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TSI Reading: What is One of the Themes of the Passage? 6 Views
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Description:
One of the themes of the passage is that
(A)sailing is a relaxing hobby enjoyed by many
(B)gossiping is unkind and can cause a lot of damage
(C)scars can be found on the outside and the inside
(D)ignoring trouble does not stop it, and often makes things worse
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Question One of the themes of the passage is that
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what Who's got a scar A half does Yeah He's
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got a bunch of up one running down from his
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airline to his chest and maybe his whole body And
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yeah i lost a leg which probably left a nasty
Full Transcript
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ugly scar Well judging from his personality description have likely
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got some gnarly inner scars that may be even worse
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than his physical ones Wait till you see it does
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well he's moody quiet gloomy and stubborn And the sailors
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are afraid of him Definitely Sounds like he's got no
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baggage Emotional baggage so that's its answer to see scars
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can be found on the outside and on the in
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and the ones that don't work well this passages focuses
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on a habit specifically not the emotional benefits of sailing
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That was kind of funny actually if we learned anything
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from this Certainly captain it's that nautical life a joyride
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gossiping is unkind but no one's doing it here The
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story about a have losing his legs presumably true Finally
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rather than ignoring his troubles it sounds like well they
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have frequently broods over them and yeah he's ignoring his
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trouble And yes all right scars inside outside And we
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suggest you had a little bit of that aloe vera 00:01:17.991 --> [endTime] It makes him go away for a match right
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