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Bookworm – Point Of View Lesson

Hi, I’m Joe Weiss and I’m one of the teachers and directors of Learn Real English and I’d like to welcome you to this point of view lesson.

Okay, in this lesson I’m going to tell you the same story from three different points of view. First, I’m going to tell you the story as if it’s happening right now in the present. So let’s start.

There is a man and his name is Jerry and Jerry is a bookworm. And Jerry wants to own a bookstore but unfortunately there is a problem. Jerry is unable to open a bookstore because he doesn’t have enough money to open a bookstore.

Well, one day Jerry’s father calls him and he tells Jerry about a speed reading competition on August 1st. The winner of the competition is to receive $1,000,014, a lot of money.

Well, Jerry wants to win the competition and he wants to use the money to open a bookstore. So every day he practices speed reading. He practices speed reading for 20 hours each day and the other 4 hours of the day he sleeps.

Well, August 1st is the date of the competition and on that day Jerry doesn’t want to drive, so he takes a taxi to the competition. But there’s a problem. The taxi driver’s name is Curtis and Curtis is a terrible driver. He is, he’s a terrible driver and when Curtis is driving Jerry to the competition, he runs a red light. And when he runs the red light he hits another car.

Now there’s a woman driving the car and her name is Donna. And Donna has a bun in the oven. Well, fortunately Donna is not hurt when her car is hit and about five minutes after her car is hit, she cries out in pain. Donna cries out in pain because she has gone into labor.

Well, Jerry knows that Donna needs to go to the hospital so Jerry drives Donna to the hospital in Donna’s car. And because of everything that happens, Jerry is unable to compete in the speed reading competition.

Well, I have some good news. Four hours after Donna arrives at the hospital, she gives birth to a healthy baby boy. And the next day, Jerry visits Donna in the hospital and Donna is very happy to see Jerry and she wants to get Jerry a present to thank him for everything that he has done for her.

So she asks Jerry what he likes to do. She asks him what interests him. Well, Jerry tells Donna that he loves reading so Donna tells Jerry to meet her at 1:30 in the afternoon the next day. She tells Jerry to meet her at a bookstore in London named London Books.

Well, the next day, Jerry meets Donna at London Books. And when Jerry arrives, Donna hands him a key. It’s the key to the bookstore. You see, Donna is the owner of London Books and she also owns 12 other bookstores in London.

And Donna is so thankful for everything that Jerry has done for her that she gives him a bookstore. Jerry’s dream has come true. He finally owns a bookstore.

Okay, so that’s the end of our first story in this lesson. Now in that story, I told you the story as if it is happening right now in the present. Next, I want to tell you the story as if it will happen sometime in the future. So let’s start.

27-1/2 years from now in the future, there will be a man and his name is going to be Jerry. And Jerry is going to be a bookworm and Jerry is going to want to own a bookstore. But unfortunately Jerry is going to be unable to open a bookstore because he isn’t going to have enough money to open a bookstore.

Well, one day Jerry’s father is going to call him and his father is going to tell him about a speed reading competition on August 1st. The winner of the competition is going to receive $1,000,014, a lot of money.

Well, Jerry is going to want to win the competition and he’s going to want to use the money to open a bookstore. So every day Jerry is going to practice speed reading. He’s going to practice speed reading for 20 hours each day and the other 4 hours of the day he’s going to sleep.

Well, August 1st the competition is going to occur. And on that day, Jerry isn’t going to want to drive so he’s going to take a taxi to the competition. But unfortunately there’s going to be a problem.

The taxi driver’s name is going to be Curtis and Curtis is going to be a terrible driver. While Curtis is driving Jerry to the competition, he’s going to run a red light and when he runs the red light, he’s going to hit another car.

Well, there’s going to be a woman driving that car and her name is going to be Donna. And Donna is going to have a bun in the oven. Well, fortunately, Donna is not going to be hurt when her car is hit, but about five minutes after her car is hit, Donna is going to cry out in pain. Donna’s going to cry out in pain because she’s going to go into labor.

