TextAnalysis食Getting there certainly didn't seem like half the funinfact, getting there wasn' t any fun at all.we had expected that our ride to West Virginia would be fun,and that half of the fun we'd get from the trip would comefrom it.But we were wrong.It wasn't fun at all.EndText
Text Analysis Getting there certainly didn’t seem like half the fun; in fact, getting there wasn’t any fun at all. Ø We had expected that our ride to West Virginia would be fun, and that half of the fun we’d get from the trip would come from it. But we were wrong. It wasn’t fun at all
TextAnalysisSo, when it was time to return to our home outside ofPhiladelphia, I insisted that we take a different route.outside of: = outside (esp. in AmE)EndText
Text Analysis So, when it was time to return to our home outside of Philadelphia, I insisted that we take a different route. Ø outside of: = outside (esp. in AmE)
TextAnalysisThe two days it took us to make the return trip were filledwith new experiences.Oour return trip took two days; the route was longer, and wedrove much more slowly. But we had many discoveries.EndText
Text Analysis The two days it took us to make the return trip were filled with new experiences. Ø Our return trip took two days; the route was longer, and we drove much more slowly. But we had many discoveries
Text Analysis0We toured a Ciyil War battlefield and stood on the little hillthat fifteen thousand Confederate soldiers had tried to takeon another hot July afternoon, one hundred and twenty-fiveyears ago, not knowing that half of them would get killed inthe vain attempt.we visited a Civil War battlefield and stood on the littlehill. One hundred and twenty-five years ago,on a hot Julyafternoon,15, 000 soldiers fighting for slavery, while tryingto occupy the hill, had no idea that they would fail and thathalf of them would be killed in the battle.OPay attention to the structure of this long sentence.Oon another hot July afternoon: This indicates that the writerEndTextand her husband visited the battlefieldaonafternoon
Text Analysis We toured a Civil War battlefield and stood on the little hill that fifteen thousand Confederate soldiers had tried to take on another hot July afternoon, one hundred and twenty-five years ago, not knowing that half of them would get killed in the vain attempt. Ø We visited a Civil War battlefield and stood on the little hill. One hundred and twenty-five years ago, on a hot July afternoon, 15,000 soldiers fighting for slavery, while trying to occupy the hill, had no idea that they would fail and that half of them would be killed in the battle. Ø Pay attention to the structure of this long sentence. Ø on another hot July afternoon: This indicates that the writer and her husband visited the battlefield on a hot July afternoon
TextAnalysis食We drove slowlythrough main streets of sleepy PennsylvaniaDutch towns, slowing to twenty miles an hour so as not tocrowd the horses and horse carriages on their way to market.OThis time instead of driving past towns at 55 mph, we wouldenter quiet Pennsylvania Dutch towns and drive slowly throughthe main streets, at 2o mph, in order not to disturb thehorses and horse carriages on their way to market.Oslow: go at a slower speedO sleepy: (of places) quiet and where nothing much happens; inactiveor slow-movingcrowd: (here) cause the horses and horse carriages to moveclose together to make way for usMore
Text Analysis We drove slowly through main streets of sleepy Pennsylvania Dutch towns, slowing to twenty miles an hour so as not to crowd the horses and horse carriages on their way to market. Ø This time instead of driving past towns at 55 mph, we would enter quiet Pennsylvania Dutch towns and drive slowly through the main streets, at 20 mph, in order not to disturb the horses and horse carriages on their way to market. Ø slow: go at a slower speed Ø sleepy: (of places) quiet and where nothing much happens; inactive or slow-moving Ø crowd: (here) cause the horses and horse carriages to move close together to make way for us