Lesson 4: Run Away With the Circus!

LET'S LEARN ENGLISH - LEVEL 2

Lesson 4: Run Away With the Circus!

Explain that “In Lesson 4, Anna and Pete start their new show. They do not agree about the circus. Are the performers artists or athletes? Do they perform or compete? Find out in the first ‘He Said - She Said’ show. In this lesson, you will see how they support their opinions by explaining their reasons for thinking the way they do.”

Key Words

admit - v - to say usually in an unwilling way that you accept or do not deny the truth or existence of (something)
athlete - n - a person who is trained in or good at sports, games, or exercises that require physical skill and strength
athletic - adj - strong and muscular
back and forth - adv - toward the back and then toward the front or backward and forward
bar - n - a straight piece of metal or wood that is used as a tool
circus - n - a traveling show that is often performed in a tent and that typically includes trained animals, clowns, and acrobats
competitive - adj - of or relating to a situation in which people or groups are trying to win a contest or be more successful than others
embody - v - to be a symbol or example of (something)
form - n - a type or kind of something
graceful - adj - moving in a smooth and attractive way
hang - v - to hold one's body in the air
Michelangelo - n - Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer
Rembrandt - n - Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was a famous Dutch painter and artist
right side up - adv - with the top of something, or the head of a person, facing upward
ring - n - something that is shaped like a circle
rope - n - a strong, thick string that is made by twisting many thin strings or fibers together run away with phrasal verb to secretly leave a place with a person or a group
side - n - one of two or more opinions, positions, etc., that disagree with each other
trapeze - n - a short bar that is hung high above the ground by two ropes and that is held by circus performers who perform athletic tricks on it
twirl - v - to turn or spin around and around

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Lesson 4: Run Away With the Circus!

Key Words

admit - v - to say usually in an unwilling way that you accept or do not deny the truth or existence of (something)

athlete - n - a person who is trained in or good at sports, games, or exercises that require physical skill and strength

athletic - adj - strong and muscular

back and forth - adv - toward the back and then toward the front or backward and forward

bar - n - a straight piece of metal or wood that is used as a tool

circus - n - a traveling show that is often performed in a tent and that typically includes trained animals, clowns, and acrobats

competitive - adj - of or relating to a situation in which people or groups are trying to win a contest or be more successful than others

embody - v - to be a symbol or example of (something)

form - n - a type or kind of something

graceful - adj - moving in a smooth and attractive way

hang - v - to hold one's body in the air

Michelangelo - n - Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer

Rembrandt - n - Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was a famous Dutch painter and artist

right side up - adv - with the top of something, or the head of a person, facing upward

ring - n - something that is shaped like a circle

rope - n - a strong, thick string that is made by twisting many thin strings or fibers together run away with phrasal verb to secretly leave a place with a person or a group

side - n - one of two or more opinions, positions, etc., that disagree with each other

trapeze - n - a short bar that is hung high above the ground by two ropes and that is held by circus performers who perform athletic tricks on it

twirl - v - to turn or spin around and around