Authentic English Listening Practice: Episode 1, Part 4 'The Green, Green Grass of Home'

Learning English involves more than just mastering grammar and vocabulary—it’s about using the language naturally in real-world situations. However, textbook sentences are often too formal and differ greatly from how people actually speak. To speak authentic, natural English, you need exposure to conversations in real contexts. Here, we’ve selected frequently used daily English expressions covering socializing, work, travel, and more. These will help you break free from 'textbook English' and learn how native speakers truly communicate. Below is the content from this episode, 'Episode 1, Part 4: The Green, Green Grass of Home'. Keep practicing and make your English more practical!

The old hometown looks the same as I stepped down from the trainers and better meet is my mama and papa down the road and their runs marry Harrow gold and lace like cherries it's good to touch the green green grass of home Yes they've all come to meet me on the reaching smiling sweetly it's good to touch the green green grass of home The old house is still standing though the pain is cracked and dried and that old oak tree that I use to play on down the lane I walk with my sweet marrying Harrow gold and lace like cherries it's good to touch the green green grass of home then I awake and look around me and for great walls that surround me and I realize yes I was only dreaming for there's a god and there's a saddle for great on and on we'll walk at daybreak again I'll touch the green green grass of home Yes they've all come to meet me in the shade of that old oak tree as they may be meet the green green grass of home