'The Furnished Room,' by O. Henry — VOA Learning English
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We present the short story "The Furnished Room," by O. Henry. The story was originally adapted and recorded by the U.S. Department of State.
Restless, always moving, forever passing like time itself, are most of the people who live in these old red houses. This is on New York’s West Side.
The people are homeless, yet they have a hundred homes. They go from furnished room to furnished room. They are transients, transients forever—transients in living place, transients in heart and mind. They sing the song, “Home, Sweet Home,” but they sing it without feeling what it means. They can carry everything they own in one small box. They know nothing of gardens. To them, flowers and leaves are…
Торкнись будь-якого слова — переклад з’явиться одразу, а слово ляже в твою добірку разом із реченням.