Improve English everyday with stories
Shuji Nakamura, a brilliant but often underestimated (seen as less important than others) researcher, harbored a dream – to create a bright blue light-emitting diode (LED). Back then, the 1980s, scientists could conjure red and green LEDs, but the elusive (Difficult to find) blue remained a missing puzzle piece (part of something that makes it […]
The Zurich train station platform shimmered (glowed softly) under the soft glow of the evening lights. A gentle rain fell, more of a drizzle (light rain) than a downpour, creating a hazy curtain around the departing and arriving trains. Elena, usually impatient with delays, found herself strangely at peace. Maybe it was the soft pitter-patter […]
Michael Faraday, a brilliant but unassuming (modest) scientist, was fascinated (greatly interested or attracted) by the invisible forces of electricity and magnetism. In his cluttered (filled with a lot of things messily arranged) lab, he spent hours conducting experiments, sparks of curiosity flickering (burning or shining in an unsteady way) in his eyes. One day, […]
Benjamin Franklin was a curious (eager to know or learn something) young man who loved exploring (traveling through or examining a place to learn about it) the world around him. One stormy night, while tinkering (attempting to repair or improve something in a casual or experimental way) in his workshop, he noticed something strange. Whenever […]
Ravi lived in a small, tranquil (peaceful) village in India. His home was surrounded by lush fields that burgeoned (grew; flourished) with crops. Despite the serene environment, life was not easy. His family struggled, but they were robust (strong; tough) and hardworking. From a young age, Ravi was an eager learner. He tottered (walked unsteadily) […]
