Inglés Básico: Narrativa, Gramática y Casos Reales de Desastres

Elementos de la Narrativa

Setting: location.
Theme: basic idea.
Mood: feeling.

Characters: people.
Plot: what happens in the story.

Introduction: paragraph that begins your story.
Narrative hook: introduction first sentences or two.

Ensayo Narrativo

A narrative essay tells a story.

The thesis: main idea of the essay.
The body: contains most of the plot.

Transitional sentences:

1. End of action paragraph.
2. Link to the action of the next paragraph.

The conclusion: the final sentence.

Moral: moraleja (the orphan).
Prediction: esperanza de algo (earthquake).
Revelation: lo que va a pasar (Sixth Sense).

Gramática

Grammar 7

1c, 2d, 3a, 4d, 5b, 6a, 7 may be, 8 could, 9 to be, 10 must not, 11 may, 12 could, 13 working, 14 got to, 15 a, 16 c, 17 b, 18 a, 19 b, 20 c.

Grammar 6

1 c, 2 a, 3 b, 4 b, 5 d, 6 b, 7 have, 8 why hadn't, 9 had, 10 I'd, 11 graduated, 12 you been, 13 because, 14 reading, 15 a, 16 a, 17 b, 18 c, 19 a, 20 b.

The Past Perfect

• Afirmativo: subj + had + past participle.
• Negativo: subj + had not + past participle.

The Past Perfect Continuous

• Afirmativo: subj + had been + -ing.
• Negativo: subj + had not been + -ing.

Present Modals

• Afirmativo: subj + modal verb + verb or -ing.
• Negativo: subj + modal + not + verb or -ing.

Significado de los Modales

• Might: podría.
• Should: debería.
• Maybe: puede ser.
• Could: podría.
• Must: deber.
• May be: no puede.
• Ought: debe.

Vocabulario

• San Juan's: —
• Evacuated: removed.
• Anonymous: unknown.
• Dire: alarming.
• Acrid: bitter.
• Incinerating: burning up.

Caso 1: Incendio en el Dupont Plaza Hotel

The guests were in the Dupont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Some guests received calls that were to burn all of the hotel. The fire was first in the room south, then stepped into the casino. As they could, they tried to rescue people by helicopter. The result was 97 people dead and 140 people injured. Three employees were those who caused the fire.

Caso 2: La Erupción del Krakatoa

Spewed from: burst out of.
Generated: produced.
Buoyancy: tendency to float.
Attained: reached.
Emerge from: rise out of.

An island across the world, in the South Pacific, was the loudest sound in the world. Krakatoa was a small island of six square kilometers. The eruption was accompanied by an earthquake and a tsunami. Krakatoa disappeared and is now thousands of kilometers underwater. In 1925 it formed a small island, Anak Krakatau. In 1928 it had a minor eruption. The island continues to grow even more.