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Introduction
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encourage the student at home to tap into the vast resources of vocabulary common to English and the foreign languages taught here. The student takes part in the audio, following prompts by the presenter, as in Michel Thomas original Foundation and Advanced courses. The teaching is all in English, with the addition of two native speakers to give models for perfect pronunciation and to increase the opportunity for practice. See the end of the booklet for details about all these courses.
Infantry Division in France. The award was finally presented to him in May 2004, sixty years later. Michels wartime experiences, particularly his torture by the Gestapo when he discovered the ability to block out pain, made him aware of the untapped potential of the human mind. However, it was his deeply held conviction that the biggest weapon in maintaining a free society was education that drove him to devote his life Michel in the uniform of an officer in to probing the learning process. Michel the French Resistance moved to Los Angeles in 1947, and he set up a language institute in Beverly Hills. Over a period of twenty-five years, he developed a unique and revolutionary learning system that has made him the worlds leading language teacher. Now, for the first time, his method has been made widely available through the publication of these recordings.
For a full account of his fascinating life, read The Test of Courage: Michel Thomas by Christopher Robbins, published by Hodder & Stoughton.
Whom did Michel Thomas teach? People came from all over the world to learn a foreign language with Michel Thomas because his method works. His students, numbering in the thousands, included well-known people from the arts and from the corporate, political and academic worlds. For example, he taught French to filmstar Grace Kelly prior to her marriage to Prince Rainier of Monaco.
Michel with Grace Kelly
Michels list of clients included: Celebrities: Emma Thompson, Woody Allen, Barbra Streisand, Warren Beatty, Melanie Griffith, Eddie Izzard, Bob Dylan, Jean Marsh, Donald
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Sutherland, Mrs George Harrison, Anne Bancroft, Mel Brooks, Nastassja Kinski, Carl Reiner, Raquel Welch, Johnny Carson, Julie Andrews, Isabelle Adjani, Candice Bergen, Barbara Hershey, Priscilla Presley, Loretta Swit, Tony Curtis, Diana Ross, Herb Alpert, Angie Dickinson, Lucille Ball, Doris Day, Janet Leigh, Natalie Wood, Jayne Mansfield, Ann-Margaret, Yves Montand, Kim Novak, Otto Preminger, Max von Sydow, Peter Sellers, Franois Truffaut, Sophia Coppola. Diplomats, dignitaries and academics: Former U.S. Ambassador to France, Walter Curley; U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., Joseph V. Reed; Cardinal John OConnor, Archbishop of New York; Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua, Archbishop of Philadelphia; Armand Hammer; Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York; Professor Herbert Morris, Dean of Humanities at UCLA; Warren Keegan, Professor of Business at Pace University in New York; Professor Wesley Posvar, former President of the University of Pittsburgh. Executives from the following corporations: AT&T International, Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble, Chase Manhattan Bank, American Express, Merrill Lynch, New York Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Boeing Aircraft, General Electric, Westinghouse Electric, Bank of America, Max Factor, Rand Corporation, Bertelsmann Music Group-RCA, Veuve Clicquot Inc., McDonalds Corporation, Rover, British Aerospace.
Index
Introductory (2-hour) course: CD 1 Track 1 0:00 Introduction. How to use this course Introductory (2-hour) course: CD 1 Track 2 0:00 0:09 0:48 0:50 0:53 0:59 1:04 1:09 4:05 4:20 4:38 4:46 4:58 5:40 6:06 6:43 good morning and welcome to wish welcome good morning to learn very quickly guten Morgen und willkommen wnschen willkommen guten Morgen lernen sehr schnell
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Key to similar vocabulary. Consonant shifts that took place in the Middle Ages (d>t>th>s>z, b>p>ph>f>v>w, g>gh>c>ch>k>ck>y>g) good it is t verb ending for he/she/it he goes it is good what water er geht es ist gut was Wasser gut es ist
Introductory (2-hour) course: CD 1 Track 3 0:00 0:10 0:58 1:20 1:38 1:45 2:01 2:14 2:33 The to form of the verb, the infinitive, always ends in n, usually en, in German. to drink Do you want? Will you What do you want? What do you want to drink? to eat What do you want to eat? trinken Wollen Sie? Wollen Sie Was wollen Sie? Was wollen Sie trinken? essen Was wollen Sie essen?
