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Zdenek’s English Podcast

Zdenek Lukas•rss.com
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Are you studying English alone? Are you at B1, B2, or C1 level? Do you need more listening practice? If so, I might be your guy!!! 😇.

I’m a university and DELTA-qualified English teacher from the Czech Republic with almost 15 years of experience teaching English to foreigners in the Czech Republic, UK, Ireland and Vietnam.

Come along for the ride!

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Episodes

Episode 62 - A Word with a Future Manager Working in London

My university classmate Monika, who is currently living and working in London, came all the way back to our university town Pardubice to meet and record episode 62 of the podcast. Monika's English pronunciation is native-like and her voice is pleasant to listen to. She works in a coffee shop, and trust me, you will find it interesting and fun to find out what kind of position she has there and what it is called. Hopefully, I will be able to visit Monika in London soon to record another interview...

Jun 24, 2014•50 min

Episode 61 - Jirka Back from the Himalayas (part 2)

Here is the second part of the interview with Jirka about his Himalayan adventure. How do climbers proceed on the summit day ascent? How did Jirka feel having to miss the icing on the cake? Do you want to know what the weather conditions were like? Who was safe on the roads of Lukla? What new words did Jirka pick up? Have a listen to find out the answers. Moreover, a bonus in the form of a short grammar analysis including a slightly awkward explanation of the third conditional follows :)...

Jun 22, 2014•33 min

Episode 41 - Funny Idioms (Part 2)

This episode introduces you to 5 more hopefully amusing idioms. What is Cockney rhyming slang? How does a flirting zombie sound? Why don’t people normally eat butterflies? What’s the common response to praising girl’s breasts at a first date? How did I use to deal with stress before exams? What would a Liverpool manager tell his players if his team were four goals down during the half-time break? How did I make the decision to put off telling you the “Funny Idioms Story” until the next episode? ...

Jun 21, 2014•37 min

Episode 40 - Funny Idioms (part 1)

In the first episodes of the year 2014 I take a look at idioms which I consider to be funny. First of all, I wish you all the best and something extra for the new year and then I move on to explaining what idioms are in general and why students as well as teachers tend to either love them or hate them. In the main part I focus on 4 (out of planned 9) idiomatic expressions, explain what they mean, how they are used, and more importantly speculate about their possible literal meaning. It might som...

Jun 21, 2014•43 min

Message to my Itunes Listeners

This is just a short message to all my Itunes Listeners and everyone who hasn't noticed that I moved the podcast to Audioboo.fm. Listen to this to find out more. Thank you for understanding. :) Zdenek

Jun 21, 2014•3 min

Episode 60 - Jirka back from the Himalayas

This is the long awaited episode with Jirka, an estate agent from the Czech Republic, who went to conquer the Himalayas. I interviewed him about his exciting experience after he came back which was about a month ago . Did all the members of the expedition survive the trip? How exciting was this experience for Jirka? Did he reach Mera Peak? What was it like to acclimatize? What hiccups did Jirka have to undergo? If you are all curious, have a listen to this first part of the interview.

Jun 20, 2014•36 min

Episode 42 - Funny Idioms (Part 3 - Graduation Story)

This is the last concluding episode of the trilogy about funny idioms (40-42). I have never worked more on a single episode than this one. It is up to you my listeners to decide if my effort was worth it. The episode 42 has two parts. In part No.1 I go through funny idioms that the facebook group members sent me as their favourites. The second part is dedicated to an autobiographical story which I wrote for you to wrap up the funny idioms series. The story is about my university graduation, espe...

Jun 20, 2014•53 min

Episode 57 - Interview with Aarony (part 3 - vocabulary analysis)

This is avocabulary analysis based on the previous episode with Aarony. Besides some usual rambling, in this episode I touch upon the topics of brainwashing, my ultimate goal for this podcast, state deficit and pecking order and anatomy. You will also be revealed the truth about which political party I voted in the elections held last week and I will try to pay the tribute to Czech beer by hailing its significance in my country. As a part of the show, somewhere in the middle of it, you will also...

Jun 19, 2014•58 min

Episode 43 - Road from Snowy Civilization

Last week I was in the town centre about to go back home. It had been snowing the night before so I thought it was an ideal combination for recording a totally improvised Road from Civilisation episode. If you want to find out what I have been up to, how I am going to be busy from this week on, why I don’t have mudguards, and why am I still single, and what TV series I have been watching, have a listen to this edition. What is trying to mar my professional photos? How does my bike alarm sound?Ho...

Jun 19, 2014•26 min

Episode 44 - Idiom Game

This episode is called “Idiom Game”. The first part of this episode was actually recorded about half a year ago. It features my cousin Honza and my friend Artem from Russia – the photographer from episode 13 called “In a restaurant”. Admittedly,we were a bit drunk while recording this episode so when we bravely embarked on a mission to play an idiom game, consequently, the educational value of the whole recording turned out to be slightly lower than you my listeners would deserve. On the other h...

