FIRST EXTENSIVE READING FORM - A09

FIRST EXTENSIVE READING FORM - A09

 

Student's name and course: Milagros Bravo Alvarez

Teacher's name: Mr. Antonio Rios                        Date: 16/01/2012

 

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 internet whose tittle is STEPS FOR MAKING FRIENDS, and I really enjoyed reading it because I learned from it a lot of pieces of advice, but there are two steps that I consider essential to establish a friendship if you are not good at making new friends. The first step is BE A GOOD LISTENER, it is so important that you listen carefully to what people tell you since is it is the ability to show you are interested in meeting her or him. The other second important step is BE TRUST WORTHY; it means the key to being a good confident is the ability to keep secrets, so your new friend will not doubt counting on you. Those were some valuable things I learned from that reading and I will use in my life.

 

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.     Reschedule.–To change the time when something is planned to happen./verb/

ü  Can we reschedule our meeting for Tuesday instead of Monday?

ü  Reschedule. - (business) to arrange to pay back money you owe at a date that is later than originally agreed.

-          She talked to the bank to reschedule the day of payment of her loan.

2.    Seize. –To take something using official power and force: confiscate. /verb/

ü  Customs officials have seized 100 pounds of cocaine.

ü  Seize.- to take something or someone away in an illegal and violent guy./verb/

-          Robbers tied up security guards and seized the money.

3.    Squint. –To close your eyes slightly and try to see something. /verb/

-          She was squinting because of the glare.

ü  Squint. –An act of closing your eyes. A quick look at something./noun/

-          I had a squint under the bed, but I couldn't find it.

4.    Misconception. - A wrong belief or opinion as a result of not understanding something. /noun/

-          The question is open to misconception.

-          The misconception that men prefer slim women.

5.  Choir.–A group of singers who perform together, for example in a church or school. /noun/

-    The church choir presented in a contest and it won.