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Easy English Texts
by Uirapuru
This podcast is for people taking early steps in the English language. I will be reading: popular nursery rhymes, Poems, and short stories. Since beginning ESL students are not regularly exposed to English literature, I hope that you enjoy reading and listening to these beautiful writings and learn something new!
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#76- The Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights The Bill of Rights is the first 10 Amendments to theConstitution of The United States, it was ratified on December 15, 1791. The Bill of Rights spells out Americans’ rights in relationto their government. It guarantees civil rights and liberties to theindividual—like freedom of...
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# 75 – An American singer-songwriter
# 75 – An American singer-songwriter Neil Leslie Diamond- is an American singer-songwriter, born in 1941, he is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and he received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018. For his 16th birthday, he got as a gift, his first guitar and started to take lessons,...
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# 74 - CICERO
Marcus Tullius Cicero was born in 106 BC in a small municipality of Arpinum, 100 kilometers from Rome – He was assassinated in 43 BC, in Rome, at the age of 63. His mother was a housewife, and his father was a well-to-do member of the equestrian order, a wealthy landowner who possessed good...
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# 73 - PARKISONS
PARKISONS DISEASE Parkinson’s is a progressive, degenerative disease that affects nervous system function, according to the Mayo Clinic. The nerve cells in the brain, called neurons, progressively malfunction, or die off. This, in turn, prevents the brain from producing enough dopamine, a…
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# 72 - HINDUISM
Unlike other religions, Hinduism has no one founder but is instead a fusion of various beliefs. It is believed that Hinduism started between 2300 B.C. and 1500 B.C., but many Hindus argue that their faith is timeless and has always existed. Hinduism accepts many different religious ideas, most of...
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# 71- Don McLean- American Pie ll
A long, long time ago I can still remember how that music used to make me smile And I knew if I had my chance that I could make those people dance And maybe they'd be happy for a while But February made me shiver With every paper I'd deliver Bad news on the doorstep I couldn't take one more step…
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# 70- Don McLean- American Pie l
Don McLean was Born October 2, 1945. He is an American singer-songwriter, best known for his 1971 hit song "American Pie" McLean's original recording was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or artistically...
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# 69- The story of Ruth part 4 (Old Testament)
When she got back to the town, she came to her mother-in-law, who asked, “How is it you my daughter ?” She told her all that the man had done for her; and she added, “He gave me these six measures of barley, saying to me, “Do not go back to your mother-in-law empty handed.” And Naomi said stay...
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# 68- The story of Ruth part 3 (Old Testament)
She gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned and carry it back with her to the town. When her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned, and when she also took out and gave her what she had left over after eating her fill, her mother-in-law asked her, “Where did you...
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# 67- The story of Ruth part 2 (Old Testament)
When they arrived in Bethlehem, the whole city buzzed with excitement over them. The women said, “can this be Naomi?” “Do not call me Naomi,” she replied. call me Mara, (Mara means bitter) for GOD made my life very bitter. I went away full, and the Lord has brought me back empty. How can you call...
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# 66- The story of Ruth part 1 (Old Testament)
# 66- The story of Ruth part 1 (Old Testament) Ruth is a story from the Old Testament In the days when the Chieftains ruled . Chieftains ( were the heads of the tribes of an area in Bethlehem - called Judah – Judah is the 4TH son of the patriarch Jacob and his wife Leah) There was a famine in the...
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# 65 - Saint Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas was born in 1225 and died in 1274, he was canonized by Pope John XXII in 1323 and became Saint Thomas Aquinas. Saint Thomas was from Roccasecca near Naples-Italy. He was the seventh and youngest child of a wealth and very influential family. Against the wishes of his family at the...
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#64- Jack London
Jack London Jack London is known as a writer, journalist and a proud socialist. He was born - John Griffith Chaney, on January 12, 1876 in San Francisco California, in the United States. He died November 22 1916, in Glen Ellen, California. He grew up in a working-class area in the city of…
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#63- Paul Frederic Simon, You can call me Al
Paul Frederic Simon was born on October 13, 1941.He is a Singer-songwriter and an iconic figure in American rock music. As a singer-songwriter known for his cerebral composition, it is not a surprise that Simon's mother, Belle, was an English teacher and his father, Louis, was both a teacher and…
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#62- News Year's Celebrations,Robert Burns
Auld Lang Syne by Robert Burns Most English-speakers on New Year’s Eve sing a song called "Auld Lang Syne" which is an old Scottish song that was first published by the poet Robert Burns in 1796. Burns transcribed it (and made some refinements to the lyrics) after he heard it sung by an old man…
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#61- The Twelve Days of Christmas 2
1- On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me: A Partridge in a Pear Tree 2- On the second day of Christmas my true love sent to me: 2 Turtle Doves and a Partridge in a Pear Tree 3- On the third day of Christmas my true love sent to me: 3 French Hens 2 Turtle Doves and a Partridge in a...
