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We take on a travel bet to see which is the fastest, most reliable and cheapest way to get from Toulouse to Paris. Car or plane?

Sue and Laura have a lighthearted discussion about growing up speaking French and English. Is it all good news ?

Sue, a European, chats with Cindy, an American from North Carolina, about her life as a gun(s) owner.

We proudly present our adopted city of Toulouse following the Lonely Planet's announcement in 2025.

We compare how people dealt with the restrictions enforced by the plague in the 17th century with those of Covid.

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Sue chats to 2 Canadians about life in Canada. We know it can get cold, but how cold ? What is their lifestyle?

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The Restaurant Episode 1 - Meeting for Dinner Sue and Chris meet for dinner at a restaurant in England, as usual, Sue is late. The Restaurant Episode 1 - Meeting for Dinner deals with meeting and greetings, arriving at a restaurant, checking a booking and finding a table. One of the most difficult aspects in learning and using English in a social setting is eating and drinking in the restaurant, which is obviously vital for survival, but in a business context is a hugely important part of relationship building with clients, colleagues and suppliers. The main difficulties arise from the vocabulary used to describe foods and drinks and the way that they are prepared, but an additional issue is the background noise that is often present in eateries and places where people go to eat and drink. There is also the fact that the conversation can change from subject to subject very quickly, so as a learner you need to be constantly on your toes - and hopefully enjoy the experience. In this series on The Restaurant, you will learn some useful ways of asking questions, describing foods, tastes and drinks as well as a host of vocabulary and real English to talk about food and drink. Series 1 starts with two people meeting in a restaurant for dinner, they then go into the restaurant to take their place at the table they reserved only to find a disagreeable surprise. The following section takes us to discussing the food and drink on a typical menu in a British Gastro pub, where food is served to clients, known as diners. The two diners are greeted by a less than friendly and pretty unprofessional waitress, who tends to their needs from their entrance into the restaurant until the point where they pay their bill. Along the way they battle their way through some of the, often ambiguous descriptions on the menu to a few surprises with the food that they order. There are some simple quizzes that you can take at the end of each podcast to check your understanding. #fca_qc_quiz_229205.fca_qc_quiz p:not( .fca_qc_back_response ):not( #fca_qc_question_right_or_wrong ):not( .fca_qc_question_response_correct_answer ):not( .fca_qc_question_response_response ):not( .fca_qc_question_response_hint ):not( .fca_qc_question_response_item p ), #fca_qc_quiz_229205.fca_qc_quiz a:not( .fca_qc_share_link ), #fca_qc_quiz_229205.fca_qc_quiz div:not( .correct-answer ):not( .wrong-answer ){ color: #151515; } #fca_qc_quiz_229205.fca_qc_quiz div.fca-qc-back.correct-answer, #fca_qc_quiz_229205.fca_qc_quiz div.fca_qc_question_response_item.correct-answer { background-color: #abdc8c; } #fca_qc_quiz_229205.fca_qc_quiz div.fca-qc-back.wrong-answer, #fca_qc_quiz_229205.fca_qc_quiz div.fca_qc_question_response_item.wrong-answer { background-color: #f57484; } #fca_qc_quiz_229205.fca_qc_quiz div.fca_qc_question_response_item p { color: #151515; } #fca_qc_quiz_229205.fca_qc_quiz{ border: #151515 0px solid; border-radius: 2px; } #fca_qc_quiz_229205.fca_qc_quiz button.fca_qc_next_question { color: #151515; border: #151515 2px solid; background-color: transparent; } #fca_qc_quiz_229205.fca_qc_quiz button.fca_qc_next_question:hover { background-color: #FFFFFF; } #fca_qc_quiz_229205.fca_qc_quiz button.fca_qc_button { background-color: #6868ac; box-shadow: 0 2px 0 0 #6868ac; color: #FFFFFF; } #fca_qc_quiz_229205.fca_qc_quiz button.fca_qc_button:hover { background-color: #7b3c99; } #fca_qc_quiz_229205.fca_qc_quiz div.fca_qc_answer_div { background-color: #6d6d6d; border: #6d6d6d 0px solid; } #fca_qc_quiz_229205.fca_qc_quiz div.fca_qc_answer_div:hover, #fca_qc_quiz_229205.fca_qc_quiz div.fca_qc_answer_div.fakehover, #fca_qc_quiz_229205.fca_qc_quiz div.fca_qc_answer_div:active { background-color: #7b3c99; } #fca_qc_quiz_229205.fca_qc_quiz span.fca_qc_answer_span { color: #ffffff; } Restaurant Podcast 1 Meeting for Dinner Test your listening skills with this comprehension quiz to see how much you understood.Remember you can do the quiz as many times as you like.It's full of great vocabulary.... enjoy, listen and learn ! Start Quiz Question Your answer: Correct answer: Next Please wait..↺ You got {{SCORE_CORRECT}} out of {{SCORE_TOTAL}} SHARE YOUR RESULTSShareTweetPinEmail Your Answers Retake Quiz

