Jack Kerouac - Mini story [Effortless English DVD1 > LV3 > 05]

The short story in the Mini-Story of the Jack Kerouac lesson
Begin at 1:50s to 3:33s

All right, let’s start with our story. First, the story at normal speed. Andy is a marginalized man. He’s poor and he’s homeless. He lives on the street in san Francisco . Nobody likes Andy. His took spontaneous, he never thinks before he acts. If he’s angry, he will immediately yell and scream and throw things. Sally is very successful. She has great physical prowess. She is a professional basketball player. She’s rich.
One day, Andy saw Sally. He tentatively approached her and said “can you get me some money? I used to have good job, but it didn’t pan out. I am really an honest person”. And he then told Sally a confessional story. All the secrets about his life for his details. When he finished, Sally laughed and said, ”Go away, you bum! Then she punched him in his stomach” Andy felt down - crying.
Her punch caused an internal hemorrhage in his stomach. The police came and took Andy to the hospital. Luckily, Andy lived. Sally’s punch was a seminal event in Andy’s life. Since he almost died, Andy started to think about his life. He decided he needed to change. When he got at of the hospital, he found a job. Then he went to night school. Eventually, he became very successful. Now he is happy that Sally hit him. She was the catalyst that caused his life to change.


Typed by Đồng Lâm and corrected by MT

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