Lucy's Journey: Building Blocks

2025-02-11 00:00:00 / episode: 425

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Every story has a moment where the main character has a battle. If you have listened to part one to 5, you already know Lucy is growing. But even if you're just joining us now, here's the best part - you can jump right in while naturally improving your English.

Hi, I’m Les and in part six we’re gonna hear about Lucy’s experiences in boot camp. Listen to this story to practice extensive listening and find out what changes in Lucy’s life.

Here are some pre listening questions:

Questions

1: What assignment did Ms. Rodriguez give the class? 2: What inspired Lucy's project idea? 3: What kind of tool did Lucy decide to build? 4: Who tested Lucy's program first? 5: How did Tom react to Lucy's program?

Lucy’s Journey

Story 6: Building Blocks The Challenge Lucy's desk fan hummed in the quiet apartment. It was Sunday morning, and Ms. Rodriguez had given them homework - build something useful. Anything they wanted. The freedom to choose made Lucy nervous. She opened her laptop and stared at the blank screen. Finding Purpose Her phone buzzed. Jenny was sharing more pictures from her developer job. Lucy scrolled through them, thinking about her journey. She thought about her old job answering phones. She thought about the customers who always seemed confused by technology. An idea began to form. Building Time The carpet around Lucy's desk disappeared under sticky notes covered in code. Her cat knocked over the empty ramen cups. Lucy barely noticed. She was building a simple tool to help people learn computer basics. When one part of the code broke, she tried another way. When she got stuck, she remembered the debugging tools David had shown her. Testing Problems Lucy showed her program to her parents on video chat. Her dad couldn't find the start button. Her mom clicked the wrong icons. Lucy wrote down every problem they had. She stayed up late fixing each issue. The next morning, her eyes were tired, but her program worked better. Small Victory In class, Lucy's hands shook as she showed her project. It was just a small program that explained computer terms in simple words. But when Tom tried it, he said it reminded him of his grandmother who was afraid of computers. Maria said she could use it in her art classes. Lucy realized that sometimes the simplest tools could help real people.

Answers

1: What assignment did Ms. Rodriguez give the class? Ms. Rodriguez asked them to build something useful. 2: What inspired Lucy's project idea? Lucy's experience helping confused customers at her old job inspired her project. 3: What kind of tool did Lucy decide to build? Lucy built a tool to help people learn computer basics. 4: Who tested Lucy's program first? Lucy's parents tested her program first on video chat. 5: How did Tom react to Lucy's program? Tom said it reminded him of his grandmother who was afraid of computers.