Nothing is Free || Learn English Through Story Level 1 🔥 || English Listening Practice ✅ — Transcript

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1. 0:00hello everyone today I have an amazing
2. 0:03story for you it's not just for your
3. 0:06listening practice but also to inspire
4. 0:08you the story is called nothing is free
5. 0:12and it will show you that hard work and
6. 0:14determination can change lives there was
7. 0:17a young man named Leo 20 years old
8. 0:20living in a small quiet Town surrounded
9. 0:23by mountains Leo had Big Dreams he
10. 0:27wanted to own a chain of restaurants and
11. 0:29become a success ful
12. 0:30entrepreneur but life wasn't easy for
13. 0:33him Leo's family was struggling
14. 0:36financially his father Mark was a
15. 0:39mechanic and his mother Claire cleaned
16. 0:42houses to make ends meet Leo's younger
17. 0:45sister Sophie was just 10 and looked up
18. 0:48to him as her
19. 0:50hero one cold evening Leo sat outside
20. 0:54his small house staring at the
21. 0:56stars he whispered to himself
22. 1:00I want to give my family a better life
23. 1:03but how do I start when we barely have
24. 1:05enough to
25. 1:07survive the next day Leo shared his
26. 1:10dreams with his father Mark sighed and
27. 1:14said Leo dreams are not free if you want
28. 1:19something you have to fight for it start
29. 1:22with what you have even if it's
30. 1:24small Leo thought deeply about his
31. 1:27father's words then an idea struck him
32. 1:32he noticed that in his town people loved
33. 1:34fresh bread but had to travel to a
34. 1:36bakery far away he decided to start
35. 1:39selling fresh bread
36. 1:41locally but there was a problem Leo had
37. 1:45no money to buy the bread he decided to
38. 1:47take a chance and approach the bakery's
39. 1:49owner Mr
40. 1:50Anderson Leo walked miles to meet Mr
41. 1:53Anderson a grumpy old man who rarely
42. 1:56trusted anyone with confidence Leo said
43. 2:00Mr Anderson I want to sell your bread in
44. 2:03my town but I don't have money to buy it
45. 2:05up front can you trust me for one week I
46. 2:08will sell the bread return your money
47. 2:10and keep a small
48. 2:12profit Mr Anderson raised an
49. 2:15eyebrow and why should I trust you young
50. 2:18man he asked Leo replied
51. 2:21firmly because I am determined and I
52. 2:24will work hard to prove
53. 2:26myself after a long pause Mr Anderson
54. 2:30said all right I'll give you bread for
55. 2:33one week if you fail to pay me back
56. 2:36don't bother coming here again Leo was
57. 2:39thrilled early the next morning he
58. 2:42carried the bread back to his town and
59. 2:44set up a small stand near the park he
60. 2:46greeted every passer by with energy and
61. 2:49a smile saying fresh bread warm and
62. 2:54delicious at first people were hesitant
63. 2:58they didn't know if the bread was good
64. 3:00good but Leo offered free samples and
65. 3:03soon had his first
66. 3:04customer by the end of the day he had
67. 3:07sold all the bread and made a small
68. 3:09profit that evening he returned to Mr
69. 3:12Anderson and paid him back the old man
70. 3:16nodded and said you kept your word come
71. 3:20back
72. 3:21tomorrow from then on Leo worked
73. 3:24tirelessly he woke up at 4:00 a.m.