Well, Jerry is going to know that Donna needs to go to the hospital so Jerry is going to drive Donna to the hospital. He’s going to drive Donna to the hospital in Donna’s car. And because of everything that has happened, Jerry is going to be unable to compete in the speed reading competition. Poor Jerry.

Well, I have some good news. Four hours after Donna arrives at the hospital, she is going to give birth to a healthy baby boy. And the next day, Jerry is going to visit Donna in the hospital. Well, Donna is going to be very happy to see Jerry and she’s going to want to get Jerry a present to thank him for everything he has done.

So Donna’s going to ask Jerry what interests him, what he likes to do. Well, Jerry is going to tell Donna that he really likes reading. So Donna is going to tell Jerry to meet her at 1:30 in the afternoon the next day. She’s going to tell him to meet her at a bookstore in London named London Books.

So the next day Jerry is going to meet Donna at London Books. And when Jerry arrives, Donna is going to hand him a key. It’s going to be the key to the bookstore. You see, Donna is going to be the owner of London Books and she’s also going to own 12 other bookstores in London.

And Donna is going to be so thankful for everything Jerry has done for her that she’s going to give him one of her bookstores. Jerry’s dream is going to come true. He finally is going to be the owner of a bookstore.

Okay, so that’s the end of our second story in this lesson. Now in that story, I told you the story as if it was going to happen in the future. So we have one more story in this lesson. In this next story, I’m going to tell you the story from Jerry’s point of view and I’m going to tell you the story as if it’s already happened in the past. Okay, so let’s start the story then.

Hello, my name is Jerry and I want to tell you a story about something that happened to me a long time ago. You see, at that time, I was a bookworm and I wanted to own a bookstore. But unfortunately I was unable to open a bookstore because I didn’t have enough money to open a bookstore.

Well, one day my father called me and he told me about a speed reading competition on August 1st. The winner of the competition was to receive $1,000,014.

Well, I wanted to win the competition and I wanted to use the money to open a bookstore so every day I practiced speed reading. I practiced speed reading for 20 hours each day and the other 4 hours of the day I slept.

Well, August 1st was the day of the competition but I didn’t want to drive that day. So I took a taxi to the competition. Now the taxi driver’s name was Curtis and unfortunately Curtis was a terrible driver. And when Curtis was driving me to the competition, he ran a red light. And when Curtis ran the red light, he hit another car.

Now there was a woman driving that car and her name was Donna. And Donna had a bun in the oven. Well, fortunately Donna was not hurt when her car was hit but about five minutes after her car was hit, Donna cried out in pain. She cried out in pain because she had gone into labor.

Well, I knew that Donna needed to go to the hospital immediately, so I drove Donna to the hospital in Donna’s car. But because of everything that had happened, I was unable to compete in the speed reading contest, so I was disappointed.

Well, I have some good news. Four hours after Donna arrived at the hospital, she gave birth to a healthy baby boy. And the next day, I visited Donna in the hospital and Donna was happy to see me and she wanted to give me a present to thank me for everything I had done for her.

So she asked me what I liked to do, she asked me what interested me. Well, I told Donna that I really enjoyed reading, really liked reading. So Donna told me to meet her at 1:30 in the afternoon the next day. She told me to meet her at a bookstore in London named London Books.

So the next day, I met Donna at London Books. And when I arrived there, Donna handed me a key. It was the key to the bookstore. You see, Donna was the owner of London Books and she also owned 12 other bookstores in London.

And Donna was so thankful for everything I had done for her that she gave me one of her bookstores. My dream had finally come true. I was the owner of a bookstore.

Okay, so that’s the end of our third and final story in this lesson. So I want you to listen to this lesson every day for at least seven days and as you listen to each story I just want you to understand what’s happening in the story. And I want you to remember the point of view that the story’s being told from, okay?

And I want you to listen to this lesson every day for at least seven days because I want you to learn this material deeply and the more times that you listen to this, the more deeply you will learn the material. It will become automatic for you, okay?

Alright, well that’s all for this story, or for this point of view story lesson then. I’ll see you next time.