S1: | The study of speech disorders due to brain injury suggests that patients can think without having adequate control over their language. |
P : | But they succeed in playing games of chess. |
Q : | Some patients, for example fail to find the names of objects presented to them. |
R : | They can even use the concepts needed for chess playing, though they are unable to express many of the concepts in ordinary language. |
S : | They even find it difficult to interpret long written notices. |
S6: | How they manage to do this we do not know. |
S1: | Moncure Conway devoted his life to two great objects freedom of thought, and freedom of the individual. |
P : | They threaten both kinds of freedom. |
Q : | But something also has been lost. |
R : | There are now dangers, somewhat different in form from those of the past ages. |
S : | In regard to both these objects, something has been gained since his time. |
S6: | Unless a vigorous and vigilant public opinion can be aroused in defence of them, there will be much less of both a hundred years hence then there is now. |
S1: | Payment for imports and exports is made through a system called foreign exchange. |
P : | The value of the money of one country in relation to the money of other countries is agreed upon. |
Q : | These rates of exchange vary from time to time. |
R : | For instance, an American dollar or a British pound sterling is worth certain amounts in the money of other countries. |
S : | Sometimes a United States dollar is worth 12 pesos in Mexico. |
S6: | Another time it may be worth eight pesos. |
S1: | Our ancestors thought that anything which moved itself was alive. |
P : | The philosopher Descartes thought that both men and animals were machines. |
Q : | But a machine such as a motorcar or a steamship moves itself, as soon as machines which moved themselves had been made, people asked "Is man a machine?" |
R : | And before the days of machinery that was a good definition. |
S : | He also thought that the human machine was partly controlled by the soul action on a certain part of the brain, while animals had no souls. |
S6: | Therefore some scientists think that life is just a very complicated mechanism. |
S1: | What are the causes of our chronic food shortage? |
P : | To find for these growing new millions is desperate task. |
Q : | every year, we add more than a crore of persons to our population. |
R : | Despite stupendous efforts by our government, the population is growing unabated. |
S : | The chief cause is the population explosion. |
S6: | This unprecedented growth can drag us to the doors of starvation very soon. |
S1: | An elderly lady suddenly became blind. |
P : | The doctor called daily and every time he took away some of her furniture he liked. |
Q : | At last she was cured and the doctor demanded his fee. |
R : | She agreed to pay a large fee to the doctor who would cure her |
S : | On being refused, the doctor wanted to know the reason. |
S6: | The lady said that she had not been properly cured because she could not see all his furniture. |
S1: | A black haired, young woman came tripping along. |
P : | She was leading a young woman wearing a hat. |
Q : | The woman swept it off and tossed it in the air. |
R : | The child jumped up to catch the hat. |
S : | The young man tossed his head to shake the hat back. |
S6: | Both disappeared from view. |
S1: | We now know that the oceans are very deep. |
P : | For example, the Indian ocean has a range called the Indian Ridge. |
Q : | Much of it is fairly flat. |
R : | However, there are great mountain ranges as well. |
S : | On average the bottom is 2.5 miles to 3.5 miles down |
S6: | This reaches from the India to the Antarctic. |
S1: | Minnie went shopping one morning. |
P : | Disappointed She turned around and returned to the parking lot. |
Q : | She got out and walked to the nearest shop. |
R : | She drove her car into the parking lot and stopped. |
S : | It was there that she realised that she'd forgotten her purse at home. |
S6: | She drove home with an empty basket. |
S1: | Far away in a little street there is a poor house. |
P : | Her face is thin and worn and her hands are coarse, pricked by a needle, for she is a seam stress. |
Q : | One of the windows is open and through it I can see a poor woman. |
R : | He has a fever and asking for oranges. |
S : | In a bed in a corner of the room her little boy is lying ill. |
S6: | His mother has nothing to give but water, so he is crying. |
S1: | A noise started above their heads. |
P : | But people did not take it seriously. |
Q : | That was to show everyone that there was something wrong |
R : | It was a dangerous thing to do. |
S : | For, within minutes the ship began to sink. |
S6: | Nearly 200 lives were lost on the fateful day. |
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