LEARN ENGLISH STORY DRACULA - Elementary

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00:00:01 — Jonathan Harker's Diary Chapter 1. COUNT DRACULA. My story begins about seven years ago, in 1875. My name is Jonathan Harker, and I live and work in London. My job is to buy and sell houses for other people.
00:00:28 — One day, a letter arrived for me from a very rich man who lived in Transylvania. Transylvania. He wanted to buy a house in England, and he needed my help. The man was. Count Dracula, and I agreed to help him. I found a house for him, and he asked me to take all the papers for it to Transylvania. I was not very pleased about this. I was planning to get married in the autumn, and I did not want to leave my beautiful Mina.
00:01:06 — But you must go, Jonathan,» she said. The Count is rich, and perhaps he will give you more work later. So I agreed to go. I did not know then of the terrible danger which waited for me in Transylvania.
00:01:27 — And so, on the 4th of May, I arrived at a little town called Bistritz. Transylvania was a strange and beautiful country. Story. There were mountains, trees, and rivers everywhere, and somewhere high in the mountains was the Count's home, Castle Dracula. I had six hours to wait before the coach came to take me there, so I went into a little hotel.
00:02:01 — Inside the hotel it was warm and friendly. The people there were all laughing, talking. Where are you going? They asked me. To Castle Dracula, I replied. Suddenly, the room was silent, and everyone turned to look at me.
00:02:25 — I could not understand why they all looked afraid. Don't go there, someone said. But I have to, I answered. It's business. They began to talk again, but they were no longer laughing. Slowly, the hotel keeper's wife took the gold cross from her neck and put it into my hand.
00:02:55 — Take this, she said, there is danger at Castle Dracula, perhaps this will help you. When the coach arrived and I got into it, a crowd of people came to watch, and I heard the word, Vampire. The coach travelled up into the mountains.
00:03:25 — Higher and higher it went, faster and faster. The sun was bright, but above the trees there. There was snow on the mountaintops. Then, suddenly, the sun went down behind the mountains, and everywhere was dark. In the forest around us, the wolves were howling.
00:03:51 — It was a terrible sound. Suddenly, the coach stopped. A small carriage came down the narrow road on the right. Four black horses were pulling it, and the driver was dressed in black, with a black hat pulled down over his face. Where's the Englishman? He called.
00:04:21 — I've come from Castle Dracula. He looked strange, standing there in the moonlight. And suddenly I was afraid. But it was too late. It. I could not go back now. Soon, we were on our way to Castle Dracula. The mountains were all around us, and the moon was behind black clouds.
00:04:52 — I could see nothing, but I could still hear the wolves. The horses went faster and faster, and the driver laughed wildly. Suddenly, the carriage stopped. I opened the door and got out. At once, the carriage drove away, and I was alone in front of the dark, silent castle.
00:05:23 — I stood there, looking up at it, and slowly the big wooden door opened. A tall man stood in front of me. His hair was white, and he was dressed in black from head to foot. Come in, Mr. Harker, he said.
00:05:50 — I am Count Dracula. He held out his hand, and I took it. It was as cold as ice. I went into the castle, and the Count carefully locked the door behind me. He put the key into his pocket, and turned to go upstairs.
00:06:16 — Fires. I followed him, and we came to a room where a wood fire burned brightly. In front of it, there was a little table with food and drink on it. The Count asked me to sit down and eat, but he did not eat with me. Later, we sat and talked by the fire. His His English was very good, and while we talked, I had time to look at him carefully.
00:06:53 — His face was very white, his ears were like the ears of a cat, and his teeth were strong like the teeth of an animal. There was hair on his hands, and his fingers were very long.
00:07:12 — When he touched me, I was afraid. It was nearly morning when I went to bed, and outside, the wolves were still howling. The next morning, I found my breakfast on the little table in front of the fire.
00:07:38 — Now that it was light, I could see that Castle Dracula was old and dirty. I saw no servants all that day. The Count did not come to breakfast, but there was a letter from him on the table. Go anywhere in the castle, it said, but some of the rooms are locked.
00:08:07 — Do not try to go into these rooms. When the Count came back in the evening, he wanted to know all about his new house in. England. Well, I began, it's a very big house, old and dark, with a high wall all round it. There are trees everywhere. That's why the house is dark.
00:08:38 — It has a little church too, and I showed him some pictures of it. He was pleased about the church. Ah, he said, so I shall be near the dead.