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⭐ Hello and welcome to Lovely English Stories - learn English through story! ⭐In this short level 3 / B1 English story for learning English, we will read about two friends, Sarah and Lucy, who grow up in the same town and move away to study at university. Where will their lives take them? This intermediate English story in British English will help you to improve your British English listening skills, English reading skills, and British English pronunciation with modern English that is used in everyday conversation. There's no better way to learn English than through stories! ⭐This level 3 English story is written to B1 / B2 level of the CEFR (Common European Framework). ⭐This is an intermediate English story narrated in British English. ⭐The narrator has a British accent. ❗REMEMBER❗: You can slow down the speed of the video in the video settings. Look out for a symbol on the video that looks like this ⚙️ (or 3 vertical dots on mobile). Click it and change the “playback speed”. 🌟 CHECK YOUR ENGLISH UNDERSTANDING 🌟 Answer these questions about the British English story in the comments below 👇! 1. When and where did Sarah and Lucy meet? 2. Where are Sarah and Lucy going? 3. What is Sarah’s favourite hobby? 4. What is Lucy’s part time job? 5. After their telephone call, what did Sarah and Lucy decide to start doing? 🤔 Useful British English idioms taken from this intermediate English story: The world is their/your oyster! = They/you can do anything you want! Start a new chapter = To start again. Once in a blue moon = Not very often. 📝 Interesting English A2 vocabulary you will hear in this B1 / level 3 English story: Join (verb) = To get involved in an activity. Support (verb) = To help someone or something. County (noun) = Areas of the UK are counties. For example: Greater London is a county, Cornwall is a county, Oxfordshire is a county. Covers (verb) = In the example in the story, it means to talk about something. For example, the English TV Show “A Question of Sport” covers sports. A-levels (noun) = Exams that students in the UK usually take at age 17 or 18. Arrange (verb) = To make a plan. 📋 Interesting English B1 vocabulary with their meaning taken from this British English story: Frightened (adjective) = To feel very scared or anxious. Encouraged (adjective) = To have more confidence in something. Wave/s (noun) = Caused by the sea. Surfers ride waves. Applied (to apply - verb) = To fill in a form or official document to get a place or to receive something. For example, you can say “I have applied for my driver’s licence” or “I have applied for a new job”. Shift (noun) = A period of time that someone works. “I have to work the night shift”. Chores (noun) = A job that you need to do. Usually something to do with your house. Examples of chores: washing up, ironing, food shopping, cleaning your car. Freedom (noun) = To be able to do what you want! Promise (verb) = To say you will do something. “I promise to do my chores tomorrow!”. Brave (adjective) = To show no fear. Fresher’s Fair (noun) = An event that take place in the first week of university. Looking up (phrasal verb) = When things are getting better. Checking out (phrasal verb) = To look up or to find something. You can also “check out” another person if you think they’re attractive. Catch up (phrasal verb) = To talk to someone who you haven’t seen or spoken to in a while and find out what they have been doing. A pact (noun) = To make an agreement with someone else or with a group of people. To cherish (verb) = To take care of something. Roll around (phrasal verb) = When a time or event happens. To cringe (verb) = To feel embarrassed. 📚 English grammar resources we recommend*: Basic English Grammar in Use: Intermediate English Grammar in Use: Advanced English Grammar in Use: 🎧 Get a 30-day free trial for audiobooks! 🎧 With your free trial, you will get one free audiobook of your choice - yours to keep, even if you cancel (if you don't want to continue or pay, make sure you cancel before 30 days). Prime customers receive two audiobooks in your trial. Audiobooks we recommend for practising your listening skills learning (advanced) English*: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection: Atomic Habits: The Jane Austen Collection: *These are affiliate links, so we earn a small commission from qualifying purchases. 🎵 Background music: (pianomoment) All images taken from Canva. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:10 Story begins 16:06 Outro #EnglishLesson #EnglishStory #LearnEnglish #BritishEnglish #StoriesWithEnglishSubtitles #LearnEnglishThroughStory #PracticeEnglishWithMe #B1English #IntermediateEnglish #BritishEnglishStory