The Restaurant - Episode 2 - The Menu Menus in eateries can be confusing. Not only is the vocabulary of the foods varied, but the way they are cooked can be confusing even to English native speakers. Listen to Sue and Chris as they decide what they are going to eat and drink in the restaurant. One of the most difficult aspects in learning and using English in a social setting is eating and drinking in the restaurant, which is obviously vital for survival, but in a business context is a hugely important part of relationship building with clients, colleagues and suppliers. The main difficulties arise from the vocabulary used to describe foods and drinks and the way that they are prepared, but an additional issue is the background noise that is often present in eateries and places where people go to eat and drink. There is also the fact that the conversation can change from subject to subject very quickly, so as a learner you need to be constantly on your toes - and hopefully enjoy the experience. In this series on The Restaurant, you will learn some useful ways of asking questions, describing foods, tastes and drinks as well as a host of vocabulary and real English to talk about food and drink. Series 1 starts with two people meeting in a restaurant for dinner, they then go into the restaurant to take their place at the table they reserved only to find a disagreeable surprise. The following section takes us to discussing the food and drink on a typical menu in a British Gastro pub, where food is served to clients, known as diners. The two diners are greeted by a less than friendly and pretty unprofessional waitress, who tends to their needs from their entrance into the restaurant until the point where they pay their bill. Along the way they battle their way through some of the, often ambiguous descriptions on the menu to a few surprises with the food that they order. There are some simple quizzes that you can take at the end of each podcast to check your understanding - if you like these then please sign up for premium membership where you will find over 120 hours of stimulating activities for each podcast series on this site. https://english-podcasts.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Restaurant-Part-II-The-Menu.mp3 #fca_qc_quiz_229210.fca_qc_quiz p:not( .fca_qc_back_response ):not( #fca_qc_question_right_or_wrong ):not( .fca_qc_question_response_correct_answer ):not( .fca_qc_question_response_response ):not( .fca_qc_question_response_hint ):not( .fca_qc_question_response_item p ), #fca_qc_quiz_229210.fca_qc_quiz a:not( .fca_qc_share_link ), #fca_qc_quiz_229210.fca_qc_quiz div:not( .correct-answer ):not( .wrong-answer ){ color: #151515; } #fca_qc_quiz_229210.fca_qc_quiz div.fca-qc-back.correct-answer, #fca_qc_quiz_229210.fca_qc_quiz div.fca_qc_question_response_item.correct-answer { background-color: #abdc8c; } #fca_qc_quiz_229210.fca_qc_quiz div.fca-qc-back.wrong-answer, #fca_qc_quiz_229210.fca_qc_quiz div.fca_qc_question_response_item.wrong-answer { background-color: #f57484; } #fca_qc_quiz_229210.fca_qc_quiz div.fca_qc_question_response_item p { color: #151515; } #fca_qc_quiz_229210.fca_qc_quiz{ border: #151515 0px solid; border-radius: 2px; } #fca_qc_quiz_229210.fca_qc_quiz button.fca_qc_next_question { color: #151515; border: #151515 2px solid; background-color: transparent; } #fca_qc_quiz_229210.fca_qc_quiz button.fca_qc_next_question:hover { background-color: #FFFFFF; } #fca_qc_quiz_229210.fca_qc_quiz button.fca_qc_button { background-color: #6868ac; box-shadow: 0 2px 0 0 #6868ac; color: #FFFFFF; } #fca_qc_quiz_229210.fca_qc_quiz button.fca_qc_button:hover { background-color: #7b3c99; } #fca_qc_quiz_229210.fca_qc_quiz div.fca_qc_answer_div { background-color: #6d6d6d; border: #6d6d6d 0px solid; } #fca_qc_quiz_229210.fca_qc_quiz div.fca_qc_answer_div:hover, #fca_qc_quiz_229210.fca_qc_quiz div.fca_qc_answer_div.fakehover, #fca_qc_quiz_229210.fca_qc_quiz div.fca_qc_answer_div:active { background-color: #7b3c99; } #fca_qc_quiz_229210.fca_qc_quiz span.fca_qc_answer_span { color: #ffffff; } Restaurant Podcast 2 The Menu Test your listening skills with this comprehension quiz to see how much you understood.Remember you can do the quiz as many times as you like.It's full of great vocabulary.... enjoy, listen and learn ! Start Quiz Question Your answer: Correct answer: Next Please wait..↺ You got {{SCORE_CORRECT}} out of {{SCORE_TOTAL}} SHARE YOUR RESULTSShareTweetPinEmail Your Answers Retake Quiz

Listening is the first step to learning a new language, just ask any baby! It needs practice everyday.

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Listening is the first step to learning a new language, but you don't want to waste time, do you? Listen in.

