Welcome to Easy stories in English, the podcast that will take your English from ok to good and from good to great.
I am Ariel Goodbody, your host for this show.
Todays story is for beginners.
The name of the story is the singing widow.
You can find a transcript of the episode@easysystoriesinenglish.com widowl one thats easystoriesinenglish.com widow l one w I d o w l one there.
You can also download the episode as a PDF.
This is a leveled down version of a pre intermediate story.
You can listen to the pre intermediate level version of the singing widow@easystoriesinenglish.com.
widow Todays story is a folk tale sent in by a listener, Daniel.
Daniel is from the north of Argentina where this story comes from as well.
Thank you again for your help Daniel.
By the way, this story mentions Coplas, a kind of spanish folk song.
Okay, I'll just explain some words that are in today's story.
A widow w I d o w is a woman who was married but her husband died.
Widows usually live very sad lives, but if they have children, then their children can look after them.
It is not so common to be a widow these days, but it can happen.
A tear is water that comes from your eyes when you cry.
If someone cries but there are no tears, they might not really be crying.
If you are wearing makeup, crying can be very bad because the tears ruin the makeup.
A grave grave is the place you put a body when someone dies.