Learn English Podcast
The Learn English Podcast helps B2 English learners improve listening, vocabulary, and confidence through engaging, story-based episodes about American culture, world events, and fascinating true stories.
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🎿 This episode explores the true story behind the Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan scandal that shocked the world before the 1994 Winter Olympics. Listeners learn what happened, why the American media became obsessed with the case, and how the events affected both athletes during one of the most famous Olympic moments in U.S. sports history.
Created for intermediate English learners around the world, the episode helps listeners improve listening comprehension and learn real American English vocabulary related to scandals, investigations, media coverage, and public controversy. It’s perfect for ESL and EFL learners who want to learn English through real stories, American culture, and historical events.
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📝 Vocabulary list:
1) dominated the news: appeared everywhere in the media for a period of time
2) graceful: moving in a smooth, beautiful way
3) elegant: calm, polished, and controlled in style
4) artistry: skill and beauty of performance (style, expression)
5) ice princess: a term for a very polished, “princess-like” female skater
6) instability: lack of safety, consistency, or security
7) assaulted: violently attacked (physical attack)
8) baton: a hard stick that can be used as a weapon (also used by police)
9) investigation: a police process of finding facts and evidence
10) evidence: information or proof used to show what happened
11) pled guilty: formally said in court that you committed a crime
12) hindering (an investigation): slowing down or interfering with police as they try to find the truth
13) media frenzy: a situation where the media becomes obsessed with one story
The Podcast
Welcome English Learners!
If you’re tired of boring English lessons, you’re in the right place.
The Learn English Podcast helps B2 learners improve listening, vocabulary, and confidence through real stories about culture, history, and everyday life. Each episode gives you English that is natural, understandable, and meaningful—so you learn without stress or confusion.
Here, you won’t memorize lists or repeat unnatural sentences. You’ll hear real English in context, spoken the way people use it in the real world. Bit by bit, your brain starts connecting words, expressions, and meaning automatically. If you want English that feels real—not like homework—join us and start learning through stories you’ll actually enjoy.
The Learn English Podcast
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LATEST EPISODES
🎿 This episode explores the true story behind the Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan scandal that shocked the world before the 1994 Winter Olympics. Listeners learn what happened, why the American media became obsessed with the case, and how the events affected both athletes during one of the most famous Olympic moments in U.S. sports history.
Created for intermediate English learners around the world, the episode helps listeners improve listening comprehension and learn real American English vocabulary related to scandals, investigations, media coverage, and public controversy. It’s perfect for ESL and EFL learners who want to learn English through real stories, American culture, and historical events.
🔔 Follow us on social media @LearnEnglishPod and visit our website:
Podcast website: https://learnenglishpod.com/
Follow us on social Media: https://linktr.ee/learnenglishpod
Take lessons with me: https://www.italki.com/en/teacher/8531387
📚Affiliate link for italki: https://www.italki.com/en/i/ref/GBBdbb
Affiliate link for Lingq: https://www.lingq.com/?referral=msusc
📝 Vocabulary list:
1) dominated the news: appeared everywhere in the media for a period of time
2) graceful: moving in a smooth, beautiful way
3) elegant: calm, polished, and controlled in style
4) artistry: skill and beauty of performance (style, expression)
5) ice princess: a term for a very polished, “princess-like” female skater
6) instability: lack of safety, consistency, or security
7) assaulted: violently attacked (physical attack)
8) baton: a hard stick that can be used as a weapon (also used by police)
9) investigation: a police process of finding facts and evidence
10) evidence: information or proof used to show what happened
11) pled guilty: formally said in court that you committed a crime
12) hindering (an investigation): slowing down or interfering with police as they try to find the truth
13) media frenzy: a situation where the media becomes obsessed with one story
