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Jun, 2013The Most Confusing Part of Traveling – Listening Fluency #63
Tipping is one of one of the most confusing parts about traveling. Who do you tip and why? Well, that depends what country you’re in. In some countries you tip a lot and in others you don’t tip at all. In Vietnam tipping is actually illegal. North America, on the other hand, has some of the highest tipping in the world.
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Jun, 2013That Prairie Dog Thinks You’re Fat! – Listening Fluency #62
Has anyone ever told you, you could stand to lose some weight? Or maybe people have told you you’re too skinny. Either way, it might not just be other people judging you on your looks. Prairie dogs have a complex language and they are capable of not only talking about you, but also calling you fat, skinny, tall or short.
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May, 2013Dream Reading – Listening Fluency #60
A young Albert Einstein dreamed he was sliding down a snow covered hill. As he began to move faster and faster, he looked up and saw that the appearance of the stars was changing. Einstein awoke and spent the next 12 years thinking about the meaning of this dream...
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May, 2013Secret Language of Plants – Listening Fluency #59
A famous book called the Secret Life of Plants says that plants are conscious, and even have a preference for music. In one research study, plants exposed to Mozart have been shown to be healthier and grow faster than plants exposed to Jimi Hendrix. While some skeptics have said that these studies are unscientific, there is growing research on plant intelligence and plant communication.
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