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Our town is by the sea. Where is it ? It is by the sea. Great ships come into the harbor almost every day. What comes into the harbor ? Great ships come into the harbor. When do they come ? They come almost every day. From my bedroom window I have a view of the sea and the yellow sand, but not of the harbor. What do I have a view of ? You have a view of the sea and the yellow sand, but not of the harbor. What do I have a view of them from ? From your bedroom window you have a view of them. Sometimes I go down to the harbor and see the ships come in. Where do I go ? You go down to the harbor. What do I see the ships do ? You see them come in. When do I do it ? Sometimes you do it. Why are all these persons at the harbor? What are the words here ? They are, "Why are all these persons at the harbor?" A ship is coming from New York today. What is coming ? A ship is coming. Where is it coming from ? It is coming from New York. When is it coming ? It is coming today. That is the reason. What is it ? It is the reason. Everyone here is waiting for someone. Who is waiting ? Everyone there is waiting. Who is everyone there waiting for ? Everyone there is waiting for someone. The boy and girl by the wall are waiting for their father and mother. Who are they waiting for ? They are waiting for their father and mother. The old woman on the seat is waiting for her son. Who is she waiting for ? She is waiting for her son. By her side is a man with some red flowers in his hand. Who is by her side ? A man with some red flowers in his hand is by her side. They are for a woman friend. Who are they for ? They are for a woman friend. The girl in the yellow hat and the black and white coat has a brother on the ship. Who has a brother ? The girl in the yellow hat and the black and white coat has a brother. Where does she have him ? She has him on the ship. The wide stretch of sea outside the harbor is blue, but the water in the harbor is green. What is blue? The wide stretch of sea outside the harbor is blue. What is green ? The water in the harbor is green. It is very clear. How clear is it ? It is very clear. I see dark plants under the water, and there, by that boat, is a fish. What do I see ? You see dark plants. Where do I see them ? You see them under the water. What is there ? There is a fish Where is it ? It is by that boat. Do you see its tail? What are the words ? They are, "Do you see its tail ?" The fishes in the harbor are very small. How small are they ? They are very small. Some boys on the harbor wall are getting them in nets. Who are getting them ? Some boys on the harbor wall are getting them. How are they getting them ? They are getting them in nets. Boats with white sails come and go in the harbor. Where do they come and go ? They come and go in the harbor. Some of them go out to the island at the mouth of the harbor. Where do they go out ? They go out to the island at the mouth of the harbor. The waves out there are quite high. What are quite high ? The waves out there are quite high. What are the boy and girl by the wall saying ? What are the words ? They are, "What are the boy and girl by the wall saying ?" They are putting questions to the woman who is with them. What are they putting ? They are putting questions. Who are they putting questions to ? They are putting questions to the woman. Who is the woman with ? She is with them. What woman are they putting questions to ? They are putting questions to the woman who is with them. When will the ship come ? Does every ship have a flag ? What things will their father and mother have for them ? Which side of the ship will they be on ? How will the great ship get into the harbor? Does it make the journey from New York frequently? What are these words ? They are, "When will the ship come ? Does every ship have a flag ? What things will their father and mother have for them ? Which side of the ship will they be on ? How will the great ship get into the harbor? Does it make the journey from New York frequently?" They get no answers to their questions and after a time they are quiet. What do they get ? They get no answers. How are they ? They are quiet. When are they quiet ? After a time they are quiet. Suddenly the boy says, "What is that ? Is it the ship ? Will the ship come from that direction ? " What does he say ? He says, "What is that ? Is it the ship ? Will the ship come from that direction ? " How does he say these words ? Suddenly he says these words. The woman who is with him says, " It may be smoke from the ship or it may be only a cloud in the sky. What woman says it ? The woman who is with him says it. What does she say ? She says, "It may be smoke from the ship or it may be only a cloud in the sky." We will see in a minute." When will we see ? You will see in a minute. Then another person