Level 24 · Advanced (B1)

The Scooter Lesson

เรียนขี่มอเตอร์ไซค์

Nok teaches Hugo to ride a scooter in the soi. He forgets his helmet, nearly crashes into Yai’s stall and meets a policeman. By evening, he has learned his lesson a little too well.

Level
24
Stage
Advanced, B1
Theme
Travel
Length
13 pages, about 14 min
New words
6
Cover of the Thai story "The Scooter Lesson"

The first line

นกอยากสอนฮิวโก้ขี่มอเตอร์ไซค์ เพราะกรุงเทพรถติดทุกวัน

Nok wants to teach Hugo to ride a scooter, because Bangkok is jammed with traffic every day.

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Illustration from page 1 of the Thai story "The Scooter Lesson"
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Illustration from page 7 of the Thai story "The Scooter Lesson"
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New words in this story

This story introduces 6 new words. Here are the first ones:

Thai Pronunciation Meaning Audio
ขี่ kìi to ride
มอเตอร์ไซค์ mɔɔ-dtə̂ə-sai motorbike, motorcycle
หมวกกันน็อก mùak-gan-nɔ́k motorbike helmet, helmet
โดน doon to get (+ verb): colloquial passive, to suffer
ดุ dù strict, fierce
จับ jàp to grab, to catch

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