Podcast 211 The Visitors (part 2) B1 B2 story

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Words to explain:

binoculars - a device used to see objects far away

UFO - unidentified flying object (alien spaceship)

What the hell is going on? - What is happening?

fin - wing-like structure of a creature that lives in the sea

B2 phrases to listen for. What is the context of each phrase?

1, failed to comprehend

2, under the impression

3, get straight to the point

4, It goes without saying

5, taken somebody's word for it

6, I don’t get it

The vowels (a, e, i, o, u) have been taken out (unless the word begins with a vowel). Read the definition and guess the word in bold.

B1-level

1, swtchd off - turned off

2, accrt - precise

3, brz - a light wind

4, srrndd - were on all sides

5, dcrsng - less and less

B2-level

6, cmpsd of - made up of

7, drknng - losing light

8, ignrd - did not look at or speak to

9, incrdbl - hard to believe

10, Srly - of course, obviously
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Mike Bilbrough (Secondary school English teacher and Doctor in English philology)

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