PART 3 · LESSON 29 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES
The Last Dinner
The family's table on the Friday night before the flight, Grandma and Nam, a box of sweets packed for the plane: although they've stayed three weeks, they're family; although Mom can't speak, she understands; I say one thing only, come back; your father's been quiet all evening; Dad asks me to say thank you; no thank-yous, we're our own people; although Grandma sounds strict, she's packed sweets; Mom's counting the days to January: although, with the little word for then.
Audio instruction: English
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THE STORY
The family's table in the house behind the pier at Bang Rak on a Friday night in November: Jack keeps the polite word with Grandma and calls her grandma; Grandma speaks plainly to everyone and says grandma for I; Jack and Nam speak as friends, no particle; Jack's parents are heard only through what Jack relays.
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