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The BBC video podcast for this unit features individuals discussing their reading habits, including:
Usage of past tenses (past simple, past continuous, past perfect) to sequence events.
Expressions such as every cloud has a silver lining, once bitten, twice shy , and what goes around comes around .
Often involves reading a short story (e.g., about a circus in 1930s America or humorous stories).
Based on the Speakout Upper-Intermediate (2nd Edition) curriculum, "Stories" (Unit 3) typically focuses on narrative structure, storytelling techniques, and language for engaging listeners.
