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Hela Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Reading comprehension

0 Dear teachers, 02br
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00Here is a text I have to translate in French. In order to do that properly I need to understand the exact meaning of 2 sentences of this text: 02br
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00Line 1: What should I understand from this sentence : 02br
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001) Are 01b00ALL02b00 of the tables of that café decorated with a Japanese vase; OR 02br
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002) Just 01b00the one02b00 the character was occupying ? 02br
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00[And then, after six years, she saw him again. He was seated at one of those little bamboo tables decorated with a Japanese vase of paper daffodils.] 02br
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00Line 19 : “01b00some coffee02b00” here means : 02br
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001) 01b00a cup02b00 of coffee with cream; OR 02br
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002) 01b002 pots02b00 one full of coffee and the other with cream ? 02br
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00[He interrupted her. “Excuse me,” and tapped on the table for the waitress. “Please bring some coffee and cream.”] 02br
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00I’m asking you these questions because depending on the meaning the translation wouldn’t be the same. 02br
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00TEXT : 02br
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00And then, after six years, she saw him again. He was seated at one of those little bamboo tables decorated with a Japanese vase of paper daffodils. There was a tall plate of fruit in front of him, and very carefully, in a way she recognized immediately as his “special” way, he was peeling an orange. He must have felt that shock of recognition in her for he looked up and met her eyes. Incredible! He didn’t know her! She smiled; he frowned. She came towards him. He closed his eyes an instant, but opening them his face lit up as though he had struck a match in a dark room. He laid down the orange and pushed back his chair, and she took her little warm hand out of her muff and gave it to him. 02br
00“Vera!” he exclaimed. “How strange. Really, for a moment I didn’t know you. Won’t you sit down? You’ve had lunch? Won’t you have some coffee?” 02br
00She hesitated but of course she meant to. 02br
00“Yes, I’d like some coffee.” And she sat down opposite him. 02br
00“You’ve changed. You’ve changed very much” he said, staring at her with that eager, lighted look. “You look so well. I’ve never seen you look so well before.” 02br
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00“Really?” she raised her veil and unbuttoned her high fur collar. “I don’t feel very well. I can’t bear this weather, you know.” 02br
00“Ah, no. You hate the cold…” 02br
00“Loathe it.” She shuddered. “And the worst of it is that the older one grows…” 02br
00He interrupted her. “Excuse me,” and tapped on the table for the waitress. “Please bring some coffee and cream.” To her: “You are sure you won’t eat anything? Some fruit, perhaps. The fruit here is very good.” 02br
00“No, thanks. Nothing.” 02br
00“Then that’s settled.” And smiling just a hint too broadly he took up the orange again. You were saying – the older one grows –” 02br
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00“The colder”, she laughed. 02br
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00Thank you very much for your help. 02br
00Hela 0-
  

Top answer

01-- that 01i 00general type02i 00 of table, if this is a new restaurant for the two of them. If this is the same restaurant they met in six years ago, then the restaurant has at least several of the same table. 02br 02br 002-- We don't know whether the man already has coffee.

  • 01-- that 01i 00general type02i 00 of table, if this is a new restaurant for the two of them.
  • If this is the same restaurant they met in six years ago, then the restaurant has at least several of the same table.
  • 02br 02br 002-- We don't know whether the man already has coffee.
  • He is ordering coffee for Vera or for both of them, and I presume that the waitress will bring either one or two cups and a separate creamer, unless this is India or somewhere else that the coffee is pre-creamed.
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01-- that 01i00general type02i00 of table, if this is a new restaurant for the two of them. If this is the same restaurant they met in six years ago, then the restaurant has at least several of the same table. 02br
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002-- We don't know whether the man already has coffee. He is ordering coffee for Vera or for both of them, and I presume that the wa

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