says, " Yes, that is the ship coming into view. What does another man say ? He says, "Yes, that is the ship coming into view." There is something dark under the smoke. What is there ? There is something dark. Where is it ? It is under the smoke. I see it clearly. What do I see ? You see it. How do I see it ? You see it clearly. It is coming in the direction of the harbor." In what direction is it coming ? It is coming in the direction of the harbor. The man and woman who are on the seat get up and we all take a step forward and have a look. Who get up ? The man and woman get up. Where are they ? They are on the seat. What man and woman get up ? The man and woman who are on the seat get up. What do we all take ? You all take a step. How do we take a step ? You take a step forward. What do we have ? You have a look. From the land the great ship still seems very small. How small does it seem ? It seems very small. How does it seem very small ? It still seems very small. What does it still seem very small from ? From the land it still seems very small. The time of waiting goes slowly. What goes slowly. The time of waiting goes slowly. The man with the flowers goes back to his seat. Where does he go back ? He goes back to his seat. It is almost the end of the morning before the ship goes to the mouth of the harbor. What is it ? It is almost the end of the morning. Where does the ship go ? It goes to the mouth of the harbor. When is it almost the end of the morning ? It is almost the end of the morning before the ship goes to the mouth of the harbor. The way into the harbor is not very wide. What is not very wide ? The way into the harbor is not very wide. Two small boats are waiting at the harbor mouth. Where are they waiting ? They are waiting at the harbor mouth. One goes to the front of the ship, and the seamen on the boat take the end of a long steel cord which men on the ship let down on them. Where does one go ? One goes to the front of the ship. What do they take ? They take the end of a long steel cord. What do they let down ? They let down a long steel cord. Who do they let it down on ? They let it down on the seamen on hte boat. What end of a long steel cord do the seamen on the boat take ? They take the end of a long steel cord which men on the ship let down on them. The other boat goes to the back and gives a push. Where does it go ? It goes to the back. What does it give ? It gives a push. That is how they get the ship into the harbor. What do they get. They get the ship. What do they get it into ? They get it into the harbor. What is it ? It is how they get the ship into the harbor. The letters on one side of the ship are quite clear. What are quite clear ? The letters on one side of the ship are quite clear. Its name is 'S.S.FLORIDA'. What is its name ? It is 'S.S.FLORIDA'. They see the faces of some of the persons on the ship. What do they see ? They see the faces of some of the persons on the ship. A man at my side gives a wave. What does he give ? He gives a wave. From the ship he gets a wave back. What does he get back ? He gets a wave back. What does he get a wave back from ? He gets a wave back from the ship. The boy and girl give a wave, but they have short arms and their father and mother do not see them till they get up on the steps. Who give a wave ? The boy and girl give a wave. What do they have ? They have short arms. Who do not see them ? Their father and mother do not see them. Where do they get up ? They get up on the steps. Till when do they not see them ? They do not see them till they get up on the steps. Someone who is near me says, "Who is that ? Is it Peter ?" Who is near me ? Someone is near you. Who says it ? Someone, who is near you, says it. What does he say ? He says, "Who is that ? Is it Peter ?" "Where ?" What do I say ? You say, "Where ?" 'There, near the white boat." What does the one, who is near you, say ? He says, "There, near the white boat." "No, that is one of the seamen. But there is Peter, with two men by the rail. He is the middle one. I see him clearly now. He has a blue coat on and no hat. He is making a sign to us" What do I say ? You say, "No, that is one of the seamen. But there is Peter, with two men by the rail. He is the middle one. I see him clearly now. He has a blue coat on and no hat. He is making a sign to us." "You have good eyes !" What does the one, who is near you, say ? He says, "You have good eyes !" In a short time the ship is in its place in the harbor. Where is the ship ? It is in its place in the harbor. In what time is it there ? It is there in a short time. It is at the end of its long Journey. What is it at the end of ? It is at the end of its long journey. The first persons who get on the ship are the porters. Who are the first persons ? They are the porters. What do the first persons get on ? They get on the ship. What first