Book Title : Obama
Page : 75 - 92
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Summarize :

  1. He is in New York University.
  2. He was learning firsthand about race and class in America.
  3. But he was very poor because he away to live his parents so sometimes his mother and Maya (Obama's Sister) visit in the summer of 1982.
  4. So Obama needed to make more money and would work during the day at a construction.
  5. His mother divorced his father so she want to tell him about relationship, include how both his and her parent had been unhappy about the marriage.
  6. His father was died by car's accident when he was 46 years old and Obama was 21 years old.
  7. Obama wrote a letter of condolence to his family in Nairobi, Kenya but he didn't attend the funeral.
  8. He saw sad dream. It was his father was in jail with together. He said "we have to out together" but his father disagree to release together so only Obama release in the Jail.
  9. The Obama's family has new child called Auma.
  10. After the graduate he moved to Chicago.

Vocabulary :
  1. Cease(V) - to stop.
  2. Leap(V) - to spring through the air or to move.
  3. Hydrant(N) - an upright pipe with a spout or nozzle.
  4. Disproportionate(adj) - not proportionate; out of proportion.
  5. Mayor(N) - the chief.
  6. Senator(N) - a member of a senate.
  7. Witness(V) - to see, hear, and know.
  8. Threaten(V) - to utter a treat against.
  9. Wail(V) - to utter a prolonged.
  10. Commitment(N) - the act of committing.
  11. Appreciate(V) - to value regard highly.
  12. Enthusiastic(adj) - full of characterized by enthusiasm.
  13. Energize(V) - to give energy.
  14. Negotiate(V) - to deal for or bargain.
  15. Grassroots(adj) - involving the common people.