872. The Birthday Party (Learn English with a Short Story) 

Hello! It's interesting to read the different interpretations you have of this story. 💔❤ I assumed that the wife is the victim here, but some of you have a different perspective. What did he say to her? After at least 10 years of marriage, wouldn't she know that he doesn't like surprises like this? What is the significance of the pink candle? In any case, it is a sad story and we just want them to be happy together!

You're a really great teacher and I like to study with your short stories. It's a real pleasure. Thank you!

Happy Ramadan for all Muslims are used to watching this show ....Ramadan Mubarak

Thanks! The best english teacher in the world!

Thank you for choosing the story and the explanation 😊

Thank you! It was incredibly interesting to hear your explanations about the use of words to create a dramatic story.

Hello! I'm charmed by your voice! And I'm captured by your work here! I'm studying English, happy to find your podcast ❤

What a heartbreaking story... I could imagine the hole episode as I would be there... And I enjoyed very much your explanation of this little "tragedy". Thank you!

Excellent story! Also, Ramadan Mubarak to all Muslims who are watching this show...

Unmistakably you are a good British teacher thank you for your nice short story

You make me love the English with your own storytelling style.

Thank you and happy Easter for all Catholics in World

The explanation is very clear and easy to understand. Thanks for this lesson. As a non native speaker, this kind of podcast helps us for our English listening skills...

Great, it was my first time that I listen to you way of teaching. I liked so much your pronunciation and everything. I'm subscribed and waiting for more historys.

Luke, thank You so much for this episode! Brilliant work! You're not only taught us the vocabulary, but also had provided a good lesson of fine literature and life itself.

Thank you very much, Luke, for your interesting podcast. I enjoy all your episodes, but I particularly prefer the short stories. Please prepare more episodes of short stories.

Dear Luke , you are reading stories to us the way you speak as a native . This is what people want . Read with stories. When you read I can imitate your text along with you .Millions out there expecting you to read out with text .

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Thank, teacher Luke, for helping me learn English better and easier. Your videos are very helpful, especially for beginners like me. Please try to make more similar videos. Thanks a lot🥰🥰

Excellent as always ✨ With your brilliant accent and wonderful explanations 👉we visualized all the characters and scenes !!! 👉you are an amazing English teacher ✨📚💯🎧🎤🎼👏

Quite informative story. Polished my English. Thanks 🙏

Thank you very much, Luke! Your work is important

This is my first time that I listened your podcast, and I realized that was a great work. Thank you very much from El Salvador

This story was heartbreaking. Also, you can really relate because all of us have either seen or probably even experienced something like this. Apart from good listening practice, it's a great writing model, too!

By the way thanks a bunch for being as good teacher as you are . I like listening to you as frequent as I can and it has always been really helpful!

Hello Sir Luke. I hope you doing great. Thank you for all the time that you are spending learning others. I really like short story videos. I watched all. If you know the short story THE LOTTERY by Shirley Jackson, which is one of my favorite stories, I really want to listen to it again by your way. I hope you see my comment. Thanks again. ELAF from kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Hello Luke, I’ve been listening your podcast over month now and my english is getting better each day. I wish you all the best - you deserve it! Just keep doing what you’ve been doing. You’ve got the power to make other people feel happy! Thanks a lot.

Luke, You’re a great teacher. I wish the best for You.

Thanks for your histories!

One of those lovely, relaxing and perfect episodes, you would listen to more than once ❤

Thank you Luke for trying to teaching. I like your way of teaching.

Thank you for this lesson which includes the nice short(important :)) story with the tender and insightful guide of you , and moreover you can help us talk and think about their feelings in ENGLISH. -a lady From Korea.

Thank you so much!

Thanks teacher Luke i hope that you know how much you have wonderful impact on all my learning English and make another joyful day god bless you

You are a unmistakably great teacher

Thank you so much This is my first time here Very interesting story

Great! Thank you!

Teacher Luke! Thank you for your teaching intensive reading comprehension!!!!

Thanks, teacher Luke. The story itself is plenty of adjectives, adverbs and phrases to describe personality, feelings and human condition despite it is sad too because of the husband reaction. Very useful, indeed! Have a nice week!

I LOVE WHEN YOU TELL SHORT STORIES, these are my favourite videos. Thanks you for everything.

These comments sum up the purpose of reading a passage of a story. As readers we all rewrite our own version of events as described by the characters. This for me personally is the beauty of reading.

Thank you Luke for another episode. I love listening to you, it means a lot to me. I repeat your comments, this is how I learn phrases and words😊 Cool ! Barbara

Hello, Luke! Thank you very much for your videos and podcasts! Episodes about real life thought-provoking stories like this are so compelling!

read it with you, really can get the great of how this short story delivered. The loneliness, hopelessness in marriage is expressed unmistakably without even a single word to say it

Excellent analysis of the theme and the vocab

Thank you for the great lesson, and for editing the video with text on the screen, Luke! For anyone getting ready for the IELTS writing test, this lesson has a lot of great descriptive vocabulary words for you to learn!