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to do What do you want to do? to come Do you want to come? with me Do you want to come with me?
tun Was wollen Sie tun? kommen Wollen Sie kommen? mit mir Wollen Sie mit mir kommen?
Whenever you have two verbs, the second verb comes at the end of the sentence and is always the to form of the verb. today Do you want to come with me today? evening good evening this evening Do you want to come with me this evening? What do you want to eat? Will you come with me tonight. heute Wollen Sie heute mit mir kommen? Abend guten Abend heute Abend Wollen Sie heute Abend mit mir kommen? Was wollen Sie essen? Wollen Sie heute Abend mit mir kommen.
Wollen Sie means do you want, but its also used for will you.
Introductory (2-hour) course: CD 1 Track 4 0:00 0:09 0:26 1:01 1:06 1:10 1:19 1:47 2:00 2:18 2:25 2:30 3:31 to be when When do you want to be here? Do you want? Will you Can you? Pronunciation of to come Can you come with me? Will you please come with me. Do you want to come with me? kommen Knnen Sie mit mir kommen? Wollen Sie bitte mit mir kommen. Wollen Sie mit mir kommen? sein wann Wann wollen Sie hier sein? Wollen Sie? Wollen Sie Knnen Sie?
The difference between do you want and will you, a question and a polite request. Use of rising intonation for questions please bitte
When do you want to come with me? to see until I see you again / until I hear you again (good-bye) to hear
Wann wollen Sie mit mir kommen? sehen auf Wiedersehen / auf Wiederhren hren
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Introductory (2-hour) course: CD 1 Track 5 0:00 0:42 0:58 1:03 1:48 2:12 2:17 2:30 2:49 3:03 3:33 3:44 4:00 4:13 4:20 4:30 4:45 4:50 5:08 5:26 5:34 5:48 5:56 6:01 6:46 When do you want to see it? Can you see it? I can Pronunciation of ch I want Do you want? you want if When do you want? if you want we want to come you are coming we are coming Are you coming? When are you coming? When do you come? I come / I am coming soon Im coming soon. Do you want? I want Can you? Can you come with me? ich will Wollen Sie? Sie wollen wenn Wann wollen Sie? wenn Sie wollen wir wollen kommen Sie kommen wir kommen Kommen Sie? Wann kommen Sie? Wann kommen Sie? ich komme bald Ich komme bald. Wollen Sie? ich will Knnen Sie? Knnen Sie mit mir kommen? Wann wollen Sie es sehen? Knnen Sie es sehen? ich kann
For you and we you always use the whole verb form.
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Introductory (2-hour) course: CD 1 Track 6 0:00 0:17 0:25 2:35 2:39 2:51 3:12 3:18 3:41 3:45 3:53 4:08 4:13 4:17 4:20 to stay we are staying / we stay How to express the present tense We are staying here. We are staying here today. We are staying here this evening (tonight). you are staying Are you staying? / Do you stay? how to go to see we are going you are going Are you going? I am going / I go Wir bleiben hier. Wir bleiben heute hier. Wir bleiben heute Abend hier. Sie bleiben Bleiben Sie? wie gehen sehen wir gehen Sie gehen Gehen Sie? ich gehe bleiben wir bleiben
Introductory (2-hour) course: CD 1 Track 7 0:02 0:13 0:35 1:45 2:12 2:19 2:28 2:37 2:51 3:05 3:47 4:00 4:27 I not now not now I want I want to see it. but I want to see it but not now. Can you see it? I can see it. I cannot see it. I cannot see you. ich nicht jetzt nicht jetzt ich will Ich will es sehen. aber Ich will es sehen aber nicht jetzt. Knnen Sie es sehen? Ich kann es sehen. Ich kann es nicht sehen. Ich kann Sie nicht sehen.
