lesson for “A Monster”. If you just listen to each lesson one time, or a few times, one or two days, you will not speak English easily, confidently and automatically like a native speaker. You will be entertained, maybe. You might enjoy. You might learn a couple words, but you’re not going to learn how to speak like a native speaker. To do what you’ve got to really have this deep level of repetition. I know you’re serious about it so you’re going to do it. Good luck. Okay, I’ll see you for the mini-story.
The Mini-Story Lesson
Hello, my superstar, super-duper, wow, incredible English learner! This is Alex. Welcome to the mini-story for “A Monster”. Smile big, shoulders back, god posture, move your body. I’m not going to start this story until you are. Alright, let’s do it. And again in the present tense.
There is a huge, ugly and super-strong monster.
What is there?
There is a huge, ugly and super-strong monster.
What kind of monster is it?
The monster is huge, ugly and super-strong.
Is the monster small, handsome and super-weak?
No, not at all. The monster is huge. The monster is ugly. The monster is super-strong.
And where does the monster live?
Oh, he lives everywhere. The monster is so huge that he lives everywhere.
Does the monster live in each town, each city in each village?
Yes, he does. The monster is so huge that he lives in every town, in every city and in every village. The monster lives everywhere.
What does the monster do?
Oh, the monster does terrible, horrible and awful things.
What exactly does the huge, ugly and super-strong monster do?
It takes children away from homes.
What?
Yes, IT takes children away from homes. He takes children away from their parents.
Where does the monster take children away from?
From homes. From his parents. The monster takes children away form homes, from parents.
Does the monster take children away from homes forever?
No, not forever. It takes children from homes for 5 or 6 hours a day.
What takes children away from home for 5 or 6 hours a day?
The monster does. The monster takes children away from their homes for 5 or 6 hours a day.
Does the monster ever bring children back to their homes?
Well, actually, it does. Right! The monster always brings children back to their homes. As a result, parents see little of their children.
Do parents see much or little of their children?
Little, not much. They don’t see much of their children. They see little of their children.
How often does the monster take children from home?
Every day from Mondays till Saturdays, 6 days a week.
Does the monster take children away from homes, from their parents on Sundays?
No, it doesn’t. It never takes children away from homes, from their parents on Sundays. The monster takes children away from homes, from their parents from Mondays till Saturdays.
What does the monster give children every day? Sweets and candies, right?
No, not the monster. He never gives children sweets or candies. No!
What does the monster give children every day?
Every day the monster gives children a lot of tasks to do. And poor children and unhappy parents have to do tasks all Sundays to please the monster.
What do children and parents have to do on Sundays?
A lot of tasks. All children and all parents have to do a lot of tasks on Sundays.
Why do they have to do a lot of tasks every Sunday?
To please the monster. They have to do a lot of tasks every Sunday to please the monster; mo make him happy and satisfied; to please that huge, that ugly, that super-strong and powerful monster.
Why do children and parents have to please the monster?
Because if the monster is not glad, if the monster is not happy, if the monster is not pleased, it will take children away from their homes forever. He will never bring children back to their parents.
What will the monster do, if it is not pleased?
They monster will never ever bring children back to their parents.
Will children stay with the monster forever, if it is not pleased?
Yes, they will. Children will never come back home. They will never see their parents again.
Do parents and children spend a lot of time together now?
No, they don’t. Of course, they don’t. Parents and children don’t spend time together.
Why don’t parents and children spend time together?
Because the monster takes children away from homes for 5 or 6 hours.
Because the monster gives a lot of tasks to do. As a result, parents and children have no time to spend time together.
Do parents miss their children?
Of course, they do.
Do children miss their parents?
No doubt. They do. Parents and children miss each other a lot.
Because of what do they miss each other a lot?
Because of that huge, ugly and super-strong monster. Oh, that’s bloody monster.
What is the monster’s name? Television?
No! Not television.
The Internet?
No, not the Internet.
What is the Monster’s name?
The monster’s name is school. It is school that takes children away from homes, from their parents for 5 or 6 hours a day. It is school that gives children so many tasks to do. It is school that breaks relations between parents and children. And they don’t understand each other very well.
What is it that takes children away from homes, from their parents?
It is school. It is school that takes children away from homes, from their parents for 5 or 6 hours a day.
What is it that gives children a lot of tasks to do at home?
It is school that gives children a lot of tasks to do.
What is it that breaks relations between parents and children?
It is school that breaks relations between parents and children.
What does the school do?
The school takes children away from homes. The school gives children a lot of tasks to do.
What else does school do?
It breaks relations between parents and children.
What does school break?
Relations.