Pool Bernaola ER1

EXTENSIVE READING FORM - ADVANCED

Student's name: Pool Ivan Bernaola Poma      Course: A01
Teacher's name: Mr. Antonio Rios Date: September 12^th, 2012
Title of Article: 17 reasons it's a great time to be alive
Source (book, e-book, online publication, etc.): http://www.rd.com/health/healthy-eating/cheer-up-17-reasons-its-a-great-time-to-be-alive

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

There is one important point that the author of the article said and got my attention. "The world has never been a better place to live in," and he supports this idea with some comparisons: for example the important stuff for a comfortable life style costs less, and this is true, now we can find a variety of things that we are able to buy when shopping because they are not too expensive as in the past, when you had to save big amounts of money to buy something. Also the advances of the technology allow people to improve their business to have more options to grow. And that this is going to keep on getting better and better. And to finish the author suggest being optimist, he is against the bad news that are published in the newspapers and almost never good news are published.

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.   Doom // noun A bad event, usually death, destruction, or complete failure, that will happen in the future and cannot be avoided:
He predicted doom for any country that did not act immediately.

Doom // verb. To make someone or something certain to fail, be destroyed, be extremely unhappy etc.:

The invention of the train doomed the canals to extinction.

2. Bury // verb. To put someone's dead body in the ground during a funeral ceremony:

All his family members are buried in the same cemetery.

Bury // verb. To show that a belief or idea is wrong:

It's time to bury the myth that money will make you happy.

 

3. Outrage // noun A strong feeling of anger and shock at something that you feel is wrong or unfair:

There was public outrage over the killings.

 

Outrageous // adj. very shocking or unreasonable:

'She blames me for causing her father's death.' 'But that's outrageous!'

 

4. Grip // verb. to hold something tightly:

She gripped Frank's hand firmly to show her support. Although the car was stationary, his hands were still gripping the wheel.

 

Gripping // adj. very exciting and interesting:

This books is gripping I can hardly put it down.

 

5. Shame // verb. To make someone feel guilty or embarrassed:

The behavior of the fans has shamed the team.

 

Shameful // adj. So bad that you feel ashamed of it:

The constraint on fresh thinking was on shameful display this week.