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Listening Comprehension – Learn English with strange news!
Listening to a story and answering questions on it is the best way to test and improve your listening comprehension. In this fun lesson, you will listen to a strange news story and have the opportunity to learn many new words. If you would like to continue the lesson, try to re-tell the story in your words. You could also try to use some of these new words in a sentence. The opportunities to learn are endless.
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What a strange story but a very good lesson, don’t ever drink water from streams ;)
I totally agree with you, so weird the story.
This was a top class lesson! Even if I nearly sicked after I heard that story :D
Be honest I didn’t know too much words from the blackboard, but you explained them very well. BTW the word “symptom” is international I guess.
Anyway, great lesson, thanx ;)
Excellent Lesson !
I’ve learned a lot of words !Good story also
thx Jon :)
Excellent Lesson !
I’ve learned a lot of words !Good story also
thx Jon :)
very good indeed Mr. Jon
I thihk this story is very hard for beginners…
thank you it wasExcellent Lesson
excellent lesson, many thanks from Italy
I played the video twice n’ answered your questions right, what a freaking story.your lesson was understood dude. have a good day Jon.
Adoro suas aulas, Jon. Você é um ótimo professor!
Muito obrigado!
great lesson thank u so much MR.Jon
BTW I GOT 5 OUT OF 5
I don`t envy that girl.. But it was a useful experience to hear this story ) thanx
thank you sir for such a good lesson but em lil bit confuse about word “shunned” could you make a sentence of tht word?
The word ‘shun’ means to keep away from, to avoid. “He was shunned by his community.” ‘To shun’ is the base verb. I hope that helps.
Didn’t know that it is possible to detect such parasites with x-ray… Is it really possible?
To be honest I am not sure, but I liked the story.
it is hard to detected with x-ray
but it is always detected with stool analysis or immunity analysis by antibody or antigen.
Valldecy said: I love your lesson. You’re a good teacher.
Teacher you’ve to give us more story like that. However, this one was so weird.
That was really a good lesson, I understand it very well.
Thanks a lot teacher you did a good job.
you’re awseome, thanks :)
Jon
Your video does not go to the final. The middle of the class it is blocked????? I did not watch until the end.
I’m not sure why you were not able to see the entire video.
It was an amazing lesson I’ve learned alot
Realy very interesting story. Thanks for it))) buy the way I got 5 out of 5))))
Congratulations
thank you i got some lessons.
good one i enjoyed, n learned a lesson too.
Thank you mr Jon.it was very nice lessone,but very sade history .
Yes it was rather sad, but in the end at least she was able to figure out why she was in so much pain. In the end she was cured!
sorry ,i ment sad
great lesson , thanx so much
Hello Jon, very good story to make us understand all the new words, Thanks again
good one, you have done.
its crazy story but I learned a lot of words from it ..
knowledgeable, allround, good information provider for learning for beginner children
What’s the scary story :(
I won’t never drink water from the strange source anymore
I liked it
what a nice story .to me it learn new vocabulary ..many thanks joe.
thx! nice story
Very good story, I have learned more vocabulary.
thank you so much teacher Jon
Very interesting Lesson Jon. Thank you so much.
Now I know the truth
how snakes are born…
Very nice story! Thank you very much Jon! I’ve learned a lot from you all from EngVid!
Thanks a lot
thank you first it’s nice lesson and interesting thank u too much teacher
You’re very welcome
Hi Doctor Jon
what a story !!! I like it and it was very easy for me . I learned new vocabulary and really enjoyed your stile of teaching , keep it up
Hi I’m from mexico, and this situation is not rarely in my country, there are a lot of child whith this problem.
Thanks for the video, Jon. It’s an interesting, new format of lectures. Hope you’ll keep producing such lessons once in a while.
John, how we can ask a question using “used to”? For example, can we ask Did you used to go to the gym? Is that correct, or we must say Did you use to go to the gym? Please tell me which of these examples is correct. Thank you in advance.
