Movies.

I go to the movies almost every week. 
Sometimes, I rent movies from the video store. 
My favorite films are action films. 
I like to watch car chases. 
I like it when the bad guy has a shootout with the good guys. 
I like the good guys to win. 
I also like science fiction movies. 
I like things that take place in the future. 
I like movies that have aliens from different planets in them. 
Some of the science fiction movies can be silly and unbelievable. 
I don't like those ones. 
My mother likes dramas. 
She has a lot of favorite actors and actresses. 
She sometimes watches sad movies that make her cry. 
She also likes comedies. 
She laughs out loud if a comedy is very funny. 
My father likes horror movies. 
He likes movies with monsters in them. 
He also likes thrillers. 
I have watched some thrillers that keep you tense and on the edge of your seat. 
Sometimes, I have to shut my eyes if the movie gets too scary. 
My brother likes animated films. 
In animated films, there are no actors, just cartoon characters. 
My brother goes to the movies on Saturday afternoons with his friends. 
He goes to the matinee. 
He gets popcorn, candy and pop. 
He usually comes back with a stomach ache because he eats so much. 
Sometimes, my father watches documentaries. 
Documentaries are about real things. 
You can learn a lot from watching a documentary. 
I watch documentaries with him sometimes, but I would rather see a good action film.

English Listening Level 1 - Lesson 25 - Movies

The Farm.

My uncle is a farmer. 
He lives on a farm. 
He has many different types of animals. 
In the barn, there are horses and cows. 
The cows swish the flies away from themselves with their tails. 
It sounds very loud if a cow says "moo" when you are standing there. 
The cows eat the grass from my uncle's field. 
He gets milk from the cows. 
I put a saddle on one of the horses and went for a ride. 
There are pigs in the pigpen. 
He has goats. 
He says that the goats will eat just about anything. 
He has a chicken coop with chickens in it. 
The chickens lay eggs. 
Have you ever seen baby chicks? 
They are very cute. 
My uncle collects the eggs every morning. 
There is a rooster too. 
The rooster crows when the sun comes up. 
My uncle also has a goose. 
The goose makes a honking noise. 
I don't think that the goose likes me. 
It nips me when I go near it. 
Many cats live in my uncle's barn. 
They are stray cats, but he lets them stay there because they keep the mice away. 
My uncle feeds the cats. 
My uncle says that he would like to get some sheep for his farm. 
You can get wool from sheep. 
There are a lot of animals on my uncle's farm.

Learn English via Listening Level 1 Unit 29 The Farm

Travel.

It is fun to take a trip to a faraway place. 
My brother just went to Italy and France. 
He got on a plane at Toronto Airport. 
He took a flight to France. 
He stayed there for a couple of days. 
He visited the Eiffel Tower. 
He was in Paris. 
He said that he enjoyed the food in France. 
He then traveled to Italy. 
He saw many towns and villages in Italy. 
He went to Rome and visited many of the tourist attractions. 
In Venice, he saw the canals. 
He tried to speak Italian, but he is not too good at it. 
He said that the people were very helpful. 
They tried to understand him. 
He bought souvenirs for us when he was in Italy. 
He ate Italian food. 
He said that pizza in Italy is quite different from the pizza we eat here in Canada. 
He saw many streets that were made of cobblestones. 
He saw many old buildings. 
A lot of people in Italy travel around on scooters. 
He stayed at a very nice hotel in Italy. 
He was sorry when it was time to come home. 
My brother likes to travel. 
He likes to fly in airplanes. 
The airlines lost his luggage once. 
He was not too pleased about that. 
Next year, he would like to travel to England.

Learn English via Listening Level 1 Unit 28 Travel

Describing Things.

Some things are different shapes. 
They can be described by their shape. 
A circle is round. 
A compact disc is a circle. 
A square has four equal sides. 
A rectangle is similar, but two of the sides are longer. 
A triangle has only three sides. 
Have you ever seen anyone play a triangle in an orchestra? 
The word "triangle" can stand for an instrument or a shape. 
An oval is rounded, but it is not round. 
An egg is an oval shape. 
The floor is flat. 
If something is smooth, it has no bumps or lumps 
Silk is smooth. 
Some things are rough. 
Sandpaper is rough. 
If something is dull, it is not sharp or pointed. 
A dull knife will not cut bread because the blade is not sharp. 
If something is pointed, it has a sharp end. 
A sharp pencil has a pointed end. 
A pencil that has been used a lot, and hasn't been sharpened has a dull end. 
Some things are soft. 
A teddy bear is soft. 
It feels good to touch. 
Some things are hard. 
A rock is hard. 
Soft can also represent a noise level. 
If you have a soft voice, it is not very loud. 
If someone tells you to speak softly, they want you to speak quietly. 
"Loud" is the word used to describe noises that hurt your ears. 
A big truck will make a loud noise. 
Sometimes your mother will tell you that your music is too loud.

Learn English via Listening Level 1 Unit 40 Describing Things

Days of the Week.

There are seven days of the week. 
Sunday is a day of rest for some people, but many people still have to work. 
Quite a few people go to church on a Sunday. 
On Monday morning, we go back to school after the weekend. 
Many people say that they don't like Monday because it is the beginning of the work 
week. 
Tuesday is a school day and a working day. 
I don't think that there is anything special about a Tuesday. 
Wednesday is the middle of the work week. 
On Thursday, many of the stores and malls stay open later. 
It gives you a chance to run some errands on a Thursday night. 
On Friday, you feel like the work week is nearly over. 
Some people say, "thank goodness it is Friday." 
They look forward to the weekend. 
On Saturday, many people can sleep in late. 
People get errands done on Saturday. 
You see a lot of people in the grocery store on a Saturday. 
Most children look forward to Saturday so that they can play with their friends. 
Then, Sunday comes again. 
The weeks turn into months, and the months turn into years. 
Time goes by quite quickly.

Learn English via Listening Level 1 Unit 39 Days Of The Week

Wild Animals.

Some animals are wild. 
They don't live in homes or cages. 
They live in jungles or on plains. 
The lion is the king of the beasts. 
He is very mighty. 
He roars loudly. 
The giraffe has a long neck. 
He eats leaves from the tallest trees. 
The elephant is very large. 
He has a trunk and two tusks. 
A tiger has stripes. 
Some bears are black, and some are brown. 
There are even white bears called polar bears. 
A kangaroo lives in Australia. 
That is the only place that you would find a kangaroo, except in a zoo. 
It might be frightening to run into a wolf or a fox. 
Monkeys run and play in the trees. 
In Canada, we don't see lions, tigers, giraffes or monkeys running wild. 
There are squirrels in my back yard. 
Sometimes, I see a raccoon or a chipmunk. 
In northern Ontario, you might see a moose or a bear. 
I have seen a deer in the forest. 
There are many wild animals. 
You can see wild animals if you go to the zoo.

Learn English via Listening Level 1 Unit 37 Wild Animals

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