between parents and children. Parents and children don’t spend time together. They don’t talk much to each other. They become separated. And as a result, they miss each other and they don’t understand each other very well. The monster breaks relations between parents and children.
As you may guess, here we use a monster as a metaphor. Let me explain to you this word, I mean, a metaphor. A metaphor is a word or a group of words we use to say that one thing or person is similar to another.
For example, every time when you hear me say, a monster or the monster I mean school. I compare School to a Monster. I say metaphorically, of course, that School is like a monster that takes children away from homes and from their parents. A very large, ugly, super-strong and cruel monster that separates parents from children. The monster that builds a wall between parents and children. The monster that takes children from their parents.
Another word we have in this lesson is to educate. And to educate means to teach someone, usually for several years. In other words, parents become teachers, right? They teach their children at home. They don’t send their children to school any more. No, no, no. They educate their children at home.
Okay, our next word is to disappear. You can see this word in the sentence, “Eventually, the monster disappears” To disappear. To disappear means to no longer happen or exist. The monster no longer exists. No one can see the monster. No one can find the monster. It stops existing. The monster disappears. It’s gone.
Next we see the word well-educated. We use this word when we describe someone who has a lot of knowledge about different subjects. For example, he is educated or she is educated. I think, you get the idea, right?
Our final word in this lesson is fulfilled. To be fulfilled or to feel fulfilled means to be happy and satisfied, especially because you are doing something important. Parents are happy. Parents are satisfied. Parents feel fulfilled. They are fulfilled because their children are well-educated. And this is the most important thing for every parent in the world.
And that is all for our vocabulary lesson for “A Monster”. If you just listen to each lesson one time, or a few times, one or two days, you will not speak English easily, confidently and automatically like a native speaker. You will be entertained, maybe. You might enjoy. You might learn a couple words, but you’re not going to learn how to speak like a native speaker. To do what you’ve got to really have this deep level of repetition. I know you’re serious about it so you’re going to do it. Good luck. Okay, I’ll see you for the mini-story.
The Mini-Story Lesson
Hello, my superstar, super-duper, wow, incredible English learner! This is Alex. Welcome to the mini-story for “A Monster”. Smile big, shoulders back, god posture, move your body. I’m not going to start this story until you are. Alright, let’s do it. And again in the present tense.
There is a huge, ugly and super-strong monster.
What is there?
There is a huge, ugly and super-strong monster.
What kind of monster is it?
The monster is huge, ugly and super-strong.
Is the monster small, handsome and super-weak?
No, not at all. The monster is huge. The monster is ugly. The monster is super-strong.
And where does the monster live?
Oh, he lives everywhere. The monster is so huge that he lives everywhere.
Does the monster live in each town, each city in each village?
Yes, he does. The monster is so huge that he lives in every town, in every city and in every village. The monster lives everywhere.
What does the monster do?
Oh, the monster does terrible, horrible and awful things.
What exactly does the huge, ugly and super-strong monster do?
It takes children away from homes.
What?
Yes, IT takes children away from homes. He takes children away from their parents.
Where does the monster take children away from?
From homes. From his parents. The monster takes children away form homes, from parents.
Does the monster take children away from homes forever?
No, not forever. It takes children from homes for 5 or 6 hours a day.
What takes children away from home for 5 or 6 hours a day?
The monster does. The monster takes children away from their homes for 5 or 6 hours a day.
Does the monster ever bring children back to their homes?
Well, actually, it does. Right! The monster always brings children back to their homes. As a result, parents see little of their children.
Do parents see much or little of their children?
Little, not much. They don’t see much of their children. They see little of their children.
How often does the monster take children from home?
Every day from Mondays till Saturdays, 6 days a week.
Does the monster take children away from homes, from their parents on Sundays?
No, it doesn’t. It never takes children away from homes, from their parents on Sundays. The monster takes children away from homes, from their parents from Mondays till Saturdays.
What does the monster give children every day? Sweets and candies, right?
No, not the monster. He never gives children sweets or candies. No!
What does the monster give children every day?
Every day the monster gives children a lot of tasks to do. And poor children and unhappy parents have to do tasks all Sundays to please the monster.
What do children and parents have to do on Sundays?
A lot of tasks. All children and all parents have to do a lot of tasks on Sundays.
Why do they have to do a lot of tasks every Sunday?
To please the monster. They have to do a lot of tasks every Sunday to please the monster; mo make him happy and satisfied; to please that huge, that ugly, that super-strong and powerful monster.
Why do children and parents have to please the monster?
Because if the monster is not glad, if the monster is not happy, if the
