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Learning English Conversations

Skeleton in the closet

Learning English Conversations

BBC

Education, Language Learning

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2014

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Finn and Li go to his late uncle's house. What is Li afraid of? We hope this expression won't frighten you.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is a feature from BBC learning English.

0:03.0

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0:09.0

forward slash podcasts.

0:11.0

The English we speak.

0:13.0

We speak.

0:14.0

Thank you for coming with me.

0:17.0

Thank you for coming with me to my late uncle's old house. He died recently.

0:28.0

What a huge house! Yes, my uncle, Frank Stein, left instructions for me to collect a suitcase which contains a donation to a school.

0:43.0

Hmm, a kind man who lived in a huge dark house.

0:47.0

Oh, what was that?

0:50.0

Oh, an owl.

0:51.0

Spooky.

0:53.0

This wooden mask on the walls look very scary.

0:59.0

Finn, look big eyes, twisted mouths.

1:03.0

Oh yes, they're from an old tribe, I think.

1:08.0

Finn, why did your uncle have all this stuff?

1:12.0

Well, our family has never had much contact with him

1:18.1

He was a bit of a loner with a mysterious past

1:22.4

mysterious past yes Mysterious past?

1:24.0

Yes, he had a mysterious life.

1:27.0

He was an adventurer and a gambler.

1:30.0

His first wife was killed in an accident. The second one disappeared.

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