Hi everyone!
Given that many of the languages here on RL are lack content for beginners/early-stage learners, I figured I would share a few texts to help with review in the early stage. You can adapt and use these for any purpose or language so long as you credit me when you share them. Please let me know if this is the right place for this. Hope to be of help!
Lesson one: Introduction
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Lesson two: Paul’s weekend
In this lesson we will be talking about a typical day for Paul. In the morning, Paul gets out of bed at 8:00 AM. He has an alarm set for 8 AM. He then goes to brush his teeth. After he brushes his teeth, he goes downstairs and has breakfast. It is the weekend, so Paul has time for other things. After breakfast, he cleans the kitchen because it is dirty. After he finishes cleaning, he decides to take a walk. His walk is long; he is out for an hour. When he returns, he decides to read a book. Paul likes reading. After he reads, he makes lunch for himself. He then watches travel shows on TV. Then, he decides to go to the park. He drives his car to the park. Paul likes nature, so he likes the park. He then goes to the library to look at some books. He finds a book on astronomy, and he is very interested in it. He borrows a book about astronomy. Paul goes home and reads his book. Soon, it is time for dinner. Paul eats his dinner. Then, Paul calls one of his friends. After his call, Paul is tired. Paul goes to sleep.
Lesson three: Paul’s work
Paul is a software engineer. He is lucky. He can work from home on his computer. When he works, he works from his home office. Hsi office is well organized. His desk is clean. He has a second monitor. And a laptop. The background of his office is not very distracting. He has a cup for pens and pencils nearby. He also has a stapler, a printer, and some paper in the office. Paul works hard because he loves what he does. He also earns a good salary from it. Paul works 40 hours per week. Paul values his free time and separates his work life with his personal life.
Lesson Four: Paul is travelling by train
Paul loves to travel. He has a car, however, he doesn’t like to use it. He prefers to take means of transportation where someone else does the driving. Paul is lucky to live near a bus stop. Teh bus takes him to the city where he can catch many forms of travel. There is an inter-city bus, a train station, and even a small airport in and near the town.
Today, Paul is going by train to see a friend. He arrives at the station with his ticket. He looks at the timetable for train arrivals. Good news! Paul’s train is scheduled to be exactly on time. When the train comes, he boards the train.
Paul has reserved a seat in first class. The seat is very comfortable. He has two bags with him, as he also wants to explore his friend’s city. The first is a small backpack with personal items. The second is a wearable suitcase that he can also bring onboard. The train journey lasts for about 2 hours. After the train arrives at the station, Paul leaves and hails a taxi. He tells the driver to take him to his friend’s house.
Lesson five: Paul meets his friend
Paul arrives at his friend’s house. The house is in the center of town. Paul’s taxi driver arrives at the house. Paul then pays the taxi driver, and the taxi leaves. Paul goes up to the door and rings the doorbell. After a few seconds, his friend, Alex opens the door.
Alex: Hello Paul! It’s good to see you.
Paul: Hello Alex. It’s been a long time! How are you?
Alex: I’m well, thank you. Please, come in Paul.
Paul enters the house. He sits himself down on the sofa in the living room.
Alex: Can I get you something to drink?
Paul: I’d like some water, thank you very much.
Alex goes into the kitchen to get some water. Paul admires Alex’s living room, it is very cozy. There is a lot of attractive furniture. Alex soon returns with some water.
Alex: Here is your water, Paul.
Paul: Thanks Alex.
Paul and Alex then talk about what has been happening in their lives. They talked for a long time. It was 12:00 pm when they started talking and by 1:30, they were about to end.
Alex: I’m glad you stopped by Paul!
Paul: Thank you for having me Alex.
Paul then gets up to leave and hails a taxi. He asks the taxi to take him to the train station where he will be catching a train going home.