Did the dog try to make the lion feel scared?
Yes, thats what he tried to do. He tried to scare the lion away.
Did the dog do it so that the lion could run away?
Yes, he did. The dog cheated the lion. He set it to scare him away, so that the lion could run away.
What about the lion? How did the lion feel?
The lion got very upset and he got wild. The lion was going to eat that dog.
What was the lion going to do?
He was going to eat the dog. He got very upset and he got wild. The lion was going to eat the dog.
And the monkey said, I cant wait to come with you to watch.
What did the monkey want to do?
He really wanted to come and see what the lion was going to do to the dog.
Did the monkey want to wait?
No, he didnt want to wait. The monkey didnt want to wait. He really wanted to come with the lion and watch. Thats why he said, I cant wait to come with you and to watch.
So the monkey jumped on the lions back and the lion went straight towards the dog.
Where did the lion go?
The lion went straight towards the dog.
Alone?
No, he went straight towards the dog with the monkey on his back.
Did the dog see them coming?
Yes, he did. The dog saw them coming.
What did the dog do, when he saw them coming?
He sat in front of the bones again with his back towards that lion and the monkey on the back, totally unafraid.
What? Again? Oh, my God. I cant believe he did it! No! He didnt do that. No way!
Yes, he did it. The dog sat in front of the bones again with his back towards the lion, and he was not afraid at all. And as they came close, the dog licked his lips again.
Again? Oh, my Lord! He did it again?
Yes, the dog licked his lips again. And he said: Where is that damn monkey? He promised to bring me another lion.
Its time for the monkey to pay a very high price for what he did, right?
And for us it is time to finish the story. So that is the end of the mini-story for A Dog and a Lion. I hope you enjoyed the story. I hope you are going to listen to this story and answer the questions as many times as you can for one week or even more. And I hope you will use your body to learn English faster and better to eventually start speaking English the way you never did before.
See you next time.
Unit 2
Willy the worm
Hello, my superstar English student. This is Alex, and this is our second lesson called Willy the worm. Lets do it right now!
Willy the worm is small, weak and shy. When Willy the worm is 6 years old, he goes to school; where Willy has many troubles. Everybody laughs at him. Everybody bullies him. Everybody teases him. Willy the worm doesnt like going to school. He hates school.
But one day Willy the worm falls in love with a butterfly named Angela. Angela is a beautiful, gorgeous and rare butterfly.
Willy the worm wants to impress Angela. Every morning he gives her a lot of beautiful flowers. Every afternoon he brings her sweet nectar. Every night he sings love songs for her.
But the butterfly doesnt love Willy. It is unrequited love. Willy the worm gets depressed.
But two days later army officers come. Willy is drafted into the army. In the army Willy the worm becomes strong and courageous. And of course, he learns how to stand up for himself. He changes a lot. Now nobody calls him Willy any more. Everybody calls him William or William the worm.
When William returns home, everybody is surprised by a new William and Angela is surprised, too.
But William ignores Angela. He gets into University. He becomes a doctor. William the worm decides to devote himself to serving others.
And this is the end of the story for Willy the worm.
As always listen to the story many, many times. Listen and enjoy! Remember about your body. The body that can help you learn faster and speak better. Use your body and your brain: these two things you have got for free. If you follow the system, you will certainly become a great, fantastic, wonderful and brilliant speaker.
The Vocabulary Lesson
This is Alex and this is your vocabulary lesson for Willy the worm. Its time to liberate you from the story. Its time to make you free. Lets go!
Okay, our first word for today is shy. When someone is shy it means that he is nervous, and he feels uncomfortable in the company of other people. Willy the worm is nervous, and he feels uncomfortable in the company of other worms. He is small, weak which means not strong and he is shy.
Our next word is to bully. To bully means to frighten or hurt someone who is smaller or weaker than you. So when Willy goes to school, everybody frightens him, everybody hurts him because he is small and weak.
The next word is to tease. To tease means to say something in order to make a person feel ashamed or embarrassed. So in school everybody laughs at Willy. Everybody says something bad or unpleasant to Willy in order to make him feel ashamed or embarrassed. Everybody teases him.
Next we see the expression to fall in love with someone. To fall in love with someone simply means to start to love someone. Willy the worm starts to love a butterfly. He falls in love with a butterfly.
In this lesson we also have a word rare. You can see it in the sentence, Angela is a beautiful, gorgeous and rare butterfly. A rare butterfly means a butterfly that is very difficult to find or see. But when you find or see a butterfly like that you like it very much or value it a lot.
Next we have the verb to impress. Willy the worm wants to impress Angela. Remember? So, impress. To impress means to want to make someone think good things about you. So Willy wants to make Angela think good things about him. He wants to impress Angela. That is why he gives her flowers. He brings her sweet nectar and he even sings love songs for her. He wants Angela to like him. He wants to impress her.
But as the story goes, the butterfly doesnt love Willy. It is unrequited love. So unrequited love. Whats unrequited love mean? It means if your love for someone is unrequited, they do not love you even though you love them. So Willy the worm loves Angela the butterfly, but she does not love him.
Next we see the expression to be drafted intothe army. Remember? Willy is drafted into the army. I think it is not difficult to understand what it means, but let me explain it to you. When someone is drafted into the army, it means he or she is going to join the army or is going to become a soldier. So Willy the worm becomes a soldier. He is in the army now, because he is drafted into the army.
Next we have a fantastic, gorgeous and very useful expression to stand up for someone or something. By the way, this is one of my favourite expressions. I myself use it a lot. So to stand up for someone or something means to defend someone, to defend something that is being criticized or attacked. In the army Willy learns how to stand up for himself. In other words, he learns how to defend himself when someone criticizes him or attacks him. He learns how to stand up for himself in the army.
