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The Law of Life

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Understand contrast with “although” and the future in the past.

Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.

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Words to know

sight
The ability to see.
weep
To cry.
moccasin
A soft leather shoe.

Answer key

  1. Although his sight had failed, his hearing remained good.“Although” shows contrast. “Had failed” means had stopped working.
  2. Life called her, and the duties of life, not death.“Duties” are things you must do.
  3. It was the last time he would hear that voice.“Would hear” is the future seen from the past.
  4. That child was always weeping, and it was sickly.“Weeping” means crying. “Sickly” means often ill.
  5. The step of a moccasin broke the snow’s surface.A moccasin is a soft leather shoe. The surface is the top layer.

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