Stephen: In the middle of the night, I suddenly woke up. I looked at my watch. It was two o'clock in the morning. The TV was off! But how? There…

Rosamond, a little girl about seven years of age, was walking with her mother in the streets of London. As she passed along she looked in at the windows of…

1 I was being interviewed for a job with an advertising agency and the interviewer kept checking information on my résumé and then asking me about it, and he saw…

5 I think one of the big problems when you're learning something new is motivation, something to make you continue and not give up. So my tip is to book…

“There was a study done a number of years ago of rich and poor all around the world. The study wanted to find out how people born into poverty eventually…

I arrived at Gosforth Hall late in the evening. I don't believe in ghosts, but yes, I felt a little nervous. I checked in, and the front-desk clerk gave me…

A King was once hunting in a large wood, and pursued his game so hotly that none of his courtiers could follow him. But when evening approached he stopped, and…

3 What really helped me to improve my English was having an American boyfriend. He didn't speak any Japanese – well, not many foreigners do – so we spoke English…

AMBER: Hello, William. This is Amber-you said to phone if I wanted to get more Information about the job agency you mentioned. Is now a good time? WILLIAM: Oh, hi…

1 One very easy thing you can do, is just change the language to English on all the gadgets you have, for example on your phone, or laptop, or tablet.…