persons are the porters ? The first persons who get on the ship are the porters ? There is great competition for them and some words of an angry argument come to my ears. What competition is there ? There is great competition for them. What words come to my ears ? Some words of an angry argument come to your ears. "Which is your porter ?" "The one with his hands in his pockets." "But he is my porter. He is getting my things." "How is he doing that with his hands in his pockets?" What are these words ? They are, "Which is your porter ?" "The one with his hands in his pockets." "But he is my porter. He is getting my things." "How is he doing that with his hands in his pockets?" The two men are still in the middle of their argument when another person comes and takes the porter. What are they in what middle of ? They are in the middle of their argument. How are they in the middle of it ? They are still in the middle of it. Who comes ? Another person comes. Who does he take ? He takes the porter. When does he come and take the porter ? He comes and takes him when they are still in the middle of their argument. While the porters are taking the boxes and bags, some of us go on the ship and see our friends. What are they taking ? They are taking the boxes and bags. Where do some of you go ? They go on the ship. Who do we see ? You see your friends. During what time do we go on the ship and see our friends ? While the porters are taking the boxes and bags you do it. The mother and father of the small boy and girl take them in their arms and give them a kiss. Who do they take in their arms ? They take the small boy and girl in their arms. What do they give them ? They give them a kiss. The old woman gives a loud cry of pleasure when she sees her son. What does she give ? She gives a loud cry of pleasure. Who does she see ? She sees her son. When does she give a cry of pleasure ? She gives a cry of pleasure when she sees her son. The sister gives her brother all the family news. What does she give ? She gives her brother all the family news. One after another, they all come off the ship. What do they all come off ? They all come off the ship. How do they all come off the ship. One after another they all come off the ship. The last is the man with the flowers. Who is the last ? He is the man with the flowers. He still has them in his hand. How does he have them ? He still has them. Where does he still has them ? He still has them in his hand. Trouble is coming to someone. What is coming to someone ? Trouble is coming to someone. That is clear from the look on his face. How is it ? It is clear. What is it clear from ? It is clear from the look on his face. Why is he angry ? Because his girl friend is not on the ship. Where is she ? She is still in New York. What do the words say ? They say, "Why is he angry ? Because his girl friend is not on the ship. Where is she ? She is still in New York".
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I was tired and had a desire for sleep.
How was I ?
You were tired.
What did I have ?
You had a desire for sleep.
For this reason I got into a quiet part of the train.
What did I get into ?
You got into a quiet part of the train
Why did I get into it ?
Because you had a desire for sleep.
A young woman with an open book in her hand had a seat by the window.
Who had a seat ?
A young woman with an open book in her hand had a seat.
Where did she have a seat ?
She had a seat by the window.
She seemed quiet and she did not take her eyes off her book.
How did she seem ?
She seemed quiet.
What did she not take ?
She did not take her eyes ?
What did she take her eyes off ?
She did not take her eyes off her book.
" This is good," I said. " I will have a sleep."
What did I say ?
"This is good", you said. "I will have a sleep."
But chance was against me.
What was against me ?
Chance was against you.
After a short time another young woman, with some parcels under her arm and a basket in her hand, came to the door.
Who came ?
Another young woman, with some parcels under arm and a basket in her hand, came.
Where did she come ?
She came to the door.
When did she come ?
After a short time she came.
When she saw only me and one woman through the window, she got in, put her parcels down, and took a seat opposite the first woman.
Who did she see ?
She saw you and one woman
How did she see them ?
She saw only you and one woman.
What did she see them through ?
She saw them through the window.
What did she do ?
She got in.
What did she put ?
She put her parcel down.
What did she take ?
She took a seat.
Where did she take a seat ?
She took a seat opposite the first woman.
When did she do it ?
She did it when she saw only you and one woman through the window.
The train made a start and one of the parcels went onto the floor.
What did it make ?
It made a start.
Where did the parcel go onto ?