Jun 19, 2014•32 min

Episode 47 - Road to Civilization (instalment 5)

This “Road to Civilization” episode has an introduction which is almost longer than the main part itself. The idea behind this was to correct a few chosen mistakes which would occur throughout the second part of this edition but to be honest it kind of went out of control. So what can you expect in the first part? A lot of rambling, my intricate theory which explains why my English speaking ability is inconsistent in terms of its quality, my attempt to correct some problems from the “Road to Civ...

Jun 19, 2014•25 min

Episode 45 - Talking Sports with Jirka (part 1)

In the double episode with Jirka you will be able to find answers to the following questions: Is Jirka a sports person? How much sport does he do and what kind of sports he likes? Why does one need to do a lot of sport nowadays? What is windsurfing? Who is Roman Šeberle? What does one need to have to become a successful sportsman? Do football shoes made from kangaroo leather make you jump high? Do you want to know what extreme sport is appealing to Jirka and what connection this actually has to ...

Jun 19, 2014•29 min

Episode 46 - Talking sports with Jirka (part 2)

In this double episode with Jirka you will be able to find answers to the following questions: Is Jirka a sports person? How much sport does he do and what kind of sports he likes? Why does one need to do a lot of sport nowadays? What is windsurfing? Who is Roman Šeberle? What does one need to have to become a successful sportsman? Do football shoes made from kangaroo leather make you jump high? Do you want to know what extreme sport is appealing to Jirka and what connection this actually has to...

Jun 19, 2014•34 min

Episode 59 - Pat and Mat (Vicious Circle)

Hello listeners, I am back with the podcast and I am happy to announce that I moved to Audioboo.fm. In this brand new longest episode ever I will tell you more about Crazy English Podcast which was a podcast I did even before discovering Luke's English Podcast. In addition I nostalgically wrote a brand new dialogue between Pat and Mat from which you can hopefully learn some new expressions and idioms and ideally have some laugh, too. And because I look after you, there is a vocabulary analysis w...

Jun 18, 2014•1 hr 10 min

Episode 58 - Jirka Going to the Himalayas

This episode is an interview with my student Jirka whom you might know from episodes 45 ad 46. He kindly agreed to let me interview him about his hiking expedition to the Himalayas. It is in fact a two-part series as we recorded two interviews - one before him going to to the Himalayas and one when he comes back. In this first podcast we talk about his expectations, feelings, and the aim of the of the whole expedition. Who is going up the mountain with Jirka? What are some risks of such trip? Wh...

Jun 04, 2014•39 min

Episode 56 - Interview with Aarony

I this episode I talk via Skype to my friend Aarony from Bangladesh. She is an articulate educated and well-read girl and has a pleasant voice to listen to which I daresay sounds better than voices some native speakers themselves. How do we two know each other? What is it like to live in Bangladesh? What is her job? What are her further ambitions? ¨ Since Aarony uses a lot of interesting vocabulary from which I can learn myself, I will probably do another episode in which I look at selected lang...

May 15, 2014•38 min

Episode 55 - Guy from the Train

This episode is unique in a way. Usually I know whom I am going to interview and often I prepare some questions related to the field of my interviewee, however, this is an utterly improvised one. To put it simple I met a guy on a train who turned out not to be shy and able to speak English at an exquisite level. What's more, he had a lot to talk about, namely, his experiences of living and working in Norwich, England. We touch upon various topics including his two jobs, the benefits of living in...

Apr 28, 2014•42 min

Episode 54 - A Beer with Jorge (part 2)

This episode is the part two of the interview I recorded earlier in February. It features Jorge, a Peruvian student, who is currently living and studying in the Czech Republic and who himself, as the first person in the history of the podcast, requested me to do this interview :). If you haven't listened to the previous episode, I recommend you to do so before listening to this one. In this episode we talk especially about football since football is very important in Peru. What is Jorge's favori...

Apr 20, 2014•25 min

Episode 53 - A Beer with Jorge (part 1)

In this podcast episode I interviewed my student Jorge, an interesting and funny guy from Peru. How did Jorge end up in the Czech Republic? Why is he in my country? Where did he use to live and what languages can he speak? How does Jorge perceive the comments his countryman Manuel made in the first podcast episode called "A Word with Future Peruvian Economist?" Why does he stand out everywhere he lives? How does Jorge compare Peruvians to Czechs? What is the difference inthe standards of high ed...

Apr 12, 2014•27 min

Episode 52 - Interview with Ethan: Vocabulary Analysis (part 2)

This is the final part of the three-part series of the interview with Ethan. First of all, I am going to practise using the expressions which I explained in the previous episode. I decided to do this in an authentic way - you will have a chance to take a glimpse at my messy room. Secondly, I am going to analyse selected vocabulary which didn't make it through in the previous episode. If you keep on listening, you might also hear me talking about heavier subjects such as racism. Hopefully you wil...

Apr 01, 2014•41 min
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