Podcast 144 - B1 A Boy's Story

Stories at B1 level English

Story starts at 4:29

Boy's story B1 English

This is a story about a family. There's quite a lot going on in this family but that's not very obvious unless you listen very carefully. The story is told from the point of view of a six-year-old boy and his ten-year-old sister. I've written this story for B1 students with lots of B1 language all the way through. As usual, I'll explain some key words before I start. Here we go...

I'm just going explain some of the main verbs. Most, but not all, of them are Latin-based words.

To fight = to argue with words or even by physically hitting each other - in this story it refers to a fight with words.

To argue = a fight with words only.

To expect = to think or believe that something will happen or that somebody will do something.

To insist = to demand that something happens or that somebody agrees to something.

To annoy = to do or say something that makes somebody angry.

To convince = to say something to somebody so they agree with you.

To fancy = in the context of this story, to like something, you have a feeling you would like to have something.

To complain = to say you don't like what somebody has said or done.

To apologise = to say sorry for something you said or did to somebody.

To remind = to tell somebody something so they won't forget.

To remove = to take something away.

Here is one last word, and it's very important to understand the story, although it's not a B1 word. The word is eel. An eel is a long thin fish that looks a bit like a snake. Some eels you can eat - like the one in this story. Listen carefully to the story. Listen for how these verbs are used and listen to what has happened to this family. Also, listen and find out about the funny stories the boy tells his sister. Why does he tell them?

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