PART 3 · LESSON 29 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES
What the Neighbour Wanted
The next landing late in the afternoon, the tarp lifted off a small boat: you're busy, of course; under the tarp there's my husband's boat; you'd like me to look at it, is that it; it can't be fixed any more; it can; shall I fix it for you; do you want it fixed, yes or no; yes, please fix it for me: the direct ask, and how to pull it out of a neighbour.
Audio instruction: English
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THE STORY
The neighbour's landing next to Jack's boat workshop on Khlong Bangkok Noi, late on a hot-season afternoon, a tarp over a small boat: Khun Pranee speaks as a woman with the woman's polite word, and Jack keeps the polite word and calls her Khun Pranee.
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