Books on wheels

[AJ+]

Vocabulary chunks to learn after watching the video :

• At about 3 books a week I probably read over 50 books
• Sit around with nothing to do
• Just stare off into space
• A leisure time activity
• There are a lot of misconceptions about people who are living outside
• Interested in literature
• They haven’t been to college
• There are many assumptions that people make
• Part of the Street Books’ mission
• To restore the dignity of people who have been cast aside
• To put at the margin of things
• Patrons are often grateful for the opportunity
• Get the books, get the stories
• We have short stories, long stories, true stories, love stories, war stories

Street Books is a bicycle-powered traveling library that serves homeless people in Portland, Oregon. Librarians bike to select locations where people can borrow books without having to show ID or proof of address Read more @ Street Books

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Age is just a number

[The Great Big Story]

Vocabulary chunks to learn after watching the video

• A retirement community
• Part of the artist in residence program
• They live rent free in exchange for performing recitals and concerts
• I get a lot of mixed reactions
• A wonderful idea
• I had not been a part of this community
• I walked over and introduced myself
• Tiffany and I became friends
• Fashionable shoes
• Age difference
• A college dorm
• From different places, from different backgrounds

Shakespeare Speaks – As dead as a doornail

[BBC Learning English]