lesson 10

Lesson 10 A
Vocabulary
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10.1-A  Lesson Text 4:13-35 (Acts). Repeat each sentence.

     The members of the Council were amazed (The members of the Council were
amazed)   /   to see how bold Peter and John were (to see how bold Peter and John
were)   /   and to learn that they were ordinary men of no education. (and to learn
that they were ordinary men of no education.)   /   The members of the Council
were amazed to see how bold Peter and John were and to learn that they were
ordinary men of no education. (The members of the Council were amazed to see
how bold Peter and John were and to learn that they were ordinary men of no
education.)   /   The members of the Council were amazed to see how bold Peter
and John were and to learn that they were ordinary men of no education. (The
members of the Council were amazed to see how bold Peter and John were and to
learn that they were ordinary men of no education.)

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     They realized then that they had been companions of Jesus. (They realized then
that they had been companions of Jesus.)   /   They realized then that they had been
companions of Jesus. (They realized then that they had been companions of
Jesus.)   /   But there was nothing that they could say, (But there was nothing that
they could say,)   /   because they saw the man who had been healed (because they
saw the man who had been healed)   /   standing there with Peter and John.
(standing there with Peter and John.)   /   But there was nothing that they could say,
because they saw the man who had been healed standing there with Peter and John.
(But there was nothing that they could say, because they saw the man who had
been healed standing there with Peter and John.)   /   But there was nothing that
they could say, because they saw the man who had been healed standing there with Peter and John. (But there was nothing that they could say, because they saw the
man who had been healed standing there with Peter and John.)

     So they told them to leave the Council room, (So they told them to leave the
Council room,)   /   and then they started discussing among themselves, (and then
they started discussing among themselves,)   /   What shall we do with these men?
they asked. (What shall we do with these men? they asked.)   /   So they told them
to leave the Council room, and then they started discussing among themselves,
What shall we do with these men? they asked. (So they told them to leave the
Council room, and then they started discussing among themselves, What shall we
do with these men? they asked.)   /   So they told them to leave the Council room,
and then they started discussing among themselves, What shall we do with these
men? they asked. (So they told them to leave the Council room, and then they
started discussing among themselves, What shall we do with these men? they
asked.)

     Everyone in Jerusalem knows (Everyone in Jerusalem knows)   /   that
this extraordinary miracle has been performed by them, (that this
extraordinary miracle has been performed by them,)   /   and we cannot deny
it. (and we cannot deny it.)   /   Everyone in Jerusalem knows that this
extraordinary miracle has been performed by them, and we cannot deny it.
(Everyone in Jerusalem knows that this extraordinary miracle has been performed
by them, and we cannot deny it.)   /   Everyone in Jerusalem knows that this
extraordinary miracle has been performed by them, and we cannot deny it.
(Everyone in Jerusalem knows that this extraordinary miracle has been performed
by them, and we cannot deny it.)
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Spoken English Learned Quickly  www.FreeEnglishNow.com  10.2      But to keep this matter (But to keep this matter)   /   from spreading any further
among the people, (from spreading any further among the people,)   /   But to keep
this matter from spreading any further among the people, (But to keep this matter
from spreading any further among the people,)   /   But to keep this matter from
spreading any further among the people, (But to keep this matter from spreading
any further among the people,)   /   let us warn these men (let us warn these
men)   /   never again to speak (never again to speak)   /   to anyone in the name of
Jesus. (to anyone in the name of Jesus.)   /   let us warn these men never again to
speak to anyone in the name of Jesus. (let us warn these men never again to speak
to anyone in the name of Jesus.)   /   let us warn these men never again to speak to
anyone in the name of Jesus. (let us warn these men never again to speak to anyone
in the name of Jesus.)

     So they called them back in (So they called them back in)   /   and told them that
under no condition (and told them that under no condition)   /   were they to speak
or to teach in the name of Jesus. (were they to speak or to teach in the name of
Jesus.)   /   So they called them back in and told them that under no condition were
they to speak or to teach in the name of Jesus. (So they called them back in and
told them that under no condition were they to speak or to teach in the name of
Jesus.)   /   So they called them back in and told them that under no condition were
they to speak or to teach in the name of Jesus. (So they called them back in and
told them that under no condition were they to speak or to teach in the name of
Jesus.)
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     But Peter and John answered them, (But Peter and John answered
them,)   /   You yourselves judge (You yourselves judge)   /   which is right
in God's sight, (which is right in God's sight,)   /   to obey you or to obey

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God. (to obey you or to obey God.)   /   But Peter and John answered them, You
yourselves judge which is right in God's sight, to obey you or to obey God. (But
Peter and John answered them, You yourselves judge which is right in God's sight,
to obey you or to obey God.)   /   But Peter and John answered them, You
yourselves judge which is right in God's sight, to obey you or to obey God. (But
Peter and John answered them, You yourselves judge which is right in God's sight,
to obey you or to obey God.)

