Learn English with The Shining
Learn English with The Shining
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
Why learn English with The Shining?
"The Shining" tells the story of the Torrance family who move into a big, empty hotel for the winter. Jack, the father, wants to write a book, but strange things start happening. The hotel has a dark past, and it seems to affect Jack's mind. His son, Danny, has a special gift called "shining," which lets him see scary visions. You'll learn words like "isolation," "overlook," "maze," and "cabin fever," which are all important to the story. You'll also see how conversations happen in different situations, from job interviews to family arguments. The movie explores themes of family, madness, and the supernatural. It can help you understand how English is used to express strong emotions like fear, anger, and desperation. The language ranges from formal conversations in the beginning to more informal and sometimes frightening language as the story goes on. This variety can help you learn different styles of speaking and understand how tone changes depending on the situation. There's also quite a bit of dialogue between adults and a child, which can be helpful for understanding simpler sentence structures and vocabulary. While "The Shining" is a scary movie, it can be a good way to learn English because it has a captivating story that will keep you engaged. The clear pronunciation of many of the actors makes it relatively easy to follow the dialogue. By listening to the characters talk, you'll improve your listening comprehension and learn new vocabulary in context. Just remember that some of the language and themes are intense, so it might be better for learners who are already somewhat comfortable with English.
Words from The Shining
Here are the first 15 of the more difficult words in The Shining:
- appointment: a planned meeting or visit at a specific time, often related to work
- hello: used to say hi to someone when you meet them, in emails or when answering the phone
- secretary: a person who works for another person, dealing with mail, phone calls, and arranging meetings, often in an office
- anyway: used to shift the topic, return to a previous topic, or get to the key point
- anybody: any person at all
- hardly: almost not at all
- mrs: a title used before the last name of a married woman
- overlook: to have a view of something from above
- schoolteacher: a person who teaches at a school
- recommend: to suggest that something is good, useful, or suitable for a particular purpose
- skiing: the activity or sport of sliding on snow while wearing long, flat, narrow pieces of plastic or wood attached to your feet
- fantastic: a casual way to say extremely good or excellent
- enormous: very large
- sidewinder: a type of snake found in North America that is poisonous and moves quickly across the desert by wriggling its body into an S shape
- economically: in a way that uses the least amount of resources like time and money, providing good value
English words in a year
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