The Bad Room π (Learn English with a Short Story) [986]
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Luke's ENGLISH Podcast - Learn British English with Luke Thompson
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Hello listeners, welcome back to Luke's English Podcast and this episode of Learn English with a Short Story, in which I will be telling you a short story and using it to help you learn English. Just before we begin, I want to give you a reminder that I would like you to send me your stories, send me your descriptions. of strange, creepy, unexplained or frightening experiences. Have you ever had a weird experience that you can't quite explain or a frightening experience that you can remember clearly? Write it down for me, describe it and send me your description and I'll be collecting descriptions and the one that I like the best. You will win and you will win a copy of Anna Brooke's latest book.
You heard her talking about it on the podcast recently. It's called Death by Chocolate. And so the best story will win a copy of the book, but also stories that I like. I will read them out on the podcast in a forthcoming episode. So strange, creepy, unexplained or frightening. Stories, descriptions of weird things that have happened to you, send them to me. You can email luketeacher at hotmail.com or just leave your description in the comments section of the Anna Brooke episode, which is just a couple of episodes ago. Right, so to give you a bit of inspiration on the theme of creepy, unexplained stories, in this episode of Learn English with a Short Story, I'm going to tell you a very odd story, which I first heard from Dave Allen on his TV show.
I don't know if you know about Dave Allen, but he was an Irish comedian... and storyteller who had a great program on British television in the 1970s and 1980s. And a lot of people watched Dave Allen on his television show. I remember seeing him on TV. My parents were fans of his. What was so great about Dave Allen's show is that he simply sat on a stool in front of an audience and told stories to everyone. He was a fantastic storyteller. He was very, very funny, but also his stories were extremely compelling. He was a brilliant storyteller. And so this is one of his stories, okay, that I'm going to tell you right now. It's called The Bad Room. I'd like you to listen very, very carefully. A little test for your English.
What is the meaning of the last line of the story? What's the significance of the last line of the story? So listen carefully. I will explain everything afterwards. I'll go through the story line by line, explaining bits of vocabulary so you can genuinely learn a lot of English from this.
What is the creepy story about The Bad Room?
But now let's begin. Let's read The Bad Room. And here we go. So this is The Bad Room. If I may, I'd like to tell you a true story. A story about a house. A house that had what people in Ireland call a bad room. This room had an atmosphere, an unwelcoming, heavy presence. People were reluctant to go into it. They avoided it, spoke about it in lowered voices and refused to have anything to do with it If visitors heard about the room and asked to see it, the people who lived there would always warn them. Please do not go near the room. And if you must go near it, go with someone else, never alone. Because that room had an attraction, a strange, fatal attraction. something that drew people inward like a magnet.
Those brave or foolish enough to open the door would be allowed to look inside, but never to step across the threshold. And always their companion would stand behind them, ready to hold them back. Because once the door opened, the pull deepened.
People wanted to go in. They had to be stopped.
One foolish young man, stubborn and determined to prove everyone wrong, ignored all the warnings. People pleaded with him, scolded him, shouted at him, fought with him. And he said, no, I will spend the night in that room and rid us all of this superstitious nonsense.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00β3:20
2
What is the creepy story about The Bad Room?
3:20β7:40
3
What warnings are given about the Bad Room?
7:40β24:06
4
Who is the foolish young man in the story?
24:06β26:11
5
What happens when the young man enters the Bad Room?
26:11β27:35
6
What is the significance of the scream heard from the room?
27:35β28:46
7
What is the meaning of the shoe found in the room?
28:46β30:26
8
What does the Jesuit priest do in relation to the Bad Room?
30:26β1:05:42
Speakers
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