It went onto the floor.
The first woman took up the parcel, which was near her foot.
What did she take up ?
She took up the parcel.
Where was the parcel ?
It was near her foot.
What parcel did she take up ?
She took up the parcel which was near her foot.
When she was giving it back to the other woman, she saw her face.
What was she giving back ?
She was giving it back.
Who was she giving it back to ?
She was giving it back to the other woman.
What did she see ?
She saw her face.
When did she see her face ?
She saw her face when she was giving it back to her.
She was clearly an old friend.
What friend was she ?
She was an old friend.
How was she an old friend ?
She was clearly an old friend.
After that I had no hope of sleep.
What did I have ?
You had no hope of sleep.
When did I have no hope of sleep ?
After that you had no hope of sleep.
The women had loud voices and their talk kept me awake till the end of the journey.
What voices did they have ?
They had loud voices.
What kept you awake ?
Their talk kept you awake.
Till what end did their talk keep you awake ?
It kept you awake till the end of the journey.
I had no interest in their talk but l will give you an account of what they said.
What did I have no interest in ?
You had no interest in their talk.
What account will I give you of ?
You will give me an account of what they said.
with a look of surprise
First Woman : Margaret !
What does she say ?
She says, "Margaret !"
How does she say it ?
She says it with a look of surprise.
Friend : Mary !
What does she say ?
She says, "Mary !"
First Woman : This is a surprise !
What is it ?
It is a surprise !
You were in Scotland when your mother gave me news of you.
Where was Margaret ?
She was in Scotland.
What did her mother give Mary ?
She gave Mary news of Margaret.
When was Margaret in Scotland ?
She was in Scotland when her mother gave Mary news of Margaret.
Friend : Yes, I was in Scotland but I came back when my friend got married.
Where was Margaret ?
She was in Scotland.
What did she do ?
She came back.
What did her friend do ?
She got married.
When did Margaret com back ?
She came back when her friend got married.
First Woman : Do you frequently go down by this train ?
What does she ask ?
She asks, "Do you frequently go down by this train ?
Friend : No, I come up to town every week on the day when there is a cheap ticket.
Where does she come up ?
She comes up to town.
What week does she come up ?
She comes up every week.
What ticket is there ?
There is a cheap ticket.
When is there a cheap ticket ?
There is a cheap on the day.
On what day does she come up ?
She comes up on the day when there is a cheap ticket.
After going to the stores and getting things for the family, I sometimes go to the pictures and
take the last train back.
Where does she go ?
She goes to the store.
What does she get ?
She gets things for the family.
Where does she go ?
She goes to the pictures.
When does she go there ?
She sometimes goes there.
What does she take ?
She takes the last train back.
When does she do it ?
After going to the stores and getting things for the family she does it.
I took an early train this time because, there were no good pictures.
What train did she take ?
She took an early train.
When did she take an early train ?
She did it this time.
What pictures were there ?
There were no good pictures.
Why did she take an early train this time ?
Because there were no good pictures.
Are you doing work in town ?
What does she ask ?
She asks, "Are you doing work in town ?"
First Woman : Yes. I am in the office of a steel company.
What is she doing ?
She is in the office of a steel company.
I come up from the country every day and I go back by this train.
What does she comeup from ?
She comes up from the country.
When does she come up ?
She comes up every day.
What does she go back by ?
She goes back by that train.
Having company on the journey will be a change.
What does she have ?
She has company.
When does she have company ?
She has company on the journey.
What will be a change ?
Having company on the journey will be a change.
Reading in the train makes my eyes tired.
Where does she read ?
She reads in the train.
What makes her eyes tired ?
Reading in the train makes her eyes tired.
I frequently go to sleep while I am reading
What does she do ?
She goes to sleep.
How often does she go to sleep ?
She frequently goes to sleep.
What is she doing ?
She is reading.
During what time does she frequently go to sleep ?
She does it while she is reading.
Friend : I have food and drink with me in this basket.
