Frankenstein (Level 4)

Victor Frankenstein thinks he has found the secret of life. He takes parts from dead people and builds a new 'man'. But this monster is so big and frightening that everyone runs away from him - even Frankenstein himself!

The monster is like an enormous baby who needs love. But nobody gives him love, and soon he learns to hate. And, because he is so strong, the next thing he learns is how to kill . . .

FRANKENSTEIN 

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Vocabulary:
believe: to think that something or someone is true or right
blind: not able to see
cabin: a room on a ship
chain: a row of very small gold rings joined together, to wear round the neck
create: to make something new
creature: a living animal or person
electricity: the power that travels through wires and can make heat and light drive machines
evil: very bad
faint: to fall down suddenly because you are ill or hurt
float: to stay on the top of water
forgive: to say or show that you are not angry with someone any more
great: very big; special, very important
honeymoon: a holiday for a new husband and wife after their wedding
horrible: terrible; making you very afraid
horror: a feeling of very strong fear and dislike
huge: very very big
hut: a small building made of stone or wood, usually with one room
human: of people, not animals
judge: the most important person at a trial, who decides how to punish a criminal
laboratory: a building where scientists work and study
lightning: a sudden, very bright light in the sky during a storm
look after: to take care of someone or something
mad: ill in the head
mark: when you touch something, your fingers can leave a mark, which shows where you have touched
mast: a very tall wooden or metal post
monster: an animal or person in stories which is big, ugly, and frightening
ordinary: usual, not special
point: to show with your finger or hand where something is 
power: something strong that makes other things work, e.g. electric power
professor: an important teacher at a university
scientist: someone who studies science, which is the study of natural things, e.g. biology, chemistry, physics
sledge: a kind of 'car' without wheels, that moves on long pieces of wood or metal over snow
strangle: to kill someone by holding them very hard round the nect
telescope: an instrument with special glass for looking at things which are a long way away
throw (past tense threw): to move your arm quickly to send something through the air
thunder: a very loud noise in the sky during a storm
trial: a meeting (in a law court) to decide if someone has done a crime
ugly: not beautiful
wire: a long thin piece of metal; electricity travels through wires

Sherlock Holmes & the Hound of Baskervilles (Level 3)

Holmes and Watson investigate the mysterious death of sir Charles Baskerville, whose body was found mutilated by a huge dog. Is this horrible death an example of 'The Curse of the Baskervilles?'

SHERLOCK HOLMES & 

THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES

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Vocabulary:

hound: large dog used for hunting

flat: apartment

smart: intelligent

wicked: evil, extremely bad

avoid: stay away from

ride (past tense rode, ridden): travel by horse

hardly: only just 

moor: wide open area covered with short grass

tear out: (past tense tore, torn) remove with great violence

throat: the part between the head and the body

shine (past tense shone, shone) give out light

Yew Alley: long path with yew trees at the sides of it.

butler: male servant

footprint: marks left on the ground by the feet

lawyer: person who give advice about legal quesions

heir: person who owns a property when someone dies

shaking with terror: moving from side to side in fear

quite clear: easily visible

hedge: wall make of plants 

foot (plural feet): a length measurement (1 foot = 0.33 meter)

summerhouse: small construction in a garden, made of wood or glass

yard: a length measurement (1 yard = 0.9 meter)

ash: burnt material from a cigar or cigarette.

acidly: sarcastically

boot (in hotel): servant who cleans guests's shoes

natter: subject, case

reluctantly: without wanting to

astonished: greatly shocked

clever: intelligent

carriage: vehicle pulled by horses

narrow: not wide, thin

murderer: killer

cheerful: happy, positive

maid: woman servant

loft: space inside the roof of a house

butterfly net: a tool for catching butterflies 

marsh: area of wet, dangerous ground

sink down (past tense sank, sunk): to move down 

struggled furiously: made a great effort

silly: ridiculous

argue: debate

sternly: seriously

what's all this about?: what's happenning here?

: criticise

quarrel: hve a bad disagreement

typewriter: a tool for typing words

hut: 

eagerly: enthusiastically

revolver: type of gun, similar to a pistol

blanket: 

pots:

grimly: very seriously

fault: responsibility

scent: smell

whisper: speak very quietly

bitterly: with emotion

wicked: bad, evil

seize: take hold of violently

injure: hurt

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Level 2)

Tom Sawyer is a small boy who likes to play around, and gets into unwanted trouble. He is a very smart boy who always knows the best things to do. One day he and his friend Huck go to a graveyard to see the ghosts. They saw something even horrible than ghost, and now they are in danger themselves. But with danger come great treasures. Will they get the treasures in the end?

