Lifeline English: 2019

The Lost Sheep

[Song] “Sing them over again to me, wonderful words of life. Let me more of their beauty see, wonderful words of life.”

Hello, my name is Miss Barb! Welcome to Lifeline English, the podcast that helps you know God and know English.

You can read the written script for today’s lesson online at lifelineenglish.com.

Today I’ve got three new words for you.

The first is “sheep”. Can you say “sheep”? Good job! A sheep is an animal with four legs. It says, “baaaa!” The hair of the sheep is called wool. A small sheep is called a lamb. The plural of sheep is sheep, not sheeps.

The next word is “shoulder”. Repeat after me: “shoulder”. Very good. Your shoulder is the part of your body that connects your arms to your body. If you want to play baseball, you need strong shoulders.

Let the Children Come

[Song] “Sing them over again to me, wonderful words of life. Let me more of their beauty see, wonderful words of life.”

Hello, my name is Miss Barb! Welcome to Lifeline English, the podcast that helps you know God and know English.

You can read the written script for today’s lesson online at lifelineenglish.com.

I’ve got five new words to teach you today. Ready? Here we go!

The first word is scold. Not cold, scold. To scold means to say words that are angry or critical of someone who is doing something bad. Bill scolded his dog for eating his shoe. Did your mother scold you for getting a D on your exam?

Next is belong to. To belong to means to be owned by someone. That car belongs to me. I own the car. It is mine. Belong to can also mean to be a member or part of something. She belongs to a gardening club.

The next word is kingdom. A kingdom is a country ruled by a king or queen. The complete name of the country Saudi Arabia is “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia”, because Saudi Arabia is ruled by a king. The United States is not a kingdom, because we are ruled by a constitution.

What Do You Care About?

[Song] “Sing them over again to me, wonderful words of life. Let me more of their beauty see, wonderful words of life.”

Hello, my name is Miss Barb! Welcome to Lifeline English, the podcast that helps you know God and know English.

You can read the written script for today’s lesson online at lifelineenglish.com.

Today I want to teach you two more words.

The first word is care. To care means to love someone or something. To care also means to be interested in something. The man cared for his sick dog. He loved his dog and gave it medicine and good food. Mothers care for their children, even after their children are adults. They worry about their children and pray for their children. I don’t care whether you eat chicken or fish. That means, you can eat either chicken or fish. I am not concerned which meat you choose.

The second word is worm. Can you say worm? It rhymes with “firm” and “germ”. A worm is a small, long, thin animal with no arms or legs. It is like a snake, but smaller, and it has no bones. It does not bite with poison like a snake. People often put worms on a hook to catch fish.

The Happy Sitter

[Song] “Sing them over again to me, wonderful words of life. Let me more of their beauty see, wonderful words of life.”

Hello, my name is Miss Barb! Welcome to Lifeline English, the podcast that helps you know God and know English.

You can read the written script for today’s lesson online at lifelineenglish.com.

Today I want to teach you just two words. Both words start with “sh”! Can you say “sh”?

The first word is shade. Shade is the area of darkness made by something that is blocking the light.
The trees in my yard give shade to the house. It’s hot, let’s sit in the shade.

The other word is shelter. Can you say “shelter”? Good job! A shelter is something that covers or protects people or animals from danger or bad weather. A shelter can be something permanent like a house, or something temporary like a tent or even some branches from a tree. Sometimes very poor people use a cardboard box for shelter. Nests are shelters for birds. Many small animals find shelter in holes in the ground.

The Angry Prophet

[Song] “Sing them over again to me, wonderful words of life. Let me more of their beauty see, wonderful words of life.”

Hello, my name is Miss Barb! Welcome to Lifeline English, the podcast that helps you know God and know English.

You can read the written script for today’s lesson online at lifelineenglish.com.

Today I want to teach you only two words. Both words start with “pre”!

