Emotionally Intelligent Husbands Mini-Story [Effortless English DVD1 > LV3 > 03]

The short story in the Mini-Story of the Emotionally Intelligent Husbands lesson Bob is a newlywed. He and his wife Cathy have been married only two months. Unfortunately, Bob is an authoritarian husband. Every day he tells Cathy “Cook my food. Clean this house. Serve me woman!”.  Bob feels he is entitled to be served like a King by his wife.  Cathy is very sweet. She is a very...

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Disobedience - Mini-Story [Effortless English DVD1 > LV3 > 02]

The story in the Disobedience Mini story audio file Once, there was a guy named Luke. Luke was a rebel. The authorities vilified him and said he was an abominable person, but Luke was really an admirable man. He had a good conscience. He always fought  for what was good and just. He refused to obey unjust laws. So, the authorities condemned Luke. And they sent Darth Cheney to kill him.  Darth...

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Cafe Puccini - Mini-Story [Effortless English DVD1 > LV3 > 01]

The short story in the Mini-Story of the Cafe Puccini lesson Okay, effortless English members. Welcome to the mini story for the article Cafe Puccini. All right, let’s get started.  Mike is a writer. But he's not a normal writer, he is a very controversial writer. Liberal people love him, conservative people hate him. Mike is famous in the American literary scene. He helped to make...

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Lost Custody Vocabulary [Effortless English DVD1 > LV2 > 05]

Welcome to the vocabulary lesson for the dear Abby letter,  “Lost Custody”. Let's get started.“Young mother is frightened  by threat of lost custody.”“To be frightened”, it means to be scared.  So “frightened” is the same as “scared”. He said, “I’m frightened”, it means “I'm scared” or it means “I'm afraid”.  Afraid; frightened; scared, all means the same thing.And the word “custody”...

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Disobedience Vocabulary [Effortless English DVD1 > LV3 > 02]

Hello and welcome to the Effortless English vocabulary for Disobedience.Ok, I’m goanna talk about the word “just”. “Just” is an important word. It’s a different meaning than the word “just” when you say, “I just want to go to sleep.” In that case,”just” means “only”, right? I only want to go to sleep. But in this case, in this article, “just” means good or fair. It comes from the word “justice”. Ok,...

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