     For we cannot stop speaking (For we cannot stop speaking)   /   of what we
ourselves have seen and heard. (of what we ourselves have seen and
heard.)   /   For we cannot stop speaking of what we ourselves have seen and heard.
(For we cannot stop speaking of what we ourselves have seen and heard.)   /   For
we cannot stop speaking of what we ourselves have seen and heard. (For we cannot
stop speaking of what we ourselves have seen and heard.)

     So the Council warned them (So the Council warned them)   /   even
more strongly (even more strongly)   /   and then set them free. (and then
set them free.)   /   So the Council warned them even more strongly and then set
them free. (So the Council warned them even more strongly and then set them
free.)   /   So the Council warned them even more strongly and then set them free.
(So the Council warned them even more strongly and then set them free.)

     They saw that it was impossible to punish them, (They saw that it was
impossible to punish them,)   /   because the people were all praising God (because
the people were all praising God)   /   for what had happened. (for what had
happened.)   /   They saw that it was impossible to punish them, because the people
were all praising God for what had happened. (They saw that it was impossible to punish them, because the people were all praising God for what had
happened.)   /   They saw that it was impossible to punish them, because the people
were all praising God for what had happened. (They saw that it was impossible to
punish them, because the people were all praising God for what had happened.)

     The man (The man)   /   on whom this miracle of healing had been performed
(on whom this miracle of healing had been performed)   /   was over forty years
old. (was over forty years old.)   /   The man on whom this miracle of healing had
been performed was over forty years old. (The man on whom this miracle of
healing had been performed was over forty years old.)   /   The man on whom this
miracle of healing had been performed was over forty years old. (The man on
whom this miracle of healing had been performed was over forty years old.)

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     As soon as Peter and John were set free, (As soon as Peter and John were
set free,)   /   they returned to their group (they returned to their group)   /   and
told them what the chief priests and the elders had said. (and told them what
the chief priests and the elders had said.)   /   As soon as Peter and John were
set free, they returned to their group and told them what the chief priests and the
elders had said. (As soon as Peter and John were set free, they returned to their
group and told them what the chief priests and the elders had said.)   /   As soon as
Peter and John were set free, they returned to their group and told them what the
chief priests and the elders had said. (As soon as Peter and John were set free, they
returned to their group and told them what the chief priests and the elders had
said.)
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     When the believers heard it, (When the believers heard it,)   /   they all joined
together in prayer to God: (they all joined together in prayer to God:)   /   When the believers heard it, they all joined together in prayer to God: (When the believers
heard it, they all joined together in prayer to God:)   /   When the believers heard it,
they all joined together in prayer to God: (When the believers heard it, they all
joined together in prayer to God:)

     Master and Creator of heaven, earth, and sea, (Master and Creator of heaven,
earth, and sea,)   /   and all that is in them. (and all that is in them.)   /   Master and
Creator of heaven, earth, and sea, and all that is in them. (Master and Creator of
heaven, earth, and sea, and all that is in them.)   /   Master and Creator of heaven,
earth, and sea, and all that is in them. (Master and Creator of heaven, earth, and
sea, and all that is in them.)

