I love you , Dad KimDongYun20082463, UYunSik20082485

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A plot Father and son hadn't seen each other in years. In fact, according to the son, his father had left when he was a boy, and they had had little contact unti l about a year ago, when his father had sent him a birthday card with a note saying he'd like to see his son again. The son tentatively set a date to visit his father two months later. But because of a variety of reasons, The trip to Florida would have to be po stponed. His father said he understood, but the son didn't hear from him again for so me time. In November the son received a call from his father's neighbor. His father ha d been taken to the hospital with heart problems. His father said, "I'm fine. You don't have to make a trip out here. The doctor says there was minor damage, and I can go home day after tomorrow.”

A plot He called his father every few days after that. When Christmas, He sent money for Christmas. His father sent small gifts for his childre n and a pen and pencil set for his son. In February, the man decided to visit his father. He called his father t o tell him he'd probably get to Florida in March or April. Writer met the man on Friday. He was here to bury his father. "Going Home" was scripted inside the lid. He sat in the chapel next t o his father's body. Writer put my arm around his shoulder and he collapsed in my arms, sobbing. "I should have come sooner. He shouldn't have had to die alone."

Words Legible (page 102 , paragraph 3, line 3) legible   adjective describes writing or print that can be read easily: Ex : Her handwriting is barely legible. <Source : Cambridge International Dictionary of English > mutter (page 103, paragraph 2, line 3) mutter    verb (This is used !) to speak quietly and in a low voice that is not easy to hear, often when you are anxious or complaining about some- thing: Ex : Stop muttering and speak up! He was muttering (away) to himself. noun 1 (the sound of) words being said very quietly: Ex : I heard the soft mutter of voices in the next room. 2 a complaint which is made privately: Ex : There were mutters that other departments received more money than ours. <Source: Same above>

Words Tentatively (page 102, paragraph 2, line 3) tentative    adjective (of a plan or idea) not certain or agreed, or (of a suggestion or action) said or done in a careful but uncert ain way because you do not know if you are right: Ex : I have made tentative plans to take a trip to Seattle in July. tentatively    adverb (This is used !) Ex : If you do or say something tentatively, you do or say it in an uncertain way. Collapse (page 104, paragraph 4, line 2) ▸ noun:  the act of throwing yourself down ▸ noun:  a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additio nal failures) ▸ verb:  break down, literally or metaphorically ▸ verb:  fall apart (this is used !) ▸ verb:  suffer a nervous breakdown <Source : OneLook.com>

Grammars and Expressions Page 103, paragraph 5, lines 9 Overwhelmed, she expressed her gratitude to the old man when they called him on Christmas Day. Since she was overwhelmed, she expressed her gratitude to the old man when they called him on Christmas Day. (Being) overwhelmed, she expressed her gratitude to the old man when they called him on Christmas Day. Ex : When a book is written in foreign language, it wouldn’t be easy to understand.  (Being) written in foreign language, it wouldn’t be easy to understand. Page 104, paragraph 4, line 2 He collapsed in my arms, sobbing. = He, sobbing , collapsed in my arms. = Sobbing, he collapsed in my arms. Ex : I caught the rabbit, running toward my home. = I, running toward my home, caught the rabbit. = Running toward my home, I caught the rabbit.

Grammars and Expressions Page 104, paragraph 4, line 4 He asked if I had something else to do that day. = He asked whether I had something else to do that day. Whether(if) (conj.) In case; if; -- used to introduce the first or two or more alternative clauses, the other or others being connected by or, or by or whether. When the second of two alternatives is the simple negative of the first it is sometimes only indic ated by the particle not or no after the correlative, and sometimes it is omitted entirely as being distinctly implied in the whether of the first. (this is used !) (pron.) Which (of two); which one (of two); -- used interrogatively and relatively Ex : I wasn't sure whether you'd like it She asked me whether I was interested in working for her. I doubt whether it'll work.

Think about it In this case, if you would like to How do you act? What do you think really 'Dad's love'? When you read the article, What do you think that?

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