Ace's English Stories for Tracey

By Ace and Tracey

Ace is a native English speaker from Australia and Tracey is an advanced learner of English. Ace reads stories to Tracey in a comprehensible way. The podcast is 99% in English. Suitable for intermedia... more

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January 14, 2024The Knight at Dawn 03 (Part 2)
Magic Tree House - The Knight at Dawn - 03 Across the Bridge (Part 2)
00:00 Reading the story and explaining hard words simultaneously
Key words/phrases
Windmill

Comprehensive

Wind turbines

Hydropower

Generate

Blade

Mill wheat

Crush

Flour

Machinery

Grinding

Structure

Con

Rotational

Mist

Piercing

Shriek

Split

Variety

Pierce

Figuratively

Literally

Pitch

Expect

Necessarily

Metaphor

Fog

Belly button

Nipple

Hawk

Eagle

Predatory

Inner ward

Broad rounded wings

Wingspan

Spread out

Hospital wards

Section

The inner ward of a castle is the area surrounded by the innermost walls.

Multiple

Defence

Invader

Retreat

Efficiently
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8min
January 13, 2024The Knight at Dawn 03 (Part 1)
Magic Tree House - The Knight at Dawn - 03 Across the Bridge (Part 1)
00:00 Reading the story and explaining hard words simultaneously
Key words/phrases
Drawbridge

Moat

Draw up and down

Feast

Plenty of

Festive

Festivity

Pork ribs

Whole roast chicken

Vegetables

Pumpkin soup

Fruit

Garlic bread

Champagne

Armo(u)r

Protective clothing

Metal

Hit

Attack

Sword

Damage

Helmet

Expose

Weight up to

Castle

Medieval

Native speaker

Imput

Context

Enemies

Crocodiles

Typical

Artificial

Specific

Entrance

Reptile

Salt water crocodiles

Fresh water crocodiles

Encounter
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8min
January 12, 2024The Knight at Dawn 02
Magic Tree House - The Knight at Dawn - 02 Leaving Again
00:00 Reading the story and explaining hard words simultaneously
Key words/phrases
Dawn was starting to break.

Annie was shining her flashlight on the books scattered about.

Distribute across the area

Tyrannosaurus

Predator

Shudder

Trauma

Shudder at the thought of it

Tyrannosaurus rex/T-rex

A red silk bookmark stuck out of it.

Silkworms

Leather

Horse neighing

Onomatopoeia

Advanced word

A knight in shining armo(u)r.

Metaphorically

Trope

Cliché

A damsel in distress is a character type, trope, and/or theme where a primary female character must be rescued by the hero.

Critising

Polished

Prince charming

Moan

Tremble

Squeeze

Shiver

Damp

Whinny

To peek

Loom out

Fog

Appear

Yank

Examine

Teeny

Scoot

Groan

Misty

Spray
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12min
January 11, 2024The Knight at Dawn 01
Magic Tree House - The Knight at Dawn - 01 The Dark Woods
00:00 Introducing book and book cover

02:37 Reading the story and explaining hard words simultaneously
Key words/phrases
An illustration

Thrilling

Black stallion

Armo(u)r

Knight

Medieval time/Middle Ages

Background and foreground

Generally speaking

Vivid

Digress

Temporal

Grammatically

Medallion

Represent

Organisation

Signature

Dawn

Gray/Grey

Sunrise

Glow

Sunset

Crépuscule (French)

Le crépuscule du matin (A French poem), Charles Baudelaire (Writer)

Dusk

Tiptoe

Ballerinas

Weight forward on feet

Robber

Imagery

A simile

Vibrant descriptive

Pleasurable immersive

Literary

Sneaker

To toss

Distinction

Scenario

The language context

Crept/Creep

Stealthily

A magic wand

She clipped it onto her belt.

Attach it

Utility belt

Slides in/Attaches

They slipped out the door into the cool early-morning air.

Crickets were chirping.

Cicadas

They dashed across the dark, wet lawn and didn’t stop until they reached the woods.

To frown

Forehead

To glare

Mysterious

Grip

Disappear
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22min
January 10, 2024Dinosaurs Before Dark 10
Magic Tree House - Dinosaurs Before Dark - 10 Home Before Dark
00:00 Reading the story and explaining hard words simultaneously
Key words/phrases
The woods were lit with a golden late-afternoon light.