     For indeed (For indeed)   /   the King and the Roman judge (the King and the
Roman judge)   /   met together in this city (met together in this city) with the
people against Jesus, (with the people against Jesus,)   /   For indeed the King and
the Roman judge met together in this city with the people against Jesus, (For
indeed the King and the Roman judge met together in this city with the people
against Jesus,)   /   For indeed the King and the Roman judge met together in this
city with the people against Jesus, (For indeed the King and the Roman
judge met together in this city with the people against Jesus,) your holy
Servant, (your holy Servant,)   /   whom you made Messiah. (whom you
made Messiah.) your holy Servant, whom you made Messiah. (your holy
Servant, whom you made Messiah.)   /   your holy Servant, whom you made
Messiah. (your holy Servant, whom you made Messiah.)
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     They gathered to do everything (They gathered to do everything)   /   that you
by your power and will (that you by your power and will) had already decided
would happen. (had already decided would happen.)   /   They gathered to do

Spoken English Learned Quickly  www.FreeEnglishNow.com  10.6 everything that you by your power and will had already decided would happen.
(They gathered to do everything that you by your power and will had already
decided would happen.)   /   They gathered to do everything that you by your
power and will had already decided would happen. (They gathered to do
everything that you by your power and will had already decided would happen.)

     And now, Lord, (And now, Lord,)   /   take notice of the threats they have made,
(take notice of the threats they have made,)   /   and allow us, your servants, (and
allow us, your servants,)   /   to speak your message with all boldness. (to speak
your message with all boldness.)   /   And now, Lord, take notice of the threats they
have made, and allow us, your servants, to speak your message with all boldness.
(And now, Lord, take notice of the threats they have made, and allow us, your
servants, to speak your message with all boldness.)   /   And now, Lord, take notice
of the threats they have made, and allow us, your servants, to speak your message
with all boldness. (And now, Lord, take notice of the threats they have made, and
allow us, your servants, to speak your message with all boldness.)

     Reach out your hand to heal, (Reach out your hand to heal,)   /   and
grant that wonders and miracles (and grant that wonders and
miracles)   /   may be performed (may be performed)   /   through the name
of your holy Servant Jesus. (through the name of your holy Servant
Jesus.)   /   Reach out your hand to heal, and grant that wonders and miracles may
be performed through the name of your holy Servant Jesus. (Reach out your hand
to heal, and grant that wonders and miracles may be performed through the name
of your holy Servant Jesus.)   /   Reach out your hand to heal, and grant that
wonders and miracles may be performed through the name of your holy Servant
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Jesus. (Reach out your hand to heal, and grant that wonders and miracles may be
performed through the name of your holy Servant Jesus.)
     When they finished praying, (When they finished praying,)   /   the place where
they were meeting was shaken. (the place where they were meeting was
shaken.)   /   When they finished praying, the place where they were meeting was
shaken. (When they finished praying, the place where they were meeting was
shaken.)   /   When they finished praying, the place where they were meeting was
shaken. (When they finished praying, the place where they were meeting was
shaken.)

     They were all filled with the Holy Spirit (They were all filled with the Holy
Spirit)   /   and began to proclaim God's message with boldness. (and began to
proclaim God's message with boldness.)   /   They were all filled with the Holy
Spirit and began to proclaim God's message with boldness. (They were all filled
with the Holy Spirit and began to proclaim God's message with
boldness.)   /   They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to proclaim
God's message with boldness. (They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began
to proclaim God's message with boldness.)

     The group of believers was one in mind and heart. (The group of believers was
one in mind and heart.)   /   The group of believers was one in mind and heart. (The
group of believers was one in mind and heart.)   /   None of them said (None of
them said)   /   that any of their belongings were their own, (that any of their
belongings were their own,)   /   but they all shared with one another (but they all
shared with one another)   /   everything they had. (everything they had.)   /   None
of them said that any of their belongings were their own, but they all shared with
one another everything they had. (None of them said that any of their belongings were their own, but they all shared with one another everything they
had.)   /   None of them said that any of their belongings were their own, but they
all shared with one another everything they had. (None of them said that any of
their belongings were their own, but they all shared with one another everything
they had.)

