Learning English Podcast Lifelike Robots, Rocky Planets, Road Trip

Mario Ritter and Ashley Thompson host today's Learning English show. 1:14 First: Engineers at the Chinese company Ex-Robots are developing human-like robots at a factory in China’s northeastern coastal city of Dalian. Their goal is to increase the ability of the company’s robots to show facial expressions and emotions. Jill Robbins has the story. https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a... 5:14 Then: Olympic athletes are using blood sugar-monitoring technology as a way to prepare for running and swimming events. The monitors help runners and swimmers learn how the food they eat affects their energy level. Dan Friedell reports. https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a... 11:26 Next: The James Webb Space Telescope has gathered data on a planet-forming, or protoplanetary, disk around a newborn star, called a very low mass star. Researchers say such small stars form in a way that makes them likely to have rocky planets that are like Earth. Caty Weaver presents the subject on this week's Science and Technology Report. Then, Mario welcomes Caty to the podcast to discuss an adjective used in the report. Do you know what habitable means? https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a... 19:47 Finally: The LE Lesson of the Day. Andrew Smith and Jill Robbins base their instruction on the LE video series Let's Learn English. Today our teachers explore episode 45 when Anna and Marsha go on a "road trip." It is an "ambitious" study effort where you can learn about the future continuous tense, contractions and more! https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a... Mario and Ashley close the show. --------- Learning English is Voice of America’s multimedia source of news and information for millions of English learners worldwide. We help you build vocabulary, strengthen your speaking skills and improve your ability to communicate for work, school and everyday life. EXPLORE OUR PLAYLISTS: » Learning English Podcast:    • Learning English Podcast   » Let's Learn English with Anna! (For children 8-12)    • Let's Learn English with Anna   » Let's Learn English Level 1    • Let's Learn English   » Let's Learn English Level 2    • Let's Learn English Level 2   » VISIT OUR WEBSITE: https://learningenglish.voanews.com » LIKE OUR FACEBOOK PAGE:   / voalearningenglish   » FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM:   / voalearningenglish   » FOLLOW US ON TWITTER:   / voalearnenglish   » SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCAST ON ITUNES: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/v... Voice of America (VOA) is the largest U.S. international broadcaster, providing news and information in more than 40 languages to an estimated weekly audience of 326 million people.