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Hello, my superstar student. This is Alex – your English teacher. It’s me again. Welcome to the vocabulary lesson for “A Secret”. Let’s get started.

There is a fish. And her name is Nancy. Nancy the fish has a secret.

And our first word is a secret. A secret is something that you don’t tell anyone. Usually it is information that you keep from other people. The information you hide from other people.

Nancy the fish has a secret. She has a piece of information that she doesn’t tell anyone. She keeps it a secret. She hides it from other fishes. Nancy the fish has a secret.

All the fishes want to know the secret. But Nancy doesn’t reveal the secret to them.

Our next word is to reveal. To reveal. To reveal means to tell or to show. Nancy doesn’t reveal the secret to them. It means Nancy doesn’t tell the secret. She doesn’t show the secret. Nancy doesn’t reveal the secret to them.

One day all the fishes decide not to talk to Nancy any more. The fishes refuse to talk to her.

And here we have the word to refuse. The fishes refuse to talk to her. To refuse means not to want to do when you are asked to. Nancy asks them to talk to her, but the fishes don’t want to do it. The fishes don’t want to talk to Nancy. The fishes refuse to talk to her.

The fishes pretend not to see her.

Well, pretend, pretend, pretend. This is a very common word in English. To pretend means to make someone believe that something is true, when it is not true.

So all the fishes want to make Nancy believe that they do not see her. Though it is not true, of course. They see her, of course. But they pretend not to see her.

Nancy says, “I don’t care. I can do well without you” and she swims away.

I don’t care. I can do well without you. This all means I am not troubled what you think about me. I can live well without you. I can do well without you. So Nancy the fish says: “I don’t care. I can do well without you.”

Three weeks later Nancy is swimming towards a big, beautiful and fantastic coral reef.

Here we see the word towards. Towards something means in the direction of something. It’s easy, right? Nancy is swimming in the direction of a big, beautiful and fantastic coral reef. Nancy is swimming towards a big, beautiful and fantastic coral reef. I think you get the idea.

She has never been there before, which means it’s her first time there. As Nancy swims up to the big, beautiful and fantastic coral reef, she sees a lot of fishes of different kinds.

As Nancy swims means when Nancy swims. It is easy, right?

Let me focus on the expression “of different kinds”. She sees a lot of fishes of different kinds. Of different kinds means of different sorts. Nancy sees a lot of fishes of different sorts. She sees a lot of fishes of different kinds. In other words, the fishes are not the same. They are different. They are big and small. They are long and short. They are fat and thin. They are blue, yellow, red and black. Nancy sees many fishes of different kinds. She sees a lot of fishes of different kinds.

They are nice, cheerful and friendly to Nancy. Nancy is thrilled. Here we see the expression to be thrilled. To be thrilled means to be happy and excited. Nancy is happy and excited. Nancy is thrilled. She feels happy and excited. Nancy is thrilled.

Suddenly a huge, ugly and hungry shark appears.

Let me take a minute and explain to you the word ugly. Ugly means not attractive, not nice. Suddenly a huge – big, ugly – not good looking, not nice, not attractive and, of course, hungry shark appears.

The shark starts eating all the fishes. Nancy is trying to escape from the shark, but the shark follows her.

Our next word for today is to escape. To escape means to get away from a very unpleasant situation. Nancy is trying to get away from a very unpleasant situation. Nancy is trying to escape from the shark, but the shark follows her.

And of course, the next word is to follow. To follow means to go or come after someone in the same direction. It’s very easy, right? So the shark goes after Nancy. The shark comes after Nancy. The shark swims after Nancy. The shark follows Nancy.

Nancy is trying to hide in the seaweeds, but the shark finds her and attacks her.

You may know our next word which is to hide. But let me tell you about this word again. To hide. To hide means to go somewhere where no one can find you or see you. Nancy is trying to go somewhere where the shark cannot find her or cannot see her. Nancy is trying to go somewhere where the shark cannot find her. Nancy is trying to swim somewhere where the shark cannot see here. Nancy is trying to hide in the seaweeds, but the shark finds her and attacks her.

But because Nancy is a secret aikido master. What’s it mean? It means that no one knows that Nancy is an aikido master. Nancy keeps it a secret. It is her secret. The secret that she doesn’t reveal to anyone. She doesn’t tell anyone that she is an aikido master.

What is an aikido master? What is an aikido, first?

Aikido is something like, you know, like judo. Actually, aikido is a Japanese self-defense system where you can fight with your hands and with your feet.

So Nancy the fish is a secret aikido master. She knows how to defend herself. She is an aikido master. She is a secret aikido master.

Nancy beats the shark. The shark screams and swims away.

Okay, our next word is to beat. To beat means to hit someone many times. In our case, Nancy hits the shark many times. Nancy beats the shark.

The shark screams and swims away.

And our final word for today is to scream. To scream means to make a loud high cry. Usually because you are hurt, frightened or excited. So Nancy beats the shark. The shark makes a loud high cry, because she is hurt. Nancy hits her many times. The shark screams and swims away. And the shark swims away, because she is hurt.

All the fishes love Nancy. She becomes the queen of the coral reef. She becomes the sea queen of the coral reef. And of course, Nancy is very happy.

And this is the end of the vocabulary lesson for “A Secret”. Now you know what to do. You listen to the vocabulary lesson one or two times a day. It will help you to understand the story better. It will help you to see the words and use the words correctly. And it will certainly help you speak English better.

The next lesson is your bonus lesson. Go and get it!