Story 13: The First Murder

[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 words. The first word is while. Can you say “while”? Good! “While” can mean simply an amount of time. “I’m going to sleep for a while.” While can also be used to join two sentences into one. For example, “I’m going to sleep while you make dinner.” Or, “While you make dinner, I’m going to sleep.” When “while” is used to join sentences, it means “during the time that”. “I’m going to sleep during the time that you make dinner.”

The next word is wander. Can you hear the difference between the words “wonder” and “wander”? To “wonder” means to think about something that is difficult to know. “I wonder why many ladies like to shop.” To “wander” means to move around to different places without purpose or direction. “The man wandered around the mall while he waited for his wife to shop.”

The King Repents

[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 four words.

The first word is throne.  Can you say it?  Throne.  Throne.  A throne is the special chair on which a king or queen sits. 
 
The next word is robe.  A robe is a piece of clothing worn on top of other clothes.  A robe is long and loose.  Some robes are worn in public to show that a person is important.  For example, judges wear robes when they are in the courtroom.  But other robes are worn by people relaxing in their homes.  We call these bathrobes.  Don’t wear a bathrobe when you go to the store!

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.