Well, in today's post we're going to take that a step further, reading (or listening to a classic) and learning English (and some History) at the same time.
Where we would find that type of material, you're probably thinking... On the BBC languages website, of course!
I was born in Exeter in Devon (England) but I lived, for the last years of my life in England, in Cornwall. So I've chosen a classic novel, set in Cornwall, about a tavern called the Jamaica Inn, here are some pictures:-
Anyway, back to the point, here is the first episode of the Jamaica Inn, you can read it or listen to it as a podcast and I'm going to put a short comprehension quiz in the comments. Enjoy!!!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/drama/jamaica-ep-01
Quiz
ResponderEliminar1. What did Mary promise her mother to do?
a) Stay on the farm
b) Get married
c) Go to live with her aunt
2. Who is Joss Merlyn?
a) Mary's father
b) The landlord of Jamaica Inn
c) A man she meets on her journey
3 What does the man in the coach say about Jamaica Inn?
a) Local people like going there
b) Strange things happen there
c) Mary will like it there
Vocabulary
ResponderEliminarinn - pub where people can stay overnight
landlord - person who owns or manages a hotel or an inn
consolation - something that you makes you feel better about a difficult situation
lashing - when rain is lashing, it is falling very heavily, often with a lot of wind
moor(land) - large open area of land with very few trees or plants and very few buildings
queer - (here) strange, unusual
respectable - acceptable to most people in a place
coach - form of transport that is pulled by horses and was used in the past