The first word is prevent. Can you say, “prevent”? Good! To prevent means to stop something from happening. It means to stop someone from doing something. Sarah prevented her son Billy from running into the street. She did not allow him to run into the street. The rain prevented the fire from growing. The rain stopped the fire from growing bigger.

The other word is prefer. To prefer means to like something better than other things. I prefer vanilla ice cream. That means I like vanilla ice cream better than other flavors of ice cream. He prefers reading to watching TV. He likes reading more than he likes watching TV.

The King Repents

The Shortest Sermon

[Song] “Sing them over again to me, wonderful words of life. Let me more of their beauty see, wonderful words of life.”

Hello, my name is Miss Barb! Welcome to Lifeline English, the podcast that helps you know God and know English.

You can read the written script for today’s lesson online at lifelineenglish.com.

Today I want to teach you two words.

The first word is destroy. To destroy means to hurt or damage something so much that it ends or dies. The ocean waves destroyed my sand castle. The washing machine destroyed his cell phone.

The other word is believe. To believe means to trust or agree that something or someone is true. I believe it will rain tomorrow. I believe the weather forecast on TV. Do you believe in space aliens who travel in UFO’s? Does he believe Barack Obama was a good president?

I also want to teach you about cardinal and ordinal numbers. I’m sure you already know the cardinal numbers in English. Cardinal numbers are used for counting things. They begin with one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. Ordinal numbers are used for putting things in order. The ordinal numbers begin like this: first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth.

Swallowed by a Fish!

Who's to Blame?

[Song] “Sing them over again to me, wonderful words of life. Let me more of their beauty see, wonderful words of life.”

Hello, my name is Miss Barb! Welcome to Lifeline English, the podcast that helps you know God and know English.

You can read the written script for today’s lesson online at lifelineenglish.com.

Today I want to teach you teach you three new words.

Do you know what “dice” are? Dice are six-sided cubes. Usually they are made of plastic or wood. One side of the cube has one dot on it, another side has two dots, another side three dots, and so on… up through six dots. People often use dice when they play games. The dice choose a number between one and six. A person rolls the dice, but the person does not know what number will be on top of the dice until the dice stops moving.

The second word is “rough”. Rough is the opposite of smooth. Something that is rough has a surface that is bumpy or uneven. Sandpaper is rough. A cat’s tongue is rough. The bark of a tree is rough. An apple is not rough.

The Storm on the Sea

[Song] “Sing them over again to me, wonderful words of life. Let me more of their beauty see, wonderful words of life.”

Hello, my name is Miss Barb! Welcome to Lifeline English, the podcast that helps you know God and know English.

You can read the written script for today’s lesson online at lifelineenglish.com.

Today I want to teach you teach you several words.

The first word is “lie”. “To lie” means to say something that is not true. The boy lied to his mother. He told her that he had not taken any cookies. The past tense of “lie” is “lied”. The politician lied to the television reporter. But “lie” can also mean “to be in a flat position on a surface” (like a bed or the ground). I usually lie on my side when I am in bed. The phone is lying on the table. The past tense of this “lie” is “lay”. The snow lay on the ground until April this year.

“Lay” is also a present tense verb in English. This “lay” means “to place”. For example, we lay clean plates on the table before we eat. He is laying your clothes on your bed. I laid your wallet on your chair last night.

Jonah Runs Away

[Song] “Sing them over again to me, wonderful words of life. Let me more of their beauty see, wonderful words of life.”

Hello, my name is Miss Barb! Welcome to Lifeline English, the podcast that helps you know God and know English.

You can read the written script for today’s lesson online at lifelineenglish.com.

Today I want to teach you three common phrases.

The first phrase is “head for”. This does not mean that you have four heads! :) To “head for” means to move towards something or someone. For example, “When Bill is hungry, he heads for the refrigerator.” We have other phrases with “head” like “head back”, which means “to return”, and “head out”, which means “to leave”.

The second phrase is “come to my attention”. When something comes to my attention, it means that I notice it. “I forgot to turn off the stove until the smell of smoke came to my attention!” “It came to the man’s attention that his air conditioner had stopped.”