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     With great power (With great power)   /   the apostles gave witness to the
resurrection of the Lord Jesus, (the apostles gave witness to the resurrection
of the Lord Jesus,)   /   and God poured rich blessings on them all. (and God
poured rich blessings on them all.)   /   With great power the apostles gave
witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and God poured rich blessings on
them all. (With great power the apostles gave witness to the resurrection of the
Lord Jesus, and God poured rich blessings on them all.)   /   With great power the
apostles gave witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and God poured rich
blessings on them all. (With great power the apostles gave witness to the
resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and God poured rich blessings on them all.)
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     There was no one in the group who was in need. (There was no one in the group
who was in need.)   /   There was no one in the group who was in need. (There was
no one in the group who was in need.)   /   Those who owned fields or houses
(Those who owned fields or houses)   /   would sell them, (would sell
them,)   /   bring the money received from the sale, (bring the money received from
the sale,)   /   and turn it over to the apostles; (and turn it over to the
apostles;)   /   Those who owned fields or houses would sell them, bring the money
received from the sale, and turn it over to the apostles; (Those who owned fields or
houses would sell them, bring the money received from the sale, and turn it over to
the apostles;)   /   Those who owned fields or houses would sell them, bring the
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money received from the sale, and turn it over to the apostles; (Those who owned
fields or houses would sell them, bring the money received from the sale, and turn
it over to the apostles;)   /   and the money was distributed (and the money was
distributed) according to the needs of the people. (according to the needs of the
people.)   /   and the money was distributed according to the needs of the people.
(and the money was distributed according to the needs of the people.)   /   and the
money was distributed according to the needs of the people. (and the money was
distributed according to the needs of the people.)

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 Lesson 10 B
Vocabulary
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LESSON 10-B: PRONUNCIATION LESSON

10.1-B  Read The Journey of a Wise Man aloud for pronunciation practice.

    
1
 A long time ago, there was a wise man living in a mountain country. The
country was beautiful. But it was always difficult to find enough food.

    
2
 The people of the High Country decided that they would travel together to the
Low Country. When the snow began to melt, they packed all they owned into their
wagons. With anticipation mixed with sadness, the wise man and his neighbors left
their High Country homes.

    
3
 The wise man noticed something strange taking place soon after they began
their journey. As they traveled day after day, his right arm began to feel stiff. The
further they traveled from the High Country, the weaker it became. Three things
puzzled him. First, his arm always felt the weakest whenever they stopped in a
village. Secondly, he noticed that when the travelers from the High Country
gathered around a fire at night to talk among themselves, his arm became strong
again.

    
4
 His third discovery puzzled him the most. When he put his arm behind his
back, it no longer felt stiff and useless.

    
5
 One day the wise man was startled. As his wagon rounded a bend in a high
mountain road, he looked down on his neighbors' wagons ahead of him. He
realized that many others were also holding an arm behind their back. As he looked

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more closely, he saw that some older people had even tied their arm in place with a
rope.

    
6
 Why, he wondered, was this happening?

    
7
 At last they reached the Low Country. The weather was warm. The fields
would produce grain and the forests would supply lumber for their houses. Life
looked promising. Promising, that is, except for their weak arms. It was rumored
that the Low Country's air caused this strange weakness. Some of the people even
said they must learn to live with this weakness if they wanted to stay in the Low
Country.

    
8
 The adults and children set to work. They cleared the land, planted crops, and
prepared lumber to build their new homes. A High Country tailor sewed a new
kind of coat that would hold the useless arm in place. He also put leather on the
coat so the shoulder could push heavy loads. Even with the new coat, however,
work was slow because everyone used only one arm.

    
9
 Again, the wise man noticed a strange thing. First, he noticed that--even
though it caused them pain--the children soon began using their weak arm again.
Secondly, the wise man noticed that whenever the High Country people met
together in their first buildings, if they shut all the doors and windows, strength
returned to the arms of even the oldest men and women. "Surely," most said, "this
proves that the Low Country air is at fault." Most agreed that the only solution was
to build houses so strong that all Low Country air could be kept outside. But the
wise man was puzzled most because the children seemed to become stronger while
playing and working outside in the Low Country air.    
10
 The wise man watched his High Country neighbors trying to build their
houses while using only one arm. He became fearful for his people's welfare. The
new coat helped them work faster with one arm. But winter was coming and
neither the houses nor the crops would be ready if everyone continued to work
with one arm behind their back.

    
11
 The wise man learned a lesson from the children. He realized that--even
though it was painful--using his weak arm for hard work was the only way to make
it strong again. Because winter was coming, he knew that he could not stop
working on his house in order to spend all his time trying to make his arm strong.
But he also knew that he could not finish his house before winter unless he used
both arms. The wise man decided that if he was to finish his house before winter,
he must spend some time each day strengthening his arm so that he could finish his
house more quickly.

    
12
 The wise man spent time each day both strengthening his arm and working on
his house. He finished his house before winter.

    
13
 Some High Country people perished that winter because the snow came
before their crops were harvested and their houses finished. They had worked
slowly every day because they were afraid to stop working on their houses long
enough to strengthen their weak arm.

