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Practice dictation & shadowing on the daily life story: Working In My Yard
Working In My Yard
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Working in my yard, I live in a house that has a small yard around it.
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In my yard there is a lawn and a garden.
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There is also a sidewalk that leads to my front door and a driveway that leads to my garage.
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Throughout the year I work to maintain my yard.
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During the summer, I cut the grass that grows in my yard using a lawn mower.
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I like the smell of the grass when it has just been cut, but it's better not to cut the grass too short when the weather is dry.
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I also put water on the lawn and garden so that the grass and flowers can grow.
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During the autumn, many leaves fall from the trees in my yard.
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I use a rake to collect the leaves from the lawn.
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Then I can put the leaves into bags.
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I can use the leaves to make fertilizer.
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When I was a kid I didn't like the job of raking leaves, but now I don't mind it.
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Another job during the autumn is to remove flowers from the garden before cold weather arrives.
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During the winter, there is no work to do in the lawn or garden because they are covered in snow.
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But I need to keep the snow off my sidewalk and driveway whenever it snows.
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I use a shovel to clear the snow from the sidewalk and the driveway.
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Sometimes it snows a lot.
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If I didn't shovel the snow, it would soon be impossible to get into my house.
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During the spring, the snow melts.
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I clean up my yard by sweeping away the dirt and by removing weeds from the lawn and garden.
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I also put flowers back into the garden.
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It's nice to see them again after the long cold winter.
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When spring comes, the grass grows very quickly, so I need to cut the grass quite often.
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Working in the yard can be very satisfying work.
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It's so nice when the lawn and garden are looking green and healthy.