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The Law of Life Old Koskoosh is left alone by the fire as his people move on to find food. He remembers how nature works. A story by Jack London, adapted for learners.
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What you’ll practise Understand contrast with “although” and the future in the past.
Words to know sight The ability to see. moccasin A soft leather shoe. Words at this lesson’s level (B1) At B1, you probably know about 97% of the words in this lesson.
The other words of this lesson are at B1 or below.
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 “The Law of Life” by Jack London, adapted for VOA Learning English American Stories. Public domain.
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Five sentences selected from the opening and cut into clips. Explanations and vocabulary are original.
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