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Did the dog know what to do?
Yes, he did.
How do you know?
I know it because the dog was a very smart dog.
And what he did?
He managed to find some bones. And he sat in front of the bones with his back towards the lion, totally unafraid.
Who managed to find some bones?
The dog did. The dog managed to find some bones.
Did the dog succeed in finding any bones?
Yes, he did. The dog succeeded in finding some bones. He managed to find some bones.
And what did the dog do after he found some bones?
He sat in front of the bones with his back towards the lion, totally unafraid.
Could the dog see the lion when he sat in front of the bones?
No, he couldn’t. The dog couldn’t see the lion when he sat in front of the bones.
Why?
Because he sat with his back towards the lion.
Where were the bones? In front of the dog or behind the dog?
In front of the dog, of course. The dog sat in front of the bones. He was in front of the bones. The dog sat in front of the bones with his back towards the lion.
Did the lion see the dog’s back?
Yes, he did. The lion saw the dog’s back.
Could the lion see the dog’s face?
No, he couldn’t.
Why couldn’t the lion see the dog’s face?
He couldn’t see the dog’s face, because the dog sat with his back towards him. Not with his face towards him. No, no, no.
I see. Was the dog afraid of the lion?
No, he wasn’t afraid of him. He was totally unafraid. He sat in front of the bones with his back towards the lion totally unafraid. He was a very brave dog.
And? Was the lion ready to jump quickly on the dog?
Yes, he was. The lion was ready to jump quickly on the dog. He was about to pounce on the dog.
What did the dog do when the lion was about to pounce on him?
As the lion was about to pounce, the dog licked his lips and said, “Mm, what a delicious meal! These local lions are very, very, very tasty! I wonder when I can get my next lion to eat.”
Did the lion lick his lips?
No, not the lion. The dog licked his lips and the dog said, “Mm, what a delicious meal! These local lions are very, very, very tasty! I wonder when I can get my next lion to eat.”
Did the lion hear what the dog said?
Oh, yes, he did. The lion heard what the dog said. He heard every single word very well.
Did the lion like what he heard?
No, of course, not. The lion didn’t like it at all. The lion said, “Oh, my goodness! That must be a really vicious dog. He’s eaten another lion and I am not going to be his dinner. No, no, no”
What did the lion say?
The lion said, “Oh, my goodness! That must be a really vicious dog. He’s eaten another lion and I am not going to be his dinner.”
Did the lion think that the dog was extremely cruel, unkind and violent?
Exactly. The lion thought that the dog was extremely cruel, unkind and violent. The lion thought that the dog was vicious.
Because he has eaten another lion?
Correct. The lion thought that the dog had eaten a lion. And that is why he didn’t want to be his dinner. The lion said, “No, I am not going to be his dinner. No, no, no”.
When the lion said that, what did he do then? Did the lion stay or did he run away?
He ran away. The lion turned around and he ran away. And this is the end of the story.
The end of the story?
No, of course, not. It is not the end of the story.
What next? What happened next?
Wait. Wait. Wait. Okay. There was a monkey there.
A monkey?
Yes, there was a monkey there. And that monkey saw that conversation.
Okay. So what next?
Then the monkey said: “I am not going that dog to get away with tricking this lion”.
Did the monkey say that he was not going to let the dog cheat the lion?
Yes, exactly. He said, “I am not going that dog to get away with tricking the lion.”
Did the monkey want the dog to be punished?
Yes, he did. The monkey wanted the dog to be punished.
Did the monkey want the dog to be caught?
Yes, he did. He wanted the dog to be caught.
And the monkey ran to that lion and he said, “You’ve been tricked. You are a fool. This dog can’t eat lions. He has just set it to scare you away!”
Oh, my Goodness! I can’t believe he did it.
Yes, he did it. He ran to the lion and he said, “You’ve been tricked. You are a fool. This dog cannot eat lions. He has just set it to scare you away!”
Could the dog really eat lions?
No, of course, not. The dog couldn’t eat lions. The dog tricked the lion. The dog cheated the lion.
