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Desda Omeoba F lucky -to applies to the
who has good luck. Marcos is good health, a
family loving and a job he likes; He is a man very lucky amuñado. both, -tos
two people or two things; the two. In "The RTBor" Borges, there are two
men, one young and one old, but ambyou are the same man, Jorge
Luis Borges longing desire Remember with sorrow the absence of
someone or
somethingstrongly;.. The poet yearns the hours happy spent with your
dare to be able to do something without fear little David was aTreviño to
fight the giant Goliath bold, -a se applies to he who dares to do many
thingsdog.... Martin is
very daring; only likes activities and sports dangerous onion ground whose
bulb is smelling strong and taste more or less spicy and
can eatr (onion) She ate lots onions and does not want kiss
her boyfriend because has bad.. breath. correspond respond belong.
Juana la Loca loved her husband with all
heart but he does not correspOndia his love. the teacher should explain
the
lesson, but the responsibility for learning will corresponds to the
student. carer serve a person. parents should carer s us children
diligently and lovingly. enclose (ie) put someone in a place where it is
impossible leave. Hansel
and Gretel encerred Witch in the oven. Contain. The young man in
love
him wrote a letter that contained all his emotions to his mistress. strive (ore)
try to achieve something, make efforts. The student tries
hard on the course and will get an A. enjoy dand experience pleasure
and satisfaction; enjoy. Gozamos good
literature latinoamericana, tryr try, try. I tried work all night but I
fellasleep.
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swear to affirm or promise something with great force. Paul swore love eternal
Matilde, and kept his word. the tear is one of the drops of water that come out of the eyes when
one cries.
She cried so much that tears wet dress. deny (ie) declare that something not is true. Mr. Nixon
always denied that he was
guilty of a crime. Not allow has a person what you want.
The woman cruel denied children the food they asked. sting bite. Miss. Muffet was afraid that
the spider wouldhim bite. Cut into small pieces.
always Icry at the picar onions. full, -to full, totally full; of greater intensity. These flowers
need a place in full sun. sensitive and able to perceive sensations, sensitive; It applies to people
who
react strongly to actions or emotions others. My friend is very
sensitive; always understand my problems. deaf -to applies a person who not can hear. The
noise did not wake my
grandfather because is sordor. belly stomach belly (abdomen). Jonah was in the belly of the
whale.
vocabulary Aexercises. completathe Frase Use word appropriate in the vocabulary.
1. The exiles Cuban
their island beloved.
They maintain their customs and food traditional so as not to forget them.
2. Isabel is in love with a man who does not
__
her
love. That's why she is so sad that eat constantly for comfort.
3. Mom accuses the child had eaten the cake but the child
did.
4. The child
hide the biscuit half eaten under
the table but his mother sawhim.
5. When my mother us calls to the dining room, my uncle did not hear because is
- but realizes that is lunchtime by
smell.
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6. Witch
Hansel and Gretel into the house
candy so they not could escape.
7. In't could decide between the pound cake and the ice
cream, so I ate
8. The
child
__ took sweets to the noses
of her mother without her see.
9. After eating so many sweets, the children had pain
10.
In
winter, when it's very cold, I like to
cook soups and stews.
11. One way of
loved ones is cook
meals good for health.
12. A wedding, my great-
grandmother would
_ her husband
would
always be waiting for the end of the day with a dinner well prepared.
B. expression Personal
1. What aspect or time of your childhood you miss most?
2. do Who you consider a very lucky person? Why?
3. Do you deal sometimes hide your tears?
4. Doyou consider yourself a person sensitive? Who is the person most
sensitive you know?
C. Complete the
sentence
1. A person sensitive is the que
2. I am a person lucky because
3. One thing I swear to do for entire my life is
4. One thing Iswear do never is
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Strategy for Reading reading the fragment, consider the sIGUIentities aspects:
• Narration
What person you write? What is the relationship between the narrator and protagonist?
Simbolismo In the novel Like Water for Chocolate, the food has a literal and symbolicmeaning.
It is also in life. Think about your own attitudes and those of your family regarding food.
aota Bomoa ab aduese The reaism mAGICO you found the realism magic in the works of Jorge
Luis Borges and Gabriel García Márquez you have read. Pay attention to how Laura Esquivel
presents.
Laura Esquivel Laura Esquivel was born in 1950 in MexicoCity. Like Water for Chocolate,
his first novel, enjoyed an instantpopularity. The novel is divided into twelve parts that
correspond to the months of the year. each month is presented Con a related recipe with what
happens in the chapter.