Stuck

Jack still felt dazed.

Shrugged

Medallion

Pupil dilating

Came the distance cry again.

Annie poked her head out the window.

Jack slung his backpack over his shoulder.

Swing it around

Clasped

Engraving

Tingle

Tingling sensation

Etched in

Carved in
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9min
January 09, 2024Dinosaurs Before Dark 09
Magic Tree House - Dinosaurs Before Dark - 09 The Amazing Ride
00:00 Reading the story and explaining hard words simultaneously
Key words/phrases
Pteranodon

Coasted down

Tyrannosaurus

Eased down

Spread out

Teeter (Move or balance unsteadily; sway back and forth.)

Teeter on the brink/edge of something. (Close to being in a specified state or condition.)

Society is teetering on the edge of collapse.

Precariously

Riot

Protest

To balance precariously, to sway back and forth, to be unsteady.

Duck-billed dinosaurs

Then the Pteranodon soared out over the plain.

Triceratops

Grazing

Triumphant

Triumph (A great victory or achievement. The processional entry of a victorious general into ancient Rome.)

Overcome obstacles

General

Feasting

Miracle

Simile (A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g. as brave as a lion).)

Rhetorical device

Whoop (A loud cry of joy or excitement.)

Reptile

Sailed over

Wobbly

Dizzy

Bolted

Scrambled

Slammed

Splintering off

Colliding with something else

Tumbled into

Pennsylvania

Tore/tear through it

Moan
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14min
January 08, 2024Dinosaurs Before Dark 08
Magic Tree House - Dinosaurs Before Dark - 08 A Giant Shadow
00:00 Reading the story and explaining hard words simultaneously
Key words/phrases
Magnolia tree

Panic

Tyrannosaurus rex/T-rex

Steak knifes

Bumps

Serrations

Meat-eating land animal

Stampede

Ravine

Bison

Bulls

Trample

Hoof

Step on

Run over

Flapping

Pteranodon

Hit the ground

Gliding

Sailed down
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6min
January 07, 2024Dinosaurs Before Dark 07
Magic Tree House - Dinosaurs Before Dark - 07 Ready, Set, Go!
00:00 Reading the story and explaining hard words simultaneously
Key words/phrases
Dashed down

Ferns

Pteranodon

Scrambled up

Annie leaped to the window.

Panting

Tyrannosaurus

Wandering off

Hunched down

Squatting down

Arched back

Humps

Hunchback

Coast clear

Groaned

He leaped to the ground.

Anatosauruses

Charged down

He scooped it up.

Jack took off.

Formula 1/Grand Prix (A name sometimes used for competitions or sport events, alluding to the winner receiving a prize, trophy or honour.)
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6min
January 06, 2024Dinosaurs Before Dark 06
Magic Tree House - Dinosaurs Before Dark - 06 Dinosaur Valley
00:00 Reading the story and explaining hard words simultaneously
Key words/phrases
Magnolia tree

Medallion

Clutching

Shriek

A deep, belowing sound.

Tuba

Crouching

Duck-biiled dinosaur

Jack inched farther down the hill.

Scooting down

Waddled

Clumsy

Examined

Anatosauruses (Previous name, now it is called Anatotitan)

Colonies

Barged down

Throw up

Enormous

Plain

Swinging a long, thick tail, and dangling two tiny arms.

Gleaming

Tyrannosaurus rex/T-rex
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12min
January 05, 2024Dinosaurs Before Dark 05
Magic Tree House - Dinosaurs Before Dark - 05 Gold in the Grass
00:00 Reading the story and explaining hard words simultaneously
Key words/phrases
Quit it

Scrambled

Tumbled into

Panting

Rhinoceros

Frenetic

Shield-like

Triceratops

Flipped through the pages

Caption

Cretaceous period

Slammed the book shut

Shove...into...

Pack

Satchel

Diagonally across

He slang it over his shoulder

Flings it around

Made a face

Peeked out

Incredibly

Truck

Magnolia tree

He kneeled behind a fat bush.

Annie knelt beside him and started to speak.

Squat

Conceal

Slipped

Nudged

Sign language

Teasing

Gazed down

Magnolia flower

Loped away

Stride

Grunted

Glittering

He reached out and picked it up.

Medallion
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12min

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The podcast currently has 24 episodes available.