724. The Mountain (Short Story for learners of English)
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- čas přidán 6. 06. 2024
- Learn English with a short story.
Listen & repeat after me if you'd like to practise your pronunciation.
Learn some vocabulary in the second half of the video.
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Credit for the story goes to Aknier on Commaful.com
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Contents
00:00 Introduction / Tips for learning English with this story
05:16 Story begins
15:28 Explaining and teaching vocabulary from the story
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I’m pretty sure the writer of the story is a woman by the way.
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Although I'm 60 and retired , I'm studying to become an English teacher. I must congratulate you for being such a good teaching model for us. Your performance is excellent! Thanks a lot.
You made me be in suspense...waiting for more,. Little sad for me because memories came to my heart when my dad died and my .other, with eight children, completed her commitment. You are a good teAcher...story teller
Sergio, kudos to you! It's great and inspirational to hear that you are trying to become an English teacher. Keep it up!
Good luck. That motivates me to learn more English as well.
Sir, your comment encouraged me to complete my way for improving my language, Although I'm still 33 years old, I was thinking that I'm so older to start a new life with more curiosity . But now I'm so excited for doing all my best. Thanks for u I wish you all the best and good health 😊
So do I , genial 👍🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Hi everyone! Thanks for the comments. I’ll be doing more stories on the podcast in the future. 📖📚📙
The story was written by @Aknier on Commaful.com commaful.com/play/aknier/the-mountain/
P.s. if you think the character is a man, you weren’t paying attention! I’m pretty sure it’s a female character. She mentions wearing a skirt (of course men can wear them, but usually it’s women), getting catcalled (almost always women), I think someone mentions her partner as “dad” so the chances are that the character is female, and her nickname “montanita” is Spanish for “little mountain”, and is a feminine word. There are also other possibilities of course 🌈 and anyway - it doesn’t really matter. I think anyone can relate to the character in the story.
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Yes Please!!! More stories...great performance!!! thanks a lot
Dear Luke,
You have a very nice and calming voice.
The pace is also excellent. Not too fast and not too slow.
Could you please think about doing more stories to help people sleep in these pandemic times?
It could help people to calm down, learn English and sleep!
I got addicted to doing this.
Next day, I usually listen again to the stories and finish them because I slept in the midle of an audio.
There are many sites with stories about mistery and crime.
These are not good to sleep, but I listen to whatever I can.
Romantic and comic stories would be much better.
Please think about it!
Many thanks.
hi, i'm new here. this contrast you did with the UK and US English was pretty cool, i'm looking forward to more of them. Greets from Brazil, really loved your work! keep it up ! :)
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You are the best English teacher EVER!!! Thanks for your effort and generosity.
B.B.Wang Perhaps I am the oldest student you have ever taught. I am an Australian-Chinese 90 years old. I have kept learning English to enrich/ improve the living quality of my” late” years. Your teaching course helps very much. I especially appreciate the way you teach. I can follow you almost the whole process. And the UK pronunciation. Thank you!. (Please have tolerance for my poor grammar.)
Wow I appreciate your sharing
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I also wrote a short story or joke:
One late night in December 2022. In China, Shanghai. A young man shouted at the empty street: "Because of you alone, the world will not be peaceful!" Two policemen ran out and subdued him, asking: 'Who are you talking about?' The young man immediately replied: “Zelensky.” The police released him. The young man stand up and took a few steps to leave, thinking that something was wrong, turned back and asked the police: 'Who do you think I'm talking about?'
The two police officers looked at each other awkwardly.
Congratulations, you seem a very motivated person. I'm a 68 years old belgian woman and hope I'll be like you when I'm 90 🤗. I also enjoy listening and looking Luke teacher. Go ahead and take care of yourself.
@@marie-annehenkinbrant1904 respected Ma'am, I would to come and serve you as I am also a reader and couldn't survive because here is no peace in our country I would like to serve you and spend my rest of life as I couldn't support to go out from this country. I hope I will get back a positive response
Luke makes English learning fun.
Pronunciation is like a balm for my ears, so simple, flowing and easy understandable
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A good narrator, the teacher himself is not only an alloring speaker, he is also patience, funny, and he makes learning easy for his students. Thanks so much, dear.
