078 | Intermediate - Short Story: The Time Traveler’s Mistake [English Listening Practice]

Title: The Time Traveler’s MistakeLevel: Intermediate (B1)#Story : Professor Ethan Grayson builds a time machine with the goal of traveling to Ancient Egypt. However, due to a tiny error in his calculations, he is sent millions of years into the past, to the age of the dinosaurs. While trying to fix his mistake, Ethan is chased by a T. rex but narrowly escapes. Unfortunately, in his panic, he sets the machine to the wrong coordinates again and ends up in a futuristic world, far beyond his own time. Realizing that he has lost control of his machine, Ethan makes one more attempt to return home. Instead, he finds himself stranded in a vast desert with no sign of life, realizing that he is hopelessly lost in time.#Vocabulary :Coordinates – specific numbers or values that determine a location.Oversee – to look after or manage something.Hum – to make a low, steady continuous sound.Recalibrate – to adjust or correct the settings of a machine.Desolate – empty and lacking life.#Grammar Focus:Past Continuous Used for actions in progress in the past. For example: “Ethan was adjusting the controls when the T. rex appeared.”Third Conditional Used for unreal situations in the past. For example: “If he hadn’t made the mistake, he would have arrived in Ancient Egypt.”Relative Clauses Used to add more information. For example: “The T. rex, which was chasing him, roared angrily.”Website:https://Readiocast.comYouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@Readiolingua-------Learn English fast and easily with podcasts Conversation, Best Tips For Learning English, Improve Your English Language, Listening and Speaking through Listening, Dictation and Grammar Focus with new words, best practice to learn English online by short stories. (best practice for English Listening skills)-------#English #learnenglish #howtospeakenglish #englishforbeginners #englishtutorial #ielts #listening #englishlearning #englishpractice #learnenglish #listeningpractice #englishstory #practice #LearnEnglishfast #grammer #podcast #Englishpodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.