The Pig's Ear show

The Pig's Ear

Summary: Listening practice. An Irishman teaching in Japan tells stories.

Podcasts:

 A Lucky Break! (3.5 minutes. Advanced) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 231

In which I get lucky and end up becoming an ELT author. 1. What country did Patrick come from? 2. When did Patrick move to Japan? 3. What was the name of the first language school that Patrick worked for? 4. What did the school owner do to help the teachers? 5. What was Patrick’s assistant’s name? 6. Where did Patrick meet the editors? 7. What is Series 1 about? 8. What is Series 2 about? 9. How many Potato Pals characters are there? What are their names? 10. Where are Potato Pals books being sold?

 A Lucky Break! (3.5 minutes. Advanced) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 231

In which I get lucky and end up becoming an ELT author. 1. What country did Patrick come from? 2. When did Patrick move to Japan? 3. What was the name of the first language school that Patrick worked for? 4. What did the school owner do to help the teachers? 5. What was Patrick’s assistant’s name? 6. Where did Patrick meet the editors? 7. What is Series 1 about? 8. What is Series 2 about? 9. How many Potato Pals characters are there? What are their names? 10. Where are Potato Pals books being sold?

 A Lucky Break! (3.5 minutes. Advanced) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 231

In which I get lucky and end up becoming an ELT author. 1. What country did Patrick come from? 2. When did Patrick move to Japan? 3. What was the name of the first language school that Patrick worked for? 4. What did the school owner do to help the teachers? 5. What was Patrick’s assistant’s name? 6. Where did Patrick meet the editors? 7. What is Series 1 about? 8. What is Series 2 about? 9. How many Potato Pals characters are there? What are their names? 10. Where are Potato Pals books being sold?

 The Magic Bus (3 minutes) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 190

You had better believe in miracles. They do happen sometimes. 1. What is one reason that Patrick loves being a school teacher? 2. How long did Patrick spend ion Europe? 3. Who came from Japan to visit Marlborough? 4. What did the visitors do every morning? 5. How far was Patrick’s sister’s house from Marlborough? 6. What did Patrick do when a car or truck sped by? 7. How long did Patrick walk in the forest for? 8. What question did Patrick ask the bus driver? 9. What kind of bus was it? 10. Why had the driver stopped the bus?

 The Magic Bus (3 minutes) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 190

You had better believe in miracles. They do happen sometimes. 1. What is one reason that Patrick loves being a school teacher? 2. How long did Patrick spend ion Europe? 3. Who came from Japan to visit Marlborough? 4. What did the visitors do every morning? 5. How far was Patrick’s sister’s house from Marlborough? 6. What did Patrick do when a car or truck sped by? 7. How long did Patrick walk in the forest for? 8. What question did Patrick ask the bus driver? 9. What kind of bus was it? 10. Why had the driver stopped the bus?

 The Magic Bus (3 minutes) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 190

You had better believe in miracles. They do happen sometimes. 1. What is one reason that Patrick loves being a school teacher? 2. How long did Patrick spend ion Europe? 3. Who came from Japan to visit Marlborough? 4. What did the visitors do every morning? 5. How far was Patrick’s sister’s house from Marlborough? 6. What did Patrick do when a car or truck sped by? 7. How long did Patrick walk in the forest for? 8. What question did Patrick ask the bus driver? 9. What kind of bus was it? 10. Why had the driver stopped the bus?

 August (upper intermediate/5 mins) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 269

In which I spend a lot of sleepless nights. 1. Why did Patrick start working in restaurants? 2. Why did Patrick want to work as a waiter rather than a dishwasher? 3. How did Patrick get a job in U2’s restaurant? 4. Why did Patrick sleep through his lessons at university? 5. Why did U2’s restaurant go out of business? 6. Why was the new all-night café called ‘August’? 7. What was the busiest time every night? 8. Why didn’t Patrick make much money? 9. What did Patrick do when he got tired of running his restaurant? 10. What was the happiest thing that happened in the history of the restaurant?

