The English Zone

Breaking Bad Walter White had just marked his 52nd birthday when he started realizing that his life was going nowhere. He had a wife and a teenage son, and another one on the way, but was stuck working an unremarkable job at a car wash. He had tried to pursue chemistry and teach at the university, but life had dealt him a different hand. He got diagnosed with lung cancer and everything changed aft...

What Will They Do? Jeff is in Venezuela now. He will stay there for ten days. Then, he will come back to the United States. After he comes back to the U.S, he is going to contact Sarah about the Spanish classes for her and her husband. He will help them learn Spanish because they will travel to Mexico in May. After learning some Spanish, they will book their flight and travel to Mexico. They will...

The mind is the limit, not the sky. You are capable of doing whatever you put your mind into. My friend and I did the cold plunge in the frozen lake. It was one of the best feelings ever!!! 💪🏽🧊😍

This is a conversation between two best friends, Matt and Tom. Matt is overweight and eat junks food every day despite advice and warnings from his best friend, Tom.

While overeating can be a serious issue and it can lead to many health problems such as weight gain, lack of energy, and poor eating habits, there are things we can do to prevent us from binge eating. How can we avoid overeating? Overeating can be caused by a number of factors including habit, stress, and boredom. While it may not seem like a big deal to overindulge in food, it can have serious he...

Atomic Habits by James Clear is one of the best books out there on personal development and how to develop powerful habits in your life. This book explores in depth how small changes in behavior can lead to big changes in one's life. The author covers a wide range of topics from understanding why bad habits are hard to break, to replacing bad habits with good ones, and finally making desired behav...

Madame Loisel was a beautiful woman of average means. She lived in a small apartment in Paris with her husband, who worked as a clerk in the Ministry of Education. Madame Loisel had always wanted to lead a life of luxury and be part of the upper class society, but she was unable to do so because of her modest means. One day, Madame Loisel received an invitation to a fancy party at a friend’s house...

This story is to practice Past Tense. *** In the African savanna, a hungry lion sent his baby cub out to find dinner for the night. The cub headed out to the shop to buy dinner. The cub arrived at the shop and looked around before buying his food. He then bought 25 chickens and then returned to his father… ****

Waking up early has a lot of benefits – you avoid the rush of getting ready for work and you can take your time to enjoy a leisurely breakfast. I usually wake up early so that I can have a relaxed start to the day. That was not the case last Thursday. I woke up late and it completely threw off my morning routine. I had to rush to get ready and head to work. I made it to work on time and everything...

Adam and his wife are at the mall. They are shopping for clothes. They are from Texas, but they just moved to Minnesota two weeks ago and it is very cold in Minnesota. So they need winter clothes because they do not have warm clothes ropas calientes for winter. They need to buy jackets, sweaters, socks, pants, boots, hoodies, and beanies. They have to spend gastar a lot of money. When they walk in...

Listen to the story in present simple and practice your speaking and grammar by answering the questions with me. ** Amanda ** Amanda works at Kroger. She's there five days a week, but never on weekends! She starts her day early, heading to work at 7:00 AM. By 5:00 PM, she's done and heads home to her family. She arrives home by 5:30 PM, ready to relax and make dinner. Amanda is a busy mom! She has...

Listen to the story and practice your speaking and grammar by answering the questions with me.

This is probably the most important podcast episode so far on my podcast for the English learners. Follow these steps; learn English the EZ Way!

Life can be hard if you live in an English speaking country and don’t speak the language. The story of one of my students and why he decided to learn English.

Life can be, seem, and feel boring when we think it’s too long. In this episode, I share my opinion about why I think it’s not good when we think it’s too long and it’s not passing by fast enough… Listen along and let me know what you think.

This month, Muslims around the world are observing the month of Ramadan, the month of fasting, and I, as a Muslim, wanted to share my reflection on fasting and Islam’s state of Surrender. Share this with a friend! 🤍 This Episode is dedicated to my dear late father who passed away last year at the age of 67. This episode is about the power in sincerity of repetition.

Fat Matt There was a boy. His name was Matt. Matt was fat. He weighed around 250 pounds. He always ate fast food. Wait, it’s rude to say someone is fat. I’m sorry! Matt was not fat! Matt was overweight. He ate junk food every day. Every morning on his way to work, he got breakfast from McDonald’s. He went to the McDonald’s drive-thru. He ordered a double cheeseburger, a large fries, and a large co...

No matter how many times you repeat something, it won’t become a habit if you don’t believe it.

Listen and practice your grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary with this simple story in past tense.  Tom’s Family Time Tom was on vacation with his family last week. They went to Florida. They stayed there for six days. They stayed in a big house on the beach. They ate a lot of delicious food. Tom cooked for his family. He didn’t cook alone. His sister helped him. He grilled burgers, steaks, and...

So often people say, ‘Oh I have such a bad memory!’ Or, ‘I always forget things.’ Or we believe we didn’t do this or that because we forgot to do it. It’s not a very good thing when we forget important things, but it’s also not that bad, either. That’s today’s topic: forgetting isn’t a bad thing! It’s probably even a blessing! Listen along and share this episode with a friend. :)

This mini episode is about why we should look good and clean for ourselves before we do for others.

This episode is without script or preparation, I just grabbed one little favorite book of mine and I share the main ideas from the book along with my own input and ideas about the book.

This lesson is for beginner and intermediate level learners to practice listening, grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, and speaking by listening to a story in past tense and answering questions with me about the story!

This episode is about the importance of consistency and how it can create an identity for us about the thing that we are consistent about. I also mention two things I have been consistent about in recently…

This story helps you practice and improve your grammar and learn new vocabulary words and expressions as well as future tense. Thanks for listening. Share this with a friend!