Listen here  https://simpleenglishnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/The-Didgeridoo-online-audio-converter.com_.mp3Image by John R Perry from Pixabay Some researchers believe the Didgeridoo may be the world’s oldest musical instrument, possibly over 40,000 years old. This wind instrument is officially classified as a brass aerophone. Uniquely developed by the indigenous aboriginal people of Northern Australia, it is still played at ceremonial events today. WORDS indigenous: native. it is played =they play it   PROVERBS EASY GRAMMAR English Cartoo ..read more

Listen here https://simpleenglishnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Boris-Yeltsin.mp3Image by S K from Pixabay Boris Yeltsin, who died on April 23 at age 76, was the first elected president of Russia. Yeltsin began his career for the Communist Party in the Soviet city of Sverdlovsk. In 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev made him the mayor of Moscow. He became internationally famous in 1991 for standing on a tank during a coup which tried to remove Gorbachev from power. Yeltsin started several economic reforms as president – many of which were very unpopular with the people. Yeltsin was the leader of ..read more

Listen here https://simpleenglishnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/The-Real-Bank-Of-Love-online-audio-converter.com_.mp3Bank of Love Are you thinking of how to make your love grow?  There is a solution. Deposit it in the only love bank in the world. There are love boxes in the bank, located in the basement of the house that is a part of 500-year-old gold mine, where couples can store their love keepsakes. Each box represents a letter from the poem “Marina” by Andrej Saldkovic from 1846, the world’s longest love poem. The poem was inspired by the true and unhappy  love sto ..read more

Image by Alexas_Fotos from Pixabay Count out To not include someone in an activity or plan, to think of someone or something as unimportant. “If you are going to ride a bike, you can count me out.” “We should not count them out. They may have an ace up their sleeve.” PROVERBS EASY GRAMMAR English Cartoon Idioms The post Count Out first appeared on Simple English News. The post Count Out appeared first on Simple English News ..read more

Listen here https://simpleenglishnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Dinner-In-The-Sky-online-audio-converter.com_.mp3Courtesy of Dinner in the Sky Belgium/FB A Belgian company has come up with a new service for those who like to eat good food outdoors and with a view. Dinner in the Sky takes 22 guests up to a height of 50 meters with a crane to enjoy fine food and listen to music. A chef and two helpers join the guests to prepare the meals. The service is being offered in Belgium, France and Florida at a cost of $25,000. WORDS guest: a visitor.  chef: a trained cook, the most i ..read more

Listen here https://simpleenglishnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Eternal-Flames-In-Azerbaijan.mp3Image by P. Kyzur Yanar Dag is a hill in Azerbaijan with a natural gas fire blazing on its slope. Flames jet into the air from a porous sandstone layer. The reason for the burning are the gases emanating from below the earth’s surface. Azerbaijan is sometimes historically called the Land of Fire. WORDS blazing: burning very brightly.slope: a part of hill or mountain going down. to jet: to emit in a stream.  to emanate: to come out as from a source, to emit. PROVERBS EAS ..read more

Image by kstudio on Freepik Caught red-handed To catch someone in the act, when they are doing something wrong or illegal. Origin It is believed that this expression originated in Scotland in the 15th century. And it probably refers to people caught with real blood on their hands doing something illegal.  PROVERBS EASY GRAMMAR English Cartoon Idiom The post Caught Red-Handed first appeared on Simple English News. The post Caught Red-Handed appeared first on Simple English News ..read more

Listen here https://simpleenglishnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Do-You-Know-How-Long-It-Takes-For-Different-Things-To-Degrade-online-audio-converter.com_.mp3Image by Hans from Pixabay A lot of food and drink, we buy every day, is packaged in containers made of plastic. But did you know that it may take from 100 to 450 years for a plastic bottle to biodegrade? Here are a few examples of the time needed for a thing to degrade: apple core – 15 days can – 15 years chewing gum – 50 years glass – thousands of years paper – 4 months plastic bag – more than 20 years trimmer line – probably n ..read more

Photo by Total Shape on Unsplash BARBELL BEHIND THE NECK SHOULDER PRESS BENCH PRESS BICEP CURLS CARDIO DEAD LIFT DIPS CHEST DUMBELL DUMBELL SHOULDER PRESS HACK SQUAT LEG PRESS MILITARY PRESS SQUAT SPOTTER: a person who watches a partner to see if he needs some help TRIMMING DOWN: sharp muscular appearance by losing body fat WARM UP: excercising softly before a workout session (training) WEIGHT TRAINING BELT: a leather belt used to support your lower back WORKOUT: a bodybuilding session TENNIS VOCABULARY FOOTBALL VOCABULARY ICE HOCKEY VOCABULARY PROVERBS EASY GRAMMAR English Cartoon Idio ..read more

Listen here https://simpleenglishnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/You-Can-Pick-A-Soccer-Team-online-audio-converter.com_.mp3 Photo by leah hetteberg on Unsplash Fans of the Ebbsfleet United soccer club can choose which players they want to play on their team. The English club was recently purchased by a Web site called MyFootballClub.   According to the site, any member who pays $72 will get “an equal say in team selection, player transfers and the running of the club.” WORDS to purchase: to buy.  equal say: the equal/same power to decide about something.  PROVERBS EASY ..read more