'The Last Leaf,' by O. Henry — VOA Learning English
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Our story today is called "The Last Leaf." It was written by O. Henry. Here is Barbara Klein with the story.
Many artists lived in the Greenwich Village area of New York. Two young women named Sue and Johnsy shared a studio apartment at the top of a three-story building. Johnsy's real name was Joanna.
In November, a cold, unseen stranger came to visit the city. This disease, pneumonia, killed many people. Johnsy lay on her bed, hardly moving. She looked through the small window. She could see the side of the brick house next to her building.
One morning, a doctor examined Johnsy and took her temperature. Then he spoke with Sue in another room.
"She has one chance in -- let us say ten," he said.…
Торкнись будь-якого слова — переклад з’явиться одразу, а слово ляже в твою добірку разом із реченням.