Did you use to go to the gym? This is the correct form because used to is the past tense of use and if you are using the auxiliary verb “did” then the main verb must be in the base form. This is a very common mistake. Take care.
Thanks Jon for giving new vocabulary. I hope you do more lessions like this.
thanks about lisen teacher
Thanks for ur help.really very useful site
thanksssss
thanx….i got 5 out ov 5
thanks a lot Jon , we need more stories
JON MAKE MORE LESSONS LIKE THIS ONE PLEASE,IT’S REALLY USEFUL. THANKS ALOT,I LIKE THE WAY YOU TEACH, THUMBS UP.
A good lesson, I liked the style of teaching thanks
thank you very much!
I had 4/5
but I did’nt
can anyone please tell me why my quiz section is not working,it doesn’t click the question mark sign when i try to
Hey Jon! How are you, man?
I’m Alex from Brazil and I really like your lessons so much. Actually, I love all the lessons from this website. They are so helpful.
Thank you so much for helping us with your amazing lessons!
See you!
Alex Roberto
i love u jon
Thank you so much ,I Like the way you teach.
I learen new new vocabulary. I hope you do more lessons like this.Really very useful site
Thanks Jon
hi john how are you ? can you please tell me how can i improve my listening because i find dificulties when i watch a movie on tv so i’m obliged to read subtitle . i know it’s a wrong way so i feel i’m not good at english because i think that mastering english equals understanding without reading .thanks
I think it is normal to require subtitles in the beginning. Don’t be so hard on yourself. Keep watching films and listening to music. Try to do it without subtitles to test yourself. Then you can watch the movie without subtitles to see how much you understood. Good luck. It takes time, so just enjoy yourself.
really gr8 work jon hatts of to u i have learnt many words tdy jon becuse of u
yah exactly like me ):
tanks 4 u help ! the teacher it’s very funny!
Jon, i completely love your lessons !! it is always so useful and funny!! thank you so very much!!
You are great teacher jon. thanks for all lessons
i con;t help my laughing )) i u were my teacher i would finish english in one month you r cool teacher ) story was strange and you didn;t pronounce the name of turkish girl well )
it so funny and i want to sat thank you for you guy.
hi teacher jon ..
i love English & all the lessons were helpful .. but what about that i’m impressed with you ? what an awesome teacher :D
hi guys .. my skype name is laura_L44
Thank you very much
Thank you! Very good lesson!
Really Thanks , I get 5 out of 5
:)
thanks my teaacher it is a goood lesson.after ur lesson i had to cram for my biology exam. good bless for you
Hi, teacher
very useful lesson I really enjoyed :)
Thanks alottttttttttttt
best wishes:)
John that’s lrsson make me very completely,soo thanks soo much from u.
thanks a lot jon.
i think it was agood leson and i get so informations from it so thanks alot sur john and iwish ilearn alot from you and other teachers because am in the bigening
only, thanks
thank you very much…from Congo
Great jon, i had an wonderful lession & leanred it, thanks
Hi, John.Thanks a lot for the listening lesson you”ve given. I’ve visited this site for the first time and it’s really interesting.I liked it because my problem is the vocabulary and I’d like to improve my vocabulary english .I’ve got 2 questions if you don’t mind.
1- Can I give to the word symptom this definition( to feel a change in the body that indicates a beginning of a sickness)
2-shunned( to be sacked , fired or isolated)from a family ,from a job, from a community……
Thx Jon for you lesson!
I have a little question for you. I hope you will answer:
In the Netherlands we also said ‘Butterflies in your stomach’ but in the Netherlands it means you are in love => ‘I have butterflies in my stomach when I see that girl.’
How you say that in English? Can you also use ‘butterflies in your stomach’?
Hİİ JONE it is nice to hear from a Turkish story..I hope one day you can come TUrkey … it is really a beautiful country…and I hope one day I can come Canada:)
SORRY I SEND THE MAIL WITHOUT READING…IT IS NICE TO HEAR FROM YOU A TURKISH STORY..I HOPE THIS TIME IT IS CORRECT
it was brilliant lesson i really love him as he taught us the way he teaches grat
sir how to use torment in a sentence
I don’t know what story is about that.
