PART 3 · LESSON 30 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES
Seattle Flies Home
Suvarnabhumi departures on the Saturday, the announcer, Aunt Oy, a silk scarf and a box of sweets in the hand luggage: passengers for Tokyo, please go to gate seven; take care, safe journey; Mom will come back in January; this house is your mother's too; Mom asks me to say goodbye to Grandma; give our regards to Seattle; Mom will miss you; I'll miss you, come back again: the words of parting.
Audio instruction: English
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THE STORY
The departures hall at Suvarnabhumi airport on a Saturday morning in November, Jack's parents at the gate: the announcer reads formal Thai; Jack keeps the polite word with Aunt Oy and calls her aunt; she calls Jack by name and says aunt for I; Jack's parents are heard only through what Jack relays.
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