Chapter 1 of The Land of the Changing Sun is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Land of the Changing Sun is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Then a smile of satisfaction came over his face as he began to take some clams from his pockets. “Plenty of these fellows down there, and they are as fat and juicy as can be. Hurry up and let's bake them. I'm as hungry as a bear. There is a fine spring of fresh water below, too, so we won't die of thirst.”
Chapter 1 of The Land of the Changing Sun is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 22/30 · 5 reading units · Lines 106–110
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven
From this reading “Hurry up and let's bake them.”
informal terms for money
From this reading “Then a smile of satisfaction came over his face as he began to take some clams from his pockets.”
having an (over)abundance of flesh
From this reading ““Plenty of these fellows down there, and they are as fat and juicy as can be.”
feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
From this reading “I'm as hungry as a bear.”
full of juice
From this reading ““Plenty of these fellows down there, and they are as fat and juicy as can be.”
a full supply
From this reading ““Plenty of these fellows down there, and they are as fat and juicy as can be.”
plural of “pocket” — a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
From this reading “Then a smile of satisfaction came over his face as he began to take some clams from his pockets.”
a physiological need to drink
From this reading “There is a fine spring of fresh water below, too, so we won't die of thirst.””
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Then a smile of satisfaction came over his face as he began to take some clams from his pockets.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Plenty of these fellows down there, and they are as fat and juicy as can be.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Plenty of these fellows down there, and they are as fat and juicy as can be.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Then a smile of satisfaction came over his face as he began to take some clams from his pockets.
cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven
From this reading Hurry up and let's bake them.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Plenty of these fellows down there, and they are as fat and juicy as can be.
have
From this reading I'm as hungry as a bear.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Then a smile of satisfaction came over his face as he began to take some clams from his pockets.
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading There is a fine spring of fresh water below, too, so we won't die of thirst.”
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Then a smile of satisfaction came over his face as he began to take some clams from his pockets.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “Plenty of these fellows down there, and they are as fat and juicy as can be.
informal terms for money
From this reading Then a smile of satisfaction came over his face as he began to take some clams from his pockets.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading There is a fine spring of fresh water below, too, so we won't die of thirst.”
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading “Plenty of these fellows down there, and they are as fat and juicy as can be.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Then a smile of satisfaction came over his face as he began to take some clams from his pockets.
having an (over)abundance of flesh
From this reading “Plenty of these fellows down there, and they are as fat and juicy as can be.
plural of “fellow” — a boy or man
From this reading “Plenty of these fellows down there, and they are as fat and juicy as can be.
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading There is a fine spring of fresh water below, too, so we won't die of thirst.”
recently made, produced, or harvested
From this reading There is a fine spring of fresh water below, too, so we won't die of thirst.”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Then a smile of satisfaction came over his face as he began to take some clams from his pockets.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then a smile of satisfaction came over his face as he began to take some clams from his pockets.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Then a smile of satisfaction came over his face as he began to take some clams from his pockets.
feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
From this reading I'm as hungry as a bear.
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading Hurry up and let's bake them.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm as hungry as a bear.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is a fine spring of fresh water below, too, so we won't die of thirst.”
full of juice
From this reading “Plenty of these fellows down there, and they are as fat and juicy as can be.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hurry up and let's bake them.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Then a smile of satisfaction came over his face as he began to take some clams from his pockets.
above and across; more than
From this reading Then a smile of satisfaction came over his face as he began to take some clams from his pockets.
a full supply
From this reading “Plenty of these fellows down there, and they are as fat and juicy as can be.
plural of “pocket” — a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
From this reading Then a smile of satisfaction came over his face as he began to take some clams from his pockets.
the contentment one feels when one has fulfilled a desire, need, or expectation
From this reading Then a smile of satisfaction came over his face as he began to take some clams from his pockets.
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading Then a smile of satisfaction came over his face as he began to take some clams from his pockets.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading There is a fine spring of fresh water below, too, so we won't die of thirst.”
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Then a smile of satisfaction came over his face as he began to take some clams from his pockets.
the season of growth
From this reading There is a fine spring of fresh water below, too, so we won't die of thirst.”
carry out
From this reading Then a smile of satisfaction came over his face as he began to take some clams from his pockets.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Hurry up and let's bake them.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then a smile of satisfaction came over his face as he began to take some clams from his pockets.
in or at that place or location
From this reading “Plenty of these fellows down there, and they are as fat and juicy as can be.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “Plenty of these fellows down there, and they are as fat and juicy as can be.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Plenty of these fellows down there, and they are as fat and juicy as can be.
a physiological need to drink
From this reading There is a fine spring of fresh water below, too, so we won't die of thirst.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then a smile of satisfaction came over his face as he began to take some clams from his pockets.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading There is a fine spring of fresh water below, too, so we won't die of thirst.”
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Hurry up and let's bake them.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading There is a fine spring of fresh water below, too, so we won't die of thirst.”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading There is a fine spring of fresh water below, too, so we won't die of thirst.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There is a fine spring of fresh water below, too, so we won't die of thirst.”
Chapter 1 of The Land of the Changing Sun by Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben holds 150 sentences, grouped into 30 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 150 sentences of The Land of the Changing Sun, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Land of the Changing Sun by Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 150 sentences, grouped into 30 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 30 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 30 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.
Common questions about reading The Land of the Changing Sun by Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 2824 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #3046 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #3046, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 235 minutes of reading across 565 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The Land of the Changing Sun section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 17 chapters of The Land of the Changing Sun 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 The Land of the Changing Sun, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
