After an enjoyable game of golf with Peter Bestluck, Mark learns something very surprising about Mosquito City; something that impresses Mark tremendously.

Have you ever seen a rhinoceros? Still in the limo on the way to the golf course, Mark and Peter talk about rhinos and how dangerous they are.

Miyako’s Education (Lower Intermediate Level)

Episode 1: An Australian student is in Japan.
Language: What is your name? Where are you from?
Grammar: “be” verb patterns
Episode 2: A Japanese student introduces her friend.
Language “Who is that?”, “This is…”, …

Sitting on a black leather sofa, Mark interview’s Peter Bestluck, the richest man in Mosquito City. What do they talk about? Listen and find out.

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John: Hi, Yumie, have you heard the news?
Yumie: The TV news?
John: No, Miyako’s news! She’s going to go to Oz. She’s going to be there …

by Mark White (2005)
We learn our first language easily. As we hear sounds we connect them to things and ideas and then after we have built up a repertoire of sounds/words that we understand, we …

The Business Trip is an English dialog series with questions and answers for beginning learners. It is about Mr. Tanaka, who travels to the United States on a business trip. It contains …

In this episode, Mark meets a very interesting woman in the park. While they are having a friendly chat, Mark notices that she has an odd pet sitting next to her. What might it be?

Mark buys a newspaper from the newspaper vendor in the street. How much does it cost him?

Mark sits down in the restaurant and orders a meal from the waiter. Listen to find out what he orders. What would you order?