LilianaYacolca ER2

EXTENSIVE READING FORM - ADVANCED

Student's name and course: Liliana  Beatriz Yacolca Perez

Teacher's name: Mr. Antonio Rios   Date:September 20th.

Title of Article: Avery Toole, 8, Gets a Little Boy's Heart, Bonding Their Families Forever

Source (book, e-book, online publication, etc.):  People`s Magazine

1. Write about an event, issue, or idea in the reading that strikes you as important, interesting, or surprising. Tell why it is so.

         

     Well this article talks about the history of the family Toole, the youngest daughter of the family was born with a bad heart for she was already hopeless. Furthermore Lawyer family suffered as the eldest son named Dalton had been hit by a truck and had already been considered brain dead. The doctor attending Dalton knew Toole family and the little girl needed a heart, then the family donated Lawyer with great sorrow the heart of the girl child and made ​​the girl still lives. Ycada aniverasario is the year when the death of Dalton this family comes together to remember and thanks to him the girl who needed heart still smiling.

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. .bedside.-  /ˈbɛdˌsaɪd/ [bed-sahyd]  noun

                            The side of a bed, especially as the place of one attending the sick.              

                          My two companions, safe and sound, were at my bedside clasping my hands.

   2. awesome.-     [aw-suhm]  adjective

                            Inspiring awe: an awesome sight. 

         

It's awesome to come across a blog every once in a while that isn't the same out of date rehashed information.

  

 3. hypoplastic .-      [hahy-puh-pley-zhuh, -zhee-uh, -zee-uh] noun

                          Pathology . abnormal deficiency of cells or structural elements.   

        

 

                      At 1 day old, Avery was diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome.

 

  4. neonatal .-    [nee-oh-neyt-l]  adjective

                          Of or pertaining to newborn children.  

                 

  Appendix: normal blood values: selected reference values for neonatal, pediatric, and adult populations.

   5.frantic .-    [fran-tik] adjective

                          Desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain, etc.; frenzied.                      

    

    

With white tails pointed skyward, they stomp their feet at a frantic pace, creating a drumming noise.