Friday, April 10, 2015

MR. HARRIS AND THE NIGHT TRAIN (Level 2)



Mr. Harris loves the night train and he usually travels on it. Until one day, something happened and he never goes on it again.


MR. HARRIS AND THE NIGHT TRAIN

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Vocabulary:
  1. blood: the red liquid in a person's body
  2. bright: not dark, giving a lot of light
  3. bus: a very big car for many people to travel in
  4. carriage: a 'room' on a train
  5. clothes: things you wear, e.g. dress, shirts, trousers
  6. corridor: the long narrow place on a train with doors on the carriages
  7. diamond: a beautiful, very expensive, bright stone
  8. fall (past tense fell): to move suddenly from a higher place to a low place
  9. floor: the 'ground' in a room; you walk on a floor
  10. ghost: a dead person that living people think they can see 
  11. guard: a man who works on a train
  12. holiday: days or weeks when people do not go to work
  13. jump: to move quickly with both feet off the ground
  14. kind: friendly; good to other people
  15. life: the time when you are alive, not dead
  16. loud: not quiet; with a lot of noise
  17. necklace: something beautiful that women wear round their neck
  18. newspaper: you read a newspaper to know what is happening in the world
  19. poor: when you say 'poor', you are feeling sorry for somebody
  20. restaurant: a place where you can buy a meal and eat it
  21. seat: a 'chair' on a train
  22. shout: to speak or cry very loudly and strongly
  23. stare: to look at someone or something for a long time
  24. station: trains stop at stations for people to get on or off
  25. sweet: (of people) very nice
  26. terrible: something terrible makes you feel afraid or unhappy
  27. unhappy: not happy
  28. vodka: a very strong cold drink
  29. voice: you talk with your voice
  30. whisper: to speak very, very quietly

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

THE ELEPHANT MAN (Level 2)


This is a true and tragic story. He is not beautiful. His mother does not want him, children ran away from him. People laugh at him, and call him ‘The Elephant Man.’
Then someone speaks to him – and listens to him! At the age of 27, Joseph Merrick finds a friend for the first time in his life.


THE ELEPHANT MAN

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Vocabulary:
  1. Bath: when you want to wash your body, you sit in a bath full of water
  2. Below: under
  3. Beside: next to
  4. Bible: the most important book for Christians
  5. Box: (in a theatre) a small ‘room’; you can watch the stage from a box, but other people can’t see you
  6. Cab: an old word for ‘taxi’
  7. Card: a piece of paper with your name and address on it (visiting card); or a card with a picture and a greeting on it (e.g. a Christmas card)
  8. Chairman: an important man in the hospital
  9. Cloth: trousers, coats, dresses, etc. are made from cloth
  10. (the) country: not the town
  11. Creature: a living animal
  12. Drop: to let something fall
  13. Editor: the most important person in a newspaper office
  14. Elephant: a very big grey animal with a long nose and big ears
  15. Enormous: very big
  16. Yours Faithfully: you write “Yours Faithfully” at the end of a formal letter
  17. Fingers: you have five fingers on each hand
  18. Fish: fish live in rivers and in the sea
  19. Food: what you eat
  20. Gentleman: a man from an important family
  21. Glass: you drink tea from a cup, you drink water from a glass
  22. Heavy: it is difficult to carry heavy things; 1,000 kilos is very heavy
  23. By himself: nobody was with him
  24. Hip: the place where your leg joins your body
  25. Hole: an empty space or opening in something
  26. Horrible: not nice; people are often afraid of ‘horrible’ things
  27. Kind: nice, good; a kind person often helps people
  28. Knee: the middle of your leg where it bends
  29. Lady: a woman from an important family
  30. Life: your life stops when you die
  31. Lighthouse: a tall building by or in the sea, with a strong light; the lights tells ships that there are dangerous rocks
  32. Like (preposition): not different; e.g. a river is like the sea, because it is made of water
  33. Loudly: with a lot of noise
  34. (His/Her/Your) Majesty: when you speak to a king or a queen, you say ‘Your Majesty’
  35. Marry: to take somebody as your husband or wife
  36. Mirror: a piece of special glass; you can see your face in a mirror
  37. Neck: your neck is between your head and your body
  38. Newspaper: you read a newspaper to know what is happening in the world
  39. Nose: your nose is between your eyes and your mouth
  40. Place: where something or someone is (a room, a house, a town, etc.)
  41. Play: (n) you go to the theatre to see a play
  42. Police: the police help people; they also put bad people in prison
  43. Present: something that you give or get from somebody (e.g. a birthday present)
  44. Prison: a building for bad people; they must stay there and cannot leave
  45. Queen: the most important woman in Britain
  46. Sad: not happy
  47. Scream: to make a loud high cry because you are afraid or angry
  48. Shake hands (past tense shook) to hold somebody’s hand and move it up and down as a greeting
  49. Shopkeeper: a person who has a small shop
  50. Side: the part of something that is not the top, bottom, front or back
  51. Skin: you have skin all over your body; people have different skin colours
  52. Smell (past tense smelt) you see with your eyes; you smell with your nose
  53. Step: a place to put your foot when you go up or down
  54. Stick: a long piece of wood; Merrick walks with a stick
  55. Strange: different
  56. Stream: a small river
  57. Tears: water from your eyes when you cry
  58. Theatre: a building where you go to see plays
  59. Touch: to feel something with your hands
  60. Ugly: not beautiful
  61. Voice: you talk with your voice