Did the dog try to make the lion feel scared?
Yes, that’s 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 can’t 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 didn’t want to wait. The monkey didn’t want to wait. He really wanted to come with the lion and watch. That’s why he said, “I can’t wait to come with you and to watch.”
So the monkey jumped on the lion’s 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 can’t believe he did it! No! He didn’t 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.”
It’s 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”. Let’s 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 doesn’t 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 doesn’t 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”. It’s time to liberate you from the story. It’s time to make you free. Let’s 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 doesn’t love Willy. It is unrequited love. So unrequited love. What’s 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 into the 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 into University. 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. Let’s 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 didn’t 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 didn’t. He didn’t 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, that’s right. Everybody teased him.
Did Willy like going to school?
Of course, not. Willy the worm didn’t 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 didn’t love Willy.
She didn’t love him?
No, she did not.
Oh, I can’t 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 doesn’t love you, right?
Yes, that’s right. It is called unrequited love. Willy loved her, but Angela didn’t 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 didn’t 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.
Was it good or was it bad for Willy to become a soldier?
It was very good for Willy.
Why was it very good for Willy?
It was very good for him, because in the army Willy the worm became strong and courageous. And of course, he learned how to stand up for himself.
What did the worm become in the army?
He became strong and courageous.
What did Willy learn in the army?
He learned how to stand up for himself.
Did Willy the worm learn how to defend himself when others attacked him?
Yes, exactly. Willy the worm learned how to defend himself when others attacked or criticized him. He learned how to stand up for himself.
What did Willy the worm learn to do in the army?
Yes, he learned how to stand up for himself.
Where did he learn how to stand up for himself?
Oh, I’ve just said it, in the army. Willy the worm learned how to stand up for himself in the army.
Can I say that the army changed Willy a lot?
Yes, of course. The army changed Willy a lot. He became strong and courageous. He learned how to stand up for himself. He was not that small, weak and shy Willy any more. He became William the worm.
When William the worm returned home, everybody was surprised by a new William, and Angela was surprised, too.
What was everybody surprised by when William returned home?
Everybody was surprised by a new William.
Was everybody surprised by a new or an old William?
By a new William, not by an old Willy. No, no, no. When William returned he was different. He was not weak and shy any longer. William the worm was strong and courageous.
What about the butterfly? Was Angela surprised by a new William?
Oh, yes. She was surprised, too. I’d say she was very much surprised by a new William.
Did Angela fall in love with William now?
I guess, she did. She didn’t tell that directly, but she fell in love with William. And William the worm fell in love with Angela again. And they lived happily ever after. The end, right?
No, that’s not right. It’s not the end. William the worm ignored Angela.
Ignored Angela the butterfly? That beautiful, gorgeous and rare butterfly?
Yes, he did. William ignored her. He refused to notice her. He got into University. He became a doctor. William the worm decided to devote himself to serving others.
What did William the worm decide to do?
He decided to devote himself to serving others.
After University William became a doctor, and he decided to spend a lot of time, energy and effort serving, helping others.
What did he decide to devote his life to?
Right! William the worm decided to devote himself to serving others.
This is the end of the mini-story for “Willy the worm”.
And of course, you know what to do, right? I am sure, you do. Of course, you are going to listen and answer the questions. You may pause after each sentence and repeat it after me. Imitate me. Play this game one or two times a day. Pause, repeat it after me and imitate me. Enjoy the game! And if you do this, you will definitely change the way you speak English. I promise, you’ll start speaking English the way you never did before. You’ll speak English easily, confidently and automatically – like native speakers do.
Okay, I will see you next time.
Unit 3
The Key to your better future is you
Hello, my special English learner. This is Alex. Hope you are having a nice day today. Welcome to our next story “The Key to Your Better Future is You”. In this story I am going to tell you about the importance of not complaining about your life. Why you shouldn’t complain, when many people around do it. The reason why you shouldn’t complain because when you complain nobody wants to help you, I think. Let’s get started.