affirmverb
US /əˈfɜːrm/
to state firmly or publicly that something is true
“I on the contrary affirm that I am still blind; for when I lost the use of my eyes,”
✓ Engvera
The Old Woman and the Physician • Aesop
Chương 3: The Empty House Argument
Đoạn 1/1 (Câu 1–5)
PHỤ ĐỀ TIẾNG ANH • CHẠM TỪNG TỪ ĐỂ TRA NGHĨACâu 1 / 5
for I did promise to give him a sum of money if I should recover my sight:
📖 Văn bản Đoạn đọc (5 câu)
Chạm vào từ bất kỳ để tra nghĩa • Nghe phát âm từng câu hoặc toàn đoạn
Câu 1
for I did promise to give him a sum of money if I should recover my sight:
Câu 2
but if I continued blind, I was to give him nothing. Now he declares that I am healed.
Câu 3
I on the contrary affirm that I am still blind; for when I lost the use of my eyes,
Câu 4
I saw in my house various chattels and valuable goods: but now, though he swears I am cured of my blindness,
Câu 5
I am not able to see a single thing in it.”
🔍 Từ vựng Trọng tâm trong Đoạn (3 từ)
Tra cứu nhanh IPA, từ loại và ngữ cảnh thực tế xuất hiện trong bài
contrarynoun
US /ˈkɑːntreri/
the opposite of what has been said or expected
“I on the contrary affirm that I am still blind; for when I lost the use of my eyes,”
✓ Engvera
chattelsplural noun
US /ˈtʃætəlz/
personal possessions that can be moved from one place to another
“I saw in my house various chattels and valuable goods: but now, though he swears I am cured of my blindness,”
✓ Engvera
🛡 Trắc nghiệm Đọc hiểu
Ý nghĩa trọng tâm hoặc bối cảnh nổi bật trong Chương 3 của The Old Woman and the Physician là gì?
🎭 Luyện nói Shadowing
Narrator:for I did promise to give him a sum of money if I should recover my sight:
Speaker:but if I continued blind, I was to give him nothing. Now he declares that I am healed.