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Aug 2020
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074 - Fairy Tale: Hansel and Gretel

Shana Thompson
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Hi Everyone! In this week's episode, I retell the very famous Brothers' Grimm fairy tale, Hansel and Gretel. I've made a few changes to the original text.

First of all, I've intentionally added phrasal verbs and prepositional phrases throughout the text so that you can learn them in a context.

Secondly, I've modernized some of the language a bit, since the original texts were written in German in the 1800s. I want you to be able to use the language that you hear in conversation.

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