MY listening is very weak.
but the lession is very fun.
funny，haha。
Hi
Jon thanks a lot good Lesson just good inpuff me
5/5
really interesting. i’ve learned some tough word. the story is great for learning. thanks a lot.
hey best teacher,, it was amazing and useful lesson thx alot :) but could u please explain the meaning of “hatch ” again !!
The movie is not playing on my laptop. Is there anyone who can give a tip to solve may problem?
hi mr .jon i wanna know the maining of cause pain??? thank u :)
This English learning site is awesome..
I am a new comer to engvid.com . I found it sooooooooooo useful.
tnx :)
it was a helpful lesson. Thanks
nice lessone and very useful and I learned a lot of thing thanks jon
Could you explain what the words in this story go afer
1)her family was shunned by suspicious f..
2)by the town.As the symptom ..
3)removing the …
Shunned means to reject somebody who you do not like in a group
Torment means cause pain
Severe means very strong
Suspicious means distrust
Hatched means create from the egg
I like this story because I can know some new words and read more comment from everybody that is improve my knowledge. I hope you can create more story and introduce to everybody. Thanks
Stream means small river
I liked the story so much….and I learn new words…thank you sir.jon
The story was really weird…I’ll never drink water from the stream again!!!:) I used to do it when I was a child:)
But the lesson was really great! Thank you so much!!!!!!
Oh, and I like this expression ” Butterflies in your stomach”. I’ve never heard it before…very helpful lesson. Thanks again!
Hallo,
i’ve some problems with listening comprehension!!! But after looking this video I have a better feeling in understanding the ontents.
Of course the story is very severe but it’s a funny one.
Thanks engvid.com
i feel the some clasemate. i feel optimistic!!
hi jon, you are a good teACHER, YOU KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN A WORD IN AN EASY WAY. THANK’S A LOT GODBLESS! ^^
first thanks so much teacher jon about story and lesson
hey jon you are a teacher very funny. I love your class. thanks
weird story, but possibly can happen. thumbs up sir Jon! tnx…
Thanks so much, feel that this page help a lot… Regards from Nicaragua..
Hi, please what means sneck? or this word that you say…
hi, can i have a reassumed of this story? it’s very urgent… thank you… :) bye
excellent lesson. thanks.
WOW it was a very scary story for me, you know why ?? because in my country there are a lot of people especial in the villages still drink and use for cooking the water from stream or open wells.
very useful lesson it’s good
fantastic lesson sri, thanks you. you are a good teacher also your teaching method is good.
The snake in her stomach is a kind of worm or parasite , i think.
yes. it is
It happened to me when I was 5 years old.
Then I got better.
Thanks to great teacher.
wow. haw did you overcome that? surgery?
fantastic story!. i tell you, here in my country ,Peru, there are a similar story, here we call the snake “SOLITARIA” like lonesome in english. well good story. see you
Amazing lesson but we want more difficult text
Hey Jon,
It`s a really weird story, aye. But i`ve learned a lots. Thank you very much!!
Interesting story Jon!
Hi Jon, It’s a useful lesson! Could you tell me some tips for taking note in listening??
thanks
What a scary story!
How weird story was that! :)Thank you jon for the great explanation.
Congratulations, excellent lesson. thanks.
A bad artist but a wonderful actor!The lesson is very interesting, but the story is crazy. Don’t listen this story befor having a lunch=)
Hey Jon! The story is good.I would like to make a request.If you don’t mind please make some lessons on phonics.I am really confused in that topic.
Some of my doubts are –
1)why ‘A’ sound in apple is different from ‘A’ sound in strange?How to find the exact sound in some new words? Are there any rules for those sounds?
2)In the same way with other alphabets like ‘O’,'C’,'I’,'E’,'G’,'Y’ and so on.
I found so much stuff in internet about this.But none explained me why? and the rules to follow them.Please make a lesson on this and that could be a great help to me.
that s very good story and jon you are very good teacher. Thank u for about new words.
