Combine the elements to write complete sentences about likes and dislikes. Be sure to make all necessary changes
Pedro / no gustar / chocolate
A Pedro no le gusta el chocolate.
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a. return his item. b. put his item back on his desk. c. tell him about it.
Comprensión oral. Vas a escuchar un pasaje sobre el concepto de la muerte en el mundo hispánico. Antes de escucharlo, lee la lista de oraciones. Luego, escucha el pasaje e indica si cada oración es verdadera o falsa. Vas a escuchar el pasaje dos veces.Click here for audio.Se sirven refrescos en algunos velorios hispánicos.
A. verdadero B. falso
locura madness, emotiva emotional, obedecer obey.
¡Qué misterio más grande es la 8. attraction ____________________ entre dos seres humanos! ¿Quién puede explicarlo? Algunos piensan que es una 9. reaction ____________________ puramente física. Otros, en cambio, afirman que es una 10. sensation ____________________ emotiva que está basada en la buena 11. comunication ____________________. Generalmente la 12. fascination ____________________ que la persona siente es muy intensa y no obedece a la lógica. Por eso la experiencia es un poco como la locura. Además, como en el caso de la locura, no es fácil predecir la 13. duration ____________________ de esta condición, ni el resultado. A veces, termina en la 14. frustración ____________________; otras veces, termina en una boda.
Read the essay below and then answer the questions about coherence that follow.
Labeling Animals a In some ways, the human race seems to be in its childhood. The conventional attitude toward animals, for example, makes humanity seem like a tribe of seven-year-olds pulling the wings off flies. Instead of respecting all animals as important parts of the chain of life, humans rate them according to their usefulness. Historically, humankind has failed to recognize animals as anything other than products, toys, or monsters. b There are the products. These are the animals, such as cattle, pigs, and sheep, that provide much of the world’s food. For this reason, people tend to think of them less as living creatures than as growing crops, fattening them up, herding them into slaughterhouses, and carving them into edible portions. These animals are “useful,” so the general population has typically positive feelings about them. Humankind’s actions show that most people are not actually fond of them. People are willing to lock baby calves into dark boxes for months and then kill them for veal, or cram thousands of chickens into tiny pens and allow them to live for only six weeks. Increased production, not humane treatment, is the bottom line. c Perhaps the most harmful label that humans pin on animals, though, is that of monster. The general population has use at all for these creatures. They are taught from birth that sharks, snakes, bats, and alligators, for instance, are evil and dangerous. The facts about these animals make no difference to people’s emotions. The fact that being attacked by a shark is less likely than being struck by lightning does not stop fishermen from holding shark-killing contests. The fact that a snake is harmless does not stop sadistic hikers from crushing it. Very few will ever be mauled by a grizzly or bobcat or torn apart by wolves, yet many support the extermination of these animals in the name of “safety.” d Advertisers label some animals as toys. These are the lucky ones—the puppies, kittens, pandas, koala bears, bunnies, and porpoises that children consider cute. Toys make people feel sentimental and protective. Many are willing to devote five minutes on the evening news to a baby panda, they stock their children’s room with stuffed bunnies, and watch movies about friendly, funny porpoises. No one in their right mind would advocate a puppy-shoot or a koala-killing contest. Toy-like animals may occasionally be neglected or abused by individual owners, but polite society does not allow them to be destroyed on a wholesale basis. e Labeling animals is not a harmless little quirk that humans have. In separating the animal kingdom into products, toys, and monsters, society has made it easier to brutalize these defenseless creatures. The practice of categorizing has dulled humanity’s respect for other living beings and even led to the destruction of entire species. As people dominate animals, they forget to behave as caretakers. This results in a loss of dignity and humanity—not only for the victimized animals, but for their human counterparts as well. 1. What are the first several words of the sentence to which the transition word First could be added in the first supporting paragraph? _____________________________ 2. What are the first several words of the sentence to which the transition word However could be added in the first supporting paragraph? _____________________________ 3. What word is a synonym for animals in the second supporting paragraph? ______________ 4. To what does the pronoun them refer in the third supporting paragraph? _________________ 5. The emphatic order of the three supporting paragraphs is confused. Which supporting paragraph should come first? _____ Second? _____ Third? _____