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#60- The Twelve Days of Christmas 1
The Twelve Days of Christmas is a song that was written during the Puritan Movement in England. During the years 1558-1829 Catholics were not allowed to practice their faith. The song has two meanings. The first is the literal meaning of each verse of the song and the second is the subtle...
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#59- Les Misérables, Victor Hugo-part 5
Musical adaptation les Meserables by Vitor Hugo DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING Do you hear the people sing Sing the song of angry men It is the music of a people Who will not be slaves again! When the beating of your heart Echoes the beating of the drums There is a life about to start When tomorrow...
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#58- Les Misérables, Victor Hugo-part 4 Cosette+Marius
COSETTE- becomes a beautiful young woman and she meets Marius they fall in love , however, Eponine, who is one of the daughters of the Thernardiers , also loves Marius, in the end Marius stay with Cosette. [Cosette thinks] How strange This feeling that my life's begun at last.-This change,-Can...
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#57- Les Misérables, Victor Hugo-part 3
THE THÉNARDIERS THE THÉNARDIERS- represent the lawless subculture of society. they own an Inn and cheat their customers. The novel portrays them as brutal and abusive figures; some adaptation transform them into buffoonish characters, to provide comic relief from the generally more serious tone…
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#56- Les Misérables, Victor Hugo- part 2 Cosette
Cosette- The daughter of Fantine. After Fantine dies, from approximately the age of three to the age of eight, Cosette is beaten and forced to work for the Thénardiers. Mrs.Thénardier spoils her own daughters and abuses Cosette. The ex-convict Jean Valjean feels sorry for Cosette and help raise...
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#55- Les Misérables, Victor Hugo part 1
Les Misérables, is an epic and historical fiction novel by Victor Hugo, published in French in 1862. Les Misérables is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. In 5 volume Victor Hugo tells a history of broken dreams and unrequited love, passion, sacrifice, and redemption. it...
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#54- The Little Red Hen, part 3 - American fable
Still confident that they would surely help her some day she sang out, "Who will make the bread?" Alas for the Little Red Hen! Once more her hopes were dashed! For the Pig said, "Not I," the Cat said, "Not I," the Rat said, "Not I." So the Little Red Hen said once more, "I will then," and she…
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#53- The Little Red Hen, part 2 - American fable
She got the sickle from among the farmer's tools in the barn and proceeded to cut off all of the big plant of Wheat. On the ground lay the nicely cut Wheat, ready to be gathered and threshed, but the newest and yellowest and downiest of Mrs. Hen's chicks set up a "peep-peep-peeping" in their most...
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#52- The Little Red Hen,part 1 - American fable
A Little Red Hen lived in a barnyard. She spent almost all of her time walking about the barnyard in her picketty-picketty fashion, scratching everywhere for worms. She dearly loved fat, delicious worms and felt they were absolutely necessary to the health of her children. As often as she found a...
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#51- The Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 to 1865. Lincoln led the nation through the American Civil War, the country's greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis. In the United States this speech in thought in...
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#50- Two Nights at Neempani, Arnaba Saha
I drove all night and did not stop till I reached Neempani. I know the name is strange but the place was too familiar to me. First time I came here was with Sonal. The night was surreal. It was our first date and I drove 55 kms from Betul, just to give us a chance to know each other without any...
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#49- The Great Feast, Laura E. Richards
ONCE the Play Angel came into a nursery where four little children sat on the floor with sad and troubled faces. “What is the matter, dears?” asked the Play Angel. “We wanted to have a grand feast!” said the child whose nursery it was. “Yes, that would be delightful!” said the Play Angel. “But...
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#48- Androclus and the Lion, James Baldwin
In Rome there was once a poor slave whose name was Androclus. His master was a cruel man, and so unkind to him that at last Androclus ran away. He hid himself in a wild wood for many days; but there was no food to be found, and he grew so weak and sick that he thought he should die. So, one day…
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#47- What A Wonderful World, Louis Armstrong
I see trees of green Red roses too I see them bloom For me and you And I think to myself What a wonderful world I see skies of blue And clouds of white The bright blessed day The dark sacred night And I think to myself What a wonderful world The colors of the rainbow So pretty in the sky Are also...
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#46- Who was, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was born on Jan 29, 1860, he was a Russian physician and supreme short story writer and playwright. He was the third of six children. His father was a grocer, painter and religious fanatic with a mercurial temperament who "thrashed" his children and was likely emotionally...
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#45- A Story Without A Title, Anton Chekhov-part 3
At last he came out. Gathering all the monks around him, with a tear-stained face and with an expression of grief and indignation, he began telling them of what had befallen him during those three months. His voice was calm and his eyes were smiling while he described his journey from the…
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#44- A Story Without A Title, Anton Chekhov-part 2
Dozens of years passed by, and every day was like every other day, every night was like every other night. Except the birds and the wild beasts, not one soul appeared near the monastery. The nearest human habitation was far away, and to reach it from the monastery, or to reach the monastery from...
