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Joy English · Level B1 · Historyjoy-english.com

Thomas Jefferson: Complex

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Hear the language of achievements and contradictions.

Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.

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Words to know

wealth
A large amount of money and property.
declaration
An official statement.
debt
Money that is owed.

Answer key

  1. His family’s wealth enabled him to get an excellent education.“Enabled him to” means made it possible for him to.
  2. He is probably most famous for being the lead writer of the Declaration of Independence.“Most famous for being” uses an -ing form after “for”.
  3. He believed God would judge slave owners severely.“Would judge” is the future seen from the past. “Severely” means very strictly.
  4. Jefferson’s government was a break from the earlier administrations.“A break from” means a change from.
  5. As president, Jefferson cut the national debt.“Cut” is the same in the present and the past.

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