A1 & A2 listening lessons feature easy vocabulary, basic grammar, and slow speech with short pauses.
😷 pandemic – A time when a disease spreads in many countries.
Example: During the pandemic, we stay home more often.
🙍 nervous – Worried or stressed.
Example: Eating the same breakfast every day makes him nervous.
🍲 light lunch – A small or simple meal in the middle of the day.
Example: He makes soup to have a light lunch.
🍟 fry potatoes – To cook potatoes in hot oil.
Example: He doesn’t fry potatoes because he wants to eat healthy.
🛒 go shopping – To buy things at a store or market.
Example: He usually goes shopping with his girlfriend.
🍽️ eat out – To have a meal at a restaurant or café.
Example: They eat out together, but now he stays in.
🚫 quarantine restrictions – Rules that stop people from going out or visiting others.
Example: His friends are not visiting because of the quarantine restrictions.
😢 miss someone – To feel sad because you are not with someone.
Example: He misses his family and going out with them.
🛁 instead of a bath – Doing one thing and not the other.
Example: He takes a shower instead of a bath to feel different.
💬 chat online – To talk with someone using the internet.
Example: He doesn’t find time to chat online with others.
During the pandemic, we stay home more often than before. We can see a man whose life is changing. Every day, he eats the same thing for breakfast, and this habit makes him really nervous.
After having breakfast, he does some exercises. He is trying to stay healthy! For lunch, he makes a soup to have a light lunch. He doesn’t fry potatoes.
Usually, the man goes shopping with his girlfriend and eats out with her. But now, he is staying in all alone. He looks really sad because this month his friends are not visiting because of the quarantine restrictions. He misses his family so much and going out with them.
His daily routine looks the same all the days. He even tries to cook some healthy food for himself. Today, he takes a shower instead of a bath to make his day a bit different. Unfortunately, nothing really changes in his daily life, and he does not find time to chat with someone online.