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Category: L4 – Advanced
Strange Friends (Advanced)
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Genre: Children’sSetting: FairytaleNew Vocabulary: “For all the good it will do you”, Altar, Christening, Crumbs, Disposition, Fantasise, Godmother, Kitty, Might as well, Ponder, SavourWord Count: 1554Original Author: Ariel GoodbodyA cat and a mouse live together as friends, and what strange friends that makes! One day, the cat suggests they store some food for the winter, so they buy a pot of fat and hide it in a church. But while the mouse happily cleans the house, the cat starts to think about the food…
Let’s Write a Story Together! with Alastair Budge
In this episode, I brainstorm a story with Alastair Budge. We start with the concept of someone from Antarctica moving to London and experiencing culture shock and peculiarities of life in the UK. We come up with cultural references and humorous situations involving misunderstandings about British culture. After this episode, Alastair went off and wrote the story, which I then edited, and next week you’ll be able to hear the recorded version.
What Makes a Snake
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Genre: DramaSetting: ModernNew Vocabulary: Dread, Drill down, Filing cabinet, Get the memo, Line manager, Minutes, Piss, Scroll (computer), Sexual harassment, Squeeze out, Synergy, Touch base, UrinalWord Count: 6590Original Author: Ariel GoodbodySam works in the stupidest department of his company: the ‘Synergy Snakes’. What they’re actually supposed to do, he has no idea, but he’s managed to create a system where he doesn’t have to talk to his co-workers and does as little work as possible. The only problem is, the company is looking to get rid of some people, and Sam’s an easy target…
Doggo and Kitty Tear Their Trousers (Advanced)
It’s a lovely day, and Doggo and Kitty go for a walk in the forest. But when Doggo gets into a fight with a rabbit, he tears his trousers, and now everyone is laughing at him! How can they mend his trousers when they’re just a dog and a cat?
Doggo and Kitty Do Their Laundry (Advanced)
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Genre: Children’sSetting: FairytaleNew Vocabulary: Alas, Clamber, Claw, Foam, Glitter (verb), Lather, Leap, Ponder, Scrub, Seeing as, Spit out, Turn up your nose in disgust, WriggleWord Count: 1905Original Author: Josef ČapekDoggo and Kitty want to be like the adults, and adults put on clothes when they go outside. But there’s a problem: Doggo and Kitty’s clothes are dirty! Well, they’ll just have to do laundry. That should be simple, right?
The End
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Genre: FantasySetting: ModernNew Vocabulary: Agony, Base instincts, Bioregionalism, Bloom, Buzzard, Cannibalism, Cathartic, Curl up, Cymbals, Horizon, Intentional, Millennium, Mourn, Roar, Solace, Tapestry, Tinnitus, Umbilical cordWord Count: 866Original Author: Ariel GoodbodyOne day, God came down and took all life from earth. Except humans. But how can you survive in a world without life?
The Digital Fugitive
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Genre: Science FictionSetting: FutureNew Vocabulary: Accessibility, Bodybuilder, Cog, Fugitive, Merge, Middle management, Nerve endings, Painkiller, Physiotherapy, Powerchair, Prosthetic, Puff, Scrap, UnderclassWord Count: 1170Original Author: Ariel GoodbodyThe war is raging on, and the government needs a part from her wheelchair. The only problem is, her wheelchair is now a part of her body. And she’s illegally modified it.
Sleeping Beauty (Advanced)
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Genre: Children’sSetting: FairytaleNew Vocabulary: Beloved, Cloak, Compassion, Compliment, Crack, Curse, Dye, Gladiator, Seafoam, Throne, Under a spellWord Count: 2354Original Author: Fairy TalesDella stopped suddenly. The fairy’s face changed, filling with anger. She jumped towards the wings, and her spell was broken. The guards ran forward, grabbing her thin arms and easily holding her back. ‘If she will not give me my wings, then let her suffer like me! If I cannot fly, then she must sleep. Tonight, your beloved princess will fall into a deep sleep and never wake up again!’
Billy and Dim Chapters 2 & 3
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Genre: RomanceSetting: MedievalNew Vocabulary: “You’re toast”, Beast, Bind, Charm, Ex, Five o’ clock shadow, Flustered, Hulking, Make a scene, Overhear, Pack (animals), Pin Down, Seduce, Shudder, Spit, Sprout, Tame (verb), Torture, TrackWord Count: 4238Original Author: Ariel Goodbody‘Tell me your name, dog,’ spat the Big Bad Wolf. ‘Or I’ll break your pretty little neck.’ A deep, dark part of Demetrius’ mind thought, “Maybe I’d like that,” a thought which he quickly silenced.
Billy and Dim Chapter 1
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Genre: RomanceSetting: MedievalNew Vocabulary: Bug (spying), Cast a spell, Grin, Inn, Pollen, Reminisce, Rogue (loner), Sorceress, Tattoo, Waterskin, Werewolf, WickedWord Count: 2031Original Author: Ariel GoodbodyLittle Red Riding Hood wasn’t so little anymore. In fact, she was a full-grown woman, and not only that, but a powerful sorceress, too. The only remains of her past were the red riding hood she always wore, whatever the weather, and her nickname: Red. Billy, for his part, had changed very little. He was the Big Bad Wolf, or at least, that was what the wanted posters and frightened villagers called him, but in…