Luke's ENGLISH Podcast - Learn British English with Luke Thompson 87. Six Idioms and Six Phrasal Verbs (with Oli)
Mar 3, 2012
The podcast covers a range of interesting topics including the benefits of LinkedIn ads, the use of video recording by young people, a controversial boxing press conference fight, morning rituals and digital news, idioms like 'take the Mickey out of someone,' and the state of affairs in newspapers.
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Teenagers and Technology
- Oliver observed teenagers at a bowling alley filming and photographing themselves constantly.
- He reflected on how different this is from his teenage years, without such technology.
Podcast Game
- Luke and Oliver introduce a word game involving idioms and phrasal verbs.
- Listeners are challenged to identify six of each used naturally during their conversation.
Swedish Car Survival
- Oliver shares a news story about a man trapped in a snow-covered car in Sweden for two months.
- The man survived by drinking melted snow and entering a state of hibernation due to the low temperatures.