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Journey to the Center of the Earth: Learn English Through Story [Subtitled
Journey to the Center of the Earth (French: Voyage au centre de la Terre, also translated under the titles A Journey to the Center of the Earth and A Journey to the Interior of the Earth) is an 1864 science fiction novel by Jules Verne. The story involves German professor Otto Lidenbrock who believes there are volcanic tubes going toward the centre of the Earth. He, his nephew Axel, and their guide Hans descend into the Icelandic volcano Snæfellsjökull, encountering many adventures, including prehistoric animals and natural hazards, before eventually coming to the surface again in southern Italy, at the Stromboli volcano...
Learn English through Story (10 & 11), Level: Intermediate (subtitle)
Paul, Sheila, and Charlie are three friends in university. After their examinations, they want to go on a vacation. Paul invited Sheila and Charlie to go to his vacation cottage. But when the two friends arrived to the cottage, a strange man opened the door. What happened to Paul?"
Learn English through Story (from 4 to 8), Level: Intermediate (subtitle)
Paul, Sheila, and Charlie are three friends in university. After their examinations, they want to go on a vacation. Paul invited Sheila and Charlie to go to his vacation cottage. But when the two friends arrived to the cottage, a strange man opened the door. What happened to Paul?"
Hansel And Gretel: Learn English Through Story (subtitle) - Level 2
Hard by a great forest dwelt a poor wood-cutter with his wife and his two children. The boy was called Hansel and the girl Gretel. He had little to bite and to break, and once when great dearth fell on the land, he could no longer procure even daily bread. Now when he thought over this by night in his bed, and tossed about in his anxiety, he groaned and said to his wife: 'What is to become of us? How are we to feed our poor children, when we no longer have anything even for ourselves?' '...
