What would you say in the following situations?
You ask a new student what his/her major is.
¿Cuál es tu especialización??
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The best way to prepare for an exam is to
a. study new material the night before the exam so it is fresh in your mind. b. skip the class prior to the exam and spend the time studying instead. c. focus on reviewing basic facts and definitions that you already know. d. spend time organizing the material to be reviewed.
À qui appartient la carte de visite que l’on voit?
a. à Alexis b. à André
The way we handle time can express both intentional and unintentional messages. For instance, in a culture like ours that values time highly, waiting can be an indicator of status. "Important" people (whose time is supposedly more valuable than that of others) may be seen by appointment only, whereas it is acceptable to intrude without notice on lesser beings. To see how this rule operates,
consider how natural it is for a boss to drop into a subordinate's office unannounced, whereas the subordinate would never intrude into the boss's office without an appointment. A related rule is that low-status people must never make high-status people wait. It would be a serious mistake to show up late for a job interview, whereas the interviewer might keep you cooling your heels in the lobby. Important people are often whisked to the head of a restaurant or airport line, whereas presumably less exalted masses are forced to wait their turn. The use of time depends greatly on culture. In some cultures, punctuality is critically important, whereas in others it is barely considered. Punctual mainlanders often report welcoming the laid-back Hawaiian approach toward time. One psychologist discovered the difference between North and South American attitudes when teaching at a university in Brazil. He found that some students arrived halfway through a two-hour class and that most of them stayed put and kept asking questions when the class was scheduled to end. A half-hour after the official end of the class, the psychologist finally closed off discussion because there was no indication that the students intended to leave. This flexibility of time is quite different from what is common in North American colleges! How are the first two sentences of the passage related? a. The second sentence describes something from the first. b. The second sentence clarifies an idea from the first. c. The second sentence gives an example of something from the first. d. The second sentence defines a term from the first.
¿Dónde queda? Elvira is visiting Mexico and is using a map to orient herself in the area around her hotel. Look at the map and indicate if the following statements areverdadero(true)or falso(false) El hotel está enfrente de la plaza central.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)