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Okay, let's start. Since it's September, we're going back to school.

At least in this episode, you will remember how exciting it used to be to start a new school year.

We're going to check out vocabulary related to the school supplies that kids need when they go back to school after the summer vacation.

And in the second part of this episode, you'll learn English grammar without studying any rules with an exclusive point of view story.

All right, let's get started.

We could use the expression back to school as a metaphor for this episode that kicks off this new season.

You will continue to improve your English skills with my mini-stories and point-of-you lessons.

But don't worry, because you don't have to study or memorize anything. Just listen and learn as children do with their mother tongue.

Each year, parents face significant challenges when purchasing school supplies for their

children. Since there is a wide range of vocabulary related to this topic, next week I will continue

talking about the same thing, though I'll introduce more vocabulary.

In any case, don't worry if you can't remember everything.

You can listen several times to learn new words and expressions.

Well, here we go. Let's start with notebooks.

Basically, a notebook is made up of several sheets of paper,

which are joined together. They can be handy to use in a classroom. You can write exercises,

copy things the teacher writes on the board, etc. In some cases, instead of notebooks, you can simply use sheets of paper. The advantage is that you don't carry so much weight. The disadvantage is

that you can easily lose them. I remember that in the first year of high school, I started with notebooks,

but in the second year, I only use sheets because the notebooks weighed a lot. But if you want to

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