PART 2 · LESSON 14 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES
The Roof and the Slipway
Uncle Chai up the ladder with the tin, Ton on the rope, Jack below: send the sheet up, pull the rope; lift it higher, it's catching on the beam; fix it tight, or it goes to Ayutthaya; carry the old planks out; to the landing; then bring the new ones in; the slipway's good, my father's leaned more; finish it before dark: the direction words after a moving verb, and give for the result wanted.
Audio instruction: English
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THE STORY
The shed on Khlong Bangkok Noi on a Saturday in February, the ladder against the roof and the slipway cleared: Uncle Chai speaks to Jack and Ton plainly, Jack keeps the polite word with him and speaks to Ton plainly, and Ton says the polite word to both.
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