PART 1 · LESSON 10 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES
Papers in Two Countries
The Thai-speaking window at the embassy on Wireless Road, number fourteen called: the birth certificate and its translation; and the parents' passports; if incomplete, you must come again; is a photo needed too; in case the photo is rejected, bring two; when do the papers come; within two weeks; now she has papers in two countries: the formal if of a counter, and within for a deadline.
Audio instruction: English
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THE STORY
The embassy on Wireless Road, the Thai-speaking window on a morning in August, a folder of papers and a baby in a sling: the embassy clerk, Jack and Nam are formal both ways with the polite word; Jack's last line is to Nam, as a couple.
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