Luke, thanks a lot for this story and your deep rereading of it! This almost forgotten feeling of diving into lines and internal conversation with the writer!

Though the story is simple and brief, it is very sentimental and thought provoking, what i feel is the couple lacks mutual understanding and love which is inevitable for a warm relationship... Thanks a lot Mr. Luke the great teacher❤❤ wishes from God's own country...

Hi thank you so so much l love your padcast and your explain 🙏🙏🙏

Thank you, teacher Luke. The lesson that i learnt from this emotional story is to know the person you're with. I mean, their behaviours before they beat you with their arrogant.

I am not used to listen british english! But I just loved to hear your class, your english. And I am very happy that I understood everything! Thankyou Maíra from Brazil 🇧🇷

This is really helpful to me thanks a lot

Awesome work! It made me think it could be turned into a nice class activity) Sort of " finish-the-story" or "what-do-you-think-might-have-happened". Thanks a lot, Luke!

This video was suggested to me by RU-vid and I am grateful for this. I'm trying to reach the fluency by myself, and the way you teach gave me courage to study again. A huge hug from Brazil.

The story really touched my heart. It’s about English couple in an enough old time, but such things may happen and happens everywhere. But thank you, Luke, for the nice lesson!

You are great man Luke, happy Ramadan for all Muslims

Be excited in the way you interpret the story! Thank you so much!

Thank you you are great teacher

Thanks so much for the story and the best explanation ever. ❤ so much useful information and phrases to use!

You are amazing Mr. Luke's

Thank you for this amazing lesson, you are a wonderful teacher.😊😊😊

Тhanks Luke!I decide to listen short stories for the first time.I like your explaining of words .

It’s a really very good story. There are just a few sentences but the story is so thought provoking. I’m impressed

"*God Bless Everyone Take Care All Long Lives 100 years and above all*"

Thank you, Luke. Your pronunciation made me remember of the best boss I had when working in a British company here in Brazil, in the late seventies. And I missed those days.

Thank you for your great job! It's really interesting and incredibly useful for learning English. My respect to you 🙏

I love your stories and more importantly the way you explain them to us. Thank you

Thank you so much for your excellent efforts.I enjoy the lesson 🎉

Such a sensitive and rich performance Luke. Thanks a lot!

Thank you very much ! Very helpful !

Thanks Luke. Thanks for all you do. And, Happy Ramadan 🎉🎉🎉

Excellent exercise, trank you

All of us, I think, know this kind of couple... Thanks Luke, you are a great narrator too, like Mrs. Bruch.

Its ashamed that I don’t have a time to see and hear all your stories.. from time to time i come across your stories and I enjoy it and learned alot… thank you alot ..

Hi Luke, a short, good story. A snapshot of the feelings in a relationship. Well explained by you and good for reading and practising speaking.Thanks for that.

very nice podcast thankyou 👍

Great story and great speaker. Your videos are so clean and understand to me, thank you.

I really enjoyed it, not only as a lesson, but as literary experience. It makes may day. Thank you.

Thank you for your help! Best regards from Poland! 🖐️

Hi Teacher Luke, I always really enjoy your episodes because they are so attractive as well as your way to analyse them. My heartiest congratulations and kudos on your amazing performances and your professional skills.

Luke, thank you very much. What a great idea to read, retell and explain interesting stories like this one.

I enjoy your reading... thx a lot

Excellent story, thought. It was sad story

Thanks so much for sharing the best way to explain vocab & meaning 🙏Really amazing learning experience

You are very best. Thank you so much! I am from in Thailand.

Its beautiful and fascinating how we all have memories of people in our past who shared these love songs with us, and now the most fascinating thing is that others will also come after and remember us for the same music when we are long gone...this melodies are very contagious

I love the way you tell story is just amazing!!

It's great of the way you explain. Thanks so much

Your podcast is so cool! Thanks a lot!

I am really into that story, expecting to hear more Katherine’s writing works.

I appreciate a lot your short scories and also the way you interpratate the story

Amazing lesson! Thanks

your stories have given me the ability to gain more vocabulary. I become more fluent. I appreciate your dedication. keep going 💪

Great delivery, thank you so much!

An excellent critical analysis of today's well-built story!!! Congratulations Mr Luke.

I liked your comment about the meaning of the word “ unmistakably married”. It is the imagination of a good reader

Thanks Luke, it was great. I am from Iran and I follow every video you put here. 😍

Thank you. It Was Simply wonderful story, wonderfuly read and explained perfectly.❤

Congratulations you are great teacher. I hope you can continue this way I really enjoy your videos it’s existing

This short story is perfect for me! Thank you teacher !!!