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Are you able to talk "footy"? Do you know the football jargon that we hear around us with colleagues at work?

As part of the Australian series, this podcast takes you into the world of real Ozzie slang.... in other words, Australian informal language. Do you know what an ambo is ? Or what about "sunnies".... you shouldn't leave home in Australia without them ! Listen as Laura tests Sue on her knowledge (or rather lack of knowledge !) about Ozzie slang.

Use this quiz to check your understanding of the podcast + there are 10 general knowledge questions.

Daylight saving time (DST), also daylight savings time or daylight time (the United States and Canada) and British summer time (United Kingdom), is the practice of advancing clocks (typically by one hour) during warmer months so that darkness falls at a later clock time. The typical implementation of DST is to set clocks forward by one hour in the spring ("spring forward") and set clocks back by one hour in autumn ("fall back") to return to standard time. As a result, there is one 23-hour day in late winter or early spring and one 25-hour day in the autumn. George Hudson proposed the idea of daylight saving in 1895. Many countries have used it at various times since then, particularly since the 1970s energy crisis. DST is generally not observed near the equator, where sunrise and sunset times do not vary enough to justify it. Some countries observe it only in some regions and only a minority of the world's population uses DST; Asia and Africa generally do not observe it. DST clock shifts sometimes complicate timekeeping and can disrupt travel, billing, record keeping, medical devices, heavy equipment, and sleep patterns. Computer software generally adjusts clocks automatically. Listen to the podcast for some unusual facts about Daylight Saving Time. #fca_qc_quiz_227345.fca_qc_quiz p:not( .fca_qc_back_response ):not( #fca_qc_question_right_or_wrong ):not( .fca_qc_question_response_correct_answer ):not( .fca_qc_question_response_response ):not( .fca_qc_question_response_hint ):not( .fca_qc_question_response_item p ), #fca_qc_quiz_227345.fca_qc_quiz a:not( .fca_qc_share_link ), #fca_qc_quiz_227345.fca_qc_quiz div:not( .correct-answer ):not( .wrong-answer ){ color: #151515; } #fca_qc_quiz_227345.fca_qc_quiz div.fca-qc-back.correct-answer, #fca_qc_quiz_227345.fca_qc_quiz div.fca_qc_question_response_item.correct-answer { background-color: #abdc8c; } #fca_qc_quiz_227345.fca_qc_quiz div.fca-qc-back.wrong-answer, #fca_qc_quiz_227345.fca_qc_quiz div.fca_qc_question_response_item.wrong-answer { background-color: #f57484; } #fca_qc_quiz_227345.fca_qc_quiz div.fca_qc_question_response_item p { color: #151515; } #fca_qc_quiz_227345.fca_qc_quiz{ border: #151515 0px solid; border-radius: 2px; } #fca_qc_quiz_227345.fca_qc_quiz button.fca_qc_next_question { color: #151515; border: #151515 2px solid; background-color: transparent; } #fca_qc_quiz_227345.fca_qc_quiz button.fca_qc_next_question:hover { background-color: #FFFFFF; } #fca_qc_quiz_227345.fca_qc_quiz button.fca_qc_button { background-color: #58afa2; box-shadow: 0 2px 0 0 #3c7d73; color: #FFFFFF; } #fca_qc_quiz_227345.fca_qc_quiz button.fca_qc_button:hover { background-color: #3c7d73; } #fca_qc_quiz_227345.fca_qc_quiz div.fca_qc_answer_div { background-color: #dbdbdb; border: #dbdbdb 0px solid; } #fca_qc_quiz_227345.fca_qc_quiz div.fca_qc_answer_div:hover, #fca_qc_quiz_227345.fca_qc_quiz div.fca_qc_answer_div.fakehover, #fca_qc_quiz_227345.fca_qc_quiz div.fca_qc_answer_div:active { background-color: #8dc8bf; } #fca_qc_quiz_227345.fca_qc_quiz span.fca_qc_answer_span { color: #151515; } Use your imagination ! A quiz with a difference..... you provide whatever answer seems right to you !Try this quiz BEFORE listening to the podcast. It will get you thinking and then you can find out the answers from Chris in the podcast and hear how Sue uses her imagination to come up with some plausible explanations to these 15 amazing trivia questions. If you are a teacher, this is a great way to plan your lesson to get students using their imagination and picking up new expressions along the way. Start Quiz Question Your answer: Correct answer: Next Please wait..↺ You got {{SCORE_CORRECT}} out of {{SCORE_TOTAL}} SHARE YOUR RESULTSShareTweetPinEmail Your Answers LEARNING TIP: After listening to the podcast check if you heard these words. What do they refer to? To build your vocabulary and grammar skills try putting these words and expressions in sentences. To catch someone on the hop Reliable website To guess To turn the clocks back/forward 33% of the world To implement Step by step World War I / World War 2 To follow suit Time Zones I'm amazed / It's amazing To be light/ daylight