....Paula.
Hello Luke, I' m from Argentina. I am an English teacher, in my 60th, and this is my first listening to your stories. Although I am widow, I have spent a great moment in spite of some tears....
Thank you so much!!
This is my favorite video on CZcams because it always calms me down and makes me think about life. Luke's ability to tell stories is a gift.
Yes, I think like you....PS: Luke explained "catcalled"....full of heart!
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What makes your English lessons outstandingly effective is bringing emotions into them. Undoubtedly, we learn a lot more effectively when we dive into the story with emotions. Such an eye-watering story and great presentation. Thank you so much.
Thank you so much. I am a Mexican . You are a awesome teacher.
My dearest Luke! YOU made me cry by that awfully deep story "The Mountain"! I am rather old, have so much experience but couldn't help crying while listening to you. You are a brilliant teacher and a very kind man as well.. Thank you so much for teaching us how to behave,how to stay human beings, how to preserve tenderness in our hearts. Sincerely yours, from Moscow
I love this story.
Full emotion
The same . I cried every time when I listened to this story !!!
Underwear not underpants😂
I agree, indeed, you did a very good choice in using this story for your online audience. It fills one's heart with so much emotion while listening and points out as side-effect learning easily a foreign language. J. Dobbertin from Berlin, Germany
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This idea of a short story for learners is amazing Luke. Thanks for your great work!
I agree. I really like how he breaks it down. He's a great teacher. I enjoy listening.
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I only found your videos quite recently. As I'm an interpreter, I would not really need English lessons. Even so, it's such a delight to hear you reading great short stories that I've taken to listen to as many episodes as I can. Thank you so much!
I am myself an English teacher, first in Russia, later in Israel, I should acknowledge the explanation is very clear and clever.
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I was crying so much at the beginning of the mountain, it touch me so deeply. It seem like the story speaking about my early childhood. It is really deep and truthful story. Thank you very much.
A great story and a great story teller with rich facial expressions. And it’s also a good way for a non native English speaker to learn english.
It's such a touching story, particularly told in such a gorgeous voice.
I am Chinese and have recently moved to New York. This video has been really helpful in learning English. Thank you so much
I love the way you explain the story and the meaning of the words.
Hi Tania
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It is a great story which matches perfectly to an old Chinese saying: fierce as fire and still as mountain.
When I finished listening this story. I feel so sad. I don't know why exactly. In her side she is so much concerned about other people. Thank you for reading this story with your gorgeous &clear voice.
Hello Hello I am Dagoberto, from Brasil. I love studying english. I am Beginner students, but I am studying hard every days. Congratulation e Thanks for your job as a teacher.
How could it be possible? I was relaxing for an hour.
It was like watching a movie. I hardly ever can catch words in a film, but your story is clear for me. You have an intangible manner to make things clear and the skill to make a lesson awesome. Thanks!
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hardly catch, but not to catch hard!
I've never felt the atmosphere like this in podcasts. It's my favourite one. A tragical story and you are so expressive. Great. Thanks!
Frankly this story was so funny! American dream maybe! You did it great😂
Thank you so much for all!🤌🙏🏼
Thank you, Luke, I ' ve learned a lot...I apreciate most of all how you played the role....
Thank, thanks, thank you very much!
I learned so many new words by listening to you in this episode, thank you for making time to teach the vocabulary in the second half. The story is really emotional. I'm impressed with the narrator's personality especially when she was still so young, she always tried to put others first before herself and had the desire to be a cooperative girl. There were problems that she had to face but bothering others was never in her head.
As an English learner , I always have problems with my listening, now I feel I’ve found an amazing way to improve my English skills. Thanks Luke . I love your voice and your reading story.
I have problems of saying the words but i listen very well
Bro i think the same, i would like to know if it worked for you during these 6 months pls
That's true of me, too. Listening is my weak point((( But Luke's made me believe it is not!
Bro
Luke, you are great at story telling! You've shown acting skills as well as the great power of using onomatopeias. Thank you. 😊
You are great I'm an English teacher from iran but I'd love to listen your stories
I'm crying now, cause I see myself in this story.
