S1: | The path of Venus lies inside the path of the Earth. |
P : | When at its farthest from the Earth, Venus is 160 million away |
Q : | With such a wide range between its greatest and leat distances it is natural that at sometimes Venus appears much brighter than at others. |
R : | No other body ever comes so near the Earth, with the exception of the Moon and occasional comet or asteroid. |
S : | When Venus is at its nearest to the earth it is only 26 million miles away. |
S6: | When at its brightest, it is easily seen with the naked eye in broad daylight. |
S1: | American private lies may seem shallow. |
P : | Students would walk away with books they had not paid for. |
Q : | A Chinese journalist commented on a curious institution: the library |
R : | Their public morality, however, impressed visitors. |
S : | But in general they returned them. |
S6: | This would not happen in china, he said. |
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. |
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: | 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: | 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: | In India marriages are usually arranged by parents |
P : | Sometimes boys and girls do not like th idea of arranged marriages. |
Q : | Most young people accepts the state of affairs. |
R : | Shanta was like that. |
S : | They assume their parents can make good choices. |
S6: | She felt she was a modern girl and not subject for bargaining. |
S1: | She said on the phone that she would report for duty next day. |
P : | We waited for few days then we decided to go to her place. |
Q : | But she did not. |
R : | we found it locked. |
S : | Even after that we waited for her quite a few days. |
S6: | Eventually we reported to the police. |
S1: | Several sub-cities have been planned around capital. |
P : | Dwarga is the first among them. |
Q : | They are expected to alleviate the problem of housing. |
R : | It is coming up in the south west of capital. |
S : | It will cater to over one million people when completed. |
S6: | Hopefully the housing problem will not be as acute at present after these sub-cities are built. |
S1: | Forecasting the weather has always been a difficult business. |
P : | During a period of drought, streams and rivers dried up, the cattle died from thirst and were ruined. |
Q : | Many different things affect the weather and we have to study them carefully to make accurate forecast. |
R : | Ancient Egyptians had no need of weather in the Nile Valley hardly ever changes. |
S : | In early times, when there were no instruments, such as thermometer or the barometer, man looked for tell-tale signs in the sky. |
S6: | He made his forecasts by watching flights of the birds or the way smoke rose from fire. |
S1: | As he passed beneath her he heard the swish of her wings. |
P : | He was not falling head long now. |
Q : | The monstrous terror seized him. |
R : | But it only lasted a minute. |
S : | He could hear nothing. |
S6: | The next moment he felt his wings spread outwards. |
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