In this lesson you will learn following phrases. Click the image to hear pronunciation.
Awake All Night
When I cannot sleep well, I sit outside my house and I watch the night-time pass by.
Tonight, I cannot sleep, so like always, I am outside my house.
I sit on my porch and drink a warm cup of milk.
I am drinking my milk, watching the stars in the sky.
When suddenly I hear a noise.
"Who is there?" I shout.
There is no reply.
I hear the noise again, there is something in the bushes next to me.
"Hello! Who is there?" I repeat.
I am now a little nervous.
Normally, at this time of night, there is no noise.
It is always just me and the moon, but tonight things are different.
For the third time, I hear the noise next to me.
I jump up and get ready to run.
"For the final time, who is there?" I shout as loudly as possible.
Suddenly, my little brother jumps out of the bush as he laughs a lot.
"I scared you!" he shouts.
My little brother thinks he is funny.
I laugh a little because I do not want to tell him how scared I am.
Little brothers are always a problem, huh?
This is important vocabulary from the previous section. Play the sounds and practice pronunciation.
Drag and drop words and expressions to their correct translations.
a natural burning ball of gas that you see in the sky when it is dark
the evening and night of the present day
something that makes you laugh
the natural state of rest during which your eyes are closed and you become unconscious
to be easily agitated or alarmed