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Back in England I rented a car for the first time in three years. I may have to sell my house to pay the gas bill! Ouch! running a car is expensive. I’m grateful I don’t need one in Japan.

This song reflects my feelings exactly. It has text and can be downloaded from the external site.

New Words

scheme – a plan or idea

pocketbook – wallet or purse, place to keep money

worth it – good value

eating me up inside – worrying me

coz – because

bucks – slang term for ‘dollars’

carpool – share a car to go to work

Cheers

kibishipaul

Textbook PDF for previous lesson.

 Lesson 53 - Mars 1 - Alive! (text): Download

Audio mp3 of the previous lesson.

 Lesson 53 - Mars 1 - Alive! (audio) [1:45m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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• Topic: Message from the survivors of Mars 1
• Level: upper intermediate
• Language: listening

Part four of the mission to Mars. In this episode the crew of Mars 1 manage to contact earth after their dangerous crash on the red planet. As with other lessons on this site there will be a video, mp3 listening file and PDF lesson to download for each episode. Enjoy the show!

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

unconscious – a kind of sleep usually caused by injury or illness

injury – to be hurt or physically damaged

crater – a large hole in the ground caused by an impact or explosion

crash – when a vehicle hits something hard at speed

repeat – to do or say something again

At the bottom of this page you can download an m4v video or mp3 listening and PDF lesson. There is also an online quiz and transcript to supplement the video.

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

Japanese (日本語)

• 宇宙船 Mars1の生き残る人からメッセジ
• 中上級
• 聞く

このビデオは中上級生徒の為のレッスンです。火星まで使命を受けてて派遣されている宇宙飛行士についてのシリズーパート４です。宇宙船 Mars1の生き残る人からメッセジが来ます。このレッスンはいつもと同じビデオ、mp3、とPDFテキストを使用します。

このページの下にPSPとIPODの為のM4Vビデオ、MP3とPDFレッスンがdownloadできます。

 Lesson 53 - Mars 1 - Alive! (video): Download
 Lesson 53 - Mars 1 - Alive! (audio) [1:45m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
 Lesson 53 - Mars 1 - Alive! (text): Download

• Topic: internet relationships
• Level: lower intermediate
• Language: listening

This is a lower intermediate lesson about making new relationships over the internet. To watch or download the movie click on the picture. There is a PDF lesson file but no mp3 for this.

Enjoy the show!

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

aunty – your mother or father’s sister

chance – opportunity

speechless – to be unable to talk

commit – to make a decision that will fix you to a course of action

wanna – want to

At the bottom of this page you can download a PDF textbook lesson. There is also an online quiz and transcript to supplement the video.

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

Japanese (日本語)

• インターネトの難しい関係
• 初中級
• 聞く練習

このビデオは初中級生徒の為のレッスンです。このレッスンはインターネトの難しい関係について。このレッスンはPDFテキストだけを使用します。上の絵をクリクすればビデオがdownloadできます。

このページの下にPDFレッスンがdownloadできます。

 Lesson 52 - Speechless (text): Download

PDF textbook for previous lesson.

 Lesson 51 - Trixi the Triceratops Fossil (text): Download

Audio mp3 version of the previous lesson.

 Lesson 51 - Trixi the Triceratops Fossil (audio) [4:28m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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• Topic: Dinosaurs to fossils
• Level: upper intermediate
• Language: listening

How are fossils made? Watch Trixi the triceratops on her 65 million year journey from dinosaur to museum fossil. As with other lessons on this site there will be a video, mp3 listening file and PDF lesson to download for each episode. Enjoy the show!

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

extinct – totally die out

dissolve – melt away

predator – an animal that hunts other animals for food

pressure – a weight that presses down

seep – slow movement of water into whatever surrounds it

At the bottom of this page you can download an m4v video or mp3 listening and PDF lesson. There is also an online quiz and transcript to supplement the video.

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

Japanese (日本語)

• 恐竜から化石まで。
• 中上級
• 聞く

このビデオは中上級生徒の為のレッスンです。化石はどう作りますか？恐竜から化石までの６５、０００、０００年の旅について勉強をします。このレッスンはいつもと同じビデオ、mp3、とPDFテキストを使用します。

このページの下にPSPとIPODの為のM4Vビデオ、MP3とPDFレッスンがdownloadできます。

 Lesson 51 - Trixi the Triceratops Fossil (video): Download
 Lesson 51 - Trixi the Triceratops Fossil (audio): Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
 Lesson 51 - Trixi the Triceratops Fossil (text): Download

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Okay, the holiday is over and it’s back to school. The video is just a little reading exercise while I prepare the first regular lesson which I’ll post tomorrow.

Hope you all had a refreshing break. Over the next couple of months there will be additions to the regular series plus a few new things I’m working on. Enjoy the show.

Cheers

kibishipaul

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Some summer politics for you. A song about staying in or leaving Iraq. Good practise for modals of advice and requests.

There will be other videos like this over the next couple of weeks. They all have text and can be downloaded from the external site.

New Words

WMD’s – Weapons of Mass Destruction

not done – not finished

brainy – intelligent or smart

hunting – chasing and killing animals

Cheers

kibishipaul