A1 & A2 listening lessons feature easy vocabulary, basic grammar, and slow speech with short pauses.
🎹 piano – A big musical instrument with black and white keys.
Example: Joe teaches piano to his students.
🎷 jazz – A type of music with strong rhythm and feeling.
Example: Joe wants to play jazz music professionally.
🎭 professionally – In a serious way to make money or as a career.
Example: Joe wants to play jazz professionally.
⚡ accident – Something bad that happens suddenly.
Example: Joe has an accident and his soul leaves his body.
🌌 soul – The invisible part of a person, often linked to thoughts and feelings.
Example: Joe’s soul goes to a place called the Great Before.
🌠 Great Before – A special place where new souls wait before going to Earth.
Example: In the Great Before, Joe meets 22.
🌟 spark – A special feeling or reason for living.
Example: 22 doesn’t want to go to Earth because she has no spark.
🧭 find your way – To figure out where you need to go or what to do.
Example: Joe needs to find his way back to his body.
🧠 learn about life – To understand more about what makes life special.
Example: Joe starts to learn about life during his journey.
🌈 small joys – Little things that make people feel happy.
Example: Life is full of small joys, not just big dreams.
Joe Gardner is a music teacher. He teaches piano. But Joe has a big dream: he wants to play jazz music professionally. He loves jazz very much!
One day, Joe is getting a chance to play! He is very excited. But then, an accident happens! Joe’s soul leaves his body. He is going to a special place called the “Great Before.” There are many new souls here. There isn’t a body for Joe here yet!
In the Great Before, Joe meets a soul named 22. 22 doesn’t want to go to Earth. She doesn’t have her “spark” to live. Joe is trying to help 22 find her spark, and he is trying to get back to his own body on Earth.
Joe and 22 are starting a big adventure. They are visiting Earth in a funny way. They are seeing many new things. Joe is learning about life. Is life only about a big dream? No, it isn’t only about a big dream!
Joe and 22 are finding that life is full of small joys. They are helping each other. Joe finds his way back to his body. And 22 finds her spark. They are happy! It is a wonderful story about finding joy every day.