星新一の傑作ショートショートが英語で聴ける！　Miss Bokko（「ボッコちゃん」）、A Secretary on Your Shoulder（「肩の上の秘書」）、Hit Woman（「殺し屋ですのよ」）など、25編の代表作を収録。

「学び直しのためにやさしい英語に触れたい」「きっかけがあれば英語を勉強しはじめたい」「初心者でも挫折しない英語の本と出会いたい」そんな方のための、英語オーディオブックです。

※本編に特典音声20ファイルを追加しました。コンテンツをダウンロード済みのお客様が特典音声を聞く場合は、再ダウンロードが必要となります。予めご了承ください。 (2016.4.12更新)

「泣ける」「元気が出る」に続く「ちょっといい話」シリーズ第3弾。初級レベルの英単語をベースにしているので、英語で聞き通す達成感を味わえます。英語圏で広く読まれ続けている物語20編を、「心いやされる」ナレーションとともにお楽しみください。

■「心いやされる」20編：収録されている20編は、いずれも英語圏で長く広く読まれ続けている、作者不明の物語です。親子、ペットと家族、兄弟、夫婦、先生と生徒など、さまざまな関係性の中で紡がれた、「心いやされる」物語を厳選。読めば誰かに話したくなるような物語ばかりです。

■初級レベルの英単語と基本的な構文がベース：初級3000語レベルの英単語と基本的な構文をベースにリライト。読みやすい英文なので、英語そのままで理解できます。

■ナレーション力に注目！：男女ナレーターの「心いやされる」声による、英語音声を収録。音読のお手本やリスニング素材としてなど、「聞く」「話す」力を伸ばす教材としてもご活用いただけます。
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＜Chapter 1:家族についての話...

Directed by the skillful hand of Megan Follows (Directors Guild Award winner) and featuring the voices of Golden Globe® winner Sandra Oh, Emmy Award® Winner Catherine O’Hara, and Emmy Award® Winner Victor Garber, Anne Shirley’s (Emmy Award® winner Michela Luci) adventures come to life in a fresh adaptation of a timeless tale. Immerse yourself in the breathtaking beauty of Canada’s Prince Edward Island with the magic of an original score and immersive sound design.

When a selfish prince is cursed to live as a hideous beast, he begins to lose hope for himself and his enchanted staff. That is until Belle, a smart, brave young woman with a caring heart, enters their lives. Listen along as a different sort of enchantment sparks and beauty is found within.

Have you ever wondered what a fraction or percentage means and how they are related? Basic principles of fractions, decimals, and percentages and how to apply them to other forms of mathematics are explained through informative and engaging content in this new addition to the How Do series. The How Do series is a great introduction to various STEM topics, each presented in a format that encourages audiences to ask questions and guess the answers before exploring the science behind them.

"The Story of Peter Pan", by James M. Barrie, is one of the most famous tales about youth and dream-like adventures; this classic adaptation of Barrie's play will let you fly on the wings of your imagination. "The History of Tom Thumb" was the first fairy tale ever printed in English. "The Three Sillies" is a very old folktale, and has been handed down over the centuries for its entertainment value. "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" is a classic folktale of which numerous versions are known; they all delight and educate children about the importance of boundaries and personal property. Last but not least, "Jack the Giant Killer" is a fascinating folk tale coming from the Middle Ages, set during King Arthur's reign; it shows how a young man uses clever tricks to outwit terrible giants and rid England of their terrible threats.

Doctor Dolittle is one of kind. Not only can he talk to animals - but he can understand them too! One day Doctor Dolittle receives a message from Africa - the monkeys there need his help. So he sails off from his home, bringing along all his pals: Dab-Dab, the duck; Jip, the dog; Gub-Gub, the baby pig; Polynesia, the parrot; and Too-Too, the owl. Join the doctor and his animal friends on an amazing adventure. They even meet the rarest of all animals, the two-headed pushmi-pullyu!

The fantasy worlds of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass come to life in these audio theatre presentations with music and sound effects.

In the wild, when a wolf knows its time is over, when it knows it is of no more use to its pack, it may sometimes choose to slip away. Dying apart from its family, it stays proud and true to its nature. Humans aren’t so lucky. Luke Warren has spent his life researching wolves. He has written about them, studied their habits intensively, and even lived with them for extended periods of time.

A young woman walks into an employment agency and requests a job that has the following traits: It’s close to her home, and it requires no reading, no writing, and, ideally, very little thinking. Her first gig - watching the hidden-camera feed of an author suspected of storing contraband goods - turns out to be inconvenient. Her next gives way to the supernatural: announcing advertisements for shops that mysteriously disappear. As she moves from job to job, it becomes increasingly apparent that she's not searching for the easiest job at all but something altogether more meaningful.

Sentaro has failed. He has a criminal record, drinks too much, and his dream of becoming a writer is just a distant memory. With only the blossoming of the cherry trees to mark the passing of time, he spends his days in a tiny confectionery shop selling dorayaki, a type of pancake filled with sweet bean paste. Into his life comes Tokue, an elderly woman with disfigured hands and a troubled past. Tokue makes the best sweet bean paste Sentaro has ever tasted. She begins to teach him her craft, but as their friendship flourishes, social pressures become impossible to escape.

Kenji Miyazawa (1896-1933) is one of Japan's most beloved writers and poets, known particularly for his sensitive and symbolist children's fiction. This volume collects stories which focus on Miyazawa's love of space and his use of the galaxy as a metaphor for the concepts of purity, self-sacrifice and faith which were near and dear to his heart.

Newly minted doctor Jane McGill is in hell. Not literally, of course. But between her drug addict patients, sleepless nights on call, and battling wits with the sadistic yet charming Sexy Surgeon, Jane can’t imagine an afterlife much worse than her first month of medical internship at County Hospital. And then there’s the devil herself: Jane’s senior resident Dr. Alyssa Morgan. When Alyssa becomes absolutely hell-bent on making her new interns pay tenfold for the deadly sin of incompetence, Jane starts to worry that she may not make it through the year with her soul or her sanity still intact.

This delightful collection of 13 children’s classic stories features Alice in Wonderland, The Bell, A Christmas Carol, Cinderella, Emily of New Moon, The Little Match Girl, The Little Mermaid, Little Red Riding Hood, Scourge of the Desert, The Secret Garden, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.