This lesson has two parts. In part one, you'll learn the common English expression "my cup of tea" you'll hear a joke and you'll do some pronunciation exercises. In part two (which will be posted shortly), you'll learn about one of the most iconic events in U.S. history, the Boston Tea Party. It's one of the major events that fueled our fight for independence from Britain, and the story is just nuts. It's not your average tea party! If you're interested in learning about the beginning of the U.S., or you're taking the U.S. Citizenship test soon, listen to this episode! I've also put together a page to Prepare for the U.S. Citizenship test. Premium Content: Season 4 (Episodes 150 - 200) = Includes quiz, transcript with definitions and mp3. 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.
It's episode 154, my cup of tea.
How are you doing today?
I hope you're having a nice day wherever you are in the world.
I hope that you're safe.
I hope that you're happy.
If you're not happy, I hope that you find this podcast a positive and upbeat place that you can turn to.
Today we have another expression episode.
As usual, expression episodes come in two parts.
In part one.
So this episode, we'll start with a joke.
I'll teach a common expression used in American English, and at the end, we'll go through some pronunciation exercises in which you need to repeat after me.
In part two of this episode, you'll learn about one of the most iconic events in us history, the Boston Tea Party.
It's one of the major events that fueled our fight for independence from Britain.
And the story is just nuts.
It's not your average tea party, it's a crazy one and really worth learning about if you don't know about it already.