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TEMA 6 NRO 2 EDDis - TERMINADO - resuelto


Dear Elaine,

Hi there! How are you? I'm doing well up here in the north of Portugal, and I'm really beginning to make headway with my Portuguese.

Now that I've been here for six months, I'm finding it much easier to express myself, although I still have a problem with my pronunciation. It's exciting to speak another language besides English, and I hope that in six months' time I'll be speaking fluently. By then I will have been here a year, and I will hopefully be speaking like a native. My plan is to be practically bilingual by the time I leave.

Anyway, this letter would be incomplete without a funny story. Correct?

The local villagers hate to be thought of as inhospitable, so one family invited me for a meal last week. I decided to take advantage of the invitation (who turns down such an offer?) and I didn't eat all day, so that I'd be hungry. I knew enough Portuguese to get by, but I memorized a few extra expressions, just in case.

When I arrived for dinner, I was disappointed to see that they had made roast beef.

I tried to get it across to them that I didn't eat meat, but I guess I made too poor an attempt at it. When it became clear that I wasn't going to eat anything, the room was suddenly silent. The family didn't speak to me again until it was time for me to leave.

I asked my friend Marcos to speak to them for me and he found out that there had been a misunderstanding. It turns out that I had said and used words incorrectly, and that they had interpreted it as some sort of criticism of THEIR meat.

Yesterday, however, I received a huge basket of fruit with a note saying "Practice your Portuguese!" Marcos translated it for me!

I know you'll laugh. Keep in touch.

Bill
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Dear Bill,
I was so glad to hear from you! It seems to me that you are having a great time in Portugal! I read your letter to our friends, and they thought it was very funny. But then we always thought you should eat meat. That would have prevented the whole misunderstanding! You are really making headway with your Portuguese. I am proud of you, but do you think you can become bilingual in such a short time? It took me many years of French lessons to be able to speak fluently. I hope you won't be disappointed if you don't speak as well as you hope to. Have a wonderful trip, and enjoy the food if you can!
See you soon,
Elaine

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1 A family invited Bill for a meal.
2 Bill didn't eat all day because he wanted to be hungry.
3 Bill was disappointed because the family had made roast beef.
4 Bill tried to explain that he didn't eat meat, but he failed.
5 The family was upset because they didn't understand Bill's explanation.
6 Marcos told Bill that the family thought he was criticizing the meat they had made.

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(check) He's getting better at saying what he means.
(check) He's making progress.
He wants to be able to speak Portuguese better than English.
He's getting ahead of himself.
(check) He's very enthusiastic about speaking at native level.
His pronunciation is better in the other languages.
Speaking another language is tiring.
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Questions
Answers
How did Bill prepare for his evening with the family?
He learnt some useful phrases by heart.

Why did Bill make a poor attempt at expressing himself?
He didn't know enough Portuguese to articulate himself.

Why was there a bad atmosphere during dinner?
The family had misinterpreted something Bill had said.


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At the meal, Bill was disappointed with the roast beef because he is a
vegetarian. He tried to explain this to them, but he expressed himself incorrectly and caused offense. Fortunately, Marcos cleared up the matter by speaking to them. It turns out that there had been a misunderstanding
-- the family thought Bill had criticized their cooking.
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TEST- prueba

What did Bill do to prepare for his dinner with the local family?
- He learned a few expressions.

By the time he leaves Portugal, Bill wants to be
- bilingual.

The misunderstanding was caused because Bill didn't
- express himself properly.

Which word or words in the letter means "communicate"?
- get it across

Which word in the letter means "understood"?
- interpreted

Answer 1

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