The Phantom of the Opera (Level 1)

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Short description:
It is 1880, in the Opera House in Paris. Everybody is talking about the Phantom of the Opera, the ghost that lives somewhere under the Opera House. The Phantom is a man in black clothes. He is a body without a head, he is a head without a body. He has a yellow face, he has no nose, he has black holes for eyes. Everybody is afraid of the Phantom - the singers, the dancers, the directors, the stage workers...

But who has actually seen him?

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Glossary

1. alone: not with other people
2. angel: a messenger from God, or a very special, wonderful person
3. box: a small 'room' with three walls in a theatre; you can watch the stage from a box, but other people can't see you
4. chandelier: a very big, heautiful light, which has lots of little lights in it
5. clever: quick to understand and learn
6. crash: (v) to fall or hit something hard and noisily
7. dancer: someone who dances (moving the body to music)
8. dangerous: something dangerous can hurt or kill you
9. director: somebody who is the head person in a company, theatre, etc.
10. doorkeeper: (in this story) a person who looks after the boxes in a theatre
11. enemy: the opposite of a friend
12. floor: all the rooms on the same level in a building
13. fool: someone who is stupid, not quick at understanding or learning
14. ghost: people can see the ghost of a dead person
15. ground: the ground is under our feet
16. hole: a small opening in something
17. joke: something people say or do to make other people laugh
18. kiss: to touch someone lovingly with your mouth
19. lake: a big area of water, with land all round it
20. light: (n) to see in the dark, you need a light
21. mad: ill in the head
22. mask: a cover that you put over the face to hide it
23. mirror: a piece of glass where you can see yourself (some special mirrors you can also look through, like a window)
24. missing: (adj) if something or someone is missing, you can't find them
25. music: when you sing or play an instrument, you make music
26. neck: the part of the body between the head and the shoulders
27. opera: a play in a theatre which has singing and music
28. passage: a long narrow place in a building between rooms
29. phantom: a ghost
30. rope: very thick, strong string
31. scream: to cry out in a very loud, high voice
32. secret: something that you do not tell other people
33. shadow: a place or thing that is dark because there is something between it and the light
34. shout: to speak or cry very loudly and strongly
35. stage: the part of a theatre where actors, singers, and dancers stand and move
36. stare: to look at someone or something for a long time
37. terrible: very, very bad
38. toad: a small animal, like a frog, that lives in wet places
39. torture: (n) doing very painful, terrible things to people's bodies
40. ugly: not beautiful
41. voice: you talk of sing with your voice
42. whisper: to speak very, very quietly