Learning English Podcast - Breakdancing to the Olympics, Making Reservations, & Operation Spy w/Anna

Ashley Thompson and Mario Ritter host today's Learning English show.

00:55 First: An American breakdancer says she hopes the sport’s first appearance at the Olympics in Paris next month will make it popular. Twenty-one-year-old Logan Edra says she is looking forward to competing and hopes to become the first woman to win a gold medal in the sport. Bryan Lynn has her story. https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a...

07:06 Next: Jill Robbins presents the LE program Everyday Grammar. It is summer travel time in America! Jill teaches some of the grammar we use to get the things we often need for a good vacation! Then, Jill joins Ashley in the studio. Ashley finds out about some of Jill's childhood vacations with her family. It's a fishy story! https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a...

17:09 Finally: The LE Lesson of the Day. Andrew Smith and Jill Robbins base their instruction on the LE video series Let's Learn English. Today they review episode 49, centered on a "mission to the Spy Museum" in Washington, D.C. "Collect all the intelligence" on codenames, a "sneaky" verb tense, and how to talk about "trouble." https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a...

Ashley and Mario close the show.---------

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