a poor young African American woman
of unfortunate circumstances
died in childbirth
but her identical twin sons survived
although they were both born completely
perfectly
beautifully
blue.

You are a man on a train on a journey from Hell to Heaven but nowhere around you can you see the tracks, the carriage, the other passengers or the window, let alone the view from the window.

This is the first half of Episode 4 of The Water Car, an Interactive Story series for intermediate level English language learners. It focuses on present progressive verbs.

Listen and Write: listen to Aaron and write Mark’s responses.

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at B G Johnson

Note: This is an OLD recording of Episode 4. It is NOT from the new and improved full version of The Water Car, …

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at ton3vita

Note: This is an OLD recording of Episode 7. It is NOT from the new and improved full version of The Water Car, which you …

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at Manu Le Manu

Listen to the interactive story and write in the words that Mark says.
1. THE NEW JOB (be verbs)
Alec: A young woman is at …

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at markwhite

Hi. My name is Ralph Mesquite. I am a biologist. I live at Ling Lodge in Brooklyn City. Ling Lodge is on Old River …

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at Lindfish

In this podcast, Steve Yenik tells the story of Jack and the Beanstalk, an old English fairytale.
Steve: Okay so Jack was a poor boy who …

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by ciro@tokyo

The Graveyard
This is a recording of Part 1 of the interactive story, The Big Dream, and is meant to be an example of what a …