B1 · 5 minutes · History

John Quincy Adams: Independent

The son of the second president became the sixth president. He was very independent. A VOA Learning English report.

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What you’ll practise

Understand reported warnings and descriptions of character.

Words to know

disappoint: To make someone sad by not doing what they hoped.
interfere: To get involved when you are not wanted.
impatient: Not able to wait calmly.

Words at this lesson’s level (B1)

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Word levels from the CEFR-J Wordlist 1.5 (Yukio Tono, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies); words not in it count as above B2. Your level is the one you chose in the level guide, otherwise the lesson’s.

Source

Text and audio from “John Quincy Adams: Independent”, America's Presidents, VOA Learning English, published 2023-04-01. Kelly Jean Kelly wrote this story for VOA Learning English. Public domain.

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