As water to chocolate (extract)
Al principio of narration, the narrator listened without straining. One day sollozos2 is cooking
and us tells that she cries ifn were so strong that caused the stop while cutting the flamesbait.
15 delivery: come forward 4. And my greatgrandmother do not know if you them have passed
but me could say or peeps, Tita arrived in this World 5 simple truth itself. Infinity of times.
Mom prematurely on the kitchentable, said it was because I am as sensitive among the smells
of a soup noodle that the onion Tita, my grandmotheraunt.
I was cooking, those of thyme, bayleaf, they said that Tita was so sensitive that from 20
coriander, the boiledmilk, the garlic was in the belly of my greatgrandmother
and, of course, onion. as 10 crying and crying when it stung onion; Theyimagine, the usual
spanking? not was
her crying 'was so strong that Nacha,
necessary because Tita was born crying cook of the house, which was half deaf, so beforehand,
perhaps because she knew her
one. crying action of crying
2. sobbing sounds that are made mourn strong 3. childbirth action giving birth to a baby
inApril. be advanced is out forward; will pass 5. say no peep say word 6. known well known
or known 7. nalgada I blow struck in the buttocks (rear end)
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July 25 oracles determined that in this life we
voice barely audible replied: B was denied marriage. had Nacha a -I do not know.
S anta Tita was literally pushed into this
Mama Elena gave him a look that world for an torrent impressive of 70 Tita locked all the years
of repression
tears desbordarono on the table and had floated on the family and said: 30 kitchenfloor.
-Well better you'd reports if in theafternoon, when the shock had gone to ask your hand does
not do. Lose its and water thanks to the effect of the rays of the time and I would lose mine.
You know sun had evaporated, Nacha swept and 75 rather than being the smallest of the
women
residue of tears that had fallen to you you corresponds take care until the day of 35 on the red
losetalo covering the floor. With my death. Die
this salt filled a costali five kilos that said, Mama Elena put slowly used cooking for long
time. standing, kept his glasses inside apron This inusitado12 birth determined 80 and by way
of order final repeated
fact that Tita felt an immense love -For today, we done with this! 40 kitchen and most of the
life Tita knew that within the rules
happened it...
communication of the house not was included
dialogue, but still, for first time in his
life85 he tried protest a mandate from its So it not is strange that Tita
mother. ... he has developed a sixth sense in all that to relatesfood. Tita...
-But I believe that... 45 mistook the joy of living with eating, and
-You do not think anything and it over! He never enjoyed much every aspect of cooking.
for generations, no one in my family has for axisMPLO Tita land liked the
90 protested this practice and not will be
one of my daughters who do. preparation of cakes rellenas sausage
because...It is very nice enjoy the smell that 50 dismissed because smells
characteristic of reproducing past
After Tita piess in his first meeting
with Peter, along with sounds and smells never equaled in
never forget the roce14 accidental its present.
95 hands when both tried clumsily to
take the same charola15 at the same time. A tradition family Tita was That was when Peter
confessed his May 5 way to prepare chorizos. allS the lovedaughters.
would sit laround the table for
-Miss Tita, would like take part in the preparation, and...
100 opportunity to speak to him alone for one of those afternoons, before Mama say that I am
deeply love Elena said it already could get of you. I know that this statement is bold 60 table,
Tita, who then fifteen and precipitada16, but is so difficult approach her
years, she said in voice trembling that Pedro I made the decision to do the same Muzquiz wanted
come and talk to her... 105 night. only Iask you me tell if I can
-And whatI have to come talk that aspirarı7 his love. sir?
-In't doknow what to answer you; Give me time to 65 said Mama Elena after a silence
thinking. endless that encogió13 Tita'ssoul.
-No, In't could, I need an answer in
8. Oracle applies to the person whose authority no one
disputes 9. overflowed out of their limits (overflowed) 10. tile tile 11. sack sack or bag big 12.
unusual rare, extraordinary 13. Shrugged made smaller (shrank)
14. rubbing action of touching 15. tray tray metal or other material
used to serve candy, soda and other things (tray) 16. precipitated applies to what happens
suddenly or
quickly and without warning 17. aspire want to hope for something
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7110 now: love does not think: sit on the invitados that comiEron:
or feel. I am man of few but great longing took possession 18 very strong words. I swear I
have my all present as they gave the dia love forever. What about yours? Areyou 130 first bite
of cake. Inclusive Pedro, too sorry for me?
always so himself, it made an effort May 11 -Yes!
tremendous back tears. And Mamas Yes, yes and a thousand times yes. him She loved since
that
Elena, neither when her husband diedor had night forever.
