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A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities • Charles Dickens

Chương 19: The Fellow of No Delicacy

Đoạn 1/20 (Câu 1–5)
A Tale of Two Cities bối cảnh
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If Sydney Carton ever shone anywhere, he certainly never shone in the house of Doctor Manette.
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Câu 1
If Sydney Carton ever shone anywhere, he certainly never shone in the house of Doctor Manette.
Câu 2
He had been there often, during a whole year, and had always been the same moody and morose lounger there.
Câu 3
When he cared to talk, he talked well; but, the cloud of caring for nothing, which overshadowed him with such a fatal darkness, was very rarely pierced by the light within him.
Câu 4
And yet he did care something for the streets that environed that house, and for the senseless stones that made their pavements.
Câu 5
Many a night he vaguely and unhappily wandered there, when wine had brought no transitory gladness to him;

🔍 Từ vựng Trọng tâm trong Đoạn (3 từ)

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overshadowedverb
US /ˌoʊvərˈʃædoʊd/

cast a dark or harmful influence over someone or something

“When he cared to talk, he talked well; but, the cloud of caring for nothing, which overshadowed him with such a fatal darkness, was very rarely pierced by the light within him.”
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certainlyadverb
US /ˈsɝːtənli/

without doubt; used to emphasize that something is true

“If Sydney Carton ever shone anywhere, he certainly never shone in the house of Doctor Manette.”
✓ Engvera
somethingpronoun
US /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/

a thing, fact, idea, or amount that is not named, known, or specified

“And yet he did care something for the streets that environed that house, and for the senseless stones that made their pavements.”
✓ Engvera

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Ý nghĩa trọng tâm hoặc bối cảnh nổi bật trong Chương 19 của A Tale of Two Cities là gì?

🎭 Luyện nói Shadowing

Narrator:If Sydney Carton ever shone anywhere, he certainly never shone in the house of Doctor Manette.
Speaker:He had been there often, during a whole year, and had always been the same moody and morose lounger there.