Speaking 5: Thought Groups
Answer Key
Activity 5.2, Question 5 I think this will help you get a picture of what your textbook is describing // I had a friend who taught in the physics department / Professor Jones he retired last year // Anyway I remember / this was a few years ago / I remember passing by a classroom early one morning just as he was leaving and he looked terrible // his clothes were all rumpled and he looked like he hadn’t slept all night // And I asked if he was OK // I was surprised when he said that he never felt better // that he was totally happy // He had spent the entire night in the classroom / working on a mathematics puzzle // He didn’t stop to eat dinner // he didn’t stop to sleep // or even rest // He was that involved in solving the puzzle // And it didn’t even have anything to do with his teaching or research // he had just come across this puzzle accidentally / I think in a mathematics journal / and it just really interested him // so he worked furiously all night and covered the blackboards in the classroom with equations and numbers / and never realized that time was passing by.
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