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  • 21: The Football One
    2021/04/16

    This time Benjamin learns about something completely new: a sport that involves 22 people chasing a ball around a field. He knew nothing about it before, but now he knows quite a bit. Rob Tilson from Not So Fantasy Football was substituted in at the last minute to save the day.

    Listen to Rob's podcast Not So Fantasy Football.

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    34 分
  • 20: Posh Revisited
    2021/01/19

    Friend of the podcast Alex is given the right to reply in this week's episode. He chose to talk about Episode 14, 'Posh'. Dig out your bow ties and ball gowns.

    An article about British architecture in American Universities

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    52 分
  • BONUS: New Year, New News
    2021/01/09

    A little bonus episode to wish you a Happy New Year and share some exciting news.

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    2 分
  • 19: The British Monarchy, Part II
    2020/12/23

    Looking at the monarchy in the 20th and 21st centuries, this is the second part of the double episode on the British royal family. 

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    30 分
  • 18: The British Monarchy, Part I
    2020/12/18

    She is on our postage stamps, our notes and our coins, but how did she get there? I didn't vote for her. Over the following two episodes, Intermediate English explores the twists and turns in Britain's monarchy, and the case for its continuation.

    Music: Dragon Rider by Dogon Lights

    Find out more about Scottish history here

    Find out more about Republic here

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    25 分
  • 17: Four Questions Answered about the US Election
    2020/11/18

    Intermediate English looks over the pond to the United States, which chose its 46th president on 3 November. We answer four questions about the American election, and discuss what may or may not be one of the great turning points in American politics.

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    31 分
  • 16: To Build a Fire
    2020/11/01

    Here at Intermediate English, we thought that we would like to continue our series of short stories that we began with Episode 10 (A Prisoner of Time). Today Benjamin reads out Jack London's famous tale of survival in the wilderness, 'To Build a Fire'.

    Music: Dragon Rider by the Dogon Lights.

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    33 分
  • 15: William Shakespeare
    2020/10/09

    Here at Intermediate English we speak to our resident literature correspondent Alex about arguably the greatest British writer, William Shakespeare. How should a student of English approach such old and complicated texts? Who was this mysterious man from Stratford? And is he all he's cracked up to be?

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