    
14
 If you live in the United States and cannot speak English well, you are living
as though one arm was tied behind your back. You must work to support your
family. But if you do not spend time each day learning English, you will be limited

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can study at home and still hold a job. If you will regularly study English each day
for six months to a year, your English will greatly improve. You will be more able
to earn higher wages, live more effectively in your community, and talk with your
children as they learn English in school.




          6-9
     This is the end of Lesson 10.  Use your extra time this
week to review Lessons 6-9.



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DON'T USE TWO NEGATIVES

He doesn't have   no   money.  He doesn't have any money
 He has no money
We didn't do   nothing   yesterday.  We didn't do anything yesterday.
 We did nothing yesterday.
You don't know   nothing   about it.  You don't know anything about it.
 You know nothing about it.
They won't see   no one   there.  They won't see anyone there.
 They will see no one there.
We aren't going   nowhere   tomorrow.  We aren't going anywhere tomorrow.
 We are going nowhere tomorrow.
I didn't get   none   of it.   I didn't get any of it.
 I got none of it.
We didn't see   nobody   there.  We didn't see anybody there.
 We saw nobody there.
I don't have   neither   money or food.  I don't have either money or food.
 I have neither money nor food.

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LESSON 10-A VOCABULARY

 according
 again
 allowance
 answer
 anybody
 anyone
 anything
 anywhere
 chief
 companion
 condition
 council
 creation
 denial
 discussion
 distribution
 education
 field
 further, furthest
 indeed
 judge
 judgment
 nobody
 none
 nor
 nothing
 notice
 nowhere
 ordinary, ordinarily,
(extraordinary)
 over, overly
 proclamation
 realization
 sale
 sea
 threat
 to allow
 to answer
 to be
   to be right
   to be shaken
 to bring
 to create
 to deny
 to discuss
 to distribute
 to finish
 to grant
 to judge
 to notice
 to proclaim
 to realize
 to sell
 to shake
 to threaten
 to warn
 warning







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Expressions

The members of the Council were amazed to see how bold they were. (4:13)
They realized then that they had been his companions. (4:13)
But there was nothing that they could say, because they saw the man standing
there. (4:14)
They started discussing among themselves, "What shall we do with these men?"
(4:15)
They started discussing among themselves, "What shall we do with these men?"
(4:15)
Everyone knows that this extraordinary thing has happened. (4:16)
None of them said that any of their belongings were their own. (4:32)
The money was distributed according to the needs of the people. (4:35)
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LESSON 10-B VOCABULARY

 ago
 agreement
 air
 anticipation
 cause
 clearing
 coat
 continuation
 crop
 difficult
 discovery
 door
 enough
 except
 fault
 fear, fearful, fearfully
 forest
 grain
 journey
 land
 leather
 left (hand)
 load
 low, lower, lowest,
lowly
 lumber
 mix
 mountain
 neighbor
 neither
 night
 no longer
 package
 pain, painful, painfully
 plant
 play
 preparation
 production
 puzzle
 return
 road
 rope
 rumor
 second, secondly
 shoulder
 snow
 solution
 soon
 stiff
 strange, strangest,
strangely
 surely
 tailor
 though
 three, third
 to agree
 to be
   to be afraid
   to be ahead
   to be among
   to be at fault
   to be kept
   to be puzzled
   to be ready
   to be rumored
   to be startled
 to cause
 to clear
 to continue
 to discover
 to fault
 to harvest
 to melt
 to mix

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 to pack
 to perish
 to plant
 to play
 to prepare
 to produce
 to push
 to puzzle
 to return
 to round
 to seem
 to sew
 to shut
 to startle
 to stay
 to strengthen
 to supply




Expressions

A long time ago, there was a wise man living in a mountain country. (¶1)
With anticipation mixed with sadness, they left their High Country homes. (¶2)
As they traveled day after day, his right arm began to feel stiff. (¶3)
The further they traveled from the High Country, the weaker it became. (¶3)
He realized that many others were also holding an arm behind their back. (¶5)
At last they reached the Low Country. (¶7)
Promising, that is, except for their weak arms. (¶7)
Promising, that is, except for their weak arms. (¶7)
The adults and children set to work. (¶8)
The wise man spent time each day both strengthening his arm and working on his
house. (¶12)
You are living as though one arm was tied behind your back. (¶14)