I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for the amazing work you do on your CZcams channel. Your teaching style is engaging, informative, and truly inspiring. I have learned so much from your lessons, and I feel much more confident in my English abilities as a result. Keep it up the good work 🌹
As an author of short stories and novels , I thoroughly enjoyed the story. The story is either a true confession or written out of emotional empathy. Your narrative is awesome.
Hi im a woman 45 years old, is amazing this podcast with you Luca
I don’t know why. But this story really touched me. Thank you so much for introducing this good story.:)
Hi Luke, after you read the story, you said it could be a woman or a man. It is clear that the narrator is a woman, as she gave her skirt to her little sister, and got catcalls when she's a young woman. Love the Liam Neeson's "Taken" references too. Thank you for the story -- I think we all know someone like this narrator, or is one. It's especially touching when at the end you realize that she is talking to her dead husband, and maybe even trying to tell him that he doesn't have to worry about her and her children, as she has changed and will protect them now that he's gone.
yes absolutely.......another -shout like father did..
Be ncx
U speaking so simplely
I can understand easily
Thank you 🙏
Thanks Luke ! I am following you since 2021 when I was living in Australia looking for ways to improve my English. Cheers from Argentina !!
Hi Luke. Thank for sharing & reading the stories, especially this story. This one touched my heart, i can feel/see her through her calm voice. I also would love to say thank to the writer, she is such a beautiful and powerful soul.
I keep coming back to this video sometimes for relaxing because of the story itself, and your wonderful explanation. Many thanks, Luke. Please do more like this whenever you either have time or run out of idea for a new episode
English is my sencond language. I can learn a lot from the story. Thanks
i must acknowledge that your explanation is just mindblwoing.
You are the best Luke. I am an English teacher of 45 years' experience and I find your videos a great teaching resource and also enjoy listening to them to relax.
Great story and super lesson. Really a dedicated teacher!!
Yes he is.
Students love him...
Like me.
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IT'S AN EXCELLENT CLASS
It's would be great if you designed english classes like these frecuently.
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انا اتعلم اللغه الانجليزيه واستفيد من محادثتك كثيرا .. تحياتي لك يا عزيزي الكريم
It was a long but very good exercise, thank yuo very much, my bless for you
Your pronounciation , explanation , body language and your chosen story are quite perfect for English learners .I loved everything you did.
I love the story you chose and the way you explain it. Hopefully you can do more short stories like this ❤
The attractive places of this CZcamsr are not only his British accent, but also his quality of voice and pace! It looks as if I listen an audio book. What an amazing podcast !! I begin to be hooked by his.
Actually I like to your describe, l means finally your saying about colloquial language thank you so much.. because it’s simple , we could Abel to get it .!!! I’m Sri Lankan from Israel.
Thank you teacher Luke for your strategic teaching of this story!!!!
A good teacher ☺️ speaking to students and doing his best to help them .
You made the story more beautiful with the voice.
Beautiful! Respectable natured human! You always choose a good story!!! Thank you !
Thank God I found your channel. I like your voice, your accent, the touching interpretation. Congratulations!
I am a Brazilian English teacher and your material will help me a lot até school. Thanks a lot!
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This is fantastic! I learnt so many new vocabulary and phrases from this episode, and I think you did a great job on storytelling. Please do more stuff like this. Thank you.
I am italian and English is my 2 languagge. Your English is very clear and it is very easy to listen. Thanks for your video. Make me challenging. Thanks again
I'm from Russia. I don't know English, but I stady to understand with your. We stady at university Singapore and old Belgrade. This a book Outcomes.Let's read to speak correctly!
I am a chinese and 40 years old and in my 40 years life I never immersed in English study for so long time. Your excellent video let me can't help to watch it, thank you very much. You let me have a feeling to met an old friend.
I am a native English speaker but I enjoyed watching the breakdown afterwards, quite entertaining sound effects and all.
He is the best teachear in the web
I like the way you teach English! And so clear easy to understand pronuciarion! Thak you very much! And please keep going!
Thank you Luke😊.
What you do is simply marvelous. I enjoy all your presentations and admire your approach and sense of humor. There is no better way to improve language skills. Thanks a lot 😊
Love it when you explain the different expressions used in US English and UK English！Extremely useful to me .
