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82 I am sailing. Is Laura's round-the-world solo trip at 16 fantastic, or not? (26 Jan 12)
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Transcript (pdf 64KB) Worksheet & Answers (pdf 91KB) Vocabulary tasks (pdf 81KB)Watch Laura end her journey with Euronews:
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81 In a lather. The pie team have found themselves a new hobby - soap making (15 Dec 11)
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Transcript (pdf 57KB) Worksheet & Answers (pdf 98KB) Vocabulary tasks (pdf 86KB)This podcast goes with this pie video:
80 Why Occupy? Amanda from Occupy Wall Street gives her reasons for being part of the protest (17 Nov 11)
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79 Mine's a Mars bar. The pie team look back on their favourite chocolate bars (27 Oct 11)
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Transcript (pdf 57KB) Worksheet & Answers (pdf 131KB) Vocabulary tasks (pdf 78KB)A Mars a day helps you work, rest and play (1980's advert):
Watch & listen (30sec)78 Double act. Meet Ana Luisa, a language teacher with two hats! (22 Sep 11)
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77 Return to the blue house. What a lot of changes since the pie team bought their house! (28 Jul 11)
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Compare the house now to when we bought it in 2009!
76 Penela: our local town. The pie team talk about what to see in their town up the road (21 Jul 11)
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Transcript (pdf 57KB) Worksheet & Answers (pdf 134KB) Vocabulary tasks (pdf 111KB)Fancy a visit to Penela castle? This is from TVCoimbra:
75 My ideal study place. How do you like to study? In a library, at a desk, at home with friends? (26 May 11)
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Transcript (pdf 57KB) Worksheet & Answers (pdf 78KB) Vocabulary tasks (pdf 119KB) Lesson plan (pdf 61KB) extra for teachers!Students from the Indiana University of Pennyslvania talk about their favourite study places.
Watch & listen (3m)74 Spring is in the air. The pie team talk about the prettiest season of the year (28 Apr 11)
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Transcript (pdf 53KB) Worksheet & Answers (pdf 82KB) Vocabulary tasks (pdf 147KB)This is from the BBC Springwatch site. Which bird sings 'teacher teacher'?!
73 The royal family. Surely one of the most popular British icons! (21 Apr 11)
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Transcript (pdf 61KB) Worksheet & Answers (pdf 242KB) Vocabulary tasks (pdf 66KB)The wedding of Charles and Diana, 1981.
Watch & listen (4m 03sec)72 Amazing Amazon. Some incredible facts from the world's biggest rainforest (17 Feb 11)
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Transcript (pdf 53KB) Worksheet & Answers (pdf 70KB) Vocabulary tasks (pdf 70KB) Webquest (pdf 70KB)The rainforest floor is dark. See how plants climb up into the sunlight:
Watch & listen (3m 11sec)71 Household chores. What a bore! But some are more fun than others... (20 Jan 11)
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70 On the first day of Christmas. What presents did Richard buy for his family this year? (2 Dec 10)
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Transcript (pdf 57KB) Worksheet & Answers (pdf 156KB) Vocabulary tasks (pdf 152KB)White Christmas sung by Bing Crosby:
Watch & listen (2m 41sec)69 The 5 senses. You taste with your tongue? You hear with your ears? Think again! (4 Nov 10)
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Transcript (pdf 53KB) Worksheet & Answers (pdf 225KB) Vocabulary tasks (pdf 123KB)How to grow bigger in three easy steps!
Watch (1m 13sec)68 Chicken run. The pie team have bought some chickens! (30 Sep 10)
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67 Quiz show!! Want to win loads of money and become famous? Love competitions? Go on a TV show! (2 Sep 10)
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Transcript (pdf 57KB) Worksheet & Answers (pdf 174KB) Vocabulary tasks (pdf 124KB)Here's an episode of Countdown, try the games yourself!
Watch & listen (6m 52sec)66 Country life. The pie team compare living in the country to the city (12 Aug 10)
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Transcript (pdf 57KB) Worksheet & Answers (pdf 61KB) Vocabulary tasks (pdf 78KB)Country Girl song for the country life podcast:
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65 Summertime... and the livin' is easy. The pie team talk about their favourite season (15 Jul 10)
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Transcript (pdf 53KB) Worksheet & Answers (pdf 180KB) Vocabulary tasks (pdf 61KB)Sing along with Cliff on the Summer Holiday bus:
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64 Viva the vuvuzela! Is the vuvuzela the worst thing about the World Cup? Or lots of fun? (17 Jun 10)
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Watch & listen (1m 11sec)63 Four little birds. The builders are not the only ones making a home (27 May 10)
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Transcript (pdf 45KB) Worksheet & Answers (pdf 172KB) Vocabulary tasks (pdf 117KB)This podcast goes with this pie video:
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62 Survival. Join Jon in the countryside where he can live outdoors (6 May 09)
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Watch (2m 51sec)61 Turn the page. The pie team think graded readers are great! (15 Apr 10)
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60 The veg patch. Peas, beans and toms - Jackie talks about growing things (11 Mar 10)
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59 Let it snow! Join Londoners enjoying the unusually snowy weather (4 Feb 10)
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Transcript (pdf 53KB) Worksheet & Answers (pdf 123KB) Vocabulary tasks (pdf 61KB)This video is from guardian.co.uk:
58 Lisbon is yellow. Why is yellow such a popular colour in the Portuguese capital? (14 Jan 10)
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57 Month by month. The pie team talk about their favourite months and seasons (17 Dec 09)
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56 8 days a week. Which days are special for the pie team? (19 Nov 09)
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55 The blue house. Join Richard as he walks around 'casa azul' (22 Oct 09)
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Transcript (pdf 44KB) Worksheet & Answers (pdf 68KB) Vocabulary tasks (pdf 72KB)This podcast goes with this pie video:
54 The perfect day. How would Jackie and Richard choose to spend their perfect days? (24 Sep 09)
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53 Happy birthday! The pie team talk about birthdays to celebrate three years of podcasting (27 Aug 09)
Stop listening Download (1.73MB, 3min 47sec) Transcript (pdf 52KB) Worksheet & Answers (pdf 75KB) Vocabulary tasks (pdf 61KB)Bonus for members! Which birthday is more important - 18th or 21st?
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52 On the beat. A day in the life of... a police officer (30 Jul 09)
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51 Canada Day. Beavers, ice-hockey and snowflakes; Christina talks about Canada (2 Jul 09)
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Transcript (pdf 44KB) Worksheet & Answers (pdf 75KB) Vocabulary tasks (pdf 182KB)This podcast goes with this video:
Your podcasts have been most useful to me since it´s not easy to find enough dialogues in English on the internet, but lots of narration that are too easy to follow and have little to do with English spoken by common people in the streets, pubs, workplace. etc. 