THAT'S ENGLISH - LEVEL 3

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1 Listen to the podcast without reading the text.

2 Listen to the podcast for a second time and quickly write a few notes about what you hear.

3 Read the text with the podcast as you listen for the third time.

4 Read aloud with the podcast.

5 Try to explain what you have heard in your own words.

Word of the Day

Play nonentity discuss
Definition:	(noun) A person of no influence.
Synonyms:	nobody, cipher
Usage:	After losing the gubernatorial election, she was written off as a political nonentity.

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This Day in History

"Casey at the Bat" Published in the San Francisco Examiner (1888)

"Casey at the Bat" was one of the most popular poems in late 19th-century America. Recited in vaudeville performances and later taken up by many celebrities, the poem tells the story of an overconfident baseball player—the "mighty Casey"—who strikes out while trying to show off. Ernest Thayer, who wrote the poem, avoided acknowledging authorship for many years because he thought it was embarrassingly bad. Which two real-life towns have laid claim to being the Mudville mentioned in the poem? More... Discuss

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Today's Birthday

Raoul Dufy (1877)

Dufy was a French designer and painter best known for his outdoor scenes of gaiety and leisure, like horse races, parades, and concerts. He also designed textiles and illustrated books. Dufy studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and experimented with Impressionism and, later, Fauvism. In the early 1920s, he developed his distinctive style characterized by sketchily drawn objects on bright, decorative backgrounds. Later, he completed one of the largest modern paintings, an ode to what? More... Discuss

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Quote of the Day

Circus, n.: A place where horses, ponies and elephants are permitted to see men, women, and children acting the fool.
Ambrose Bierce
(1842-1914) Discuss

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