PART 3 · LESSON 30 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES
The call home
Eli's flat by the river on a July evening, his parents on the phone from Minneapolis in English, Su-a beside him telling him what to say: Mom asks if it's really a third year, it's not an if and you have the card, Dad asks if they may come in the autumn, not if they come but when they come, when they come is the family okay with it, when they come Mrs. Park will cook, Dad asks if I translate, do it in Korean because I want to hear it too, and when you come I'll translate.
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THE STORY
Eli's flat by the river on a July evening, the phone on the table on speaker, his mother and father in Minneapolis speaking English, Su-a beside him. Su-a and Eli speak casually to each other; Eli is respectful to his parents in Korean.
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