0:02 [Music] [Applause]
0:27 [Music]
0:30 Hello and welcome. Welcome. This is
0:33 Learn English with Harry Potter, a
0:36 teaching series for beginners.
0:39 We tell the story of Harry Potter in
0:43 Easy English, step by step. Today's
0:46 episode is called The Letters Begin to
0:51 Arrive. This story is for A1LE students.
0:55 We will speak slowly and clearly. you
0:58 will understand it.
1:03 First we will read the story. Then we
1:07 will explain some words. After that we
1:10 will listen again and answer simple questions.
1:11 questions.
1:13 Let's begin. [Music]
1:20 [Applause] [Music]
1:28 [Music]
1:32 Summer is here. Harry is home from
1:34 school. He still lives with the Derslley's.
1:36 Derslley's.
1:40 They are not kind to him. He must cook,
1:44 clean, and stay quiet.
1:48 One morning, Uncle Vernon gets the mail.
1:50 He sees a letter with Harry's name on
1:54 it. He is surprised.
1:57 No one writes to Harry. The letter is
2:02 yellow. It has a purple seal.
2:06 It says, "Mr. H. Potter, the cupboard
2:12 under the stairs, four private drive."
2:14 Uncle Vernon does not give the letter to
2:17 Harry. He hides it.
2:21 The next day, more letters come. Two,
2:26 three, five. More and more. They come
2:29 through the mail slot. They come under
2:32 the door. They even come through the windows.
2:34 windows.
2:37 Harry sees one on the floor. He picks it
2:42 up, but Uncle Vernon grabs it. He yells,
2:46 "No letters for you."
2:49 Letters come every day.
2:52 Uncle Vernon is angry. He nails the
2:56 mailbox shut. He blocks the door, but
2:59 the letters still come. One flies down
3:01 the chimney.
3:06 Harry tries to catch it. Dudley shouts.
3:09 The room is full of letters. Uncle
3:13 Vernon takes the family away. He says,
3:15 "We must leave.
3:20 They drive far. They stay in a hotel,
3:24 but a letter comes to the hotel, too.
3:27 Uncle Vernon drives to a tiny house on a
3:32 rock. It is on the sea. The wind blows.
3:36 The rain falls hard. It is very cold.
3:41 They eat cold food. There is no TV. No
3:44 bed for Harry.
3:47 Harry looks at the clock. It is almost
3:50 midnight. Tomorrow is his birthday. He
3:54 will be 11. He draws a cake in the dust.
3:58 He writes, "Happy birthday, Harry."
4:04 Tick, tick, tick. It is 12:00.
4:08 Boom. There is a loud sound. Someone is
4:13 knocking. The door shakes. Who is there?
4:15 Harry waits.
4:18 Something big is coming. [Music]
4:34 [Music] Vocabulary.
4:41 Letter. A message written on paper and
4:44 sent in an envelope. Example,
4:46 Example,
4:50 Harry gets a letter with his name.
4:53 Mailbox. A box where letters come to
4:55 your house. Example.
4:57 Example.
5:01 Uncle Vernon closes the mailbox.
5:04 Chimney. A pipe on the roof where smoke
5:06 goes out.
5:09 Example, a letter flies down the chimney.
5:11 chimney.
5:15 Grab to take something fast with your hand.
5:17 hand.
5:21 Example, Uncle Vernon grabs the letter.
5:24 Yell to shout loudly.
5:29 Example, he yells, "No letters for you."
5:33 Nail. To fix something with nails.
5:38 Example, he nails the mailbox shut.
5:43 Tiny, very small. Example, they go to a
5:46 tiny house on a rock.
5:50 Rock, a big piece of stone or land.
5:53 Example, the house is on a rock in the
5:58 sea. Dust, small bits of dirt.
6:03 Example, Harry draws a cake in the dust.
6:08 Knock to hit a door to ask to come in. Example,
6:09 Example,
6:13 someone is knocking at the door. [Music]
6:15 [Music] [Applause]
6:47 Summer is here. Harry is home from
6:49 school. He still lives with the Derslley's.
6:51 Derslley's.
6:55 They are not kind to him. He must cook,
6:59 clean, and stay quiet.
7:03 One morning, Uncle Vernon gets the mail.
7:05 He sees a letter with Harry's name on
7:09 it. He is surprised.
7:12 No one writes to Harry. The letter is
7:16 yellow. It has a purple seal.
7:21 It says, "Mr. H. Potter, the cupboard
7:27 under the stairs. Four private drive.
7:30 Uncle Vernon does not give the letter to
7:34 Harry. He hides it. The next day, more
7:39 letters come. Two, three, five, more and
7:43 more. They come through the mail slot.
7:46 They come under the door. They even come
7:49 through the windows.
7:52 Harry sees one on the floor. He picks it
7:57 up, but Uncle Vernon grabs it. He yells,
8:01 "No letters for you."
8:04 Letters come every day.
8:07 Uncle Vernon is angry. He nails the
8:11 mailbox shut. He blocks the door, but
8:14 the letters still come. One flies down
8:16 the chimney.
8:21 Harry tries to catch it. Dudley shouts.
8:24 The room is full of letters. Uncle
8:28 Vernon takes the family away. He says,
8:30 "We must leave."
8:35 They drive far. They stay in a hotel.
8:39 But a letter comes to the hotel, too.
8:42 Uncle Vernon drives to a tiny house on a
8:47 rock. It is on the sea. The wind blows.
8:51 The rain falls hard. It is very cold.
8:56 They eat cold food. There is no TV. No
8:58 bed for Harry.
9:02 Harry looks at the clock. It is almost
9:05 midnight. Tomorrow is his birthday. He
9:09 will be 11. He draws a cake in the dust.
9:13 He writes, "Happy birthday, Harry."
9:19 Tick. Tick, tick. It is 12:00.
9:23 Boom. There is a loud sound. Someone is
9:28 knocking. The door shakes. Who is there?
9:30 Harry waits.
9:33 Something big is coming. [Music]
9:48 [Music]
9:52 questions and answers.
9:56 Who gets a letter?
10:09 [Music]
10:16 What does Uncle Vernon do with the mailbox?
11:02 [Music]
11:27 [Music]
11:51 [Music]
11:53 Well done.
11:56 You listened to the story and answered
11:57 the questions.
11:59 Great work.
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