Candelas Essential English Grammar B1-B2 Intermediate Level
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Memorable Event - High level Response

Tale of Ugly Duckling

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DE CAPUA -- POST EBOLA SYNDROME  8 - 24 - 17

I’m Georgiana; founder of SpeakEnglishPodcast.com. My mission is to help YOU speak English fluently.

In this episode:

I’ll talk about why is the American accent so different from the British accent.
After that, I’ll use the Question and Answer technique for helping you develop your speaking skills.
Let’s get started!

In the eighteenth century, American and British pronunciations were pretty similar. Remember that the British Empire colonized America. Many immigrants traveled to America to start a new life.

So, a fair question is:

Why is American and British pronunciation so different nowadays?

Well, there are many theories, but here’s a reasonable one:

It’s the standard British accent that has radically changed in the past two centuries.

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Why do Americans and British have different accents

Jessica's First Day of School. 

Today is Jessica's first day of kindergarten. 
Jessica and her parents walk to school. 
Jessica's Mom walks with her to her classroom. 
Jessica meets her teacher. His name is Mr. Parker. 
The school bell rings at 8.45 A.M.. 
Jessica hugs and kisses her Mom goodbye. 
Jessica's Mom says "I love you." At 9.00 A.M., 
Jessica stands for the National anthem. 
Mr. Parker calls out children's names. 
Each child yells back "Here." 
Mr. Parker teaches them about letters. 
Mr. Parker teaches them about numbers. 
At 10:15 A.M. the students have recess. 
Recess is fun. 
The students get to play and eat. 
At 10:30 A.M. the students go to gym class. 
At 11:15 A.M. the students return to Mr. Parker's classroom. 
Mr. Parker tells the students to sit on the carpet. 
Mr. Parker reads the students a story. 
Mr. Parker teaches the students a song. 
The lunch bell rings. 
Jessica's first day of school is over.

English Listening Level 1 - Lesson 2 - Jessica's First Day of School

My Flower Garden. 

My name is Anne. 
I love flowers. 
I have a flower garden. 
My garden is in front of my house. 
My neighbour has a garden too. 
My garden has different types of flowers. 
I have roses in my garden. 
I have tulips in my garden. 
I have petunias in my garden. 
My garden has different colours. 
I plant red flowers. 
I plant orange flowers. 
I plant blue flowers. 
I plant purple flowers. 
I take care of my garden. 
I water my garden every day. 
I kill the weeds in my garden. 
I kill insects that eat my flowers. 
I love my beautiful garden.

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