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Many thanks to my friend Michael Stout for introducing the makebeliefcomix website to me. This is a great site for educators and students alike. Go there and make your own comics to share with students or friends.

This is the second of my Idiotic Idioms which will teach the meaning of certain phrases, expressions or sayings. You can see a bigger version by clicking on the image, or you can download the PDF text which will contain an explanation for each cartoon.

Enjoy!

kibishipaul

 Idiotic Idioms 2 - Dogsbody (text): Download

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• Topic: Unsolved mystery
• Level: intermediate
• Language: listening

This is an intermediate lesson about the Bermuda Triangle. A mysterious region in the Caribbean where ships and planes seem to just disappear. To watch or download the movie click on the picture. There is a PDF lesson file but no mp3 for this.

Enjoy the show!

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

hearsay – something like a rumor – may or may not be true

route – the path or road you take to get somewhere

tragic – a very sad event

authentic – to be the real thing – not a fake or imitation

infamous – famous for a bad reason

At the bottom of this page you can download a PDF textbook lesson. There is also an online quiz and transcript to supplement the video.

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)

• 海の不可解
• 中級
• 聞く練習

このビデオは中級生徒の為のレッスンです。今回はBermuda　Triangleのなぞの話しです。この地域にはなぜ飛行機と船が消えますか。このレッスンはPDFテキストだけを使用します。上の絵をクリクすればビデオがdownloadできます。

このページの下にPDFレッスンがdownloadできます。

 Lesson 63 - Bermuda Triangle Flight 19 (text): Download

Click on picture to see a bigger image

Many thanks to my friend Michael Stout for introducing the makebeliefcomix website to me. This is a great site for educators and students alike. Go there and make your own comics to share with students or friends.

I’m planning to make a series of these cartoons called Idiotic Idioms which will teach the meaning of certain expressions and sayings. This is the first. You can see a bigger version by clicking on the image, or you can download the PDF text which will contain an explanation for each cartoon.

Enjoy!

kibishipaul

 Idiotic Idioms 1 - A frog in my throat (text): Download

To watch and download video click on image 

• Topic: TV shopping
• Level: intermediate
• Language: listening

This is an intermediate lesson about a strange television shopping channel. To watch or download the movie click on the picture. There is a PDF lesson file but no mp3 for this.

Enjoy the show!

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

salivate – for the mouth to water

halo – a light that seems to glow around something

faint – to fall unconcious

rapidly – quickly

angelic – to be like an angel

At the bottom of this page you can download a PDF textbook lesson. There is also an online quiz and transcript to supplement the video.

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)

• テレビショピング
• 中級
• 聞く練習

このビデオは中級生徒の為のレッスンです。今回は不思議なテレビショピング番組のビデオです。このレッスンはPDFテキストだけを使用します。上の絵をクリクすればビデオがdownloadできます。

このページの下にPDFレッスンがdownloadできます。

 Lesson 62 - Television Shopping (text): Download

PDF textbook for previous lesson.

 Lesson 61 - Young Man's Dream 11 (text): Download

PDF textbook for previous lesson.

 Lesson 60 - Mars 1 - The Trek (text): Download

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• Topic: endangered animals (orangutan)
• Level: intermediate
• Language: Listening

A lesson about endangered animals. In this case from a rescue center for orangutans in Indonesia. There is only a PDF lesson to download for this episode. The video can be downloaded from the external site. Enjoy the show!

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

rehabilitate ~ to practice recovering abilities lost because of illness, injury or other reason

critical ~ very important

depressed ~ to feel very down or upset

feed ~ to give food to children or animals

process ~ a way of doing something

At the bottom of this page you can download a PDF lesson. There is also an online quiz and transcript to supplement the video.

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)

• オランウータンの絶滅の危機
• 中級
• 聞くこと

このビデオは中級生徒の為のレッスンです。インドネシアのオランウータンの絶滅の危機についてのレッスンです。このレッスンは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PDFレッスンがdownloadできます。

 Lesson 59 - Saving the Orangutan (text): Download

PDF textbook for previous lesson.

 Lesson 58 - The Restaurant at the Other End of the Universe (text): Download

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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