What does she have ?
She has food and drink.
Who does she have them with ?
She has them with her.
Where does she have them with her ?
She has them with her in that basket.
Let us have some.
What does she say ?
She says, "Let us have some."
She takes food and drink out of the basket and gives some to her friend.
What does she take ?
She takes food and drink.
What does she take them out of ?
She takes them out of the basket.
What does she give ?
She gives some.
Who does she give some to ?
She gives some to her friend.
First Woman : That is a very good idea.
What idea is it ?
It is a very good idea.
I did not have time for much food today.
What did she not have ?
She did not have time for much food.
When did she not have time for much food ?.
She did not have time for much food today.
What is the news of your family ?
What does she ask ?
She asks, "What is the news of your family ?"
Friend : There is not much.
What is there ?
There is not much.
Father had a pain in his side last week and we kept him in bed, but he is up again and doing work in the garden.
What did he have ?
He had a pain.
Where did he have a pain ?
He had a pain in his side.
When did he have a pain ?
He had a pain last week.
What did they do ?
They kept him in bed.
How is he ?
He is up again.
What is he doing ?
He is doing work.
Where is he doing work ?
He is doing work in the garden.
Mother is on almost every committee in the place and her opinions get her into trouble with all of them.
What is she on ?
She is on almost every committee in the place.
What get her into trouble ?
Her opinions get her into trouble.
Who do they get her into trouble with ?
They get her into trouble with all of them.
First Woman : When I saw your mother she gave me a long account of an argument she was having with the other women on the Hospital Committee about the bad food.
Who did Mary see ?
She saw Margaret's mother.
What did Margaret's mother give Mary ?
She gave her a long account of an argument.
When did she give her the account ?
She gave her a long account of an argument when Mary saw her.
What was she having ?
She was having an argument.
Who was she having an argument with ?
She was having an argument with the Hospital Committee.
What was she having an argument about ?
She was having an argument about the bad food.
What argument did she give Mary an account of ?
She gave Mary an account of a long argument she was having with the other women
on the Hospital Committee about the bad food.
Friend : She made them do something in the end.
What did she make them do ?
She made them do something.
When did she make them do something ?
She made them do something in the end.
After that she had trouble with the Library Committee because the Library was shut in the middle of the day.
What did she have ?
She had trouble.
What did she have trouble with ?
She had trouble with the Library Committee.
When was the Library shut ?
It was shut in the middle of the day.
When did she have trouble with the Library Committee ?
After she had an argument with the other women on the Hospital Committee she had trouble with the Library Committee.
Why did she get into trouble with the Library Committee ?
Because the Library was shut in the middle of the day.
First Woman : Where is Betty ?
She asks, "Where is Betty ?"
Friend : She is by the sea with some friends. Mother sent her there for a change because she was tired.
Where is Betty ?
She is by the sea.
Who is she there with ?
She is there with some friends.
How was Betty ?
She was tired.
Who sent her there ?
Mother sent her there.
What did she send her there for ?
She sent her there for a change.
Why did she send her there ?
Because Betty was tired.
First Woman : Is Bob married ?
What does she ask ?
She asks, "Is Bob married ?"
Friend : No. He is waiting till he gets a house.
What is he doing ?
He is waiting.
Till when is he waiting ?
He is waiting till he gets a house.
First Woman : I saw the girl that day when we went on the river.
Who did she see ?
She saw the girl.
When did she see her ?
She saw her that day.
What did they do ?
They went on the river.
When did she see her ?
She saw her when they went on the river.
She is very beautiful.
How beautiful is she ?
She is very beautiful.
Friend : She is a sweet girl and Mother and Father have a very high opinion of her.
What girl is she ?
She is a sweet girl.
What opinion do Mother and Father have ?
They have a very high opinion.
Who do they have a very high opinion of ?
They have a very high opinion of her.
First Woman : There is a hole in the parcel which you put under the seat.
What is there ?
There is a hole.
Where is there a hole ?
