November 20th, 2007
Lesson 58 – The Restaurant at the Other End of the Universe (video)
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- Topic: science fiction parody
- Level: upper intermediate and advanced
- Language: Listening
A parody of a scene from the Douglas Adams ‘Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy’ books. This will provoke a few thoughts about eating meat and vegetarianism. 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.
parody ~ a well known story changed to reflect a different meaning
revolting ~ bad, disgusting
heartless ~ to have no feeling, be cold towards
tender ~ soft and juicy
nip off ~ to go
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)
- SF パロディー
- 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。Douglas Adams 作家の本’Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy’のパロディーです。牛は本当に菜食主義者のだろう？ 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。
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November 20th, 2007 at 10:01 am
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