Vocabulary:

1. jam: a kind of sticky food 
2. trick: a bad plan to do to someone
3. stranger: someone you do not know
4. tie: you wear a tie on your neck
5. beat: hitting someone again and again
6. yard: 1 yard = 3 feet = 0.9144 metre
7. foot (plural feet): 1 foot = 30.48 centimetres
8. Reverend: an old word for the Father in a church
9. bark: a loud noise from a dog
10. immediately: very soon, right away
11. lazy: not wanting to work or study
12. admire: to like someone because he or she is good at something
13. witch: an evil woman who has many evil tricks, usually appears with a flying broom and a black cat. 
14. stick: a long piece of wood
15. whisper: to speak very softly
16. scary: making you afraid
17. robber: someone who takes things from other people usually by violence
18. dig (past tense dug): to make a hole in the ground
19. blood: the red water in the body
20. frying pan: 
21. raft: a kind of small boat made by many pieces of wood stick together
22. drowned: to die in the water
23. canoe:
24. explore: to go around a place and learn about it
25. hang: 
26. lawyer: a person who studies the law
27. haunted house: a house where there are ghosts
28. stone: a hard grey or white things. We see it on the ground a lot
29. fireplace: a place inside a house where we keep the fire to keep warm
30. cross: 
31. widow: a woman who has a dead husband
32. cruel: very evil
33. rifle: a kind of gun
34. shoot (past tense shot): to fire with a gun
35. bat: an animal which looks like the mouse and has wings 
36. weak: not strong
37. string: a long, thin line

The 1,000,000 Pound Bank Note (Level 2)

Henry accidentally got to England and he has only 1 dollar in his pocket. Just in a month he can make 1000000 pound. How did he do that?

THE 1,000,000 BANK NOTE

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Vocabulary:

1. promising: very good in the future
2. sailboat: a boat with sails 
3. on board: on the ship, or a train
4. stormy: very bad weather with a lot of rains
5. desperate: someone in very trouble and needs help
6. servant: a person who works for the rich people
7. stare: look at someone or something for a long time
8. bet: to win money if you are right and to lose money if you are wrong
9. argue: when two or more people talk about something angrily because they think differently
10. transaction: doing business
11. starve to death: to die because you are hungry
12. steal (past tense stole - stolen): to take something without asking
13. poor: not rich
14. feel hurt: feel uncomfortable because someone do bad things to you
15. subject: the main thing
16. joke: a funny thing for people to laugh and have fun
17. faint: when you faint, you don't know anything (e.g. when you are tired, shocked, terrified...)
18. worth: how expensive something is
19. apologize: to say sorry
20. hurry: to go very quickly
21. awful: very bad
22. on time: when you are not late
23. fog: a kind of smoke you see in the very early morning
24. signature: your name written by your own writing
25. asylum: a hospital for crazy people
26. bill: the money note
27. tailor: a person who makes clothes
28. useless: when something has no use at all
29. unattractive: not beautiful, not attractive
30. nod: to move your head from up to down (e.g. to show that you agree)
31. change: money with little value
32. trouble: difficulty
33. package: something with a cover (e.g. paper, wood, plastic,...) outside
34. millionaire: a very rich person
35. elegant: very stylish and beautiful
36. measure: to get the length of something
37. customer: a person who goes in the shop to buy something, usually to show that they are rich
38. luxury: expensive things that the rich people have
39. ambassador: a very high rank person in the government
40. on credit: when you buy something and you pay money later, you buy on credit
41. duke: a high rank British nobleman
42. duchess: the wife of the duke
43. earl: a British rank that is below a marque and above a viscount
44. countess: female rank of a count or earl
45. viscount: a British rank that is below a earl and above a baron
46. celebrity: a famous person
47. steak: a slice of meat
48. shares: a part of a business, a part of a company
49. precedence: the order of what is first and what is next...
50. sardine: a kind of fish
51. strawberry: a small red fruit 
52. cribbage: a kind of card game
53. debt: when you borrow money from other people, you have a debt
54. marvelous: very great
55. scared: very afraid
56. shake (past tense shook): to hold and move up and down (e.g. shake hands)
57. guarantee: to asure that something is true
58. share: to split (eg. the money)
59. surprise: when something is very new and sudden
60. certificate: a paper to prove something is true
61. deposit: the money you let the bank keeps for you
62. astonishing: very surprising 
63. forgive (past tense forgave): to forget the mistake of someone
64. lap: the upper part of the leg
65. amazed: surprised
66. stepfather: not your real father, but the new husband of your mother
67. cash: paper money
68. picture frame: the thing to hold the picture 
69. valuable: very good and expensive 

Sherlock Holmes & the Blue Diamond (Level 2)

He's a very smart man. He was once rich and now is poor. His wife loved him once, but she doesn't love him now. And he's 30 or 40 years old.
One look at an old hat, and Sherlock Holmes can tell you a lot about its owner. He sees - and thinks - a lot more than the people around him, and when a beautiful blue diamond disappears, Sherlock is the only man in London who can find it.

