Reading Comprehension: “The Decision – Chapter 14”

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What day is today? Wednesday!

And what happens on Wednesday? We upload a new chapter of the The Decision; a novel written by the very founder of ABA English.

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The Decision – Indifference

The mind is full of small hollow spaces, senseless concerns, spaces we want to fill up so we can experience a new emotion. And once on the other side of these hollow spaces, we are sometimes able to escape from ourselves and feel oh so liberated, from death, from life and everything we own; if only for a few seconds.

Whether it was coincidence or not, Mike had found one of these empty spaces in the shape of the other Mike. And now he was living in this new shape… he didn’t mind staying there. He felt completely calm and completely transformed, totally prepared to accept the emotions his new life was throwing at him.

This kind of indifference is rare. Only someone who is prepared to let go of what he is can experience it, and therefore it generates a lot of attraction for those who are contemplating it.

Whilst Mike continued perfecting his acting, he had another gut feeling that everything was going to be all right. The new Mike had experienced and tasted death and since then, his life would never be the same.

Vocabulary

Mind – the part of a person that thinks, reasons, feels, and remembers.

Hollow – having nothing inside : not solid.

Senseless – done or happening for no reason.

Concern – something that causes people to worry.

Liberated –  freed from or opposed to traditional social and sexual attitudes or ways of behaving.

Empty – containing nothing.

Kind – a group of people or things that belong together or have some shared quality : a particular type or variety of person or thing.

Rare – not common or usual : not often done, seen, or happening.

Contemplating – to think deeply or carefully about (something).

Gut – used to talk about feelings, ideas, etc., that come from your emotions and from what seems true or right rather than from logic or reason.