What can I tell You Jon you are a grate teacher with the other guys,when i started to watch these videos i felt more sure when i speak English. And i would like to aks for a favor i’d like to learn executive conversations and business also…
Hey
I have a midterm for monday and thanks to these videos I improve my skills
Thank you Jon
Hello from Turkey
hey teacher, you are all doing a very good job in a very interesting way, i enjoyed your way of teaching. but i have a problem with my english that i forgotten the rules of grammer instantly.please help me for this situation… so i’ll be thankful to you…
THANKS JON
it was great
It was great lesson Jon
thanks a lot.best lesson which I ever seen.because of I learned many useful words,as well I was an active listener,I could answer some questions.I liked your teaching style very much,I got it easily.yeah,it was very6 interesting.thanks teacher.
Great lesson I love the way you guys teach.
Cheers
ewwwww snakes !!!
who is fabricate this lie .this store is terrible.
I am afraid you have been misled; we are not a store. All our content is free :)
It is an excellent lesson
wow my score is 5 out of 5.i learnt some of the new words from u.thank you sir.
Thanks Jon!!!
Hahahaha it was a funny story I am improving my listening skills thanks Jon
Excellent history, but it´s difficult for my ears, I must to listen much. Where can I see the transcription of the history? So I can read and hear. Thank very much!
Thank you. You did well to explain this lesson. Nice.
taaaaaaaaaaaanx a milion jOn
it was so useful ,n am interested by it so much =)…
keep it up
Fantastic!
Jon your lessons are really perfect.Thank you
very nice lesson Dr.
I enjoyed it so much ..thanx alot..beside you are so cute ..I liked you ..
thank you MR.jon i had 4/5 :) :D
thank you for your lesson Mr. JON. it’s very interesting :), I hope I can improve my listening :)
Can you send me the story by email, because i want to review it. I dont understand all words. My email is xcornejo-iglesias@hotmail.com Thanks
Thanks Jon you’re so great teacher and teaching too ,God bless you .take care.
Are you sure in correct expression of new words? Webster dictionary has another explanations to many words of this lesson. Strange!
thank you for your lesson
Thanks for this lesson. I have learned some new words, hehe. ( but i bet there’s nothing left for me after some next days. hic hic). Please tell me some ways to remember new words?. :(
Thanks in advance.
@@: I dont think a snake can be alive in the stomach. If it could, it would not a snake.
its really nice thanx jon we want moreeeeeeee
You’re awseome, thank you so much
Of course the story is good as a lesson, but it not truth that snakes can live in human stormach. I think so. Thank any way.
Thanks a loooot uncle Jhon! i really enjoyed the lesson. It was intresting, useful, and fun as well ^^. But i’m just wondering.. is it a real story?? I mean, 3 snaks lived in a girls stomach for 5 years !! Thank you one more time Jhon :)
Very good Teacher. Thank you for your teaching.
Thanks you are realy a goood teacher
Thank you Mr John you are good teacher,
thanks a lot.
If anyone want to chat in skype or Yahoo my mail in yahoo is romantic_microbiologist@yahoo.com
Jon,i like the way you speak,not too fast and not too slow everybody understand you,that’s why i got 5 out of 5.yeehh…
Thanks a lot and keep going>>>>.
i love jhon
Thank you very much.
Great lesson Jon! I believe that is the best way to a non-native to learn another language. This method, using a little story and having short questions and answers. Keep going!
My best regards from Brazil.
Thank so much teacher. That’s interesting story !
thx so mcuh Jon
Really nice story and first time i answered all all the questions asked by you and even in the quiz too.
How to contact you guys as i want to improve more myself on communication skills, writing skills and interpersonal skills.
Thanks
Hi Jon, You are a genius, I like the manner how you teach and communicate the information. All your lessons are very interesting !
Thanks Jon , I feel lestening difficult …. is this because I’m still beginner ?
Thanks for this story Jon. This way to improve the comprehension – I mean vocabulary, story then questions – is quiet good. Thanks a lot.