Speaking Club · Week 1 · Hugo
Monday, October 19, 2026
8:00–9:00 PM China time
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Hugo is 12. He lives alone, secretly, inside the walls of a big train station in Paris. He fixes the station's clocks. One day, he tries to steal a toy from an old man's toy shop, and the old man catches him!
Big question: Is it ever OK to steal?
Think about it before class. In class, you will say “yes” or “no” and tell us why.
Read each word out loud. Try to use 2 of them in class!
Say it: OR-phan
A child whose mother and father have died.
“Hugo is an orphan. He lives alone in the train station.”
Say it: au-TOM-a-ton
A machine that looks like a person and moves by itself.
“The automaton can hold a pen and draw a picture.”
Say it: in-VEN-tor
A person who makes something new that nobody made before.
“Hugo wants to be an inventor, just like his father.”
Say it: CLOCK-work
Small wheels and springs inside a clock or a wind-up toy.
“The toy mouse moves because it has clockwork inside.”
Say it: STA-tion
A place where trains stop and people get on and off.
“The train station in Paris is very big and busy.”
Say it: mys-TER-i-ous
Strange and hard to understand or explain.
“The old man has a mysterious notebook. What is in it?”
Say it: STEAL
To take something that is not yours.
“Hugo steals small toys from the toy shop. Is that OK?”
Say it: SE-cret
Something you do not tell other people.
“Hugo has a big secret. Nobody knows he fixes the clocks.”
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