19 July
The birth of Edgar Degas, the end of President Somoza’s rule, and a medical first.Join us and discover what happened on this day in the past. All while improving your listening skills and learning a few new words along the way. Email us your feedback to podcasting@babbel.com.Useful wordsrealist: an artist who recreates things exactly as they are in real liferebel: someone who fights against a leader or rulerdictatorship: a government ruled by a dictator – a single leader with total power over a countryCT scan: (CT: computerized tomography) – a way for doctors to see images of the inside of your body, using both X-rays and a computerThese events are written in a simple way for intermediate learners of English. Facts are accurate as of June 2021.If you’d like to read along, you can find the transcript for this episode here: https://bit.ly/3O60Qro