Introductory (2-hour) course: CD 1 Track 8 0:00 0:09 0:40 0:53 1:07 1:29 1:45 2:28 2:39 3:06 3:32 4:10 4:30 4:53 5:05 5:50 6:41 7:01 7:10 7:38 to understand to stand we understand We understand you. good / well very good ocean Mediterranean more It is very good. we understand we dont understand We dont understand it. We dont understand you. We dont understand you very well. Do you understand? Do you understand it? Do you understand me? Dont you understand me? verstehen stehen wir verstehen Wir verstehen Sie. gut sehr gut das Meer das Mittelmeer mehr Es ist sehr gut. wir verstehen wir verstehen nicht Wir verstehen es nicht. Wir verstehen Sie nicht. Wir verstehen Sie nicht sehr gut. Verstehen Sie? Verstehen Sie es? Verstehen Sie mich? Verstehen Sie mich nicht?
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Introductory (2-hour) course: CD 1 Track 9 0:00 0:06 0:35 0:44 1:01 1:18 2:43 3:00 Can you understand me? Knnen Sie mich verstehen?
Can is a handle. It is always followed by another verb and that verb comes at the end of the sentence. I can I cannot I cannot understand you. Im sorry. Im sorry but ... Im sorry but I cannot understand you. ich kann ich kann nicht Ich kann Sie nicht verstehen. Es tut mir Leid. Es tut mir Leid, aber ... Es tut mir Leid, aber ich kann Sie nicht verstehen.
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to stay we are staying we are not staying long (time) We cannot stay here long. how long How long can you stay here? I must I must see it. I must stay here ... ... but I cannot stay here long. I must go soon.
bleiben wir bleiben wir bleiben nicht lange Wir knnen nicht hier lange bleiben. wie lange Wie lange knnen Sie hier bleiben? ich muss Ich muss es sehen. Ich muss hier bleiben ... ... aber ich kann nicht lange hier bleiben. Ich muss bald gehen.
Introductory (2-hour) course: CD 1 Track 10 0:00 0:25 1:05 2:31 3:42 3:49 3:54 4:03 4:10 4:26 4:47 There are two words for me. If to me is implied, then the German is mir. If not, then it is mich. Do you understand me? Verstehen Sie mich? Similarities between German and Anglo-Saxon words in English. You may guess vocabulary but not structure. Im sorry but I cannot find it. I know I know it. I dont know it. where I dont know where it is. I cannot find it. Im sorry but I dont know where it is. I cannot find it. Es tut mir Leid, aber ich kann es nicht finden. ich wei Ich wei es. Ich wei es nicht. wo Ich wei nicht wo es ist. Ich kann es nicht finden. Es tut mir Leid, aber ich wei nicht wo es ist. Ich kann es nicht finden.
Introductory (2-hour) course: CD 2 Track 1 0:34 0:44 I understand I understand you very well. ich verstehe Ich verstehe Sie sehr gut.
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I dont understand you very well. I cannot understand you very well. Do you understand me? Will you bring it to me. Can you bring it to me today? to have we have We have it. We dont have it. Do you have? Do you have it? why Why dont you have it?
Ich verstehe Sie nicht sehr gut. Ich kann Sie nicht sehr gut verstehen. Verstehen Sie mich? Wollen Sie es mir bringen. Knnen Sie es mir heute bringen? haben wir haben Wir haben es. Wir haben es nicht. Haben Sie? Haben Sie es? warum Warum haben Sie es nicht?
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If you use kann or knnen, the verb that follows goes at the end of the sentence.
