Workbook Answers, Unit 10

Cover Letter, more vocabulary

Cover Letter Exercise

Are you in love? Extra Practice (Optional)

ARE YOU IN LOVE?
READING-COMPREHENSION EXERCISE
Material elaborado por la Prof. Viviana Giménez ©

The following are the main ideas of the paragraphs that start and end as indicated below. Match the ideas with the corresponding paragraphs from the reading.

a. You speak to the person (face to face or on the phone), whenever you need to (or you make excuses when you don’t need to).
b. After some time, things change. Maybe you don’t talk about the person you love, or you don’t call him / her so much. However, this person is very important to you now.
c. You are in love, but how can you stay in love?
d. You like things that you didn’t like before.
e. These are some symptoms of falling in love.
f. Although you think love has come to your life, you are confused because in the past you thought it was love but it was just a strong attraction.
g. You can be honest with the person you stay in love with. At the beginning, you didn’t feel comfortable just being yourself, but now you know this person accepts you.
h. You talk about the person all the time, even when it’s not relevant to mention him / her.


1.“You think you’re falling....this time?”
2.“Here’s what our readers...in love”
3.“You’ll find yourself talking....there’s not.”
4.“You’ll find yourself bringing...last week”.
5.“You might suddenly...sports announcer”.
6.“OK, so you’ve . . . in love?”
7.“If you stay in love,...in your life”.
8.“You’ll find that you can...as you are”.

ANSWERS

1.“You think you’re falling....this time?”. f. Although you think love has come to your life, you are confused because in the past you thought it was love but it was just a strong attraction.

2.“Here’s what our readers...in love” e. These are some symptoms of falling in love.

3.“You’ll find yourself talking....there’s not.” a. You speak to the person (face to face or on the phone), whenever you need to (or you make excuses when you don’t need to).

4.“You’ll find yourself bringing...last week”. h. You talk about the person all the time, even when it’s not relevant to mention him / her.

5.“You might suddenly...sports announcer”. d.You like things that you didn’t like before.

6.“OK, so you’ve . . . in love?” c.You are in love, but how can you stay in love?

7.“If you stay in love,...in your life”. b.After some time, things change. Maybe you don’t talk about the person you love, or you don’t call him / her so much. However, this person is very important to you now.

8.“You’ll find that you can...as you are”. g.You can be honest with the person you stay in love with. At the beginning, you didn’t feel comfortable just being yourself, but now you know this person accepts you.

Unique Customs, Extra Practice (Optional)

UNIQUE CUSTOMS
Reading-Comprehension Exercises

Material elaborado por la Prof. Viviana Giménez ©

A. Match the custom with the celebration.

1. St. Anthony’s Day.
2. Chusok
3. The festival of Rakhi
4. New Year’s Eve in Argentina
5. Setsubun

a. Familes get together for a big meal.
b. Men promise loyalty to women; women give men a bracelet.
c. Family members throw dried beans around the house and then they pick them up and eat one for each year of their age.
d. People bring their animals to church, dressed up in flowers and ribbons.
e. Families honor their ancestors by going to the cemeteries, taking food and cleaning gravesites.

B. Something in each sentences is wrong. Correct the mistakes in the following statements.

1. On St. Anthony’s day, people ask for protection for their family.
2. Chusok is also known as Korean Christmas.
3. Indian women give men a ring in exchange for a promise to be loyal to them.
4. Argentine families meet on New Year’s Eve for lunch.
5. Setsubun celebrates the end of someone’s childhood.

ANSWERS

A. Match the custom with the celebration.

1.St. Anthony’s Day. People bring their animals to church, dressed up in flowers and ribbons.
2.Chusok. Families honor their ancestors by going to the cemeteries, taking food and cleaning gravesites.
3.The festival of Rakhi. Men promise loyalty to women; women give men a bracelet.
4.New Year’s Eve in Argentina. Familes get together for a big meal.
5.Setsubun. Family members throw dried beans around the house and then they pick them up and eat one for each year of the age.

B. Something in each sentences is wrong. Correct the mistakes in the following statements.

1.On St. Anthony’s day, people ask for protection for their animals.
2.Chusok is also known as Korean Thanksgiving.
3.Indian women give men a bracelet in exchange for a promise to be loyal to them.
4.Argentine families meet on New Year’s Eve for a big meal in the evening (so, it’s dinner).
5.Setsubun celebrates the end of winter.

Check out the following links to know more about these unique customs:
St.Anthony's Day in Mexico
www.banderasnews.com/0710/nr-petsgetblessing.htm
San Antón en España, con un imperdible: la "Santa Meada" de un perrito en la provincia de Santa Fé, que sigue sin inmutar a la iglesia
http://www.diarioveloz.com/notas/16234-dios-no-bendice-todas-las-mascotas
Chusok
asiasociety.org/countries-history/traditions/chusok-the-korean-thanksgiving
The Rakhi Festival
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raksha_Bandhan
Setsubun
www.japan-guide.com/e/e2285.html

A Day In Your Life In The Year 2020, Extra practice (Optional)

Find sentences with similar meaning in the text. Then, put them together to make a summary of the reading.

A robot prepares healthy food for you.
At your home office, you have what you need to work.
In the past, life was more predictable.
In the past, you sometimes went to a fast food restaurant.
It’s not necessary to take the bus, train or subway to go to work.
Nowadays you have a machine that tells you what food is good for you.
This is the future, according to experts.
Today, life changes fast, so the future is more unpredictable.
You are not paying attention while driving, but now that’s not a problem.
Your computerized car can drive you home.
You have access to a list of movies on your tv screen; it’s not necessary to leave your home to rent a movie.
You have paid for them through your bank account.
You program your computer to read messages in your language.
You shopped for groceries by computer, and they are home already.





ANSWERS:

In the past, life was more predictable (People used to know more or less how their children would live). Today, life changes fast, so the future is more unpredictable.
This is the future, according to experts (Now things are changing so quickly that we don’t even know what our own lives will be like in a few years).
You are not paying attention while driving, but now that’s not a problem (You’re daydreaming behind the wheel of your car, but that’s OK). Your computerized car can drive you home (You have it on automatic pilot, and with its high-tech computers, your car knows how to get you home safely).
You shopped for groceries by computer, and they are home already (You ordered groceries by computer an hour ago, and they’ve been delivered). You have paid for them through your bank account (The money was automatically deducted from your bank account).
In the past, you sometimes went to a fast food restaurant (In the old days, you used to stop off to get a hamburger or pizza). Nowadays you have a machine that tells you what food is good for you (Now you can use your diagnostic machine to find out which foods your body needs). A robot prepares healthy food for you (Your food-preparation machine makes you a salad).
At your home office, you have what you need to work (At your home office, you have everything you need to do your work). It’s not necessary to take the bus, train or subway to go to work (You never have to commute to work anymore).
You program your computer to read messages in your language (You set your computer to translate Portuguese into English).
You have access to a list of movies on your tv screen; it’s not necessary to leave your home to rent a movie (You turn on the television and look through the list of new movies. It’s like having a video store in your home).

Workbook Answers, Unit 9