What Is Hiding In The Old Photo? | Slow English (Level A2)

This will get everyone's attention. That is the woman from the video. I cannot believe she came here. I will not let anyone intimidate this family. I'm going away for a little while. I'm doing this so you won't be affected. Please make sure you have all your books before we start the day. I packed everything. Me too, Mom. Breakfast looks wonderful. Please finish your homework while I buy the groceries. We will, Mom. Come home safely. Good morning. Good morning to you. Rose, those bags look heavy. May I drive you home? Thank you, dear, but I think I can manage. I will be all right, dear. Rose, please stay still. Can you hear me clearly? Yes, but my leg hurts. Please do not try to stand. I am calling for help now. Thank you, Ella. I will stay still. Help is on the way. Keep her comfortable and calm. The rescue team may need a few more minutes. I understand. Rose, help is coming. Stay with me and breathe slowly. I feel safer with you here. This will get everyone's attention. Ella will be back soon. Please help me. An elderly woman has fallen across the road and she cannot stand. Take this wheelchair. I will come with you. Rose, we are back. Can you hear me clearly? Yes, dear. I am still awake. We will move slowly and support you together. Rose, we are going to take you to the hospital. Please let Ella come with me. Rose is stable and not in immediate danger, but we need to observe her for a while. Thank you, doctor. Please take good care of her. People will react strongly if they think she abandoned Rose. Hehehehe. The shorter version will make the story look far more shocking. Did she really leave Rose there? Everyone should see this. Let's learn the full story first. This woman in the video looks like your mother. That cannot be the whole story. Mom would never abandon Rose. What happened? Why does everyone look so worried? Ella, you need to see this. Mom, we know there must be an explanation. This video is missing the most important part. I crossed to get a wheelchair for Rose. Are you saying someone removed the rest of the footage? Yes. I believe you, Ella. Rose will explain everything when she feels stronger. I hope the truth comes out before this hurts our family. Rose is stable, but she is still too weak to receive visitors or answer calls. I understand. Will she be all right, Mom? The doctors are taking... They keep repeating the same accusations, even though they do not know what happened. Reading more of them will only hurt you. Please try to rest. I cannot stop thinking about it. That is the woman from the video. I cannot believe she came here. Please remain calm, everyone. You should apologize to Rose for leaving her alone. I did not abandon her. I went across the road to get a wheelchair. That is not what the video shows. Ella, I am sorry, but please come back another time. I need to prevent this from becoming a larger argument. Let everyone see how she reacts. I understand it. She still refuses to admit what she did. Explain. The video makes your mother look like she left Rose alone. Maybe she only acts kind when people are watching. That video is missing what really happened. Stop showing that video! Everyone, lower your hands and step back. We will discuss this calmly. We were only showing him what people posted. My parents don't want us spending time together until this whole situation is resolved. Welcome home. How was your day? It was fine, mom. Nothing important happened. We are just a little tired. All right, you can rest for a while. Max, someone covered our door with these papers. They want us to feel unwelcome in our own home. I will not let anyone intimidate this family. Please do not confront them, Max. Another argument will only make things worse. The first video is spreading faster than I expected. Another accusation will keep everyone watching. Ella should explain what happened to Rose. She owes the neighborhood an apology. Please remain outside the gate and stop frightening my family. Alex and Anna, stay inside with me. I did not leave Rose. The video shows you driving away. The video does not show everything. Ella, come inside. They are not ready to listen. We will find a way to prove what happened. You still believe me, do you not? I am trying to understand why the video looks so different from what you described. I found a clearer copy. I thought you should see it. Why does it look as though she never turned back? Ella, why did you not stay beside Rose? I already explained that to you. I know, but the recording makes it hard. You are starting to doubt me. The anger of strangers does not hurt as much as seeing that you no longer trust me. Ella, I never wanted to make you feel alone. But that is exactly how I feel. Dad is supposed to believe Mom, not question her like everyone else. Please stay calm, Alex. They are both frightened and upset. You should be defending mom instead of believing that video. Alex, I am trying to understand what happened. We are a family, and shouting at each other will not reveal the truth. Please listen to mom. There was a disagreement involving Alex today, and we would like to discuss it with the family. Anna has been having a difficult time with her classmates. I understand now. I know you didn't do it. I'm going away for a little while. I'm doing this so you won't be affected. Look at the reflection in the window. Mom was holding the phone before she entered the car. She was calling for help, exactly as she told us. The edited video may still contain something Noah overlooked. Check every reflection and every movement before Mom enters the car. We only need one. The car turns toward the other side of the street. It never follows the road back toward our house. Then Mom must have stopped near the shop she mentioned. We should return to. This is exactly where Rose fell. And that shop is in the same direction Mom drove. She really did cross the road to find a wheelchair. Yes, I remember your mother. She was frightened and asked us to help an elderly woman who had fallen. Then you can prove Mom was telling the truth. Would you please tell the neighborhood what you saw that day? Of course. Thank you, but many people