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Jun 2025
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Learn English With Slow News: Police Dog...

Hilary Platt
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Did you know that the first bacteria we encounter as newborns could shape our health for life? Or that retired police dogs in the UK might soon receive pensions? Welcome back to Adept English, the podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/7ixeOS7ezPTZSaISIx2TTw where you learn English through fascinating, real-world stories—from global news to wildlife conservation and scientific breakthroughs.


Today’s episode is a slow news special, four bite-sized stories in under 13 minutes, perfect for practising your listening https://adeptenglish.com/english/listening/ skills and expanding your English vocabulary. We’ll cover everything from groundbreaking research on babies’ microbiomes to an elephant in Thailand who ‘raided’ a shop like a midnight snack enthusiast.


"Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things." Flora Lewis


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(Elephant video: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/elephant-raid-grocery-store-thailand-snacks-plai-biang-lek-5166941 )

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