A1-11 / CEFR A1 / EPISODE 11

In the Classroom

Describing things in a classroom

SceneIn the classroom before lessons.

Frank tries to stop Tina from reaching for flowers on a classroom desk. — Select the illustration to view it at full size in a new tab.

Narrator

Frank and Tina are in the classroom. Class has not started.

フランクとティナは教室にいる。授業はまだ始まっていない。

Tina01

Frank! Look! Free food!

フランク！見て！タダの食べ物！

Frank02

Where?

どこに？

Tina03

On the desk! Right there!

机の上！あそこよ！

Frank04

That is not food. Those are flowers.

あれは食べ物じゃない。花だよ。

Tina05

Flowers? On a desk? Why?

花？机の上に？どうして？

Frank06

A present. For the teacher.

プレゼントだよ。先生への。

Tina07

Oh. On my planet, we eat flowers.

あら。私の惑星では、花を食べるの。

Frank08

Please do not eat the teacher's flowers.

お願いだから、先生の花を食べないで。

Tina09

Okay, okay! ...Just one?

わかった、わかった！…1本だけ？

Frank10

No, Tina. Nooo...

だめだ、ティナ。だめ。

WORDS & CONTEXT

Words & context

“Free food!”

Here free means costing no money, rather than having freedom. Free food! celebrates food that costs nothing. Free can also mean available, as with time or seats in A1-33 and A1-34.

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STORY English with optional Japanese translations

Words & context

“Free food!”