Archive for February, 2007

Lesson 30 - Midnight Express (text)

Sunday, February 4th, 2007

PDF textbook for the previous lesson.

For those of you interested in reading more train stories, you can find a selection of my favorite books by clicking on the train which will take you to the bookstore. There are train stories for English learners of all levels.

電車物語の本に興味がある人は上の電車のリンクにクリクして下さい。(アマゾンへ)

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Lesson 30 - Midnight Express (audio)

Friday, February 2nd, 2007

  • Topic: a train journey in Thailand (タイの寝電車の旅)
  • Level: upper intermediate (中上級)
  • Language: useful expressions (表現)

This is an upper intermediate lesson on the topic of a train journey. Listen to Paul’s adventures on an overnight sleeper train in Thailand. This lesson will have no video. It is listening only with a mp3 listening file and PDF lesson (tomorrow) to download. Enjoy the show!

このビデオは中級生徒の為のレッスンです。ポールのタイの電車の冒険についてを聞いて下さい。このレッスンはmp3、とPDFテキストを使用します。

There are some useful words and expressions to learn below. More are in the text.

hassle - problems and worries

memorable - something that is unforgettable

adventure - an exciting experience

colorful - interesting

ignore - take no notice of

At the bottom of this page you can download an mp3 for listening and PDF lesson. There is also an online quiz and transcript to supplement the audio.このページの下にPSPとIPODの為のMP3とPDFレッスンがdownloadできます。

For Japanese and Spanish translations please go to transcript. ( せりふの訳はこのページです)

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