74. 3:27walked to the bakery carried bread to
75. 3:29his town and sold it with
76. 3:31passion after two months he had saved
77. 3:34enough money to buy a small cart making
78. 3:36it easier to transport more
79. 3:38bread one day a customer suggested Leo
80. 3:42why don't you bake your own bread you're
81. 3:44good at selling but if you bake you'll
82. 3:46make more
83. 3:47profit this idea excited Leo but it also
84. 3:51scared him he had never baked anything
85. 3:54in his life this was the moment where
86. 3:56Leo realized nothing is free not success
87. 4:01not knowledge not growth if I want to
88. 4:04succeed I must take risks and learn Leo
89. 4:08couldn't stop thinking about the idea of
90. 4:10baking his own bread if he could bake he
91. 4:13wouldn't have to rely on Mr Anderson and
92. 4:16his profit would
93. 4:17grow but there was one big problem he
94. 4:20didn't know how to bake Leo decided to
95. 4:24ask Mr Anderson for help the next
96. 4:27morning after delivering his payment Leo
97. 4:29said
98. 4:30Mr Anderson can you teach me how to bake
99. 4:34the old man
100. 4:35frowned why should I teach you if you
101. 4:38bake you won't buy from me anymore
102. 4:40that's bad for my
103. 4:42business Leo looked at him and said
104. 4:45you're right but I won't forget the man
105. 4:47who gave me my first chance if I succeed
106. 4:50I'll make sure to help your bakery
107. 4:52too Mr Anderson thought for a moment
108. 4:55then
109. 4:56said fine but baking isn't easy it takes
110. 5:01time patience and hard work if you're
111. 5:05ready for that I'll teach
112. 5:07you the lessons began early the next
113. 5:10morning Leo arrived at the bakery at
114. 5:133:00 a.m. before the sun was up Mr
115. 5:16Anderson showed him how to mix flour
116. 5:18knead the dough and bake it
117. 5:21perfectly at first Leo struggled his
118. 5:24hands hurt from kneading and his bread
119. 5:26came out too hard or too soft one day
120. 5:29after ruining another batch of bread Leo
121. 5:32sat down feeling defeated he said to
122. 5:36himself maybe I'm not good enough for
123. 5:39this maybe I should give up but then he
124. 5:43remembered his father's words dreams are
125. 5:46not
126. 5:47free he realized that every mistake was
127. 5:50teaching him something new giving up was
128. 5:53not an
129. 5:54option the next day Leo went back to the
130. 5:57bakery with even more determination
131. 6:00he practiced every single step
132. 6:03carefully slowly his bread started
133. 6:06improving after two weeks Mr Anderson
134. 6:09handed him a loaf and said this is
135. 6:12perfect Leo you're ready Leo was
136. 6:16overjoyed he rented a small oven and
137. 6:19began baking bread at home his family
138. 6:22was amazed by his hard work Sophie his
139. 6:25little sister helped him pack the bread
140. 6:28and his mother made tea for him while he
141. 6:30worked late into the night soon Leo
142. 6:33wasn't just selling bread he started
143. 6:35making cookies and pastries too people
144. 6:39in the town loved his products they said
145. 6:42Leo's bread tastes better than anything
146. 6:44we've had
147. 6:45before but success wasn't
148. 6:48easy one day a new bakery opened in the
149. 6:51town run by a young man named Eric Eric
150. 6:55had a big fancy shop with colorful signs
151. 6:57and decorations
152. 6:59people were curious and started buying
153. 7:01from him instead Leo noticed his sales
154. 7:04dropping he felt scared what if he lost
155. 7:08everything he worked so hard for but
156. 7:11instead of panicking Leo decided to
157. 7:14improve he listened to his customers and
158. 7:17asked what do you like about Eric's
159. 7:20Bakery what can I do
160. 7:22better some said Eric's shop looks clean
161. 7:26and pretty others said
162. 7:30his cakes have beautiful
163. 7:32designs Leo realized he needed to grow
164. 7:35not just as a baker but as a
165. 7:38businessman using his savings Leo
166. 7:41painted his cart added bright
167. 7:43decorations and started offering free
168. 7:46samples of his new
169. 7:47pastries he even learned how to decorate
170. 7:50cakes by watching videos in the
171. 7:52library slowly customers returned to him
172. 7:56one evening an elderly woman came to Leo
173. 7:59and said I've seen many young men give
174. 8:02up when times get hard but you
175. 8:05didn't that's why we trust you her words
176. 8:09filled Leo with
177. 8:11pride months passed and Leo's business
178. 8:15grew he saved enough money to rent a
179. 8:17small shop it wasn't as big as Eric's
180. 8:21but it was warm and welcoming he named
181. 8:24it Leo's fresh
