What is the author's purpose ?
What is the author's purpose?
I can understand each of these words and the sentences, but dont know why does the author write these two sentences and what's their relationship.here is the context as below:
"Since that [here, 'that' refers to the woman's previous statement of how fat Kim Kardashian is] apparently
didn't prove to her daughters exactly how grotesquely fat the pregnant celebrity is,
she fingered [here 'fingered' means 'pointed at'] (sorry) a photo of pregnant Kate Middleton and said, "Look, she's half her size!"
P.S if any of you can help translate it into Chinese,and explain either in Chinese or English , that would be most appreciated , many thanks !;)
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You mention "two sentences." However, you only quote one lengthy sentence from "Since that" to "half her size." Is the second sentence the "previous statement"?
Here's what I think this is about:
1. A woman previously told her daughters that Kim Kardashian, who was pregnant, was extremely fat.
2. The woman's previous statement didn't convince her daughters.
3. Therefore, the woman showed her daughters a photo of the pregnant Kate Middleton, and commented that Kate MIddleton was only half as big as Kim Kardashian.
I could comment more precisely on the relationship between "two" sentences if it were clearer to me what the second sentence is.
Lastly, "finger" means to touch with the fingers, not merely to point at.
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