Learning English Podcast - First Park, Money App, Indonesian Bird

The program starts with Ashley Thomson’s report on America’s first and oldest public park: the Boston Commons. Started in 1634, the park “is a place where we come to celebrate, we come to protest, we come to find a place alone,” said Liz Vizza of the Friends of Public Garden. The group says the park has about seven million visitors yearly.

Do you still leave home without money in your pocket? Then, you want to listen to Dan Friedell’s report on using a mobile app in a cashless society. The Samaritan app permits users to give money to the homeless or others on the street. Ashley Thompson gives a shout-out for Let’s Learning English with Anna. And Bryan Lynn follows with a report on maleo. The endangered birds are now facing new threats from the development of Indonesia’s new capital, named Nusantara on Borneo.

We are entering a time of gift-giving in the United States and many other countries. So, in today's Everyday Grammar lesson, John Russell talks about how to use subjects, verbs and objects to talk about gift-giving. In the lesson, John explains a simple pattern of using a transitive verb along with a noun phrase. John then joins Ashley to explain how to use another sentence pattern using pronouns instead. John reveals that he is giving his son a musical instrument, the ukulele, and his daughter a toy bear for Christmas. It’s a secret. Don’t tell the kids.

Boston Common: America’s First Public Park
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