Series 03 Episode 09
While you listen
While you listen
Elementary Podcasts are suitable for learners with different levels of English. Here are some ways to make them easier (if you have a lower level of English) or more difficult (if you have a higher level of English). You can choose one or two of these suggestions - you don't have to do all of them!
Making it easier
- Read all the exercises before you listen to the podcast.
- Look up the words in the exercises that you don't know in a dictionary.
- Play the podcast as many times as you need.
- Play each part of the podcast separately.
- Read the transcript after you have listened to the podcast.
Making it harder
- Listen to the podcast before you read the exercises.
- Only play the podcast once before answering the questions.
- Play the whole podcast without a break.
- Don't read the transcript.
Now, listen to the podcast and do the exercises on the following tabs.
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Match the two parts of the dialogue.
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Type the missing word.
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Match the words with the definitions.
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Put the sentences in order to make a British cup of tea!
Leave a comment below!
Do you drink tea or coffee? How do you make it? With or without milk? With or without sugar? What other things do people in your country like to drink?
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Hi everyone,
I do not often drink tea, but I love it. It is one of my favourite beverages that I most have when I finish a meal. I do not drink coffee, it does not mean it is not tasty but I did drink it when I was a teenager and I was addicted to it. I recall I had to drink it everyday or else I felt awful to get through each minute of that day. I do not know why, but I was afraid of that little desire to have it immediately. So that is why I tried to stop using it since then.
Most of the people I know, especially elderly people, usually drink a cup of coffee before having their breakfasts every early morning. And sometimes it becomes their breakfasts, it is not a good habit. But the people here have used to it and it turns to part of their busy day.
NIce day
Hello Adam and Rob,
I am so excited to hear about my comment in the latest podcast No 9. Of course¡ It would be a honor for me to take part of the international music band of the British Learning Team. Thank you for take me on account :-D
About the tea topic, here in my country the most popular hot beverage is the coffee. It is very affordable and we have very good producers here. People usually drinks coffee all mornings and in the afternoons. Normally one or two cups are taken acompanied with one or two pieces of sweet bread.
In the winter season, the mexican have two traditional hot beverages: the "champurrado" and the "ponche". The first one is a mixture of hot milk, corn flour, sugar and cinnamon. It is used in the "posadas", a set of 13 christmas parties that starts on 12 and ends on 24 of december. The second one is special for Christmas and is made of water, hawthorn, apples, tamarind, jamaica, cane, guavas, raisins, cinnamon sticks and sugar and Tequila.
Personaly, when I was a child, I really enjoyed participate in my family custom of the afternoons, when all the family sat on a garden chair to drink coffee and enjoy a sweet piece of bread.
Now I have got more lighter habits. I don´t eat sweet bread anymore. My husband and me drink a cup of green tea on the mornings, before doing excercises, because It helps to loss weigth and improve your performance. And before sleep, we drink 8 blossoms tea, it a relaxing.
Certainly, when our relatives come to visit us, we go to buy a big bag of great coffee and a big brown bag of sweet bread.
It was a pleasure to meet both of you, even by letter.
Greetings from Mexico.
Karla Lara
Hello, everyone ! I am from Brazil, usually I drink coffee everyday, but in the night always I drink cup of tea. In Brazil, coffee is more popular than tea.
Bye bye !
Vanessa
Hi,
People in our country usually drink tea..And tea is more popular than coffe.There are many tea houses in our country.we usually drink tea with candy or sugar.we never drink tea with milk.I like tea and everyday drink 5-6 cups.
Thank you for podcasts.
Hi my fivarot drink it is tea >in my country people drink tea every day>
i drink tea with suger i put two spoon of suger
Hi guys,
In our country most people drink more tea than coffee.Tea in our country has a long history. It is also a kind of esoteric knowledge. I almost drink tea everyday especially at ningt! I think tea is good thing.
Blessings
My husband drinks coffee. He does it without milk but with sugar. I usually drink coffee in the morning and then I drink tea. I drink both with milk. I don't drink coffee or tea very much. Some people in our country like to drink coffee but more people I suppose drink tea.
Hi everyone, I am franklin and I am from COLOMBIA the counry of the coffe. a lot of people around the world know that the best coffe is produced in colombia, and it is very recognized for your flavor and flagrance. In many cities in the world has stores of coffe from colombia, the name of it is JUAN VALDEZcafe de colombia.
Hi,
people in my country usually drink a tea for breakfast . It´s not usual to put a milk into the tea in Czech country. We use a lemon and a honey. I like it when I´m ill and I use it also when my children are too. I also like herbal tea because of its aroma and taste.
Monika
Hello, Czech Republic is my second country. I drink tea with lemon and honey almost every day and I like it very much. I believe that it´s healthy too. In Tunisia, it´s not common to drink tea with honey and it may even sound strange for some people.
When they have guests, they often drink tea but the traditional one: a mint tea that is very tasty.