This podcast is for people from all walks of life who want to hear a little more about the English language in shorter soundbytes...up to 10 minutes per episode. 


English in 60 Seconds

I have created this channel for beginners to practise listening and repeating after me. I will include the vocab for each podcast for you. 

I do NOT teach beginners, but am happy to teach this. 

Beginners 

This is a channel for story time. 
Karen will read stories that cover a range of topic and challenges that cover issues in today's world. 
Karen has written some of the stories, but not all . 

Pocket Rainbow

❥ In this podcast, Melo reads from The Aesop for Children found for free online at: https://www.read.gov/aesop/001.html
❥ Listen and learn the moral of each story.

Life Lessons from Aesop's Fables

Episode 17: The Cock & the Fox

❥ In this podcast, Melo reads from The Aesop for Children found for free online at: https://www.read.gov/aesop/001.html
❥ Listen and learn the moral of each story.
❥ Practice listening and/or reading comprehension by answering the quiz questions.
❥ Today's fable is called “The Stag & His Reflection” and can be found here:
https://www.read.gov/aesop/017.html
❥The moral of today’s fable is: 
“We often make much of the ornamental and despise the useful.”

❥ 在这个播客中，梅洛朗读了《儿童伊索》，可在网上免费找到：https://www.read.gov/aesop/001.html
❥聆听并学习每个故事的寓意。
❥ 通过回答问答问题练习听力和/或阅读理解。
❥ 今天的寓言叫"雄鹿和他的倒影"，可以在这里找到：
https://www.read.gov/aesop/017.html
❥今天的寓言故事的寓意是： 
"我们常常夸大装饰性，而轻视实用性。"

Episode 16: The Stag & His Reflection

❥ In this podcast, Melo reads from The Aesop for Children found for free online at: https://www.read.gov/aesop/001.html
❥ Listen and learn the moral of each story.
❥ Practice listening and/or reading comprehension by answering the quiz questions.
❥ Today's fable is called “The Fox & the Stork” and can be found here:
https://www.read.gov/aesop/016.html
❥The moral of today’s fable is: 
“Do not play tricks on your neighbors unless you can stand the same treatment yourself.”

❥ 在这个播客中，梅洛朗读了《儿童伊索》，可在网上免费找到：https://www.read.gov/aesop/001.html
❥聆听并学习每个故事的寓意。
❥ 通过回答问答问题练习听力和/或阅读理解。
❥ 今天的寓言叫"狐狸与鹳"，可以在这里找到：
https://www.read.gov/aesop/016.html
❥今天的寓言故事的寓意是： 
"不要欺骗您的邻居，除非您自己也能忍受同样的待遇。"

Episode 15: The Fox & the Stork

❥ In this podcast, Melo reads from The Aesop for Children found for free online at: https://www.read.gov/aesop/001.html
❥ Listen and learn the moral of each story.
❥ Practice listening and/or reading comprehension by answering the quiz questions.
❥ Today's fable is called “The Heron” and can be found here:
https://www.read.gov/aesop/015.html
❥The moral of today’s fable is: 
“Do not be too hard to suit or you may have to be content with the worst or with nothing at all.”

❥ 在这个播客中，梅洛朗读了《儿童伊索》，可在网上免费找到：https://www.read.gov/aesop/001.html
❥聆听并学习每个故事的寓意。
❥ 通过回答问答问题练习听力和/或阅读理解。
❥ 今天的寓言叫"苍鹭号"，可以在这里找到：
https://www.read.gov/aesop/015.html
❥今天的寓言故事的寓意是： 
"不要太难适应，否则你可能不得不满足于最差的情况，或者什么都不满足。"

Episode 14: The Heron

❥ In this podcast, Melo reads from The Aesop for Children found for free online at: https://www.read.gov/aesop/001.html
❥ Listen and learn the moral of each story.
❥ Practice listening and/or reading comprehension by answering the quiz questions.
❥ Today's fable is called “The Wild Boar & the Fox” and can be found here:
https://www.read.gov/aesop/014.html
❥The moral of today’s fable is: 
“Preparedness for war is the best guarantee of peace.”

❥ 在这个播客中，梅洛朗读了《儿童伊索》，可在网上免费找到：https://www.read.gov/aesop/001.html
❥聆听并学习每个故事的寓意。
❥ 通过回答问答问题练习听力和/或阅读理解。
❥ 今天的寓言叫"野猪与狐狸"，可以在这里找到：
https://www.read.gov/aesop/014.html
❥今天的寓言故事的寓意是： 
"对战争的准备是和平的最好保证"。

Episode 13: The Wild Boar & the Fox

❥ In this podcast, Melo reads from The Aesop for Children found for free online at: https://www.read.gov/aesop/001.html
❥ Listen and learn the moral of each story.
❥ Practice listening and/or reading comprehension by answering the quiz questions.
❥ Today's fable is called “The Two Goats” and can be found here:
https://www.read.gov/aesop/013.html
❥The moral of today’s fable is: 
“It is better to yield than to come to misfortune through stubbornness.”
https://www.read.gov/aesop/013.html
❥ 在这个播客中，梅洛朗读了《儿童伊索》，可在网上免费找到：https://www.read.gov/aesop/001.html
❥聆听并学习每个故事的寓意。
❥ 通过回答问答问题练习听力和/或阅读理解。
❥ 今天的寓言叫"两只山羊"，可以在这里找到：
https://www.read.gov/aesop/013.html
❥今天的寓言故事的寓意是： 
"与其因固执而遭遇不幸，不如屈服"。

Episode 12: The Two Goats

❥ In this podcast, Melo reads from The Aesop for Children found for free online at: https://www.read.gov/aesop/001.html
❥ Listen and learn the moral of each story.
❥ Practice listening and reading comprehension by answering the quiz questions.
❥ Today's fable is called “The Crow & the Pitcher” and can be found here:
https://www.read.gov/aesop/012.html
❥The moral of today’s fable is: 
“In a pinch, a good use of our wits may help us out.”

❥ 在这个播客中，梅洛朗读了《儿童伊索》，可在网上免费找到：https://www.read.gov/aesop/001.html
❥聆听并学习每个故事的寓意。
❥ 通过回答问答问题练习听力和/或阅读理解。
❥ 今天的寓言叫"乌鸦和投手"，可以在这里找到：
https://www.read.gov/aesop/012.html
❥今天的寓言故事的寓意是： 
"在紧要关头，好好利用我们的智慧可能会帮助我们解决问题" 。

Episode 11: The Crow & the Pitcher

❥ In this podcast, Melo reads from The Aesop for Children found for free online at: https://www.read.gov/aesop/001.html
❥ Listen and learn the moral of each story.
❥ Practice listening and/or reading comprehension by answering the quiz questions.
❥ Today's fable is called "The Oak & the Reeds" and can be found here:
https://www.read.gov/aesop/011.html
❥The moral of today’s fable is: 
“Better to yield when it is folly to resist than to resist stubbornly and be destroyed.”

❥ 在这个播客中，梅洛朗读了《儿童伊索》，可在网上免费找到：https://www.read.gov/aesop/001.html
❥聆听并学习每个故事的寓意。
❥ 通过回答问答问题练习听力和/或阅读理解。
❥ 今天的寓言叫"橡树与芦苇"，可以在这里找到：
https://www.read.gov/aesop/011.html
❥今天的寓言故事的寓意是： 
"在抵抗无用的情况下屈服，总比顽强抵抗而被消灭要好"。