Last week, I started to listen an audio story book of a famous novels, Les Miserable. I am surely not capable of listening the original full version which is too difficult for me and takes 59 hours, I listened a simplified one instead. The story was narrated by a pleasant, clear voice. She spoke native English and the voice was so sweet as if I was hearing a catchy song.
One day when my wife and I was at bus, I introduced this audio book by sharing one side of my earphones to her. After listening the first chapter, she was attracted by the story and the voice too. The story started with a traveler called Jean Valjean. He was released from prison and wanna find an inn to have supper. He was refused rudely by all inns and finally accepted by a bishop in church. He stole a silver plate at the dinning table at night and have been discovered by the police. The bishop forgave him and rescued his heart......
My wife and I listen the audio book every night before bed. We discussed the story after each chapter. My wife thought that Fantine was miserable but also ridiculous. The little girl, Cosette was looked after by a cruel couple who always swindled Cosette's mother, Fantine. Fantine believed them and coughed out money recklessly. She finally lost her teeth and became a prostitute and died from bullying of a soldier.
The audio narration was so lovely that we sometime imitated for fun. The native audio linked up every English words neatly just like a flow of river. This reminded us the old days of learning English in primary school. When the teacher taught us a new word, says "evening", the kids would then record the pronunciation with Chinese characters "依,訓,玲", which sounds like "e-fum-ling" neglecting the rhythm. Although it was a bad method, this childhood episode made us laughed and was funny indeed.
The audio book also reminded us the sweet trip. We have seen the Les Miserable Opera in the England trip two years ago. But I failed to enjoy it because my English was poor. I hope I can enjoy this opera one day.
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