fall
power town fine
certain
fly
unit
lead cry
dark note
wait
plan figure
star
box
field
rest
correct
able
pound
beauty
drive
contain
front teach
week final
green
quick
develop
sleep warm
free
strong
special voice mind behind clear tail fact street inch
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THE GIRL FROM THE STARS
Karl got up from his
sleep. Some one was
crying in the
dark. In
fact, it came from the
street
in front of his house.
“Who is out there?” he asked in a
strong
voice,
looking out.
“It's me...Where am I?” came a small voice from the street.
“You’re in my
town.” answered Karl.
“That’s fine.
Where is that?” the voice came back.
Karl turned on the
power to the
front light. There was a girl in
the street.
“This is called Hopetown,” he said.
“That’s a good name,” said the girl. “I think I saw its
lights when I was
flying above.”
In the light he saw the girl’s
beauty. She was still crying.
But Karl had a
quick
mind. He was
certainly
able to
develop a plan to help her. “Do you
have a problem?” Karl asked.
“Well, a little problem. I was
falling
through the air,” she said. “I was
free then, so free...The
stars were all around me
in the clear night. I came
down in that
field over there.”
“Are you cold?” Karl said. “Come in and get
warm, and have some food.”
“Can you
drive
me home?” she walked from the street.
“Where is home? And what’s your name?” he said,
leading her to the front steps of
his housing unit.
“My name is Julia. And if my
figures are
correct, I
live 50 miles from here.”
In the house, Karl went to his cold-food
box. It contained
a
4-pound fish
he was eating before. He cut off an
inch above the
tail for Julia.
“I hate fish.” she said, turning away. The fish was a
little green.
“OK,” Karl said, eating the
rest of her fish
behind
her back. “Now, why were you falling through the air?”
“They were
teaching me to fly
at night. But the
school wanted my final money. Up there in the air, they handed me this
special
note. It said: “We have
waited 8
weeks. Give us our
money….now.”
"So how did you get here?" said Karl.
“Well, I didn’t have their money. And I was up in their
flying classroom, so they just
...showed
me the way out.”
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Great! So now...you can read and understand
350 of the most basic words in English.
The story above gives you the first
44 new words of these
lessons. In the next 25 lessons, we will give you 44 more new words each
lesson. And
WordMaker™ in this lesson shows you how to put simple words
together to make
many more new words.
These are short
definitions
of the 44 new words:
able - can do something
(to Story)
beauty - quality that gives pleasure to the senses
(to Story)
behind - at the back
(to Story)
box - n. a container, often with a cover
(to Story)
certain - definite, sure
(to Story)
clear - easy to see through
(to Story)
contain - v. to
have within
(to Story)
correct - free from mistakes
v. to make right
(to Story)
cry - v. to make a sound that shows pain, fear
(to Story)
dark - no light, lacking light
(to Story)
develop - v. to bring to, or grow to a more complete state
(to Story)
drive - v. usually, to operate a car or
truck
(to Story)
fact - a thing which is true
(to Story)
fall - v. to drop from a higher position
(to Story)
field - a piece of land, an area
(to Story)
figure - n. a number or a written thing other than a letter v. to calculate
(to Story)
final - at the end of a process;
last
(to Story)
fine - satisfactory
(to Story)
fly - v. to move through the air with wings
(to Story)
free - able to do what one wants: also,
without cost
(to Story)
front - the forward part of a thing or of a living creature
(to Story)
green - the color of most plants and leaves
(to Story)
inch - a unit of length,
approx. 2.4 centimeters
(to Story)
lead - v. to take somebody to some place
(to Story)
mind - n. the brain
as used for thinking v. to pay close attention to
(to Story)
note - a short written document
(to Story)
plan - put thoughts in order to show them
to others
(to Story)
pound - 1v. to beat downward on an object
n. a unit of weight n. a unit of British currency.
(to Story)
power - something that
can move other things, i.e. horse power is still used to measure
power.
(to Story)
quick - fast
(to Story)
rest - v. to stop acting when tired
n. the others
(to Story)
sleep - a natural state of rest
(to Story)
special - not a
usual thing
(to Story)
star - a space body one can see at night
(to Story)
street - a public road in a city
(to Story)
strong - having much force or power
(to Story)
tail - a thin part extending from the back of animals
(to Story)
teach - v. to communicate skills or knowledge to young people
(to Story)
town - a population center smaller than a city
(to Story)
unit - a thing, group, person as part of a whole
(to Story)
voice - a sound produced by humans
(to Story)wait - v. to do nothing until something happens
(to Story)
warm - between hot and cold
(to Story)
week - a period of 7 days
(to Story)