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Jun 23
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941. The Man Who Could Work Miracles โœจ (...

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Learn English with a short story on LEP. In this episode I am reading "The Man Who Could Work Miracles" by HG Wells (adapted into modern English). First you can listen to the story, then I summarise it again in my own words, discuss my interpretations of its meaning, explain how you can use stories like this to improve your English, and teach some vocabulary which came up.๐Ÿ“„ Get the PDF with story text, notes and vocabulary list here ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://teacherluke.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/941.-The-Man-Who-Could-Work-Miracles-Learn-English-with-a-Short-Story-PDF.pdf๐Ÿ† Sign up to LEP Premium to get all vocabulary explanations for this story in premium series P69 ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://www.teacherluke.co.uk/premium๐Ÿ”— Episode page on my website ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://teacherluke.co.uk/2025/06/23/941-the-man-who-could-work-miracles-learn-english-with-a-short-story/๐Ÿ“– Read the original (unadapted) story text here ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://revistaliterariakatharsis.org/manmiracles.pdf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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