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visit teacherloop.co've used these stories. stories that I've found on the Week.co. UK.

I've used these stories in class in the past because they're full of grammar and vocabulary,

but also because they make quite good talking points.

This time I tried my Odd News work sheet with my parents and you

can hear the results in this episode. There are eight stories being discussed. First

there's a guessing game involving the possible

headlines and what they could mean and then we get into the stories all of which are

available on the page for this episode as transcripts. So you could check those out and pay attention to the

vocabulary or the way the sentences are constructed and just enjoy listening to my

parents and me having a relaxed chat about these weird stories and also

there are various other little sort of anecdotes and stories too. We use the stories as jumping off points to talk about personal experiences and things.

So there are some amusing little stories from my mom and dad in this episode too.

And I must say that when I listened back to this recording, I laughed out loud a few times, mainly because of my parents' contributions.

I think it's quite a funny episode. And I hope you enjoy listening to it. So let's get started right away and here we go.

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