Hi Luke, your podcast is intersting and unique that there is no background music to distract your voice. Your speaking is clear to hear. It is a good way to learn English language and general knowledge. I'm using your podcast to help a relative to re-gain the memory and to learn again.
This story made me cry!!i can feel her pain!!I m facing same situation she was facing thank you so much for this story
The most, most helpful and appropriateness method I could ever seen
I like this way of teaching. I think that Algebra is the name of the professor.
Gorgeous performance. IT IS really essential to listen to such podcasts while learning English.I fall in love with your typical English accent. I am very much obliged to you.
The way you tell the story is unbelievable. even, I can feel the emotion conveyed in the story. I am imagining the loss of her husband that changed her life :(
Thank you for choosing this story. It brought me to tears, totally unprepared. Very touching...
I am lucky to find this podcast. I am so happy and learn so much
Such an amazing way of explaining and teaching. I learned a lot and had fun. I will let my younger sister watch this as well. We all need to study more. Great channel! Thanks :)
Expressive reading is really very helpful for learning!Thank you for inserting emotions.
What a touching story that made me crying. A calm, tender gentleman who loves his true love and family deeply comes from your story into my heart. Thank you.
You are amazing person.Thank you for your mimic because I could wrap my head around english
Your channel is high quality. A valuable english self learning source.
What a story! This is a great short story I have ever listened. Thank you so much. I love to learn English with you. Because of, you make it easier than other. Take love ❤️
Thank you a lot for your video and for your explanations. It's much easier to understand new words. ☺
I'm so happy to find you! This is something that I've never seen before. Ulia, 26 y.o., Russia.
Perfect class! Go on with that format because is amazing! I leaned pretty stuffs. Thank you Luke!
Looking forward to hearing more stories like this.❤️
Excellent the Mountain story very interested.
Me encanta este sistema para aprender pronunciacion y vocabulario.😃🇦🇷desde Argentina
I've just discovered your channel by chance, my compliments for the moving interpretation. Very useful to me as a learner, thanks so much.
I agree!
I discovered his channel by the chipflake
I’ve always been a ninja but today I decided to leave my very first comment. Thank you Luke! Your podcasts and videos along with premium stuff helped me so much, you can’t even imagine. Recently I’ve landed a job at an international company. You don’t know me personally but you are a person who have changed my life. Thank you again, good health to you and your family.
Strange, how such a short story can grab my attention for the whole time you were reading it. I have always thought that reading aloud could help in so many ways. I am so grateful that I came across your site. Thank you.
Luke, just feel like listening to you forever, when you narrate the stories and explain them. The stories you pick are also too interesting. Thanks for this podcast. It's really helping me and I am sure it's helping may others who are following you.
I really love the episodes in which you read us a short story and then analyze the language bit by bit. I find it easier to learn new items of vocabulary.
Thank you so much! 🌻
I love listening to your channel, especially your clear British accent.
Keep up the good work, LUKE 😊
What an incredible experience I have watching your videos. Love your british accent and the way you explain the meaning of some words. By the way, "mi amor" is Spanish and means "my love" which is a way to call our partners when there is love involved. Hope to see you soon and thank you!!
I'm cried when I listening the story. It’s made me emotional and your storytelling voice is too nice.
Hello dear professor
Thank you so much for your help and advice,i do appreciate your job,all the best. Take care and have a good time.
Your Student from Algeria.
Everything is amazing. We want more videos like this, I mean new short stories and if those were American we would enjoy more. In this it will give us the chance to learn the comparison between two of them plus you did this in a very interesting way .
Luck, you did a good job! Thanks for sharing so emotional story with us!
This story is absolutely terrific!
Thank you for the nice podcast, I love it. You are perfect teacher.
This is emotional story. That is amazing how the writer hides in the story that is over man or woman, just one time, she mentioned that it is over a mom. I noticed when her children compared her with father.
Thank you so much for this story and your great interpretation!
From the very first moment I thought it was a man the writer. So interesting how a person can be so calm when everything around him falls apart. Sad and lovely.
I do like when you read stories for us. Thank you a lot! It is so helpful for English learners. Great job!
As a teacher of English, I often asked my students to read short stories and perform them in the classroom, after working in small group and writing their script. It was a very useful activity.My students appreciated it very much indeed. Best wishes