19. SUI-MING’S BUSINESS 1. Sui-ming leaves school

SUI-MING’S BUSINESS/ suɪmɪngz ˈbɪznəs/

Sui-ming leaves school

   suɪmɪng   lɪːvz   skuːl

Poor Sui-ming was very sad.

    pʊə suɪmɪng   wəz  ˈvɛrɪ   sæd

 It was raining heavily and he was hungry.

   ɪt  wəz   reɪnɪŋ ˈhɛvɪli   ənd  hiː  wəz   ˈhʌŋɡri

 His foot was hurtɪŋ.

  hɪz   fʊt  wəz   həːtɪng 

His village was still two miles away.

  hɪz  ˈvɪlɪdʒ   wəz   stɪl    tuː   maɪlz    əˈweɪ

He sat down unhappily to rest.

  hiː   sæt   daʊn  ʌnˈhæpɪli    tuː   rest

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 Sui-ming looked back towards the town

   suɪmɪng   lʊkt  bæk   tɔːrdz   ðə    taʊn

 he had left that morning. 

    hiː  hæd  left   ðæt    ˈmɔːrnɪŋ 

 He had been at school there for five happy years,

   hiː   hæd   bɪn   æt   skuːl    ðer    fɔːr   faɪv  ˈhæpi     jɪrz

but now that was finished. 

    bʌt    naʊ   ðæt    wəz  ˈfɪnɪʃt    

The headmaster had spoken to him in his office.

   ðə   ˌhedˈ    mæstər    hæd   ˈspoʊkən   tuː   hɪm   ɪn   hɪz   ˈɔːfɪs

    ‘The end of the year has come, Sui-ming,

      ðə    end   ʌv    ðə   jɪr    hæz    kʌm ,   suɪmɪng

 and it is time for you to leave school’,

      ænd   ɪt    ɪz    taɪm   fɔːr    juː  tuː   lɪːvz    skuːl

the headmaster had said

   ðə  ˌhedˈ   mæstər    hæd    sæd 

. ‘You have learnt many things and I know you will be sad to go.

      juː    hæv    lə:nt   ˈmeni   θɪŋz    ənd   aɪ   noʊ     juː  wɪl    biː    sæd   tuː   ɡoʊ

But you are older than most of the other pupils

  bʌt   juː   ɑːr   oʊldər   ðæn   moʊst    ʌv   ðə   ˈʌðər    ˈpjuːplz

 and many younger children want to come here.

  ænd  ˈmeni   ˈjʌŋɡər   ˈtʃɪldrən    wɑːnt   tuː    kʌm     hɪr 

We must make room for them’.

  wiː    mʌst    meɪk    rʊm     fɔːr      ðem

   Sui-ming had said goodbye to his friends.

    suɪmɪng   hæd    sæd   ˌɡʊdˈbaɪ    tuː   hɪz      frendz

 He had picked up the few things that he owned.

    hiː    hæd    pɪkt    ʌp    ðə    fjuː    θɪŋz   ðæt        hiː oʊnd

Then he had started the long walk back to his home.

 ðen   hiː   hæd    stɑːrtɪd    ðə    lɔːŋ    wɔːk    bæk   tuː  hɪz   hoʊm

 He remembered all this

  hiː    rɪˈmembərd    ɔːl    ðiːz

as he sat by the side of the road.

æz   hiː   sæt   baɪ    ðə   saɪd   ʌv   ðə   roʊd

His face was still sad as he got up

hɪz   feɪs   wəz   stɪl   sæd   æz   hiː   ɡɑːt    ʌp

and walked through the rain again.

ænd   wɔːkt    θruː   ðə   reɪn   əˈɡeɪn/

 Sui-ming was pleased to see his family   

    suɪmɪng  wəz   pliːzd   tuː   siː   hɪz    ˈfæməli

when he arrived home,

wen    hiː    əˈraɪvd    hoʊm 

and they were pleased to see him.

ænd  ðeɪ   wɜːr   pliːzd     tuː    siː     hɪm

He helped his father in the garden.

hiː    helpt   hɪz    ˈfɑːðər     ɪn    ðə    ˈɡɑːrdn

He cut wood for the fire

hiː kʌt wʊd fɔːr ðə ˈfaɪər

and carried water for his mother.

ænd   ˈkærid   ˈwɑːtər    fɔːr    hɪz    ˈmʌðər

But he was soon tired of doing the same things every day.

bʌt  hiː   wəz   suːn   ˈtaɪərd     ʌv   ˈduːɪŋ   ðə    seɪm   θɪŋz     ˈevri deɪ

At night, he sat in the house and talked with his parents.

 æt  naɪt  hiː   sæt   ɪn   ðə   haʊs   ænd     tɔːkt   wɪθ   hɪz     ˈperəntid

 But there were no books in the house

   bʌt   ðer  wɜːr   noʊ   bʊks   ɪn   ðə     haʊs

and the only radio in the village was broken.

ænd   ðə   ˈoʊnli   ˈreɪdioʊ   ɪn   ðə   ˈvɪlɪdʒ    wəz    ˈbroʊkən

 Sui-ming had an old bicycle,

suɪmɪng   hæd   æn   oʊl    ˈbaɪsɪkl

but one of the wheels was broken.

 bʌt    wʌn   ʌv   ðə    wiːlz    wəz   ˈbroʊkən

 He wished he had something else to do.

hiː   wɪʃt   hiː    hæd   ˈsʌmθɪŋ    els    tuː   duː