Eight: Cause

1. They failed to go outing because of the weather.

2. He was late that’s a result of the snow.

3. The damage resulted from the fire.

4. I was in the bus with a result that I didn’t hear the telephone.

5. The new computer has more memory and is therefore faster than the old one.

6. We stayed at home because it rained.

7. Why didn’t you stop him?

8. Everybody likes him as he’s kind and honest.

9. Since you insist, I must go.

10. I can not see anything for the fog.

Dialogue One

Why didn’t you call me last night?

Because I went out.

Why didn’t you call me from a CallBox?

I didn’t have any change.

Tell me why you didn’t come to see me tonight then.

I don’t like all your questions. That’s why.

Dialogue Two

It’s over.

What is over?

Our relationship. I mean my friend and I…

Any reasons?

The cause is another boy.

Oh, that’s too bad.

Dialogue Three

John, I ’m sorry, the air tickets for the International Day are sold out.

Really? I didn’t expect that.

It’s possible because everyone wants to travel during the holiday weekend.

I should have booked the tickets in advance.

Take it easy. I’ll like you know if anyone decides to cancel his reservation.

That’s all right. Maybe I’ll change my plan. Thank you all the same.

Well, I think that these problems of teenagers getting into troubles with a law is mainly caused by unemployment. You see, because of the high level of the unemployment, so many teenagers nowadays leave school and find that they have no choice of getting a job. And this obviously makes them feel bored and frustrated. And other result of this, they’re much likely to get drunk and so on. Another thing of cause is that you get groups of unemployed teenagers wondering around streets with nothing to do which can easily lead to trouble of one sort or another.

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