The Reluctant Learner
My friend Tom is one of those six-to-midnight, enthusiastic,
determined, and well-mentioned studiers. At six o’clock he
approaches his desk, and carefully organizes everything in
preparation for the study period to follow. Having everything
[5] in place, he next carefully adjusts each item again, giving
him time to think up the first excuse; he recalls that in the
morning he did not have quite enough time to read all the
items of interest in the newspaper. He also realizes
distractions completely out of the way before setting down to
[10] the task at hand.
(Skyline 5 – Macmillan)
The sentence, “Hhe recalls that in the morning he did not have quite enough time to read all the items of interest in the newspaper” (lines 6, 7 and 8) shows us how Tom