SHERLOCK HOLMES & THE BLUE DIAMOND

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Vocabulary:

1. diamond: a very expensive stone that usually has no colour
2. sitting-room: the room in a house where people sit and talk
3. newspaper: people read about things that happen every day in this
4. magnifying glass: when you look through this, small things are big
5. crime: killing someone, or taking money from someone
6. doorman: a man working at a hotel; he opens the front door for visitors
7. bird: an animal that can fly; you can eat some birds
8. goose (plural geese) a large, usually white bird; people sometimes eat it at Christmas
9. cook: to make things for people to eat
10. shoulder: this is between your arm and your neck
11. fall (past tense fell) to go down suddenly
12. try: to want to do something but not to do it well
13. walking stick: a long, thin piece of wood; you use this to help you to walk
14. owner: the person that something belongs to
15. advertisement: you pay to put this in a newspaper
16. intelligent: quick-thinking
17. poor: not rich
18. nose: this is between your eyes
19. brain: this is in your head and you think with it
20. buy (past tense bought): to give money for something
21. grey: the color between white and black
22. kitchen: the room in a house where people cook
23. countess: the wife of a rich, important man
24. disappear: to go away suddenly
25. jewel: an expensive stone
26. pay: (past paid): to give money for something
27. report: some writing in a newspaper
28. repair: to make something that is broken work again
29. assistant manager: an important job in a hotel
30. court: the police take someone here when they think he or she did something wrong
31. maid: a woman who works in a rich person's house, or in a hotel
32. thief: a person who takes things without asking 
33. prison: a place where people must stay when they do soemthing wrong
34. case: when the police work to find answers
35. High Court: The most important court in the country
36. believe: to think that something is true
37. sir: you say this when you talk to a rich or important man
38. already: happening earlier than you think
39. terrible: very bad
40. safe: a box that people put expensive things in so thieves can't get them
41. innocent: doing nothing wrong
42. housekeeper: a woman who looks after a rich person's house
43. address: the number and the street where somebody lives
44. pub: a building where people go to have a drink
45. museum: a building where people look at old or interesting things
46. beer: a yellow or brown drink
47. sell (past tense sold) to take money for something 
48. winner: the person who gets the right answer
49. page: a book has many pages
50. weak: not strong
51. shout: to say loudly and angrily
52. job: work
53. cab: a taxi
54. real: not false
55. tail: the long thing at the back of an animal's body
56. floor: the place in a room where you stand and walk
57. feel sorry for: to be unhappy about
58. truth: when what you say is true
59. arrest: to take a person to prison
60. police officers: policemen and policewomen
61. decide: to think about something and then do it
62. catch (past caught): to take quickly in your hands 
63. neck: this is between your head and your body
64. witness: a person who saw a crime
65. solution: the answer to a problem

Robin Hood (Level 2)

Robin Hood is an outlaw. He lives in the Sherlock Forest with other outlaws, waiting for the good King Richard to return. In the meanwhile, he robs the rich and give the money to the poor.

ROBIN HOOD

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Vocabulary:

1. crusade: when a country attacks and takes another country
2. greedy: want to have everything for oneself
3. arrogant: when someone thinks that he/she is the most important person and others are not important
4. brutal: very bad and violent
5. sheriff: a  police man in old England
6. loyal: when a good servant serves his master well, he is loyal.
7. against: not with
8. harm: to hurt someone
9. cavern: a large cave
10. horn: 
11. signal: a sign that only the people who made it knows
12. archer: someone who uses a bow
13. practise: do something again and again until you are goot at it
14. stream: a river
15. bridge: we walk over a river on this
16. enormous: very big
17. staff: a long stick, used for fighting 
18. merry: happy
19. company: someone who goes with you
20. expert: someone who is very good at soemthing
21. fiar: a male member or a religious order
22. sniff: to smell
23. bank: the land side along the river
24. shake hands:
25. quarrel: to argue angrily
26. promise: you say this when you agree and sure to do something in the future
27. tax: the money the poor people have to give to the rich people, or the king
28. capture: to keep someone
29. perfectly: very well
30. wicked: very evil
31. subjects: the people under the king 
32. maid: a girl who works in the house of a rich person
33. disguise: to wear other clothes so that people don't know you
34. knight: a person fighting on a horse 
35. helmet: 
36. coward: a person who is afraid of almost everything
37. leave for: to go to
38. butcher: a very violent man
39. disgust: to hate someone very much because he/she is very evil
40. naked: with no clothes on
41. silver: a white expensive metal
42. archery: the art of using the bow
43. competition: where you have to do better than the others to win
44. challenge: where you have to do difficult things for good reward
45. discover: to know, to recognise
46. peasant: a country person (eg. farmer)
47. crowd: where there are a lot of people
48. square: a large place where people go to when there is an event
49. acrobat: a person who performs well on the air for people to watch
50. target: where to shoot your arrow 
51. contest: competition
52. victory: when you win a competition
53. lyre: a kind of musical instrument 
54. baron: a high-ranked person in Britain
55. similar: alike
56. bishop: a man who oversees the priests in the church
57. pale: when your skin becomes white, you are pale
58. ceremony: a formal event
59. point: to aim at something
60. couple: two people
61. banquet: a formal party
62. cross: 
63. offer: giving something to someone for free
64. pork: pig meat
65. kneel (past tense knelt): to be on your knees
66. dishonest: not honest
67. excitement: very happy because something good is going to happen
68. memory: something you remember in your head