Chapter 1 of Homecoming is here in full — 231 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Homecoming is here in full — 231 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_What lasts forever? Does love? Does death?... Nothing lasts forever.... Not even forever_ The large horse plodded slowly over the shifting sand.
Chapter 1 of Homecoming is here in full — 231 sentences across 47 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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for a limitless time
From this reading “_What lasts forever?”
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading “Not even forever_ The large horse plodded slowly over the shifting sand.”
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “Not even forever_ The large horse plodded slowly over the shifting sand.”
plural of “last” — the temporal end; the concluding time
From this reading “_What lasts forever?”
inflected form of “plod” — walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
From this reading “Not even forever_ The large horse plodded slowly over the shifting sand.”
a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
From this reading “Not even forever_ The large horse plodded slowly over the shifting sand.”
continuously varying
From this reading “Not even forever_ The large horse plodded slowly over the shifting sand.”
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading “Not even forever_ The large horse plodded slowly over the shifting sand.”
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the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading Does death?...
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Does love?
divisible by two
From this reading Not even forever_ The large horse plodded slowly over the shifting sand.
for a limitless time
From this reading _What lasts forever?
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading Not even forever_ The large horse plodded slowly over the shifting sand.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Not even forever_ The large horse plodded slowly over the shifting sand.
plural of “last” — the temporal end; the concluding time
From this reading _What lasts forever?
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading Does love?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not even forever_ The large horse plodded slowly over the shifting sand.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nothing lasts forever....
above and across; more than
From this reading Not even forever_ The large horse plodded slowly over the shifting sand.
inflected form of “plod” — walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
From this reading Not even forever_ The large horse plodded slowly over the shifting sand.
a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
From this reading Not even forever_ The large horse plodded slowly over the shifting sand.
continuously varying
From this reading Not even forever_ The large horse plodded slowly over the shifting sand.
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading Not even forever_ The large horse plodded slowly over the shifting sand.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Not even forever_ The large horse plodded slowly over the shifting sand.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading _What lasts forever?
Chapter 1 of Homecoming by Miguel Hidalgo holds 231 sentences, grouped into 47 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 1 holds 231 sentences of Homecoming, unabridged, divided into 47 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Homecoming by Miguel Hidalgo exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 231 sentences, grouped into 47 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 47 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 47 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 1 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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About 19 minutes of reading across 47 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Homecoming section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 1 chapters of Homecoming to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Homecoming, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
