268 | Intermediate - Short Story: The Echo of Our Hearts [English Listening Practice]

Title: The Echo of Our Hearts

Level: Intermediate (B1-B2)

Story:

Sofia Bellini never planned to return to Verona, and she certainly never expected to see Lorenzo Romano again—the man she once loved and left behind. But when fate leads her back to Café Luna, the place where their love story began, she finds him sitting at their old table, his gaze filled with memories, longing, and unanswered questions. Three years have passed, but some loves don’t fade. As they sit across from each other, the weight of the past presses down on them. Regrets surface, words they never said hang between them, and one question remains—can love survive the time lost? In a city that breathes romance, will Sofia and Lorenzo finally get their second chance, or will the past prove too much to overcome?

Vocabulary:

1. Unspoken – something felt but never said aloud.
2. Flicker – a brief emotion or expression that appears and disappears.
3. Longing – a strong desire for something lost or far away.
4. Relearn – to learn something again after forgetting or losing it.
5. Hesitate – to pause before making a decision.

Grammar Focus:

• Past Perfect Tense:
• “She had convinced herself that leaving was the right choice.”
• Describes an action completed before another past event.
• Modal Verbs for Possibility & Hypotheticals:
• “Maybe if she had stayed, they wouldn’t have lost three years.”
• Expresses speculation about the past.
• Conditional Sentences (Type 3):
• “If she had never left, she wouldn’t have spent years wondering what could have been.”
• Talks about a hypothetical past event that didn’t happen.

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