SECOND EXTENSIVE READING FORM - A08

 

Student's name and course: Milagros Bravo Alvarez

Teacher's name: Mr. Antonio Rios                        Date: 16/12/2011

1. - Express opinions, doubts, confusions, and convictions that come to your mind as you think about what you have read. Watch and write about how these things change over time. Include title of book, article, magazine, etc. that you are reading.

·         Well, I read an interesting article on the internet whose tittle is THE MOTHER-IN-LAW BATTLES: HOW DOES SHE REALLY FEEL? I decided to read it because its tittle and the introduction paragraph drew my attention, and I really enjoyed reading that article, so in the introduction, there is a statistic, which surprised me and said, more than 60 percent saw their son's wife as either a daughter, a friend or the right woman for their son and just 10 percent see her as the enemy, and I have never imagined that would be true. On the other hand, when mothers-in-law were asked if they liked their daughter-in-law, the numbers change a bit, so over 50 percent said they liked their daughter–in-law, but another 45 percent thought that she was just ok, disliked her some of the time or didn't like her at all. Besides daughters-in-law have some negative views of their mother-in-law. A total of 23.9 percent considered their mother-in-law as a "free enemy", with 12.9 percent seeing her as a total enemy.

 

When I finished reading that article, I could make a conclusion about mothers-in-law, they like giving pieces of advices on money, kids, jobs, housekeeping, foods and so on to their daughters-in-law, even though they weren't asked to do it. In addition, daughters-in-law should respect those opinions because of the great experience mothers-in-law have.

Finally, what I can say isthis relationship between mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law will change over time in good way because nowadays more and more people are becoming open-mind in this situation, which means they accept and respect others' opinions, so to avoid any kind of problem.

 

2. - Pick out 5 lexical items (verbs, phrasal verbs, expressions, fillers, etc.) and write down examples of at least 2 different meanings of the lexical item.

Stagger / / v. to walk or move in an unsteady way, almost falling over:
I got out of bed and staggered to the window.

Staggering / / adj. very surprising, shocking, and hard to believe:
A staggering $ 3 million was spent in building the US nuclear arsenal.

 

1.     Outright.–Using for emphasizing that something happens or is done completely at one time or in a single process. / adv/

ü  They cannot afford to buy the house outright.

ü  Outright– Clear and direct, with nothing hidden. /adj/

-          She could tell him an outright lie.

2.    Mow. –To cut grass using a machine or tool with blades. /verb/

ü  We needed to mow the lawn.

ü  Mow down.- to kill a lot of people quickly and violently, specially by shooting the./verb/

-          Nobody knew how those poor people were mowed down.

3.    Jackpot. -A large amount of money that someone wins in card game, or another game involving money. /noun/

-          My bother went club and won  500 million  dollar jackpot

ü  Hit the jackpot. –To be very successful at something./phrase/

-          He was great businessman because he hit the jackpot in a game.

4.    Jerk- To move very suddenly or make something move suddenly. /verb/

-          The taxi jerked to a stop outside a hotel large.

ü  Jerk. -A strong sudden pull. /noun/

-          He gave the handle a quick jerk.

5.  Boom.–A similar increase in the activity of a particular industry or part of a country's economy. /noun/

-    The island is experiencing a boom in tourism.

ü  Boom. -To make a deep loud sound that continues for some time. / verb/

-          A strong thunder boomed in the distance, and some people scared of it.