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• Topic: Animated drama series (アニメ連続ドラマ)
• Level: Beginer (初級)
• Language: questions, greetings, introductions (疑問、挨拶、紹介)
• Grammar: past tense, (過去形)

This is the second lesson in the animated series about Edward Ulysses Cator – a teacher from Britain who moves to the USA to take up a new job. These stories are aimed at beginner level students and will relate Edward’s experiences adapting to his new life and job in America. 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!

このビデオは初級生徒の為の新しい連続アニメドラマです。米国に来たばかりのEd. U. Catorと言うイギリス人教師の新生活の物語です。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。

In part 2 of this series Ed takes a taxi to the local mall to get some things. He also makes his first friend. You can see the transcript by clicking here. Spanish users can get a translation of the script by going to Rikai.com and following the instructions there. ( せりふの訳はそのページのURLをRikai.comへ)

There are some useful words and expressions to learn below.

resist – to prevent or stop something from happening

decide – to fix or make something final

stuff – things

accent – the way your voice sounds shaped by where you’re from

housewarming party – special event celebrating moving into new home

local – a neighborhood

actually – expression that brings next point in sentence to attention

rude – to say or do something offensive

figure it out – to understand something

jet lag – to feel tiredness after a long flight

Wow! – expression that shows surprise

At the bottom of this page you can download an m4v video for your ipod or an mp4 version for your PSP. Watch the show online by clicking on the button below. There are also some interactive quizzes to supplement the video.

(watch video button)はQuicktime video/Flashです。このページの下にPSPとIPODの為のMV４ビデオがdownloadできます。

Next week there will be an MP3 version of this lesson and PDF lesson materials for teachers who would like to use this with their own students.

Hope you enjoy the lesson. You can help to improve this podcast by giving me feedback and leaving comments.

Bye for now.

Paul

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 Lesson 12 - The Ed.U.Cator Diaries 2 (video) [5:47m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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