Friday, February 6, 2015

THE STRANGER (Cinema)


Woodend is a small, quiet village without any shops or visitors. A stranger appears in the village one day and opens a shop there. As of that day, many tourists start to come to Woodend. Special customers visit the shop secretly. They need help and the stranger helps them.


THE STRANGER

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Vocabulary:
Word
Picture Illustration
Example

knock
 

He knocked at the door and a woman opened it.

laughed
 

The woman laughed. ‘A hotel? Here in Woodend?’

glad
 

Mrs. Harrison gave him a room for the night. He was very glad.

coat
 

Wait a minute. I’ll get my coat.

church
 

The church in Woodend was the most beautiful building in the village.

empty: no one lives in
 

Mr. Smith had died in the summer. His house was empty.

corner
 

The house was on the corner of Main Street and Church Lane.

sold
 

A few days later, Mr. Smith’s house was sold.

roof
 

He fixed the roof.

sign
 

On the morning of Monday 21st December, they saw a big sign on the front of the house.

idea
 

The corner shop is a good idea.

quiet
 

It’s too quiet here. Woodend needs a shop.

loud
 

He was a very big man with loud voice.

slapped
 

Dave smiled and a few people clapped.

cake
 

I know that you make beautiful bread and cakes.

flowers
 

You grow beautiful flowers.

pot
 

Mr. Everett makes pots.

doll
 

Mrs. Davies makes dolls.

painting
 

I do paintings of the village.

busy
 

Soon the shop was very busy and Dave needed an assistant.

film star
 

Are you Greta Gordon the film star?

shout
 

“Miss Greta Gordon!’ shouted Anna.

shake (past tense shook)
 

She and Dave shook hands.

ring
 

She was wearing beautiful diamond rings.

frightened: very afraid
 

She seemed to be frightened.

cry
 

She was pale. She was crying.

tear
 

Her eyes were red with tears.

sign
 

Here’s a photograph of me. I’ll sign it.

secret: something you don’t want anyone to know
 

Please keep our secret. Please don’t tell anyone.

kiss
 

The film star kissed Anna.

question
 

Don’t ask any more questions about her, Anna.

spring
 

Soon it was spring.

marry
 

In May, Peter asked Anna to marry him.

cricket: a kind of sport
 

On Saturday, Peter played football or cricket.

magazine
 

“Film News” was a magazine about film stars.

page
 

Anna turned the pages.

tourist
 

Summer tourist were arriving in Woodend. The weather was beautiful.

finger
 

What happened to the rings on her fingers?

close
 

I’ll close the shop at lunchtime and we can go to Lidney.

worried
 

Anna wanted to go with Dave, but she was worried about Peter.

dress
 

Dave bought Anna a new, expensive dress.

warm
 

It was late but the night was warm.

shoulder
 

he put his arm round her shoulder and kissed her.

boss
 

Dave was Anna’s boss at the shop.

football match
 

On Saturday there was a big football match.

bell
 

The bell rang and Anna went to the door.

case
 

The man was carrying a small case.

appointment
 

I’ve got an appointment to see Mr. Slatin.

angry
 

Dave was very angry with Anna.

face
 

The young man’s face was white.

drive (past tense drove)
 

He got into his car and drove off.

kitchen
 

Anna was helping Mrs. Hart in the kitchen.

tea
 

They were making tea.

sitting-room
 

Peter took it into the sitting-room.

score
 

Mike Bailey scored a great goal.

goalkeeper
 

The other team’s goalkeeper was injured.

kick
 

Bailey had kicked the ball very hard.

neck
 

The ball had hit the footballer’s neck.

news
 

Later, they all watched the news on TV.

interviewer
 

The TV showed a picture of Mike Bailey and the interviewer.

smile
 

Dave smiled at Anna.

bored
 

Sometimes you’re bored, aren’t you?

nothing
 

Anna said nothing.

clever: smart
 

You’re a village girl, but you’re very clever, Anna.

stupid
 

‘Village girls aren’t stupid,’ said Anna.

agreement
 

She and Dave had made an agreement.

go shopping
 

On Saturday they went shopping and in the evening they went to a cinema.

park
 

On Sunday they went to a park.

autumn
 

It was a cold autumn.

win
 

‘Hello!’ said Anna. ‘Did you win on Saturday?’

red
 

Anna’s face was red.

voice
 

Her voice was quiet.

listen
 

She did not listen.

city
 

Dave’s from a big city.

walk
 

Peter turned round and walked out of the room.

unhappy
 

Now Anna was alone. She was very unhappy.

wet: with a lot of water
 

It was October, it was cold and wet.

middle-aged
 

A middle-aged gentleman came in.

moustache
 

He was a big man with a very large moustache.

briefcase
 

He was carrying a large briefcase.

salesman
 

‘Are you a salesman?’ she asked.

silence
 

There was a silence. Anna spoke first.

delicious
 

‘The water melon looks delicious,’ said Mr. Riseman.

bread
 

She put a bread in a bag.

wrist
 

Mr. Riseman stepped in front of her. He held her wrists.

strong
 

He was very strong.

note
 

Early in the morning, she left a note for Dave

telephone-box
 

She got off the train and looked for a telephone-box.

entrance
 

They were near to the entrance of the station.

full
 

The boxes were all full.

advertisement
 

The letter ‘I.C.S.’ was on a huge advertisement.

secretary
 

Mr. Riseman’s secretary. Can I help you?

flying
 

Mr. Riseman is flying to Switzerland in an hour’s time.

annoyed
 

The secretary became annoyed.

message
 

‘That’s impossible,’ she said. ‘But I can take a message.’

tired
 

Anne was tired, but she felt happy.

dead
 

The Chairman of I.C.S was dead and Mr. Riseman was the new chairman.

sleep
 

Anna did not sleep last night.

handle
 

She went to the back of the shop and turned the handle of the locked room.

hot
 

It was a small room, dark and hot.

table
 

There was a table in the middle of the room.

chair
 

There were two old chairs and a lot of boxes.

pencil
 

There were no order books, no papers, no pencils.

dirty
 

Underneath, there were some dirty, old clothes.

leg
 

Inside the box there were some dolls with broken arms and legs.

torn
 

There were some pictures of footballer but the pictures were all torn.

 threw
 

He took out the rings and threw them on the table.

actress
 

Joanna Leigh is the actress who broke her arm.

photograph
 

David pointed to ta torn photograph in the football book.

evil
 

Dave Slatin was an evil man.

tightly
 

Dave took Anna’s arm and held it tightly.

power: amazing ability
 

I have strange powers. I can give anything you want.

children
 

And you, Anna, you will give me children.

run (past tense ran)
 

She ran out of the Special Orders Room.

street
 

She went through the shop and out onto the street.

bed
 

Anna was ill and stayed in bed.

doctor
 

She had a fever and her mother phoned the doctor.

fire
 

There’s a fire at the Corner Shop!

flame: big fire
 

The shop was in flames.

jump
 

Jump, Dave,’ they shouted. ‘Save yourself!’

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