182. 8:26bakes every morning he woke up Before
183. 8:29Sunrise
184. 8:30baked fresh bread and opened his shop
185. 8:32with a smile his parents and sister
186. 8:35helped him Sophie now 11 loved talking
187. 8:38to customers and Claire managed the
188. 8:41accounts but Leo knew this wasn't the
189. 8:43end of his journey he wanted to reach
190. 8:46more people make his family proud and
191. 8:49prove to himself that anything is
192. 8:51possible with hard work Leo's Bakery
193. 8:54Leo's fresh bakes was becoming the heart
194. 8:57of the Town people loved his fresh bread
195. 9:00Cakes and
196. 9:01Pastries business was growing and his
197. 9:04family was proud of him but life wasn't
198. 9:07done testing
199. 9:09Leo one stormy night as Leo was closing
200. 9:12his shop he noticed smoke coming from
201. 9:15the
202. 9:16bakery he rushed inside and saw that a
203. 9:19small fire had started near the oven he
204. 9:22quickly grabbed water and managed to
205. 9:24stop the Flames but much of his
206. 9:26equipment was damaged the next morning
207. 9:30when the town's people heard about the
208. 9:31fire they came to check on him some said
209. 9:36oh no what will Leo do now others
210. 9:40whispered maybe this is the end for
211. 9:43him Leo felt heartbroken but not
212. 9:46defeated he stood outside his Bakery and
213. 9:50said this is just a challenge I've faced
214. 9:53struggles before and I will face this
215. 9:56too I Won't Give Up
216. 9:59he took a deep breath and began making a
217. 10:01plan he calculated how much money he had
218. 10:04saved and realized it wasn't enough to
219. 10:07replace all the
220. 10:08equipment for a moment fear crept in but
221. 10:12Leo remembered his journey how he
222. 10:15started with nothing but a dream and
223. 10:17hard
224. 10:18work instead of sitting and worrying Leo
225. 10:22asked for help he approached Mr Anderson
226. 10:25who had retired and said sir I need
227. 10:28advice
228. 10:30what would you do if you were
229. 10:32me Mr Anderson smiled and said Leo you
230. 10:37already know the
231. 10:38answer you've taught yourself that
232. 10:41nothing is free work harder believe in
233. 10:45yourself and people will believe in you
234. 10:48too inspired Leo decided to rebuild he
235. 10:52didn't wait for someone to rescue him he
236. 10:55started baking at home again with the
237. 10:57little equipment he had left he told his
238. 11:00customers I won't let you down I'll keep
239. 11:04serving you even if it's just a small
240. 11:07amount for
241. 11:08now the town's people admired his
242. 11:11courage many of them started helping him
243. 11:14some donated ingredients others gave
244. 11:17small amounts of money and a few offered
245. 11:19their time to help him clean and repair
246. 11:21the bakery Leo realized something
247. 11:25important when you work hard and never
248. 11:28give up people notice they want to help
249. 11:31someone who helps themselves after
250. 11:34months of hard work Leo reopened his
251. 11:37Bakery it was better than ever he
252. 11:41painted the walls added new decorations
253. 11:44and even introduced new items like
254. 11:45cupcakes and muffins his customers were
255. 11:50Overjoyed on the day of the grand
256. 11:52reopening the town's mayor came and said
257. 11:56Leo you are a true inspiration you've
258. 11:58shown us all that with determination
259. 12:00anything is possible Leo stood in front
260. 12:03of the crowd and said I want to thank
261. 12:05each one of you you've taught me that
262. 12:09nothing in life is free not success not
263. 12:13respect not
264. 12:15love everything must be earned with hard
265. 12:18work patience and
266. 12:20persistence never let failure stop you
267. 12:24every challenge is just a step to
268. 12:26something
269. 12:27greater from that day
270. 12:29Leo's Bakery didn't just sell bread it
271. 12:32became a symbol of Hope people from
272. 12:36other towns started visiting to meet the
273. 12:37young man who never gave up Leo's story
274. 12:41teaches us that one dreams are not free
275. 12:46they require hard work and
276. 12:48sacrifice two failure is not the end
277. 12:52it's a chance to learn and grow stronger
278. 12:55three help yourself first when people
279. 12:58see your effort they will support you
280. 13:01four never give up the darkest moments
281. 13:05are often just before success Leo didn't
282. 13:08just build a bakery he built a life full
283. 13:11of purpose respect and pride and so can
284. 13:15you whatever your dream is don't stop
285. 13:17chasing it remember nothing is free but
286. 13:22everything is possible