Listen and Discover: Trees (Level 1)


Trees are all around us, in forest, gardens, and parks. There are many different trees, and they give us many things.


TREES

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Picture Vocabulary:
Word
Meaning / Example
Picture Illustration

air

we take in air with our nose to live
 

animals

all living creatures are animals
 

blow

strong movement of wind
 

clean

not dirty
 

cut down

Ex: People cut down a lot of trees.
 

different

not alike
 

dirty

not clean
 

down

opposite to up
 

dry

not wet, not with water on
 

factory

a factory has many machines and produces a lot of things
 

fall

to get down suddenly from a high place
 

fire

this is hot and it burns
 

flat

having an even surface
 

food

we eat food to live
 

forest

a place with many trees
 

fruit

these come from trees and we can eat them
 

ground

the surface of the earth, we stand on the ground
 

grow

to get bigger
 

half

if a thing is cut into 2 equal parts, it is cut in half.
 

insect

butterflies, flies, ants, beetles… are insects
 

land

ground
 

leaves

these are green and they grow a lot of trees
 

light

the sun gives out light, the candles give out light
 

million

 

plants

small trees
 

pollen

the powder from flowers
 

protect

to keep something from harm
 

seed

a seed is usually inside a fruit or flower and it can be used to grow a new tree
 

sharp

if something is sharp, you can cut with it
 

strong

not weak
 

wood

we use wood to build houses, chairs, etc.
 


Thursday, April 2, 2015

GOODBYE, MR. HOLLYWOOD (Level 2)



The girl suddenly kisses Nick on the mouth and said to him: "Goodbye, Mr. Hollywood.' Nick didn't understand anything, and he doenst know that someone near there doesn't like "Mr. Hollywood". Dangers come to Nick and he doens't know it.


GOODBYE, MR. HOLLYWOOD

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Vocabulary:
  1. bar: a room where people can buy and have drinks
  2. blood: blood is red and moves around inside the body
  3. bridge: something build high to go over a river or a road
  4. busy: with many things happening
  5. cafe: a place where people can buy and eat food and drink
  6. city: a big important town
  7. crowd: a lot of people
  8. desk: people in offices sit and work at desk
  9. fall (past tense fell): to go down quickly from a high place
  10. ferry: a ship to carry cars and people
  11. floor: the part of a room which is under your feet
  12. fly (past tense flew): to travel through the air (ex: by areoplane)
  13. follow: to go after someone or something
  14. great: wonderful, very good
  15. guess: to try to give the right answer when you don't know it 
  16. gun: a thing that shoots out bullets to kill people
  17. guy: a man
  18. kiss: to touch someone with your lips, to show love, or to say hello or goodbye
  19. magazine: a book with a paper cover which comes out every week, month, etc.
  20. maybe: perhaps
  21. millionaire: somebody who has a millions pounds or dollars, or more
  22. mountain:  a very high hill
  23. movie: a film which you see at a cinema
  24. mystery: something that you do not understand and cannot explain
  25. outside: not in something (a room, a building, etc.)
  26. park: a garden or place in a town where people can walk, sit, play games, etc.
  27. party: a meeting of friends to eat, drink, talk, dance, etc.
  28. point: to show with your finger where someone or something is
  29. policeman: the police are the men and women in a country who catch criminals, try to stop people doing wrong, etc.
  30. police station: an office of hte police
  31. pretty: beautiful, nice to look at
  32. pull: to hold and move something towards you
  33. push: to move something away from you with your hands
  34. restaurant: a place where people can buy and eat meals
  35. scream: to cry out loud, usually when you are afraid or hurt 
  36. shoot (past tense shot) to sent a bullet from a gun to kill or hurt somebody
  37. short: the bullet sent from a gun
  38. shout: to call or try out loudly and strongly
  39. stranger: somebody that you do not know
  40. sure: certain, knowing what something is true
  41. tea: a hot drink, often with sugar and milk or lemon
  42. travel: to visit other countries, cities, etc.
  43. turn: to move around
  44. vacation: a holiday, a time when you do not work and perhaps go travelling
  45. waiter: somebody who brings your food or drink in a restaurant or cafe
  46. worried: afraid that something is wrong or something bad is going to happen