FAMILY / Level1
My name is Robinson. I am from England. I am eighteen years old.
My father is German.
My mother is English. I have two brothers. I have one sister. We are a good family.
My father is a good businessman. We have money. I have a good school.
My mother is English. I have two brothers. I have one sister. We are a good family.
My father is a good businessman. We have money. I have a good school.
I have a good life. But I have a dream. I want to travel. I want to see the world.
My father is a good man. He wants the best for me. But my dream is not his dream.
He is not happy. The situation is not easy.
It is morning. My father is in his room. He wants to speak with me. I go to his room. My father has some questions. My father wants to know why I want to travel.
My father says, “Travelling is dangerous. Travelling is not comfortable. You can die.”
I think about it. Travelling is dangerous. It is not comfortable. I can die.
My father is a good man. He wants the best for me. But my dream is not his dream.
He is not happy. The situation is not easy.
It is morning. My father is in his room. He wants to speak with me. I go to his room. My father has some questions. My father wants to know why I want to travel.
My father says, “Travelling is dangerous. Travelling is not comfortable. You can die.”
I think about it. Travelling is dangerous. It is not comfortable. I can die.
But it is also very interesting. I can see new countries. I can meet new people.
I think about travelling every day. Maybe my mother can help me.
I speak with my mother. I tell my mother, “I want to travel. I want to see the world. Please, speak with my father. Maybe with your help, I can travel.”
My mother loves me. But she thinks that travelling is dangerous.
I think about travelling every day. Maybe my mother can help me.
I speak with my mother. I tell my mother, “I want to travel. I want to see the world. Please, speak with my father. Maybe with your help, I can travel.”
My mother loves me. But she thinks that travelling is dangerous.
She thinks that my place is at home.
She thinks that life in England is the best for me.
One year later, I visit one big town. The name of this town is Hull.
I meet my friend. His father has a ship. They travel to London.
One year later, I visit one big town. The name of this town is Hull.
I meet my friend. His father has a ship. They travel to London.
My friend tells me, “Go with me.”
I think about it. I am not prepared. But I can try if travelling is for me.
I go to London. I am very happy. It is my first long journey. It is very interesting.
I think about it. I am not prepared. But I can try if travelling is for me.
I go to London. I am very happy. It is my first long journey. It is very interesting.
The first hour is good. But then we have problems. We see a storm.
The storm is big. The wind is strong. The ship goes up and down. I have fear.
I think about my home. I think about my comfortable bed.
The storm is finished in the morning. The weather is nice.
The storm is finished in the morning. The weather is nice.
And the evening is beautiful. Everything is quiet.
One man comes to me. We speak. We speak about the storm.
One man comes to me. We speak. We speak about the storm.
I speak about my fear. The man gives me a drink. I drink very much.
I sleep very well at night.
The next day, I forget about my home. I forget about my comfortable bed.
The next day, I forget about my home. I forget about my comfortable bed.
I dream more about travelling.
I was born in England in 1632. My father was German and my mother was English. I had two brothers and one sister. We were a good family.My father was a good businessman. We had a lot of money. I had good education.
I had a good life. But I also had a dream. I wanted to travel by sea.
I wanted to see the world.
My father was a good man. He wanted the best for me.
My father was a good man. He wanted the best for me.
But my dream wasn’t his dream. He wasn’t happy. The situation wasn’t easy.
I was 18 years old when my father called me to his room.
I was 18 years old when my father called me to his room.
He wanted to speak with me. When I came to his room, my father asked me some questions. My father wanted to know why I wanted to travel by sea.
Then my father told me, “Travelling by sea is dangerous. It isn’t comfortable.
You can die.” My father started to cry.
I thought about my father’s words. Travelling by sea was dangerous.
I thought about my father’s words. Travelling by sea was dangerous.
It wasn’t comfortable. I could die. But it was also very exciting.
I could see new countries. I could meet new people.
I thought about travelling by sea every day. It was difficult to be at home.
I tried to speak with my mother. I told her, “I would like to travel by sea very much.
I thought about travelling by sea every day. It was difficult to be at home.
I tried to speak with my mother. I told her, “I would like to travel by sea very much.
I want to see the world.”
I told her, “Please, help me speak with my father.
I told her, “Please, help me speak with my father.
Maybe with your help I could travel by sea.”
My mother loved me very much. But she thought the same as my father.
My mother loved me very much. But she thought the same as my father.
She thought that travelling by sea was dangerous.
She thought that the best was to stay at home.
She thought that life in England was the best for me.
One year later I visited Hull, a town in England. It was the 1st of September.
One year later I visited Hull, a town in England. It was the 1st of September.
It was the year 1651.
I met my friend. His father had a ship. They travelled by sea very often.
I met my friend. His father had a ship. They travelled by sea very often.
Their next journey was to London. My friend told me, “Go with us.”
I thought about it. I wasn’t prepared for this journey.
I thought about it. I wasn’t prepared for this journey.
