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The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky
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Understand descriptions of people on a journey.
Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.
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Words to know
- bride
- A woman on her wedding day or just after it.
- respectfully
- In a polite way that shows respect.
- nervousness
- The feeling of being nervous.
Answer key
- The man’s face was reddened from many days in the wind and sun.“Reddened” means became red. “From” gives the cause.
- From time to time he looked down respectfully at his suit.“From time to time” means sometimes.
- She wore a dress of blue with many buttons.“A dress of blue” is an old-fashioned way to say a blue dress.
- He pointed out to her the beauty of the car they were riding in.“Pointed out” means showed or drew attention to.
- A passenger, observing her small nervousness, laughed to himself.“Observing” means noticing. “To himself” means quietly, not to others.