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• Topic: Old Japanese horror story
• Level: advanced
• Language: Listening and reading

The beautiful but terrifying Japanese ghost story, Yuki Onna - the Snow Witch. From a book translated by Lafcadio Hearn and made as a Machinima movie by Brittanica Dreams Productions. This is a lesson for advanced students of English. There will be a PDF lesson to download with this movie but no iPod movie file or mp3 audio. You can download a high quality WMV version of the movie from here. Enjoy the show!

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

awaken ~ to wake up

stoop ~ bend over

feel pity for ~ feel sorry for

senseless ~ unconscious - deeply asleep

betroth ~ to marry

At the bottom of this page you can download a PDF lesson. There is also an online quiz and transcript to supplement the video.このページの下に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)

Japanese (日本語)

• 昔話雪女
• 上級
• 聞くこと、読書

このビデオは上級生徒の為のレッスンです。怪談から昔話雪女のアニメです。このレッスンはiPod用ビデオ、mp3がありませんがPDFテキストを使用します。

Brittanica Dreams ProductionsからWMVビデオがdownloadできます。

 Lesson 57 - The Snow Witch (video and text): Download

PDF textbook of previous lesson.

 Lesson 56 - Silent Scream (text): Download

Audio mp3 version of previous lesson.

 Lesson 56 - Silent Scream (audio) [3:49m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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• Topic: Halloween horror story
• Level: upper intermediate
• Language: Listening

Miki, a Japanese high school girl goes to the winter carnival. Unfortunately, it wasn’t as much fun as she’d planned. 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.

spirits ~ ghosts - the souls of the dead

queue ~ a line of people waiting for something

shove ~ give a sudden push

sobbing ~ crying uncontrollably

whisper~ talk in a very quiet voice

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.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。

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)

• ハロイーンの怖い話
• 中上級
• 聞くこと

このビデオは中上級生徒の為のレッスンです。みきはオバケを信じていないですが祭りで怖い目に会う…..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 56 - Silent Scream (video): Download
 Lesson 56 - Silent Scream (audio) [3:49m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
 Lesson 56 - Silent Scream (text): Download

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It’s Halloween soon so I have a couple of special features for you. The first of these is this funny music video which I think would be good for lower intermediate learners. There are subtitles to read along with the music. There will be no extra downloads to go with this one.

Next week, there will be a horror story for Halloween as well.

New words

depleting - getting less and less

Are you up for…? - do you want to do (something)

trick or treat - expression used by kids when they go looking for candies on Halloween

dead tired - very tired

call it a night - stop doing something for the day

costume - special clothes eg witch, ghost, vampire, mummy costumes

spooky - scary

ghoul - a kind of ghost that eats flesh

coulda - could have

goo - messy, sticky

poo - faeces

Have fun!

PDF textbook of previous lesson.

 Lesson 55 - A Trip to England (text): Download

Audio mp3 version of previous lesson.

 Lesson 55 - A Trip to England (audio) [2:44m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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• Topic: Sightseeing in England
• Level: Beginner
• Language: Listening (past tense)

Listen to Paul’s description of his summer trip to England with his family. 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.

take a ride ~ to go somewhere in a vehicle

costumes ~ clothes that people wear to a (Halloween) party

get together ~ a party or small gathering

over the moon ~ very, very happy

moat ~ water surrounding a castle

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.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。

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)

• イギリスの観光
• 初級
• 聞くこと(過去形)

このビデオは初級生徒の為のレッスンです。ポールのイギリスの話を聞いて下さい。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 55 - A Trip to England (video): Download
 Lesson 55 - A Trip to England (audio) [2:44m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
 Lesson 55 - A Trip to England (text): Download

PDF textbook of previous lesson.

 Lesson 54 - Young Mans Dream 10 (text): Download

Audio mp3 version of the previous lesson.

 Lesson 54 - Young Mans Dream 10 (audio) [3:19m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download