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710. The Umbrella Man by Roald Dahl (Learn English with a Short Story)
Luke's English PodcastHosted by
Luke Thompson
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1.6M
12.2× the show’s average
Episode1.6M
Show avg127K
Published
5y ago
Mar 17, 2021
Length
56m
show avg 1h 22m
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Listen to me reading out a story by author Roald Dahl and learn some English in the process. Text is presented on the screen while you watch and listen. Buy The Complete Short Stories Vol.1&2 by Roald Dahl wherever you get your books. See below for links👇 Episode page on my website with link for the PDF version https://wp.me/p4IuUx-oFb LEP Premium https://www.teacherluke.co.uk/premiuminfo Contents
- 0:00Video intro
- 1:13Audio episode recording starts / Introduction
- 2:41Who is Roald Dahl?
- 4:29Notes on the Language & Writing Style in the story
- 5:24How to use this episode to learn English
- 7:39The story starts
- 23:39A summary of the story
- 33:15Comments about the story and characters
- 45:19Posh and old-fashioned vocabulary in the story
- 53:55Story introduction by Roald Dahl himself
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