307 | Intermediate - Short Story: The Library of Missing Days [English Listening Practice]
Title: The Library of Missing DaysLevel: Intermediate (B1–B2)Story :Mia wakes up one Sunday morning and realizes something is wrong: she has no memory of the entire previous day. Her calendar, her phone, and her messages all insist that she lived through Saturday normally, but she cannot remember any of it. Feeling unsettled, she wanders through the old quarter of the city and discovers a strange place she has never seen before: “The Library of Missing Days.” Inside, instead of books, there are shelves filled with glass jars, each containing a rolled strip of paper tied with colored thread and labeled with dates and time lengths.Leo, the calm and slightly witty librarian, explains that the library does not lend books. It archives “absences” – the emotional traces of days and moments people have lost or blocked from their memory. Every missing day leaves a kind of ripple, and the library catalogues those ripples. Mia admits that she thinks she has lost a day, and Leo finds an entry in his big ledger: “Mia Hart – October 12th – One Day – Emotional intensity: High – Thread: Silver.” Silver threads are used for missing time that is closely connected to relationships and strong emotional bonds.Leo offers her the chance to open the jar that holds the emotional shape of her missing day. If she does, she will not see a perfect replay of events, but she will feel the emotions and flashes of images. Mia agrees, and together they sit while she opens the jar. She relives, in a powerful rush, the day she finally ended a long, painful relationship with Ethan. She remembers a difficult conversation in a café, messages full of anger and sadness, and the feeling of standing on a bridge afterward, wondering what her future would look like now. On that bridge, she also remembers a stranger speaking kindly to her, using dark humor and simple words that made her feel less alone. That stranger was Leo, long before she knew his name.Mia now understands that her missing day was not a random gap, but a day her mind hid to protect her from the full intensity of what she went through. The library helped her face it gently and honestly. Over time, she keeps visiting the library, and a genuine friendship begins to grow between her and Leo....Vocabulary :• archive – to store and organize information or documents so they can be found later• ripple – a small wave or effect that spreads outward from an event• tethered – connected or held in place, so something does not drift away• pivot (verb) – to turn or change direction in an important way• ordinary – normal, everyday, not magical, but still meaningfulGrammar Focus :• Narrative past tenses (past simple and past continuous) to tell a clear, emotional story about the past• Verbs of feeling and thinking (“realize,” “wonder,” “remember,” “decide”) to show inner emotions and decisions• Zero and first conditionals to express general truths and real possibilities (“If you open the jar, you will feel the emotional shape of the day.”) Website:https://Readiocast.comYouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@Readiolingua-------Learn English fast and easily with podcasts Conversation, Best Tips For Learning English, Improve Your English Language, Listening and Speaking through Listening, Dictation and Grammar Focus with new words, best practice to learn English online by short stories. (best practice for English Listening skills)-------#English #learnenglish #howtospeakenglish #englishforbeginners #englishtutorial #ielts #listening #englishlearning #englishpractice #learnenglish #listeningpractice #englishstory #practice #LearnEnglishfast #grammer #podcast #Englishpodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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