Tuesday, March 31, 2015

LOVE OR MONEY (Level 2)


It is Molly Clarkson's fiftieth birthday. She is having a party. She is rich, but she is having a small party - only four people. Four people, however, who all need the same thing: they need her money. She will not give them the money, so they are waiting for her to die. And there are other people who are also waiting for her to die.
But one person can't wait. And so, on her fiftieth birthday, Molly Clarkson is going to die.
LOVE OR MONEY

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Vocabulary:
  1. Aunt: the sister of your father or mother, or the wife of your uncle.
  2. Build: to make a house or a building
  3. Club: a number of people who meet because they are interested in the same thing (e.g. a tennis club)
  4. Cup: a thing to put drinks in
  5. Empty: with nothing in it
  6. Farm: land and buildings where people grow things to eat and keep animals for food.
  7. Find out: to ask questions and learn about something
  8. Inspector: an important policeman or policewoman
  9. Job: when you work and get money for it, you have a job
  10. Kitchen: a room where people make breakfast, dinner, tec.
  11. Land: ground (not water – sea, rivers, tec.)
  12. Lie: to say something that is not true.
  13. Murder: killing someone (not in an accident)
  14. Murderer: somebody who murders
  15. Police: people who look for bad people
  16. Ring (past tense rang) to make a sound like a bell (e.g. a telephone rings)
  17. Sell: to give something to someone and they give you money for it
  18. Sergeant: a policeman or a policewoman
  19. Tablet: a doctor gives you tablets to eat and you feel better
  20. Trouble: something bad, or difficult, or unhappy
  21. Uncle: the brother of your mother or father, or the husband of your aunt
  22. Wine: a cold drink made from grapes


Sunday, March 29, 2015

ALDO AND THE FLYING VACUUM (Part 1)


The Adventures of Aldo and his flying vacuum cleaner, the creation of writer John Sheridan and illustrator Malcolm Livingstone.

ALDO AND THE FLYING VACUUM

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Vocabulary:
Word
Meaning
Picture Illustration

cottage

a small house



tea

we drink this. It is made of leaves of trees



vacuum cleaner

we clean the house  with this



river

water moves in the river


THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLE (Level 3)



Holmes and Watson investigate the mysterious death of sir Charles Baskerville, whose body was found mutilated by a huge dog. Is this horrible death an example of 'The Curse of the Baskervilles'?


SHERLOCK HOLMES & 
THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES

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Vocabulary:
hound: large dog used for hunting
flat: apartment
smart: intelligent
wicked: evil, extremely bad
avoid: stay away from
ride (past tense rode, ridden): travel by horse
hardly: only just 
moor: wide open area covered with short grass
tear out: (past tense tore, torn) remove with great violence
throat: the part between the head and the body
shine (past tense shone, shone) give out light
Yew Alley: long path with yew trees at the sides of it.
butler: male servant
footprint: marks left on the ground by the feet
lawyer: person who give advice about legal quesions
heir: person who owns a property when someone dies
shaking with terror: moving from side to side in fear
quite clear: easily visible
hedge: wall make of plants 
foot (plural feet): a length measurement (1 foot = 0.33 meter)
summerhouse: small construction in a garden, made of wood or glass
yarda length measurement (1 yard = 0.9 meter)
ash: burnt material from a cigar or cigarette.
acidly: sarcastically
boot (in hotel): servant who cleans guests's shoes
natter: subject, case
reluctantly: without wanting to
astonished: greatly shocked
clever: intelligent
carriage: vehicle pulled by horses
narrow: not wide, thin
murderer: killer
cheerful: happy, positive
maid: woman servant
loft: space inside the roof of a house
butterfly net: a tool for catching butterflies 

marsh: area of wet, dangerous ground
sink down (past tense sank, sunk): to move down 
struggled furiously: made a great effort
silly: ridiculous
argue: debate
sternly: seriously
what's all this about?: what's happenning here?
: criticise
quarrel: hve a bad disagreement
typewriter: a tool for typing words
hut
eagerly: enthusiastically
revolver: type of gun, similar to a pistol
blanket


pots:
grimly: very seriously
fault: responsibility
scent: smell
whisper: speak very quietly
bitterly: with emotion
wicked: bad, evil
seize: take hold of violently
injure: hurt











Saturday, March 28, 2015

CHANGING PLACE (Level Starter)

Hal works at the zoo and he thinks his life is boring. Tim is an actor but he doesnt like his job. They look very alike. One day, they meet, and they agreed to change their places.




CHANGING PLACES

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Vocabulary:
  1. feed: to give things to eat to someone or something
  2. zoo: a place where you can see animals from different countries
  3. animal: a living being that moves, a dog or a cat is an animal
  4. dream: pictures that you see in your head when you are sleeping
  5. famous: when many people know about someone
  6. marry: to make someone your husband or wife
  7. actor: someone who is in a film
  8. stare: to look at someone or something for a long time
  9. normal: usual, not different
  10. movie: a story that is on film
  11. glasses: you wear these in front of your eyes to help you see better
  12. recognize: to see someone and to know who it is
  13. nervous: a little afraid
  14. crew: a number of people who are all working together
  15. film: to use cameras to make a movie
  16. idea: something that you think
  17. fun: something that you like doing and that makes people laugh
  18. place: where something is
  19. clothes: people wear these
  20. brush: to move your hair
  21. sure: when you feel that something is true
  22. scene: a part of a movie that happen at one time
  23. boss: a person who tells workers what to do
  24. monkey: an animal, usually with a long tail
  25. job: work
  26. talk show: when famous people answer questions on TV
  27. party: when people meet to have fun
  28. agree: to say 'yes'
  29. girlfriend: a woman that a man loves
  30. role: one of the people in a movie
  31. trick: to make people think that something is true
  32. star: a famous person
  33. climb: to go up using your hands and feet
  34. action: where a lot of exciting things happen
  35. accident: something bad that happens
  36. sky tram: a train that travels high up 
  37. first aid: giving help to people before a doctor can come
  38. desert: a place which usually has no water
  39. breath: to move air in and out of your body
  40. wedding: the time when two people marry
  41. cell phone: a phone that you can carry with you
  42. practice: when you do something before it happens because you want to do it well
  43. dinner: when you eat a lot with lots of people on an important day
  44. gate: a door in a garden wall
  45. police: men and women who stop people doing bad things
  46. hide: to go where no-one can see you
  47. Jeep: a small car that can drive where there aren't any roads
  48. disappear: to go away suddenly
  49. map: a picture that shows where things are, like streets, towns, rivers, or countries
  50. lost: not knowing where you are
  51. gas: gasoline or petrol; car need this to work
  52. ring: the noise of a bell
  53. go dead: to stop working
  54. truck: a kind of car for carrying things or people
  55. farm: a piece of land for animals or growing plants
  56. problem: something that makes you feel bad
  57. guest: people that you ask to go to a wedding or a party
  58. stranger: a person you don't know
  59. church: Christian people go here to pray
  60. music: people listen or dance to this
  61. outside: in the open - not in a building
  62. faint: to fall down suddenly because something bad happens to you