Hello students. I’m proud of you for completing years 1 and 2 of our American English course. In order for you to become a strong intermediate American English learner, you need to be able to read, understand, and discuss abridged American English short stories. In this lesson, throughout Year 3 of your studies, you will read, listen to, and write about popular American English short stories. Please follow the directions below closely.
- Study the American English vocabulary below.
Words in This Story
apartment – n. a usually rented room or set of rooms that is part of a building and is used as a place to live
pneumonia – n. a serious disease that affects the lungs and makes it difficult to breathe
carriage – n. a large vehicle with four wheels that is pulled by a horse and that carries people
drawing – n. a picture, image, etc., that is made by making lines on a surface with a pencil, pen, marker, chalk, but usually not with paint
leaf – n. one of the flat and typically green parts of a plant that grow from a stem or twig
ladder – n. a device used for climbing that has two long pieces of wood, metal, or rope with a series of steps or rungs between them
- Listen to the story.
- Watch the video and read along.
- Take the short story quiz.
Take the quiz: https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/3117373/p1.html?isEmbedded=True
- Write a summary of the short story you just read and listened to in the comments section below. Click here to read an article that teaches you how to summarize a story. Remember to let us know who the characters of the story are, what they do, and what the story is about.
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Lesson 3.34.2: year 3
American Story, ” The Last Leaf” Written by O.Henry.
it is a heart touching story that made me very sad. The main characters of the story are Sue, Johnsy and Behrman, though the doctor appears several times in the story, yet he is only secondary character and does not affect the development of the plot.
The story begins with Johnsy and Sue, two young artists and friends living together in a small flat. Johnsy fell ill in the month of November, the doctor diagnosed that she is suffering from pneumonia. her friend sue is really worried and try to cheer her up so she would recover soon, but Johnsy has given up hope of survival. She believes that when the ivy vine on the wall outside her window lose all its Leaves, she would die. However, her neighbor Behrman, an artist ticks her by painting a leaf on the wall and this gives her hope to live and gradually recover from her illness. later sue informed her that Behrman has died of pneumonia, while being out in the cold and wet weather, he is the one who has painted the last Leafe to give Johnsy hope of survival and sacrifices his own life in the process.
” there is no change with sacrifice.”
Dear teacher,
Lesson 3.34.2: year 3
American Story, ” The Last Leaf” Written by O Henry.
The story decried about Johnsy and Sue, two young artists and friends, who lived together in an apartment in New York City. Johnsy felt ill in the month of November, the doctor diagnosed that she is suffering from pneumonia disease. Sue was really worried and tried to motivate her friend that she would recover soon, but Johnsy has given up hope of survival. She believed that when the ivy vine on the wall outside her window lose all its Leaves, she disappointed and felt she would die. However, her neighbor Behrman, an artist ticks her by painting a leaf on the wall and this gives her hope to live and gradually recover from her illness. later sue informed her that Behrman has died of pneumonia, while being out in the cold and wet weather, he is the one who has painted the last Leafe to give Johnsy hope of survival and sacrifices his own life in the. Sue con solve and success explanation, Johnsy did not want to die any more. She tried to eat chicken soup and toke medicine regularly then she became recovery.
For quiz, I got 100% correct.
Thank you.
Lesson 3.34.2: Year 3
In the quiz my score is75%, meaning I have answered 3 correct answers from total 4 questions.