Oral Reading Fluency 13: "I'll Sit and Write a Letter" - Improve your English!
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Practice Text 13: "I'll Sit and Write a Letter"
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Have you ever written poetry?
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When do people feel like writing poems?
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Often poems are about love,
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and our next reading is a poem
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from a man to his love, who he must leave very soon.
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When something makes you part from another person,
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you become separated.
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When you part, you are no longer together.
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The word "since" can have the same meaning
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as "because."
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This is especially common in spoken English.
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Listen for these two words.
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Have you ever been parted
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from someone you cared for?
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What did you do to stay in touch?
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Of course, today we have email and video calls,
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but writing a letter seems more romantic, doesn't it?
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