 August (upper intermediate/5 mins) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 269

In which I spend a lot of sleepless nights. 1. Why did Patrick start working in restaurants? 2. Why did Patrick want to work as a waiter rather than a dishwasher? 3. How did Patrick get a job in U2’s restaurant? 4. Why did Patrick sleep through his lessons at university? 5. Why did U2’s restaurant go out of business? 6. Why was the new all-night café called ‘August’? 7. What was the busiest time every night? 8. Why didn’t Patrick make much money? 9. What did Patrick do when he got tired of running his restaurant? 10. What was the happiest thing that happened in the history of the restaurant?

 August (upper intermediate/5 mins) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 269

In which I spend a lot of sleepless nights. 1. Why did Patrick start working in restaurants? 2. Why did Patrick want to work as a waiter rather than a dishwasher? 3. How did Patrick get a job in U2’s restaurant? 4. Why did Patrick sleep through his lessons at university? 5. Why did U2’s restaurant go out of business? 6. Why was the new all-night café called ‘August’? 7. What was the busiest time every night? 8. Why didn’t Patrick make much money? 9. What did Patrick do when he got tired of running his restaurant? 10. What was the happiest thing that happened in the history of the restaurant?

 Snow (intermediate/4 mins) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 271

1. Where did Patrick’s grandmother come from? 2. What is Patrick’s uncle’s name? 3. What was the artificial snow for? 4. What is the capital of Denmark? 5. How did Lars get the idea to make pillows out of snow? 6. Why did Lars make a pillow and snow factory in Ireland 7. Why couldn’t we run the snow machine during the day? 8. What did Patrick wear while making the snow? 9. What did people say when Patrick told them about his job? 10. What happened to the pillow and snow business?

 Snow (intermediate/4 mins) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 271

1. Where did Patrick’s grandmother come from? 2. What is Patrick’s uncle’s name? 3. What was the artificial snow for? 4. What is the capital of Denmark? 5. How did Lars get the idea to make pillows out of snow? 6. Why did Lars make a pillow and snow factory in Ireland 7. Why couldn’t we run the snow machine during the day? 8. What did Patrick wear while making the snow? 9. What did people say when Patrick told them about his job? 10. What happened to the pillow and snow business?

 Snow (intermediate/4 mins) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 271

1. Where did Patrick’s grandmother come from? 2. What is Patrick’s uncle’s name? 3. What was the artificial snow for? 4. What is the capital of Denmark? 5. How did Lars get the idea to make pillows out of snow? 6. Why did Lars make a pillow and snow factory in Ireland 7. Why couldn’t we run the snow machine during the day? 8. What did Patrick wear while making the snow? 9. What did people say when Patrick told them about his job? 10. What happened to the pillow and snow business?

 Mungo Park (Upper Intermediate/ 4 minutes) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 280

1. How many years after Patrick's father's death did his mother remarry? 2. Where does the name Mungo come from? 3. Where did the original Mungo Park travel? 4. What was the name of the river he went to explore? 5. Which modern-day countries does this river flow through? 6. What 4 things gave Park trouble? 7. In what year did Park die? 8. What was the book which Patrick's stepfather gave him about? 9. How old was Patrick's stepfather? 10. What does Little Mungo do?

 Mungo Park (Upper Intermediate/ 4 minutes) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 280

1. How many years after Patrick's father's death did his mother remarry? 2. Where does the name Mungo come from? 3. Where did the original Mungo Park travel? 4. What was the name of the river he went to explore? 5. Which modern-day countries does this river flow through? 6. What 4 things gave Park trouble? 7. In what year did Park die? 8. What was the book which Patrick's stepfather gave him about? 9. How old was Patrick's stepfather? 10. What does Little Mungo do?

 Mungo Park (Upper Intermediate/ 4 minutes) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 280

1. How many years after Patrick's father's death did his mother remarry? 2. Where does the name Mungo come from? 3. Where did the original Mungo Park travel? 4. What was the name of the river he went to explore? 5. Which modern-day countries does this river flow through? 6. What 4 things gave Park trouble? 7. In what year did Park die? 8. What was the book which Patrick's stepfather gave him about? 9. How old was Patrick's stepfather? 10. What does Little Mungo do?

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