wheelchair. Then we should lure evidence. Alex, look above the store entrance. There is a security camera. It may have recorded everything from a wider angle. That could prove Mom returned to help Rose. The edited video makes our mother look guilty, but the camera outside may show the complete event. Could you please check the recording from the day Rose fell? The system normally keeps recent footage here, but that day is no longer in the... Does that mean it has been erased? It overwritten. There has to be another copy somewhere. I can't believe it didn't work after all that. Wait, the old camera system used to save... Is that computer still here? It should be somewhere in this storage room. We will be careful. Do not lift anything heavy. Just tell me a computer tower. There is one behind those small boxes. Good. Let me move them safely. That archive appears to match the day Rose fell. Please open it. This may be the recording we need. Stand back while I check the file safely. There she is. Mom went directly to Rose and called for help. She even explained where she was going before entering the car. This recording shows Ella, I do not want you to leave. I cannot remain here while our children continue suffering because of me. I should have trusted you without hesitation. I needed to hear that before everything began. She came back with the wheelchair. Mom told us the truth. We finally have the complete proof. This recording can clear her name. Mom, wait! We found the complete recording! It shows you returning with the wheelchair. You found proof? Please show us everything. I am sorry, Ella. I allowed strangers and one incomplete video to make me doubt you. Your doubt hurt more than everything people said outside. I will help you. Ella stayed with me. The complete recording confirms it. I removed the footage because I believed anger would bring more views. Your edit changed things. I am truly sorry for everyone I hurt. Responsibility must follow. I promised to protect our family's trust. Then we will rebuild it. The truth came out. We didn't give up. The latch opened! Those look like old family photographs. Wow, look at this tape. What is it? Maybe we should spend some time apart before we hurt each other even more. Is that truly what you want? Hey kids, I need your help. Can you go down to the basement and check the items in the bin? Sure thing, Mom. We'll check it right now. I can't believe that video of mom and dad. They were dancing so weirdly. I know, it is so embarrassing. Stay close to me and hold the handrail. OK, I can already see the boxes. Let's check each box carefully. Look, these are our old toys. Let's put this one right here. I found another one. Perfect, hand it over. Look how neat everything is. We did it. Alex, there's another box hidden behind this cloth. Maybe it has more family memories inside. The latch opened. Those look like old family photographs. Wow, look at this tape. What is it? It looks like an old movie. Let's carry it together and move slowly. I've got my side. The cables are connected. Let's sit back and see whether it works. I hope the video still plays. You missed the wall again! I'm improving, just very slowly. Dad looks so funny. Mom looks exactly the same when she laughs. You painted your slippers instead of the wall. I knew this room needed a personal touch. I took my bike. Why did the picture change? I don't know. Wait and see. Are you really packing everything? I need time to think. You want to leave now, when I'm working so hard to build our future? A future should belong to both of us. You talk about work every day, but you never ask what kind of life I want. I thought we wanted the same things. Everything I've done has been for us. But I'm disappearing inside this life, Max. I don't feel like myself myself anymore. I don't know whether we can keep living like this. I didn't realize you had already reached that point. Maybe we should spend some time apart before we hurt each other even more. Is that truly what you want? I wish you had asked me to stay. I don't know how to fix this right now. Did Mom really leave? Did mom and dad really separate? What if they are only pretending to be happy for us? We still don't know the whole story. I can't believe that video of mom and dad. They were dancing so weirdly. I know, it is so embarrassing. Let's just not mention it to Mom and Dad. Okay, let's just put it aside. A second chance I had to earn, I told the truth. You've been home late, several nights this week. I know. I'm helping finish an important responsibility at work. Please remember that we- So, how was school today, kids? Yes, speaking? Are you sure about that? No one can know about this. Yeah, I'm not really sure about that. Let me check the schedule again. I'll call you right back, okay? Wait, I think I heard something. Is Dad planning to move away from us? We're just going for a little while, Alex. But I don't want to go. Come over here and help me. Can I bring my teddy bear? Mom is packing the same suitcase from the video! Dad was talking about an apartment and moving this weekend. Do you think they are both leaving? We need to understand... Mom, are you happy with your current life? Adults sometimes feel tired. Changing a few things can help life feel balanced again. What kind of changes? Nothing has been decided. Let's go investigate the basement! Are you sure about this? Are you sure about this? Hold the handrail and stay one step behind me. I'm right here. I didn't see the shelf behind me! Stay still. Are you okay? Yes, I'm fine. These photographs have been torn apart. Keep looking. The next cassette must be somewhere nearby. These records show that Mom and Dad were living in different places. He said he will always be proud of us, and that he is resting peacefully now. What happened down here? Is everyone safe? Alex is fine. Nothing dangerous fell. Why did you come down here and watch that tape? You know you're not supposed to be in here. We were just curious. Are you and mommy gonna live apart? No! No! Of course not, sweetheart. Is it true? Are you and daddy leaving? I can't believe that old tape still works. They are watching our wedding video. We saw the old recording, then