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#43- A Story Without A Title, Anton Chekhov-part 1
IN the fifth century, just as now, the sun rose every morning and every evening retired to rest. In the morning, when the first rays kissed the dew, the earth revived, the air was filled with the sounds of rapture and hope; while in the evening the same earth subsided into silence and plunged…
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#42-Aubrey, David Gates - Bread
And Aubrey was her name, A not so very ordinary girl or name But who's to blame? For a love that wouldn't bloom For the hearts that never played in tune Like a lovely melody that everyone can sing, Take away the words that rhyme it doesn't mean a thing And Aubrey was her name We tripped the light...
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#041- Five Little Pigs, Joseph Martin Kronheim - part 2
The Little Pig who had Roast Beef. This little pig was a very good and careful fellow. He gave his mother scarcely any trouble, and always took a pleasure in doing all she bade him. Here you see him sitting down with clean hands and face, to some nice roast beef, while his brother, the idle pig,...
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#040- Five Little Pigs, Joseph Martin Kronheim - part 1
This little piggy went to market, This little piggy stayed home, This little piggy had roast beef This little piggy had none, And this little piggy cried wee wee wee all the way home. The Little Pig who Went to Market. There was once a family of Five Little Pigs, and Mrs. Pig, their mother, loved...
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#039- The Tale of Peter Rabbit, Beatrix Potter - part 2
He went back towards the tool-shed, but suddenly, quite close to him, he heard the noise of a hoe— scratch, scratch, scratch, Peter scattered underneath the bushes. But presently, as nothing happened, he came out, and climbed upon a wheelbarrow, and peeped over. The first thing he saw was Mr....
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#038- The Tale of Peter Rabbit, Beatrix Potter part 1
ONCE upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were— Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter. They lived with their Mother in a sandbank, underneath the root of a big fir tree. "Now, my dears," said old Mrs. Rabbit one morning, "you may go into the fields or down the lane, but…
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#037- I Have a Dream, Martin Luther King, Jr. part 3
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice (Yeah), sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they...
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#036- I Have a Dream, Martin Luther King, Jr. part 2
1963 is not an end, but a beginning. And those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights.…
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#035- I Have a Dream, Martin Luther King, Jr. part 1
Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his iconic speech, titled I Have a Dream, on August 28, 1963- from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. at the event of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. I will be reading the speech of Martin Luther King Junior, as it was written and...
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#033- The Town Mouse And The Country Mouse, Aesop
A Town Mouse once visited a relative who lived in the country. For lunch, the Country Mouse served wheat stalks, roots, and acorns, with a dash of cold water for drink. The Town Mouse ate very sparingly, nibbling a little of this and a little of that, and by her manner making it very plain that…
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#032-The Declaration of Independence of the USA, Thomas Jefferson Cont.
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power. He has combined with others to subject us to a Jurisdiction foreign to our Constitution, and unacknowledged by our Laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation: For quartering large Bodies of...
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#031-The Declaration of Independence of the USA,Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was its primary author, finalizing all revisions that were adopted by the 2nd Continental Congress on July 4th, 1776. It took almost a month for all 56 delegates to sign it. We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their...
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#030- The Child's Story, Charles Dickens part 3
Whenever these partings happened, the traveler looked at the gentleman, and saw him glance up at the sky above the trees, where the day was beginning to decline, and the sunset to come on. He saw, too, that his hair was turning grey. But, they never could rest long, for they had their journey to...
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#029- The Child's Story, Charles Dickens part 2
Still, one day, in the midst of all these pleasures, the traveler lost the boy as he had lost the child, and, after calling to him in vain, went on upon his journey. So he went on for a little while without seeing anything, until at last he came to a young man. So, he said to the young man, "What...
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#028- The Child's Story, Charles Dickens part 1
Once upon a time, a good many years ago, there was a traveler, and he set out upon a journey. It was a magic journey, and was to seem very long when he began it, and very short when he got half way through. Once upon a time, a good many years ago, there was a traveller, and he set out upon a...
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#027- The Army Goes Rolling Along, Edmund L. Gruber, John Philip Sousa
The Army Goes Rolling Along" The Official Song of The United States Army The current lyrics tell the story of the past, the present, and the future. The song was originally written in 1908 by field artillery First Lieutenant [later Brigadier General] Edmund L. Gruber, while stationed in the...
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#026- The Gift of the Magi, O. Henry -Part 4
The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry White fingers and nimble tore at the string and paper. And then an ecstatic scream of joy; and then, alas! a quick feminine change to hysterical tears and wails, necessitating the immediate employment of all the comforting powers of the lord of the flat. For there...
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This podcast is for people taking early steps in the English language. I will be reading: popular nursery rhymes, Poems, and short stories. Since beginning ESL students are not regularly exposed to English literature, I hope that you enjoy reading and listening to these beautiful writings and learn something new!
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Uirapuru
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