11 July
Jul 11, 2022•7 min
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Episode description
Chinese explorers in the “Western Oceans”, Gwendolyn Margaret Smith, and Martin Wong.
Join us and discover what happened on this day in the past, all while improving your listening skills and learning a few new words along the way. Email us your feedback to podcasting@babbel.com.
Useful words
emperor: a person who rules over an empire
tenacious: someone who does not give up easily
Latinx: gender-neutral term used to describe people of Latin American cultural or ethnic identity in
the US.
These events are written in a simple way for intermediate learners of English. Facts are accurate as of April 2022.
If you’d like to read along, you can find the transcript for this episode here: https://bit.ly/3ObCoW2
Join us and discover what happened on this day in the past, all while improving your listening skills and learning a few new words along the way. Email us your feedback to podcasting@babbel.com.
Useful words
emperor: a person who rules over an empire
tenacious: someone who does not give up easily
Latinx: gender-neutral term used to describe people of Latin American cultural or ethnic identity in
the US.
These events are written in a simple way for intermediate learners of English. Facts are accurate as of April 2022.
If you’d like to read along, you can find the transcript for this episode here: https://bit.ly/3ObCoW2
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