There is a hole in the parcel.
What does she put ?
She puts the parcel.
Where does she put it ?
She puts it under the seat.
What parcel is there a hole in ?
There is a hole in the parcel which she puts under the seat.
Some earth is coming through the paper.
What is some earth coming through ?
It is coming through the paper.
Friend : That is the parcel of plants which I got for Father.
What is it ?
It is the parcel of plants.
What did she get ?
She got plants.
What did she get them for ?
She got them for Father.
What parcel of plants is it ?
It is the parcel of plants which she got for Father.
There is earth round their roots.
What is there ?
There is earth.
Where is there earth ?
There is earth round their roots.
I will put them in another bit of paper.
What will she put ?
She will put them.
Where will she put them.
She will put them in another bit of paper.
Father makes me get all the plants and seeds for the garden.
What does Father make her get ?
He makes her get all the plants and seeds for the garden.
Last week I came back with a spade for him.
What did she come back with ?
She came back with a spade ?
Who did she come back with a spade for ?
She came back with a spade for him.
When did she come back with a spade ?
Last week she came back with a spade.
First Woman : I had a look at the windows of some of the stores this morning.
What did she have a look at ?
She had a look at the windows of some of the stores.
When did she have a look at them ?
She had a look at them this morning.
The prices seemed very high.
What seemed very high ?
The prices seemed very high.
Friend : They are high for some things but not for everything.
How are they ?
They are high.
What are they high for ?
They are high for some things but not for everything.
Things for the house are dear but dresses are quite cheap.
What are dear ?
The things for the house are dear.
What are quite cheap ?
Dresses are quite cheap.
I got a very cheap dress today.
What dress did she get ?
She got a very cheap dress.
When did she get it ?
She got it today.
But I gave a high price for these stockings for Mother and they are not very good.
What price did she give ?
She gave a high price.
What did she give a high price for ?
She gave a high price for those stockings for Mother.
How good are they ?
They are not very good.
What is this station ? Do you see the name ?
What does she ask ?
She asks, " What is this station ? Do you see the name ?"
First Woman : It is Sandbridge.
What is it ?
It is Sandbridge.
Do you get out here ?
What does she ask ?
She asks, "Do you get out here ?"
Friend : No. I will go on to Newharbor tonight.
Where will she go on ?
She will go on to Newharbor.
When will she go on to Newharbor ?
She will go on to Newharbor tonight.
Father is waiting for me there.
Who is Father waiting for ?
He is waiting for her.
Where is he waiting ?
He is waiting there.
But I will put my parcels together because we will be there in a minute.
What will she put together ?
She will put parcels together.
Where will they be ?
They will be there.
How soon will they be there ?
They will be there in a minute.
First Woman : You will have a long walk from Newharbour to your house with those parcels.
What walk will she have ?
She will have a long walk.
What station will she have a long walk from ?
She will have a long walk from Newharbor.
What place will she have a walk to ?
She will have a walk to her house.
What will she have a walk with ?
She will have a walk with those parcels.
Friend : There is a short way across the fields and Father will take some of the parcels.
What is there ?
There is a short way.
What is there a short way across ?
There is a short way across the fields.
What will Father take ?
He will take some of the parcels.
The walk is good for me.
What is good for her ?
The walk is good for her.
Where is my ticket ? It may be among these letters in my bag.
What does she say ?
She says, "Where is my ticket ? It may be among these letters in my bag."
First Woman : Is that it ? ,
What does she ask ?
She asks, "Is that it ?
Friend : No, that is only a card. Here it is.
What is it ?
It is only a card.
Where is it ?
Here it is.
I put it in my pocket.
What does she put ?
She puts it.
Where does she put it ?
She puts it in her pocket.
First Woman : Come and see me some time and let us have another talk.
What does she say ?
She says, "Come and see me some time and let us have another talk."
Friend : I will.
What does she say ?
She says, "I will."
Saburo Terada
Saitama Prefecture
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