But I could try if travelling by sea was for me. So I went to London.
I was very happy. It was my first journey by sea. It was very exciting.
I was very happy. It was my first journey by sea. It was very exciting.
The first hour was great. But then we started to have problems. We saw a storm.
It was closer and closer. The wind was stronger and stronger.
The waves were bigger and bigger. The ship went up and down. I had fear.
I thought about my home. I thought about my comfortable bed.
The storm was finished in the morning. The weather was nice the whole day.
The storm was finished in the morning. The weather was nice the whole day.
And the evening was beautiful. Everything was so quiet.
One man came to me. We talked. He made some jokes. They were funny.
One man came to me. We talked. He made some jokes. They were funny.
He asked me about the weather. I told him about my fear during the storm.
“What storm?” he said, “The little wind?” he laughed.
He offered me a drink. I drank a lot. Soon I was drunk. I slept very well at night.
The next day, I forgot about my home. I forgot about my comfortable bed.
He offered me a drink. I drank a lot. Soon I was drunk. I slept very well at night.
The next day, I forgot about my home. I forgot about my comfortable bed.
I started to dream more about travelling by sea.
The next three days, the wind wasn’t good. We went very slowly.
The next three days, the wind wasn’t good. We went very slowly.
Then the wind was stronger. We went faster.
The next day, another storm came. The storm was bigger. I was really scared.
I saw that the other men were scared too.
The next day, another storm came. The storm was bigger. I was really scared.
I saw that the other men were scared too.
My father was German and my mother was English.
I had two older brothers and a younger sister.
The oldest brother joined the army and he was killed in battle.
The middle one disappeared and we never heard what happened to him.
I was well-educated and my father wanted me to study law, but I wanted to go to sea. Nothing would make me stay at home and become a lawyer.
I was 18 years old when my father called me to his room.
I was 18 years old when my father called me to his room.
He was old and he suffered from an illness which kept him in bed.
My father asked me why I wanted to go to sea when I could stay at home, study and prosper in my own country.
He told me that travelling by sea was dangerous.
He warned me that I would lose safety and comfort of my home if I went to sea.
My father also told me that if I went abroad, I could die like my oldest brother.
When he was saying this, he started to cry and he couldn’t continue.
My father’s advice and warnings made me think and I started to forget my desire to travel by sea. But my decision to stay home didn’t last long.
One week passed and I decided to talk to my mother and tell her I wanted to travel. I told her how curious I was. I told her how I wanted to see the world.
Then I asked her to speak to my father.
My father’s advice and warnings made me think and I started to forget my desire to travel by sea. But my decision to stay home didn’t last long.
One week passed and I decided to talk to my mother and tell her I wanted to travel. I told her how curious I was. I told her how I wanted to see the world.
Then I asked her to speak to my father.
I asked her to tell him to let me go on one sea journey.
I promised that if I didn’t like it, I would go back home and start working very hard. My mother didn’t agree. She also didn’t want me to go abroad.
I stayed home one more year.
I stayed home one more year.
The whole time I was thinking whether to follow my parents’ wish or my own desire.
One day in September I was in the town of Hull.
One day in September I was in the town of Hull.
A friend of mine was going with his father’s ship to London and he invited me to go with him for free.
I wasn’t prepared and my parents didn’t know, but I boarded that ship on that September day.
The moment the ship left the river and went into the sea my troubles started.
The moment the ship left the river and went into the sea my troubles started.
There was strong wind and the sea was rough.
A storm was approaching. I was very scared and I felt seasick.
I began to regret my decision to leave home.
I thought every wave was going to sink the ship.
I promised myself I would go home and apologize to my parents as soon as
I stepped on dry land again.
The storm was over by the morning.
The storm was over by the morning.
I was still seasick during the day and I was thinking about the terrible storm. However, the evening was beautiful and the sea was very peaceful.
One of the sailors came to me and we started talking. He made some funny jokes. He asked me what I thought about the light wind.
One of the sailors came to me and we started talking. He made some funny jokes. He asked me what I thought about the light wind.
I told him I was very scared of the storm. The sailor offered me a drink.
I got drunk and that night I slept very well.
The next day, I forgot how scared I was. I also forgot my decision to go back home. Instead I was dreaming more about travelling by sea.
The next few days the wind was blowing against us and we couldn’t move much. Three days later the wind increased and we could go faster.
The next few days the wind was blowing against us and we couldn’t move much. Three days later the wind increased and we could go faster.
The book is written for students who know between 100 and 3000 words in English.
Level 1 is for students who know 100 – 1000 words.
Level 2 is for students who know 1000 – 2000 words.
Level 3 is for students who know 2000 – 3000 words.
Words in bold type are difficult words. When you read this book, you can learn many words.
join
battle
desire
increase
make
suffer
prosper
educated
comfort
advice
warn
disappear
last
curious
whether
approach
rough
board
warning
apologize
regret
sink
seasick
peaceful
warn
drunk
blow