Words & Phrases
[L72P1 & L72P2]

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Lesson [L72P1]

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Translation[L72P1]

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Lesson [L72P2]

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Translation[L72P2]

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English USA
Lesson 72, Part 2

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MRS. WILLIS:

Well, grandpa, how are you?

 

 

 

JACK:

I'm all right. How did you think I'd be? Do you know this man?

 

 

 

MRS. WILLIS:

Yes. This is Martin Learner.

 

 

 

JACK:

I know who he is. He's the one that's writing the story.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

That's right.

 

 

 

JACK:

I was in World War One. Did you know that?

 

 

 

MARTIN:

No, I didn't. How many children did you have, Mr. Bishop?

 

 

 

JACK:

Just one.

 

 

 

MRS. WILLIS:

That was my father.

 

 

 

JACK:

He was killed in World War Two.

 

 

 

MRS. WILLIS:

I was just a baby. I don't even remember him.

 

 

 

JACK:

I felt terrible. He was so young. She grew up with an old man like me.

 

 

 

MRS. WILLIS:

I liked it. You were a nice old man.

 

 

 

JACK:

But you didn't know John. He was a wonderful son. He was handsome, and smart, and a great athlete.

 

 

 

MRS. WILLIS:

Just like you.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

Were you athletic, Mr. Bishop?

 

 

 

JACK:

I guess I was. I played baseball. I liked all kinds of ball games.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

Were you a good runner?

 

 

 

JACK:

I was fast. And I was a good hitter.

 

 

 

MRS. WILLIS:

He still played softball when I was a little girl.

 

 

 

JACK:

I was a pitcher. I was the oldest pitcher playing.

 

 

 

MRS. WILLIS:

Not really. You weren't that old.

 

 

 

JACK:

I was. But all the men were old. The young men were all in the war.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

What did you look like?

 

 

 

JACK:

Just like I do now.

 

 

 

MRS. WILLIS:

He was tall of course. He had dark brown hair then. He was really quite handsome.

 

 

 

JACK:

I was a lot like Troy. Do you know Troy?

 

 

 

MARTIN:

We've met.

 

 

 

JACK:

I imagine we looked alike, but I was old when Troy was born. My son looked like that too.

 

 

 

MRS. WILLIS:

Is this confusing, Mr. Learner?

 

 

 

MARTIN:

What do you mean?

 

 

 

MRS. WILLIS:

It's such a mixture of grandfathers, grandsons, great grandsons.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

Let me see. Mr. Bishop had one son. He died in the second World War. That son had children.

 

 

 

MRS. WILLIS:

Only one. Me.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

OK. That son had one daughter.

 

 

 

JACK:

She's my granddaughter.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

That granddaughter had children.

 

 

 

JACK:

Only one. Troy.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

So Troy is your great-grandson.

 

 

 

JACK:

And maybe next year I'll have a great-great-grandson.

 

 

 

MRS. WILLIS:

Oh, grandpa.

 

 

 

JACK:

I can't wait forever. Where is he? I want to talk to him.

 

 

 

 

 

 

MELISSA:

Hi, Martin. I haven't talked to you yet.

 

 

 

MARTIN:

Hello, Melissa. It was a beautiful wedding. You look wonderful.

 

 

 

MELISSA:

I'm glad you could come. Have you talked with grandpa Jack? He insists I call him grandpa Jack. Isn't he terrific?

 

 

 

MARTIN:

He certainly is. And you are too. I wish you all the happiness in the world.

 

 

 

MELISSA:

Thanks. Let's find Troy. He's the one that I want to talk to.

 

 

English USA L72P2J
Courtesy of Voice of America