Chuckle English

Episode Notes (A bit of a difficult English dictation today!) A monthly dictation to help learners of the English language to improve their listening comprehension. How to use: Don't look at the transcript (text) below. Listen to the podcast (the dictation is repeated twice) and try to write everything you hear down. Check your text with the text of the dictation. If any word is different, it is probably a listening comprehension mistake. Try to listen again to the word and repeat the pronunciation a few times. If you don't understand the word when you read it; it is probably new vocabulary. Listen to the dictation again. You should understand some of the words that you didn't understand before. Transcript: A woman who banned her boyfriend from playing computer games, has come up with a great way to get him to do house chores. The boyfriend, who is unemployed, used to spend all day playing computer games, and never helping around the house. She tried to talk to him, but he still didn’t help. However, after turning off his internet connection, she has managed to negotiate with him. She now only lets him play when he has helped to clean the house. Get WEEKLY Dictations on our Patreon Page Subscribe at www.patreon.com/chuckleEnglish for weekly dictations and even more content to help you improve your English. Support Chuckle English by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/chuckle-english

Episode Notes (A bit of a difficult English dictation today!) A monthly dictation to help learners of the English language to improve their listening comprehension. How to use: Don't look at the transcript (text) below. Listen to the podcast (the dictation is repeated twice) and try to write everything you hear down. Check your text with the text of the dictation. If any word is different, it is probably a listening comprehension mistake. Try to listen again to the word and repeat the pronunciation a few times. If you don't understand the word when you read it; it is probably new vocabulary. Listen to the dictation again. You should understand some of the words that you didn't understand before. Transcript: A man called in a bomb threat at his local fast food restaurant because they were out of his favourite sauce for his chicken nuggets. However, things didn’t go his way. The man was arrested after he threatened to blow up the restaurant and punch an employee because of the missing sauce. The 42 year old man was arrested and charged with making a false report of an explosive device. Get WEEKLY Dictations on our Patreon Page Subscribe at www.patreon.com/chuckleEnglish for weekly dictations and even more content to help you improve your English. Support Chuckle English by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/chuckle-english

Episode Notes (A bit of a difficult English dictation today!) A weekly dictation to help learners of the English language to improve their listening comprehension. How to use: Don't look at the transcript (text) below. Listen to the podcast (the dictation is repeated twice) and try to write everything you hear down. Check your text with the text of the dictation. If any word is different, it is probably a listening comprehension mistake. Try to listen again to the word and repeat the pronunciation a few times. If you don't understand the word when you read it; it is probably new vocabulary. Listen to the dictation again. You should understand some of the words that you didn't understand before. Transcript: In Japan, a town received funds to help with COVID-19 relief and decided to use them on something a little different. The town leaders decided that the best way to use the money was to buy a huge statue of a giant squid. The town is famous for its squid fishing, so the town council thought that a giant squid statue would bring in more tourists. The statue cost around $200,000. Support Chuckle English by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/chuckle-english

Episode Notes (A bit of a difficult English dictation today!) A weekly dictation to help learners of the English language to improve their listening comprehension. How to use: Don't look at the transcript (text) below. Listen to the podcast (the dictation is repeated twice) and try to write everything you hear down. Check your text with the text of the dictation. If any word is different, it is probably a listening comprehension mistake. Try to listen again to the word and repeat the pronunciation a few times. If you don't understand the word when you read it; it is probably new vocabulary. Listen to the dictation again. You should understand some of the words that you didn't understand before. Transcript: In Turkey, a whole neighbourhood learned sign language in order to surprise a deaf man who lives there. Everybody secretly learned sign language. The neighbourhood then set up cameras in the streets so they could surprise him. On the day, as the man begins to walk down the street, he is surprised when people in shops and in the street speak to him in sign language. Even the local taxi driver learnt it. He then arrives at the town square and is met by all the residents who surprise him. The video of the special day finishes with the guy clearly emotionally moved. Support Chuckle English by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/chuckle-english

Episode Notes (A bit of a difficult English dictation today!) A weekly dictation to help learners of the English language to improve their listening comprehension. How to use: Don't look at the transcript (text) below. Listen to the podcast (the dictation is repeated twice) and try to write everything you hear down. Check your text with the text of the dictation. If any word is different, it is probably a listening comprehension mistake. Try to listen again to the word and repeat the pronunciation a few times. If you don't understand the word when you read it; it is probably new vocabulary. Listen to the dictation again. You should understand some of the words that you didn't understand before. Transcript: A family was left stunned when police turned up at their house following a report of domestic violence. Their neighbours said that they called the police when they saw shadows fighting through the window and heard ‘yells’. They thought that the parents were fighting. However, what they saw were the shadows of their kids wrestling in their bedroom. In a video shared on the internet, a police officer can be seen ordering the family outside as he points the gun at the door. Support Chuckle English by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/chuckle-english