Introductory (2-hour) course: CD 2 Track 2 0:05 0:22 0:32 0:51 1:12 1:44 1:58 3:02 4:25 4:41 5:39 6:11 for me Can you come with me? Do you have it for me? What do you have for me? How to pronounce It is for me. Can you understand me? Why cant you understand me? something Can you bring me something now? What can you bring me (now)? Why can you not bring it to me now? Es ist fr mich. Knnen Sie mich verstehen? Warum knnen Sie mich nicht verstehen? etwas Knnen Sie mir etwas jetzt bringen? Was knnen Sie mir (jetzt) bringen? Warum knnen Sie es mir jetzt nicht bringen? fr mich Knnen Sie mit mir kommen? Haben Sie es fr mich? Was haben Sie fr mich?
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Introductory (2-hour) course: CD 2 Track 3 0:25 1:17 1:48 2:47 3:59 4:34 4:56 Why dont you have it for me? I must have it. unfortunately Im sorry but I dont have it for you now. Warum haben Sie es nicht fr mich? Ich muss es haben. leider Es tut mir Leid, aber ich habe es jetzt nicht fr Sie.
You is Sie, but if it implies to you then it is Ihnen. You is always written with a capital letter. I cannot bring it to you now. For in the sense of because is denn. Ich kann nicht es Ihnen jetzt bringen.
Introductory (2-hour) course: CD 2 Track 4 0:00 0:18 1:01 1:07 1:41 What do you have for me? What can you bring me? for you with you I cannot bring it to you today because I dont have it (for I dont have it). I must have it. to be able to have to we have to you have to You have to come with me. Was haben Sie fr mich? Was knnen Sie mir bringen? fr Sie mit Ihnen Ich kann es Ihnen nicht heute bringen, denn ich habe es nicht. Ich muss es haben. knnen mssen wir mssen Sie mssen Sie mssen mit mir kommen.
Introductory (2-hour) course: CD 2 Track 5 0:00 0:15 0:18 0:23 0:32 1:11 to give we give you give I am giving I am giving it to you. But I cannot give it to you today because I dont have it. geben wir geben Sie geben ich gebe Ich gebe es Ihnen. Aber ich kann es Ihnen nicht heute geben, denn ich habe es nicht.
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When do you want to have it? When can you have it? When can you have it for me? Two ways to pronounce ch also me too / I also I dont smoke. to need I need it. I dont need it. I dont need it now. Do you need it? When do you need it? When do you want to have it? I can bring it to you today.
Wann wollen Sie es haben? Wann knnen Sie es haben? Wann knnen Sie es fr mich haben? auch ich auch Ich rauche nicht. brauchen Ich brauche es. Ich brauche es nicht. Ich brauche es jetzt nicht. Brauchen Sie es? Wann brauchen Sie es? Wann wollen Sie es haben? Ich kann es Ihnen heute bringen.
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Introductory (2-hour) course: CD 2 Track 6 0:00 0:25 0:47 1:07 1:16 1:57 2:52 3:07 I want to have it. How to express the future tense We will have it. You will have it. When will you have it for me? I will have it for you today. I will have it today. I will see it tonight. Wir werden es haben. Sie werden es haben. Wann werden Sie es fr mich haben? Ich werde es fr Sie heute haben. Ich werde es heute haben. Ich werde es heute Abend sehen. Ich will es haben.
Introductory (2-hour) course: CD 2 Track 7 0:00 0:31 0:52 1:06 0:50 3:03 I will bring it to you. When can you bring it to me? When do you want to bring it to me? When will you bring it to me? When can you bring it to me? Because I need it today. When do you need it? Ich werde es Ihnen bringen. Wann knnen Sie es mir bringen? Wann wollen Sie es mir bringen? Wann werden Sie es mir bringen? Wann knnen Sie es mir bringen? Denn ich brauche es heute. Wann brauchen Sie es?
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When do you want to have it? I want to have it today because I need it.
Wann wollen Sie es haben? Ich will es heute haben, denn ich brauche es.
