Milagros Bravo - A09

SECOND EXTENSIVE READING FORM - A09

Student's name and course: Milagros Bravo Alvarez

Teacher's name: Mr. Antonio Rios                         Date: 24/01/2012

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 which title is THE BIRD THAT DID NOT FLY, and I really enjoyed reading it because this reading has good aspects since it teaches us that we should not feel defeated when we are in trouble or when we have some adversity. On the contrary, we should overcome and move on life, so that story is about a bird which was ill-treated by its owners. They never took care of it very carefully, and the bird always had its wings clipped. For that, he wouldn't fly since he was afraid of falling and hurting itself. However, a good family found it when the bird escaped from its another owner, and it learned how to fly. That story is so touching.Something interesting I can get from this reading is that even we are facing problems; we should not worry so much about it. Since making mistakes in life are not so bad, we learn from them to improve ourselves each day.

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.     Restrain.–To keep control./verb/

ü  She restrained herself since she was so mad.

ü  Restrained. – adj. moderate

-          In my cousin's family, they are so restrained and people person.

2.    Stray. – to go for a different way /verb/

ü  She did not go to her house, she strayed by another.

ü  Stray.- when an animal does not have anyone to take care of it./verb/

-          My bother found a loving dog which was stray.

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.    Rage. - Anger. /noun/

-          She was so angry and, also she could not control her rage.

-          Raging. - Adj. to be mad.

-          My friend did not go to the party, and she was raging.

5.    Host.–a person who organize something. /noun/

-    The host of TV program is a people person.

- Host. - organize. Verb

-          She will host a party to celebrate to her daughter's birthday.