Hi i'm andrew and welcome to this a new playlist a new series of videos to help
people learning English this particular series is really aimed at advanced
learners of English who want to learn even more of our wonderful language now
this is based on a book called my Japanese wife this book is available on
Project Gutenberg which is a fabulous resource on the internet which has books
where the copyright no longer applies so everybody can use these books as they
want and I'm gonna use it today to help you guys learn a bit more English so
we're going to start with our first extract from the book
page 1 obviously where we always start in a book so here is the first extract
Moo's Mei is leaning over me as I write lose me a butterfly from a far eastern
Atlantic ah'd silk with a magenta satin Obi or sash a blot of bright color in
the dullness of my English study my mousse may with Dresden China tinted
cheeks and tiny ways playing at life as it always seems to me with the dainty
grace of Japan that idealized dolls house land Moo's Mei who goes with me
everywhere who's bizarre clothing attracts notice
to her when the delicately pretty face of a child woman with innocent soft eyes
and finally arched brows is hidden behind the ever-present
fan which she draws from the ample folds of her Obi
so in the next few slides I am going to show you the meaning of the words
highlighted in red if you have questions about any of the other words please
leave those questions as comments below this video and I promise I will answer
all of your questions so apricot and apricot is a fruit this one here and
it's also the color of the fruit magenta another color the color that this flower
is a sash an item of clothing used around the waist of a dress or similar
like this a blot a blot means the same thing as a mark or a stain such as the
thing you get if you spill red wine on a white carpet in this book a blot a
bright color in the dullness of my English study means that the presence of
his wife the fact that she is there is a very attractive and pleasing
interruption to his studies of English which he finds dull or boring tinted if
something is tinted it has a little bit of color just a little bit so the
windows of this car are tinted with a little bit of black and finally ample
the word ample can mean big enough but it also means very big very large so
there is ample room in this mansion which is a very large house or this is
an ample muncher so over there is enough room for lots of people in the mansion
or the mansion is very large okay so that's it from me if you found this new
video useful then please subscribe and what we're going to do is every few days
we're going to continue this story and if each part of the story I'm going to
highlight some words that I think might be
useful for you to know as learners of English so I hope you've enjoyed this
video i'm andrey by the way have a nice day and goodbye