PART 3 · LESSON 30 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES
Back at the Pier
The pier on a Sunday, Jack and Nam back from the village with mud on them, Tee with a ring in his pocket: where have you two been? we've been planting rice; come back with mud on you? I've learnt a lot; learnt he can eat spicy; and not to joke at the table; and I went and bought a ring; who's the ring for, Tee? tonight, at the table; Bee, don't look: went and came back, and two years summed up.
Audio instruction: English
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THE STORY
The pier in Bang Rak on a Sunday afternoon in the rains, the family back from Khon Kaen, Bee by the stall: Tee, Nam and Jack speak as friends, Uncle Chai calls Jack by name, Tee and Bee speak plainly to each other, Jack keeps the polite word with Uncle Chai.
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