listen to stories.

Children love to hear stories again and again.  These days, they watch DVD.  My neices and nephews always surprised me because they could watch the same DVD so many times (even more than a hundren times!). 

You may not have much time to watch DVDs so my stories are short. Each has a different set of phrasal verbs.  Study the phrasal verbs, and listen to the stories to hear them again and again.  

The Golfer

Verb list

1. Tell off: scold, or rebuke somebody, especially in anger

2. Burn up: to destroy something by intense heat or fire

3. Make clear: if you make something clear, you say something in a way that makes it impossible for there to be and doubt about your meaning, wishes, or intentions

4. Make good: to become successful, often after an unpromising start

5. Hear from: to recieve a communication such as a letter or telephone call from a person, place or organization.


The man in the red jacket is Tiger Woods’coach. In the picture he is having so much trouble that he got angry at the photographer and told him off. He burned up a lot of energy golfing in the rough that day. He wants to make good in the coach's tournament so he practices a lot. If he wins he'll hear from Tiger Woods in person. He wants to make it clear that he's an excellent golfer and not just a good coach.

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