She sheds a tearunhappy, crying silently135. And that not was all, Llanto
was the first symptom of poisoning As Mama Elena le had prohibgone to rare it had something
to do with a grandand
Tita to marry was concluded a mattage melancholy and Frustration made presal9 120
between Peter and an sister older of Tita. all the guests and made end in the
Tita was orbligada preparing the cake for 140 yard, pens and bathrooms pining each
wedding of her sister and Pedro. You can be one of the love of your life. Not one escaped
imaginar the sadness of Tita, who criedaba
of the hechizozo and only some lucky lot while preparing the cake, and arrived in time to the
baths; which no no 25 January tears mixed with the dough. Day participated in the puke
collective that
wedding this cake had a effect strange 145 organized in the courtyard.
18. He took over , became owner, came to have power
over 19. gripped posEyo (took possession of) 20. spell encantamient magic (magic spell)
Questions Understanding
1. Whatdo have in common the narrator and Tita? 2. How they tears left on the floor after the
birth of Titaused? 3. What is the attitude of Tita about the kitchen? How be this
attitudeexplained? 4. In what sense is Tita the victim of a tradition family Mama
Elena? 5. How Mama Elenafeatures? What is revealed here of the relationship between
Tita and her mother? 6. What happened the first time that Tita and Pedro were? 7. What are the
effects strange that the cake wedding produce in the
guests eat?
Questions for Discussion
1. addition to satisfying hunger, what other aspects or qualities of
food are presented in the fragment? 2. The food is a universalneed. Everyone has to eat
to live. But each person has his own attitude toward food. Some use food as a reward for a job
well done, or to comfort someone rejects or hurt. Some eat a lot when they are depressed (very
sad); others lose
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appetite. Some parents try to exert too much control over
what their childreneat. What are your idiosyncrasies and yourr
family about food? 3. Doesyou seem realistic to the scene of the first meeting between Tita and
Pedro? ISITION
Doyou believe in love at first sight?4. Compare the relationship between Tita and her mother
and the relationship between many
parents and children in our culture.
Expressing ourselves
1. Tita suffers because of a tradition family imposed limits on
her life. What is a tradition family or our culture that seems unfair or upsetyou? A(a)
partner(a) class, prepares and presents a dialogue between (a) young and his mother, father or
another adult
about the desire of the (young to change this tradition. 2. With (a) partner(a) class, prepares and
presents a scene in which
the reaction to food reflect an emotionalstate.
Integration Before listening Par discussedr what is theremember most enjoyable that
associate the food?the memory nastier?
instructionis
1. Reread the selection. Pay attention to the power and the importance of food. 2. After
reviewing the selection, study the list vocabulary for the
conference. 3. Listen the lecture and take notes on the importance of food
in variousworks literary discussed. 4. After hearing the lecture, complete the sentences of
Comprensiónsection. 5. Finally, you will prepare a presentation according the instructions of
section Presentation oral.
Vocabular
l a stomach: the stomach through: by using
Play on the fragment of Como agua para chocolate that you have read, is clear that food plays a
role central in life emotional and lives daily of the characters. The conference speaks also of
the value concrete and the value symbolic of food. Listen the selection and then do activities
After listeningsection.
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After listening comprehension Choose the best
answer.
1. For Tita, cooking is a way of
a. living b. feed his family c. express
sentimientos d. angering Peter
2. In the selection, all the effects of food are mentioned
less. stimulate bmemory. prevent memory
c. make the person fatter d. change
the condition emotional
3. Some examples of the impact of food are found in all
these less a. a novel b. an poem epic about
Odysseus c. a movie d. a TV
inApril. Allende wrote of the "link between food and love". The meaning
most likely of "link" is a.
Ccontradiction.
difference b. connection
d.
confusion
5. According Isabel Allende, what love and food have in common is that
both a. They serve as subjects of literature b. They are needs that
determine many activities human C. can result in happiness or
sadness d. the three answers (a, b, c) are correct
Synthesis presentation Oral Your presentation will be based on the piece of Like
Water for chocolate Laura Esquivel, who already have read, and the conference
heard. Prepare a presentation oral two minute on the subject below. If youwant,
go reading and lecture again before preparing your presentation. You can make
your presentation to the class or record, as directed by your teacher(a).
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