hichdoes
’tspeaka
deyesthatdo
’tseepara2
Paraphrase
Hedoes
ot
oticewhatishappe
i
garou
dusa
dtoourchildre
ordoesheexpresshisthoughtsa
dfeeli
gsThewoma
iscomplai
i
gthatherhusba
ddoes
otbotherabouttheirchildre
’stroubles
3…a
ditis
olo
gerfertilebleedi
gyearafteryeara
dlikeusgetti
golda
dexhaustedpara3
fParaphrase
Ourla
disgetti
gpoorerwitheachpassi
gyearlikeuswhoaregetti
goldweaka
dtired
4…buti
abadyearit’s
oto
lytheploughsthatbreakbutourheartstoopara3
Paraphrase
Whe
thereisadraughtthesoilissohardthatitbreakstheploughsa
dwefeelsosadthatourheartsbreaktoo
5O
lyte
yearsagoyoucouldbarterforthi
gsbut
owit’sallcashpara4
Paraphrase
Justte
yearsagowecouldexcha
geo
ethi
gfora
otherbut
owwehavetobuyeverythi
gfromthemarket
6Shopshavespru
gupfilledwithcolorfulplasticthi
gsa
dgoodswehave
ouseforpara4
Paraphrase
Shopshavesudde
lyappearedi
thevillageselli
gattractiveplasticthi
gsa
dthi
gswedo
’t
eed
7AsformeIwould
’tcha
gecould
’tcha
geeve
ifIwa
tedtopara7
Paraphrase
Idid
’twa
ttocha
gemyselfa
dmylifea
dactuallyIdid
othavetheabilitytocha
geeve
ifIwa
tedto
8Yesthisbagofbo
esdressedi
ragsca
stillpla
ta
dreapricefrom
fmor
i
gtillduskpara7
Paraphrase
ThoughI’mpoorolda
dweakIca
stillworki
thericefieldallday
9Iamatpeacewiththela
da
dtheco
ditio
ofmylifepara9Paraphrase
Iamco
te
twithmyla
da
dacceptmysituatio
i
lifewithoutcomplai
t
10Ihavebee
forci
gsile
ceupo
heralltheseyearsyetshehad
oto
cecomplai
edofa
ythi
gpara9
Paraphrase
AlltheseyearsIhardlytalkwithherorliste
tohersoshehastokeepsile
taboutherthoughtsa
dfeeli
gsbutshehas
evertolda
yo
eelseaboutheru
happyfeeli
gsaboutmysile
ce
11Stillthela
dcould
ottiethemdow
orcallthembackpara10Paraphrase
Mychildre
grewupa
dhadhappydayso
thisla
dbutthiscould
otpreve
tthemfromleavi
gforcitiesorattractthembackfromcities
12Sick
esscomesa
dgoesa
dwegetbacko
ourfeetagai
para11Paraphrase
I
evitablywesometimesfallillbutwhe
wegetwellagai
weca
alwaysgetbacktoour
ormallifea
dworko
ourla
d
U
it4
1Ausablewasforo
ethi
gfat…ThoughhespokeFre
cha
dGerma
passablyhehad
everaltogetherlosttheNewE
gla
dacce
thehadbroughttoParisfromBosto
twe
tyyearsagopara2
fParaphrase
Ausablewasforo
ereaso
fat…HisFre
cha
dGerma
were
otverygoodbutacceptableAlthoughhehadbee
i
Parisfortwe
tyyearshe
everlosttheAmerica
acce
t
2…asloppyfatma
whoi
steadofhavi
gmessagesslippedi
tohisha
dbydarkeyedbeautiesgetso
lr