Okay, we move on and we see the sentence, When William returns home, everybody is surprised by a new William A new William means that William is different now. It has the idea that before being drafted into the army, he was weak and shy. Remember? Everybody bullies him, everybody laughs at him and everybody teases him. Moreover, Willy has a drama, a big shock, when he falls in love with Angela and then he learns that Angela does not love him, and Willy the worm learns what unrequited love is. But when Willy joins the army, when he becomes a soldier, the army changes him. He becomes strong and courageous. He becomes different. He is a new William now. He is not that weak Willy. He is not shy any more. He is not the worm he was before. Now he is a new William. I think you get the idea, right?
Our next is expression is to get intoUniversity. To get into University means to enter a University or to become a student of a University. William gets into University. He becomes a student. He gets into University.
And the last word for today is to devote. To devote yourself to something means to spend a lot of time, energy or effort doing something. After University William becomes a doctor. And he decides to spend a lot of time, energy or effort serving, helping others. He decides to devote himself to helping others. William decides to devote himself to serving others as a doctor.
Okay, this is the end of the vocabulary lesson. I will see you next time for the mini-story, bye for now.
The Mini-story Lesson
Hello, my superstar, totally liberated and absolutely confident English speaker. This is Alex. Welcome to the mini-story for Willy the worm. You know what to do, right? Yes, exactly. Move your body. Wake up your brain. Learn faster and speak better. Lets go!
Willy the worm was small, weak and shy. When Willy the worm was 6 years old, he went to school, where Willy had many troubles. Everybody laughed at him. Everybody bullied him. Everybody teased him. Willy the worm didnt like going to school. He hated school.
Was Willy the worm big, strong and brave?
No, no, no, not Willy. Willy was small. Willy was weak and he was shy.
Did Willy the worm feel comfortable in the company of others?
No, he didnt. He didnt feel comfortable in the company of others. No. He always felt uncomfortable in the company of other worms. Willy was shy.
How old was Willy the worm when he went to school?
Six. He was six years old, when he went to school.
Where did Willy go when he was six years old?
Right! He went to school. Willy went to school.
Was school okay for Willy?
No, it was not okay. School was not okay for him. In school Willy the worm had many troubles.
Troubles?
Yes, he had many troubles, many problems.
What troubles did he have in school?
Everybody laughed at him. Everybody bullied him. Everybody teased him.
Who did everybody laugh at?
At Willy the worm. Everybody laughed at Willy.
Did everybody frighten Willy?
Yes, they did. Everybody frightened him and everybody hurt him.
Hurt? Did they hurt Willy the worm?
Yes, they did. They hurt him. They frightened him. They bullied him.
Why did they do that to Willy?
Because he was small, weak and shy. Everybody bullied him because Willy was small, weak and shy.
And they teased him a lot. They often said something bad and unpleasant to Willy. Things like, You are too small to go to school. And they called him, Shorty! You are too weak to go to school. They called him a weakling or even worse, they called him a weak sister, weak sister, weak sister.
Oh, my God. How did Willy feel?
He felt ashamed. He felt embarrassed.
Because everybody made him feel that way, right?
Yes?
They teased him a lot, right?
Yes, thats right. Everybody teased him.
Did Willy like going to school?
Of course, not. Willy the worm didnt like going to school. He hated school.
I wonder why? Why did he hate school?
Because everybody laughed at him. Everybody bullied him. Everybody teased him in school.
But one day Willy the worm fell in love with a butterfly named Angela. Angela was a beautiful, gorgeous and rare butterfly.
Oh, it is becoming interesting. Willy fell in love with whom?
With a beautiful butterfly named Angela.
With a butterfly? I see. And what kind of butterfly was Angela?
Angela was a beautiful, as I said. And she was also gorgeous. And she was a rare butterfly.
Was it easy or was it difficult to find a butterfly like Angela?
Oh, it was very difficult to do. Angela was a rare butterfly. She was not like all other butterflies. She was very difficult to find. She was beautiful. She was gorgeous and she was rare.
Did Willy like her, like Angela?
Like? It is not the word. He started to love her. Willy fell in love with her.
Why did Willy fall in love with Angela?
He fell in love with Angela, because she was beautiful, gorgeous and rare. So Willy the worm wanted to impress Angela.
Did Willy want Angela to think good things about him?
Yes, exactly. He wanted to impress Angela. He wanted her to think good things about him.
So what did Willy the worm do to impress the butterfly?
Every morning he gave her beautiful flowers. Every afternoon he brought her some beautiful nectar. Every night he sang love songs for her.
Wow! Beautiful flowers every morning, sweet nectar in the afternoon, and love songs in the evening. What more can a girl wish for?
But
Excuse me?
But the butterfly didnt love Willy.
She didnt love him?
No, she did not.
Oh, I cant believe my ears.
I am telling you, It was unrequited love.
What kind of love was it?
It was unrequited love.
It is when you love her and she doesnt love you, right?
Yes, thats right. It is called unrequited love. Willy loved her, but Angela didnt love him.
How did Willy the worm feel?
O! Willy the worm got depressed. He was very sad. He felt very bad. He got depressed.
Why did he get depressed?
Willy got depressed because Angela didnt love him. Because he learned that it was unrequited love. He loved her a lot, but she did not love him at all.
Two days later army officers came. Happily for Willy, I guess, army officers came two days later.
And so who came two days later?
Army officers did. Two days later army officers came. Willy was drafted into the army.
Who was drafted into the army? Angela the butterfly?
No, not Angela. Angela was not drafted into the army. It was Willy the worm who was drafted into the army.
Did Willy the worm join the army?
Yes, he did. He joined the army. He was drafted into the army. He became a soldier.