N57 : Fifty-seventh lesson S00-TITLE : The Upstart Crow S01 : I didn't sleep a wink last night worrying about Ethan. I haven't seen him for ages. S02 : What the dickens has happened to him? He seems to have melted into thin air. S03 : It seems he had an argument with his wife and she sent him packing. S04 : More in sorrow than in anger, mind you, but what's done is done. S05 : Ethan used to think the world was his oyster: A brave new world, he once said. S06 : He'd go off on a wild goose chase then come back and eat her out of house and home. S07 : But he was living in a fool's paradise and it was high time he lived up to his responsibilities. S08 : What about his girlfriend, Leila? She was a tower of strength to him. What's become of her? S09 : She broke off with him. He'd been playing fast and loose and she had had enough. S10 : Ethan begged her to take him back, told her what a hard life he'd had. He laid it on with a trowel. S11 : But she wouldn't budge an inch. "Good riddance", she said. S12 : That left him in a pickle, I can tell you. S13 : At one fell swoop, Ethan's whole world fell apart at the seams. S14 : The poor thing! I think he's more sinned against than sinning. S15 : Anyway, true love never runs smooth, does it? S16 : You believe that? More fool you! For goodness' sake don't feel sorry for him. S17 : The long and the short of it is that Ethan got what he deserved. S18 : He wanted to live with his wife but fool around at the same time, so he got hoist by his own petard. S19 : And both women got their pound of flesh. So much for the milk of human kindness! S20 : Anyway, Ethan's come full circle. He started out alone and now he's alone again. S21 : Now he can fool around to his heart's content. All's well that ends well! T00-TRANSLATE : Exercise: Translate T01 : I didn't get a wink of sleep all night because of the noise. T02 : Why the hell are you sending me on a wild goose chase? T03 : I can't find him anywhere. He's vanished into thin air. T04 : She eats us out of house and home every time she comes back for the holidays. T05 : Their last album was a real tour de force and received rave reviews.