Languages and Languages diversity 2.26.08

Vocabulary A
1.There are many writing systems. The English language uses the roman alphabet.
2.A dermatologist is a doctor who specialize in problem of the skin.
3.The United States is divided into fifty states.
4.In the past fifty years,the population of the world has increased rapidly.
5.Can I borrow your pen for just a minute?
6.It's much easier to form wet snow into balls than to use dry snow.
7.In some countries,students refer to their professors by their first names.
8.Noam Chomsky,a professor at MIT,is one of the most famous linguists in the world.
9.A team of the workers can build a car at a faster rate than people working alone.
10.The word diversity has nine characters.
Vocabulary B
1.The best to become bilingual is to live in a foreign country.
2.His friends began to worry about him when he said that there was no longer anything meaningful in his life.
3.If you want to study how people learn languages, you should take a linguistics course.
4.Motorcyclists wear helmets to prevent brain injury in an accient.
5.I don't know the exact population of my city, but I estimate that there are about I that there are about 2 million people.
6.My destist said that I need to go to a specialist to get my tooth fixed.
7.During the president's speech,she made reference to an important new medical study.
8.The computer past for the whole office was down for two days.
9.When you exercise,your rate hearth goes up.
10.We had such a large class that the instructor had to divide it up into three groups.
Vocabulary C
j.hazardous 1.harmless
e.student 2.instructor
d.often 3.once in a while
k.drop 4.lift
c.certainly 5.maybe
g.calm 6.terrify
b.full 7.empty
a.negative 8.positive
f.request 9.demand
h.land 10.take off
Comprehension Question E
1.What is the definition of a language?A language is a system of sound , gestures , or characters used to communicate ideas and feelings.
2.What is a sign language?Many hearing-impaired people use sign languages,in which gestures do the work of the sound system of spoken languages.
3.In English,the basic order of words in a sentence is subject,verb,object.What is the basic order of words in your first language?The first language in spanish is subject, verb , object.
4.What is an example of a borrowed word?People invent new words for their language,borrow words from other languages,and change the meanings of words as needed.
5.What is an example of an invented word?People invented new word they borrow the other language.For ex(tomatos,meat,some different words).
6.What is one different between the Authronesian language family and the Indo-European language family?The authronesian language family have 500 words and Indo-european language family have 155 words.
7.Why is it useful to group languages into families?So that the people people of the family can be included and understood for there own languages.
8.Should we try to keep languages alive ?why or why not?Why because so that they were possible to be include and understood the one to the other.
9.Why is it more difficult for adults than children to learn a second language?Why is so more difficult adults than children to learned there second language because the adults they stay with their ideas of there country and the kids stared learning there second languages so easy.
Paraphrasing F
1.There are about 150 American indian languages spoken today.These languages have many differences among them and have been divide into more than fifty languages families.Today, 50% of the world's population speaks one of the top fifteen languages.The world's most common languages is mandarin Chinese,which has more than 1 billion speakers.
2.Most children learn their first languages easily-and something other languages as well. Adults often must work harder at learning a second languages.Adultsoften must work harder at learning a second language. Recent research indicates that a child's brain actually learns a new languages differently than an adults's brain does.
Main Idea G
1.Write a sentence for the main idea for paragraph4(lines 19 - 27).That they have to borrow some different language and some words come from different contry and from different food.
2.Write a sentence for the main idea for paragraph 7(lines 46 - 51).There are 50% precent in the world in thepopulation in speak one of languages.But there are 1 billion in speaker.

The Necklace ♥Jacqueline Barbito♥2.14.08

(What is the central conflict that has propelled the events so far?)The central conflict that has propelled was that Madame Loisel was one of those pretty and charming young women.But she married a Clark because she is in middle class family so she can't married rich men.

(CLARIFY: Why is the woman so unhappy?)The woman is so unhappy because she is kind of greedy she was more than she can have

(CAUSE AND EFFECT: Why does the invitation have the opposite effect on Madame Loisel from the one her husband expected?)Because she wants to look rich for the other women and she has no dress to go to the party and she think that the rich guys are going to laugh at her.

( QUESTION: Why do you think Mme. Louisel finally chooses only the diamond necklace?)Because diamond are expensive and if you see a person with a diamond necklace is great because a diamond necklace shows class.

PREDICTING: Do you think Mme. Loisel and her husband will find the necklace? What might happen if they don't?)No and if they don’t find the necklace they’ll have to paid for it.

( CHARACTER ANALYSIS: How does Mme. Loisel's approach to her new problem differ from her previous
behavior? )

( CAUSE AND EFFECT: How did the life of the Loisels change because Mme. Loisel lost the necklace?)Yes because they worked for ten whole years to pay for a necklace.

"The necklace"

1. What might be Mme. Loisel's thoughts and feelings right after she learns that the diamond necklace was only a paste? She might think that it happen because she is too much greedy and she should be happy what she has.
2. How does Madame Loise changes as a result of her experiences? As a result of her experiences she learn to sacrifices and not to be greedy .
3. Madame Loisel pays dearly for losing the necklace. Do you think that experience ruins her life or saves her life? Explain your answer. I think that experience saves her life because if she don't lose her necklace maybe she will be more greedy and when her husband can't gave her expensive things she will divorce him.
4. The literary critic Edward D. Sullivan declares that "The Necklace" is showing that in people's lives "blind chance rules". Do you agree or disagree? cite evidence to support your opinion. The literary critic Edward D. Sullivan declares that "The Necklace" is showing that in people's lives "blind chance rules" i agree with this because when you don't expect something it will happen and then you learn from it and you will learn how to expect something
5. Suppose that Madame Loisel had not lost the necklace. On the basis of her feelings and actions in the story, what do you think her future would have been like? Suppose that Madame Loisel had not lost the necklace then her future will be different she might divorce her husband and marry a reach man who can buy expensive things for her and maybe she will be more greedy .
6. Do people still chase after wealth and social status today? Explain. People still chase after wealth because in the world most people wants to be rich. They wants a better social life.
7. What do you think Madame Loisel's life will be like now that she has paid off her debt and found real value of the necklace? I think Madame Loisel's life will be like now that she has paid off her debt and found real value of the necklace she will change more.She will learn how to sacrifices and learn how to be happy what she has.
8. Analyze Madame Loisel and Monsieur Loisel' characteristics. Madame Loisel was very greedy.she don't know how to sacrifices and how to be happy what she have.Monsieur Loisel is Clark. He knows how to sacrifices and he is a selfless man who did everything for his wife.
9. SYMBOLISM: What does the necklace symbolize in the story?
I think the symblolize meanz that only reach that only people can wear the necklace.
10. From which point of view is the story told? Explain. The point of view that told story from was Third person omniscient.
11. What is the main conflict in the story? Main conflict in the story was Person Against Self because Madame Loisel was not happy with her life.She wants a better social and rich life.She want expensive dress and jewelry.
12. What is the theme of the story? The theme of the story was do not be greedy.
13. What is the moral of this story? The moral of this story was too much greedy is not good.Also be happy what you have don't trie to be too much rich otherwise it can happen to you.
14. Outline the events in "The Necklace" that form:
* EXPOSITION The story setting in Paris, France and the time was medieval age
* RISING ACTION When her husband buy dress for her and then she want jewelery.
* CLIMAX When she lose her necklace.
* FALLING ACTION The necklace was paste.
* RESOLUTION The lady was greedy because she want more and more.