A SUMMARY OF THE STORY
"Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," said Jo crossly. "It's so awful to be poor!" agreed Meg, looking at her old dress. "it's not right for some girls to have pretty things, and others to have nothing at all,' said little Amy. "We've got father and Mother,and each other," said Beth gently. The four young faces round the fire cheered up as they thought of this, but then Jo said sadly, "We haven't got Father, and we won't have him for a long time.' She didn't say "perhaps never", but each silently thought it, remembering that he was away at the war in the south. Mrs March arrived home soon after. " I've got a letter from Father!" cried Mrs March. It was a letter to cheer them up, and the special message for the girls. Then the four girls decided that they would all try very hard to be good. They would never be cross, or lazy,or selfish-and they would all help each other. Jo was the first to wake up on Christmas morning, but soon they were all awake and they went downstairs....
tidy:きちんとした She keeps her flat very tidy.
cruel:非常な It's cruel of you to ignore their plight.
miserable:みじめな You look so miserable today.
I'm sorry about canceling class the other day but I wish you had come today. We need to talk about how to post. Some of what you have done is good but there are some things I would like you to do differently.
返信削除Sorry, I couldn't attend last class because I went to fukuoka for job hunting.
返信削除I see. Thanks for telling me. I hope to see you in class tomorrow!
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