Introductory (2-hour) course: CD 2 Track 8 0:00 0:29 1:00 1:55 2:27 2:44 at what time At what time do you want to have it? At what time can you be here tonight? At what time do you want to be here? At what time can you be here today? At what time will you be here? um wie viel Uhr Um wie viel Uhr wollen Sie es haben? Um wie viel Uhr knnen Sie heute Abend hier sein? Um wie viel Uhr wollen Sie hier sein? Um wie viel Uhr knnen Sie heute hier sein? Um wie viel Uhr werden Sie hier sein?
Introductory (2-hour) course: CD 2 Track 9 0:05 0:31 1:15 1:55 2:33 2:58 to arrive At what time will you arrive tomorrow? At what time can you be here tomorrow? How long can you stay here today? How long will you stay here? ankommen Um wie viel Uhr werden Sie morgen ankommen? Um wie viel Uhr knnen Sie morgen hier sein? Wie lange knnen Sie heute hier bleiben? Wie lange werden Sie hier bleiben?
Whenever you start a sentence with Will you ... in English, then it is a polite request and not the future. In German, polite requests are expressed with Wollen Sie .... All other uses of will in English, such as When will you ..., express the future tense and are translated with werden. to wait Will you please do it for me. When will you do it for me? Will you please stay here with me. How long will you stay here? warten Wollen Sie es bitte fr mich tun. Wann werden Sie es fr mich tun? Wollen Sie bitte mit mir hier bleiben. Wie lange werden Sie hier bleiben?
Introductory (2-hour) course: CD 2 Track 10 0:00 0:45 1:06 1:37 2:24 2:37 2:47 to say / to tell Will you tell me. When will you tell me? Will you tell me where it is because I cannot find it. I know I dont know Im sorry but I dont know where it is. I cannot find it. sagen Wollen Sie mir sagen. Wann werden Sie mir sagen? Wollen Sie mir sagen wo es ist, denn ich kann es nicht finden. ich wei ich wei nicht Es tut mir Leid, aber ich wei nicht wo es ist. Ich kann es nicht finden.
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Introductory course (2 CDs) First 2 hours of the Foundation course A taster of the Michel Thomas Method 14.99
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The Language Builders take the form of a one-to-one lecture with Michel Thomas, building on the words and phrases in the Foundation and Advanced courses. The courses provide confidence in pronunciation, increase your word-power and consolidate your knowledge in just two hours. Language Builders (2 CDs) 20 French German Italian Spanish ISBN: 978 0 340 78969 8 ISBN: 978 0 340 78973 5 ISBN: 978 0 340 78975 9 ISBN: 978 0 340 78971 1
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The Vocabulary courses carry forward the Michel Thomas Method teaching tradition and faithfully follow this unique approach to foreign language learning, with the all-audio and building-block approach. Vocabulary courses: French, German, Italian, Spanish (5 CDs) 30 French German Italian Spanish Arabic Mandarin Russian ISBN: 978 0 340 93982 6 ISBN: 978 0 340 93984 0 ISBN: 978 0 340 93983 3 ISBN: 978 0 340 93973 4 ISBN: 978 0 340 98323 2 ISBN: 978 0 340 98358 4 ISBN: 978 0 340 98324 9
Background reading The Test of Courage is Michel Thomass thrilling biography. Written by acclaimed journalist Christopher Robbins, it tells the story of the worlds greatest language teacher and of how his experience at the hands of the Gestapo fuelled his passion for language teaching. ISBN: 978 0340 81245 7; paperback; 9.99 In The Learning Revolution renowned instructional psychologist Dr Jonathan Solity draws on professional experience and lengthy discussions with Michel Thomas to explain how and why the Michel Thomas Method of language teaching works where so many others fail. ISBN: 978 0340 92833 2; hardback; 19.99
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THE TEST OF COURAGE EAN: 978 0 340 81245 7 9.99 paperback Michel Thomas remarkable life-story, told by Christopher Robbins As much a thriller as a biography Emma Thompson One of the bravest men you will ever read about John le Carr Intriguing biography a vivid, life-affirming narrative that exerts considerable power THE TIMES This book is a right riveting read SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY
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