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§ 2.1
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Italy's sky is blue.
§ 2.2
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The Italians love the blue sky.
§ 2.3
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The Britons, too, like blue skies, but the sky over Britain is not often blue.
§ 2.4
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The farmers of Italy praise their olive trees and vineyards and plow their fields with white bullocks.
§ 2.5
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The bullocks’ eyes are gentle.
§ 2.6
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The bullocks are gentle and handsome.
§ 2.7
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The bullocks are pleasing to the farmers of Italy.
§ 2.8
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British farmers plow their fields not with oxen but with horses.
§ 2.9
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The large horses are strong and beautiful.
§ 2.10
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There are many hills in Italy.
§ 2.11
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The Italians build towns on small hills.
§ 2.12
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Townspeople live in towns on the hills.
§ 2.13
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In the plain are vineyards and olive trees—on the hills, towns.
§ 2.14
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Roman roads run across the plains.
§ 2.15
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The Roman roads are long and straight.
§ 2.16
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The townspeople want olives and grapes, while the farmers want money.
§ 2.17
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So the townspeople give money to the farmers, and the farmers transport olives and grapes to the towns in wagons along the Roman roads.
