22. A visit to the Town Hall

A visit to the Town Hall/ əˈvɪzɪt    tuː    ðə    taʊn      hɔːl/

Sui-ming was disappointed.

   suɪmɪng    wəz       ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪd

He had worked hard

    hiː    hæd    wɜːrkt     hɑːrd  

but got very little money.

    bʌt   ɡɑːt   ˈveri    ˈlɪtl    ˈmʌni

He decided to ask someone

hiː    dɪˈsaɪdɪd   tuː     æsk     ˈsʌmwʌn

about his chicken farm.

    əˈbaʊt    hɪz     ˈtʃɪkɪn     fɑːrm

 He walked to the Town Hall

   hiː    wɔːkt    tuː    ðə    taʊn    hɔːl

and asked to speak to someone

  ænd    æskt    tuː    spiːk    tuː   ˈsʌmwʌn   

who knew about farming.

 huː    nuː     əˈbaʊt    ˈfɑːrmɪŋ 

The man in the office was very friendly.

   ðə    mæn   ɪn     ðə    ˈɑːfɪs    wəz   ˈveri    ˈfrendli

 ‘You have a chicken farm’, he said.

   juː   ˈhæv   ə    ˈtʃɪkɪn     fɑːrm    hiː    said

That’s a good idea’.

   ðætz    ə    ɡʊd       aɪˈdiːə

 Sui-ming asked

     suɪmɪng    æskt  

how he could make his chickens lay bigger eggs.

  haʊ   hiː   kʊd    meɪk   hɪz    ˈtʃɪkɪnz     leɪ     bɪɡər    eɡz

  ‘You must buy the right food for your chickens’,

   juː   mʌst    baɪ    ðə     raɪt    fuːd     fɔːr     jʊr     ˈtʃɪkɪnz  

 the man advised him.

    ðə     mæn     ədˈvaɪz    hɪm  

He told Sui-ming which food to buy

  hiː    tʊk   suɪmɪng  wɪtʃ    fuːd    tuː    baɪ

and Sui-ming carefully

   ænd     suɪmɪng     ˈkerfəli

wrote the name on a piece of paper.

roʊt   ðə    neɪm   ɔːn   ə    piːs    ʌv   ˈpeɪpər

 ‘Then you must discover

      ðen   juː     mʌst      dɪˈskʌvər

which chickens are not laying eggs’, the man continued.

    wɪtʃ    ˈtʃɪkɪnz    ɑːr     nɑːt     leɪŋ     eɡz      ðə        mæn   kənˈtɪnjuːd

This food is not cheap

   ðɪs   fuːd      ɪz      nɑːt      tʃiːp

so you should not give it to chickens

    soʊ    juː    ʃʊd    nɑːt    ɡɪv    ɪt     tuː    ˈtʃɪkɪnz

that don’t lay eggs.

    ðæt     doʊnt   leɪ     eɡz

You should buy some better chickens

     juː     ʃʊd   baɪ     smɔːl      ˈbetər  ˈtʃɪkɪnz 

that will lay bigger eggs’.

  ðæt   wɪl     leɪ      bɪɡər   eɡz

 Sui-ming asked where he could buy the good chickend food.

     suɪmɪng     æsk    wer  hiː    kʊd    baɪ    ðə    ɡʊd    ˈtʃɪkɪn    fuːd 

The man told him the address of a place

   ðə     mæn    tʊk     hɪm    ðə       əˈdres    ʌv    ə    pleɪs  

where he could buy better chickens.

  wer   hiː   kʊd   baɪ  ˈbetər    ˈtʃɪkɪnz    

Sui-ming thanked the man and went home.

   suɪmɪng     θæŋkt    ðə    mæn    ænd   went       hoʊm

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