heard Dad discussing the apartment. And Mom was packing the same suitcase. Now I and you are frightened. You connected several things without knowing the full story. The apartment is for an older colleague who needs help finding a safe new home. So you are not moving here? I am only helping him with deposit and the move. You're staying here with us? Yes, I am. These are old clothes I plan to donate this weekend. You were not packing to leave? No. I should have explained what I was doing. We misunderstood everything. I understand the apartment and the suitcase now. But I still need to know what happened in that recording. You deserve a clear answer. It is a difficult memory, and I thought it was better to leave this one in the past. Avoiding it may only create more fear. I never wanted the children to carry our old pain. Max, I know you're hiding something. What is that tape? It is just an old recording. You're lying to the family! Max, please stay and tell us the full story. Okay, I will tell you everything. I focused too heavily on work. I repeatedly overlooked Ella's feelings. Dad. I needed you to stand that after mom left? After that big argument, I truly did leave the house. I took my suitcase and stayed with a friend. And I was gone for several weeks. When we were living apart, Max and I stopped talking for days. We both start to believe that it might be completely over. I once considered signing this. But I stopped before making the final decision. Our family was not built from a perfect relationship. It was built... Love, responsibility, and effort. So staying together? Yes. When we were living apart, Max and I stopped talking for days. We both start to believe that it might be completely over. Let's discuss one problem at a time and listen before answering. I'll begin by explaining what I should have handled differently. Then I will explain what support I need. Our family was not built from a perfect relationship. It was built... Love, responsibility, and effort. So staying together? Yes, we st- I'm sorry for opening the box and deciding what the recording meant before hearing the full story. We made a mistake. We also should have explained I'm not angry. I was afraid I might be left. Thank you for telling us. You should never have asked them sooner. I only- We may disagree sometimes. But we will always speak honestly with each other. We will not leave you alone with... Then we will ask questions, and we... There was another recording hidden beneath this panel. Is this the rest of the story? It was recorded again repairing our relationship. Can we watch it together this time? I did not expect you to come today. I came to see whether we could begin again, one careful step at a time. Mom came back, and she picked up the paintbrush. And I still work on it every day. I returned because I saw real change, not because pain disappeared. Now the Rick sense. It was only the beginning. I want to listen. I want to explain my feelings. I want to ask honest questions. A strong family is one that chooses to repair and grow together. Today is going to be a wonderful surprise for Alex. Good morning, sunshine. Time to get ready for school. This looks beautiful. Alex will love it. Ha ha ha ha. Everything is ready. That is I He tells the honest. Everything is ready. And courage starts to rise. Everything is ready. Let's begin. Happy birthday, Alex. Alex. Oh, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. This means so much to me. Happy birthday Alex. We're so happy to celebrate with you. You. Look who it is. We wish you were here to have some cake. I wish you were here to have some cake. I'll finish work early today and we'll celebrate your birthday together at your favorite restaurant. We'll be ready. I can't wait. Thank you dad. I'm really excited. It's time to celebrate! Everyone looks wonderful. We're ready! Everyone ready? Let's go! This is gonna be fun! I'm so excited! Wow! It's beautiful! Happy birthday, Alex. Let's make today unforgettable. Welcome. Please follow me. Thank you. Everything looks amazing! Let's order Alex's favorite dishes. Great idea! Remember that funny moment? Haha, I do Ha ha ha ha. Enjoy your meal. Thank you. Everything tastes wonderful. I'm so happy. We're together. This is the best birthday ever Thank you everyone Happy birthday Alex Wow! Happy birthday to you Thank you. Happy birth you thank you. I hope everyone stays happy together Watch out! What happened? What happened? There we go. My birthday heart might break. Oh no! Alex stands inside Everyone, please stay calm. Let's all keep our cool. Is everyone alright? Yes, we're okay. What happened? Is everyone okay? I'd like to help. These are part of our fine dining tableware collection. We'll take a careful look at everything. Thank you for explaining. We'll work through this together. Let's speak with the restaurant staff. Let's take care of this together. Everything is alright. Explain everything honestly. Excuse me. Come in. Please do come on in. I'm sorry. I wanted to... I'm sorry. I wanted to tell you honestly what happened. Thank you for coming to speak with me. Crystal falls like thunder. We're here together. We'll work through this as a family. Alex. Thank you for your honesty. Please don't worry. Everything is alright. Let's celebrate this special day together. Thank you so much. Your honesty and courage are truly admirable. Thank you, Chef. Thank you for your kindness. We truly appreciate your generosity. Thank you, Chef Bobby. Thank you so much. Everyone, let's prepare a wonderful birthday surprise for Alex. Yes, Chef. This cake is made especially for Alex. Let's make this unforgettable. Woo-hoo! Everything is almost ready. I'm ready. Happy birthday, Alex. Happy birthday. Thank you for your kindness and encouragement. You're very welcome, Alex. Happy birthday to you. Thank you. Thank you, everyone. This table starts to shake. Honesty is one of the greatest gifts anyone can have. Honesty is one of the greatest gifts anyone can have. This has been a wonderful day. We'll always remember it. Happy birthday, Alex. Thank you, everyone. Today's English lesson is Honesty is the best policy. I'll always remember that. Me too. I'm proud of all of you.