Why does Mollie run away from the farm? (Mollie likes being admired, admiring herself, wearing pretty ribbons, eatingsugar, and being stroked by humans. She does not like the work on the farm or the hardships she faces there.)

"He kind of spat," said Piggy. "My auntie wouldn't let me blow on account of myasthma. He said you blew from down here." Piggy laid a hand on his jutting abdomen. "Youtry, Ralph. You'll call the others."

go there now to switch my clothes. Exchange my father's old leather jacket for a fine wool coat that always seems too tight in the shoulders. Leave my soft, worn hunting boots for a pair of expensive machine-made shoes that my mother thinks are more appropriate for someone of my status. I've already stowed my bow and arrows in a hollow log in the woods. Although time is ticking away, I allow myself a few minutes to sit in the kitchen. It has an abandoned quality with no fire on the hearth, no cloth on the table. I mourn my old life here. We barely scraped by, but I knew where I fit in, I knew what my place was in the tightly interwoven fabric that was our life. I wish I could go back to it because, inretrospect, it seems so secure compared with now, when I am so rich and so famous and so hated by the authorities in the Capitol.

Negative responses are usually formed with bù ‘not the case’.

Just as English sometimes makes use of letters rather than numbers to indicate a sequence of items, so Chinese sometimes makes use of a closed set of words with fi xed order

When you begin studying a language, a lot of time has to be spent familiarizing yourself with the ‘code

Section 0.4.1 (after the list of rhymes) makes the point that many of the ürhymes are revealed by the type of initial consonant. Following row 5 initials (j, q, x), u is always pronounced the same as ü; following any other initial, it is pronounced [oo]. This results in distinct pronunciations (with any particular tone) for: zhu/ju, chu/qu, and shu/xu, but similar pronunciations for pu, fu, du, ku, and hu. However, the sound [ü] also occurs after the initials n and l, as well as those of row 5. In these cases, ü may contrast with u, and the difference has to be shown on the vowel, not on the initial. Examples include: lù ‘road’ versus lü`‘green’; nuˇ ‘crossbow’ versus nüˇ ‘female’. In addition to being a core vowel, ü also occurs as a medial. Again, when it follows row 5 initials, it is written as u: jué, quē, xuě; but following l or n, it is written as ü: lüèzì ‘abbreviation’; nüèji‘malaria’. In the latter cases, it is redundant, since there is no contrast between üe and ue

It was then that Jane, suddenly understanding Lassiter’s feat stared and gasped at the riding of this intrepid man.

Hell and despair are upon me, crack and again crack the marksmen,

The pleasures of heaven are with me and the pains of hell are with me,

American authors still faced steep odds in seeing their works into print, and American literary publishing did not flourish until the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad in 1869 allowed the reliably consistent shipment of individuals and goods across the country. Additional technological improvements, including the widespread adoption of steam-powered machinery and gas-fueled lights, also provide the necessary conditions for the rapid production of printed materials and the means by which these materials could be enjoyed at the conclusion of a day of laboring. Thus, only when the Industrial Age expands the definition of leisure do Americans begin to embrace the culture of print and expand the boundaries of American literature.

Seasons pursuing each other the indescribable crowd is gather’d, i

THE LINES QUIZTarget Grade: Elementary 1 to Junior High 3Target English: Questions and vocabulary practice1.Split the class into two groups. One lines up on the left side, one on the right.2.The ALT asks the front kid in each group a question.3.The first one to answer correctly gets to sit down. The other goes to the back of his/her team.4.The winning team is the first where everyone is sitting down!Make sure the questions come thick and fast. Examples include “What’s your name?”, “How old are you?”, “What’s this?”, “What colour is this?”, etc