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Adonis1013 Posted 15 years ago
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Need your help. Thanks
Dear all,
The following sentence is from a stroy about exploration. I am not sure the true meaning of it. So I pararphrased it. Could you help me check it? Thnak you very much.
Original sentence: Twice John and Tom left some of their supplies so that they could move faster and later sent one of the men, William Wright, back for tehm.
John, Tom and Wright were exploring a place together. But Wright moved slowly so that he couldn't catch up with John and Tom. Therefore, they left their equipment in order to move quickly. That could help John and Tom find Wright back. This thing had happened twice.
Thank you for you help.
The following sentence is from a stroy about exploration. I am not sure the true meaning of it. So I pararphrased it. Could you help me check it? Thnak you very much.
Original sentence: Twice John and Tom left some of their supplies so that they could move faster and later sent one of the men, William Wright, back for tehm.
John, Tom and Wright were exploring a place together. But Wright moved slowly so that he couldn't catch up with John and Tom. Therefore, they left their equipment in order to move quickly. That could help John and Tom find Wright back. This thing had happened twice.
Thank you for you help.
Top answer
-- There is no indication whether Wright is with them or whether he is among other men at the destination) were exploring a place together. But the weight of the supplies forced the men to move slowly. Therefore, they left their equipment in order to move quickly.
- -- There is no indication whether Wright is with them or whether he is among other men at the destination) were exploring a place together.
- But the weight of the supplies forced the men to move slowly.
- Therefore, they left their equipment in order to move quickly.
- Then later (perhaps at their destination) John and Tom told Wright to go and get the supplies.
- EITHER They stopped to leave some supplies in two different places and sent Wright back to pick the supplies up at both places OR Two times, they stopped to leave supplies and sent Wright back.
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Not quite, and with the limited context you have given us, the interpretation is unsure:
John and Tom (and Wright?-- There is no indication whether Wright is with them or whether he is among other men at the destination) were exploring a place together. But the weight of the supplies forced the men to move slowly. Therefore, they left their equipment in order to move
John and Tom (and Wright?-- There is no indication whether Wright is with them or whether he is among other men at the destination) were exploring a place together. But the weight of the supplies forced the men to move slowly. Therefore, they left their equipment in order to move
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Dear Mister,
Thank you for your explanation. I typed the whole context. Could you interpret it to me again? Thnak you very much.
My queation is that the intending meaning of the sentence in bold. Thanks again.
In 1860, Robert O'Hara Burke, a police office from Ireland, was chose to lead an expedition across Australia from south to north. He took with him William John W
Thank you for your explanation. I typed the whole context. Could you interpret it to me again? Thnak you very much.
My queation is that the intending meaning of the sentence in bold. Thanks again.
In 1860, Robert O'Hara Burke, a police office from Ireland, was chose to lead an expedition across Australia from south to north. He took with him William John W
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Twice they left some of their supplies so that they could move faster and later sent one of the men, William Wright, back for them.= They left piles of heavy supplies at two places along their route because their group could move faster without carrying all the supplies. Later in the group's journey, when they had stopped for a while, they sent one of the group (Wright) back to bring the s
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