2024-04-14
30 分钟My grandma permanently moved to the United States from Spain in the 1950s and the only way she could afford to keep in contact with friends and family was through writing letters; flying and international calls back then were not in her family’s budget. Email didn’t exist yet. She sent postcards and letters, pictures of her kids and eventually her grandkids. In her lifetime, the United States Postal Service (USPS) was her lifeline to the people she’d left overseas. Today, I'll tell you a bittersweet and very informative story about my grandma and her relationship with the post office and mail. Through it, you'll learn over 20+ words in context! Can you relate to this story? Let me know what you think. You can write to me on Instagram @americanenglishpodcast, or on Spotify in the comments. If you would like to help me decorate my office, please send me a real postcard! Shana Thompson P.O. Box 9074 Asheville, NC 28815 I create this podcast because of YOU. You have no idea how excited I would be to see you're not just a figment of my imagination (haha). Plus, your card will end up on my wall! :) Premium Content for this episode is available with both of these: Season 4 (Episodes 150 - 200) = Each episode includes a quiz, the PDF transcript (the text of the audio) with definitions of challenging words and the mp3 file. All Premium Content for Seasons 1, 2 and 3 (Episodes 001 - 150) Support the show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hi everybody.
My name is Shawna and this is the american English podcast.
My goal here is to teach you the English spoken in the United States through common expressions, pronunciation tips, and interesting cultural snippets or stories.
I hope to keep this fun, useful, and interesting.
Let's do it.
Visiting the post office in the United States can be both a chore and a new experience to practice English.
In this five minute English lesson, you are going to hear a true story about my grandma.
I'll use her true story as a canvas to expose you to a bunch of new vocabulary related to this topic.
By the end, you will be prepared for your next trip to the US post Office and for any situation in which you need vocabulary related to mail, sending letters and cards, packages, and anything in that realm.
So this is a topic specific lesson.
It will be advanced.
Don't worry though, I've created a full lesson that goes alongside this audio to help you out.
The supplementary lesson contains an image sheet with pictures of all of the key vocabulary discussed.
A video for you with those images to practice your pronunciation, as well as many exercises and quizzes.
As a language learner myself, this will be incredibly useful, not only for the comprehension side of learning, but for the retention side as well.
We all want to remember what we learn, right?
You'll find the links for the premium content in the episode notes.
I think a lot of you will relate to this story.
If you do, I'd love to hear from you.
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