Lee atentamente este artículo acerca la
sacrificada historia de una dama de Guyana.
Completa luego el ejercicio de lecto-comprensión.
Charmaine Ward came alone to the United Kingdom
from Guyana in 1978. It was hard for her to be away from her family. “I
was very homesick. Many
times I thought, ‘What am I doing here?’ I wanted to pack my bags and go home,”
she says.
Charmaine kept in touch with
her family by telephone. She remained
in the UK and knew that one day her children and her husband, Vernley,
would join her.
Her first job was caring for
a family’s children in London. In 1980, she moved to Cambridge
and got a job as a general
helper at a nursing
home. She has worked there with the elderly for 17 years.
Charmaine takes the time to get to know her
patients and many have become like members of her own
family: “When they feel pain,
I cry. And when they die, it’s like I’ve lost a part of my own
family.”
Charmaine’s husband joined her in 1979 and the children followed
in the early 1980s. Charmaine always wanted to complete her
education but she decided to
postpone her dream for her children. “Parents have to
give their children the best education they can,” she says. “My
children’s education had to
come first,” she says.
In 1995, after all four of her children graduated from
university, Charmaine went
back to school. She earned her ‘O’ and ‘A’
levels in a mixture of evening classes and distance learning coursesrun by the National
Extension College in Cambridge. “Everyone who has taught me has been
so positive and helpful,”
says Charmaine. “The people I’ve met through the programme have
really added a new
dimension to my life”.
Charmaine always dreamed of
going to university herself. Now she is studying for a
degree in social
sciences at the Open University.
Three of her children have
moved to different parts of the country. “I never
wanted them to leave, but I’m not one to hold them back.” The
telephone keeps her connected: “I try to maintain the family relationship. I
never want to lose that.”
AQUÍ
ESTOY !!! ESTE GLOSARIO BILINGÜE TE VA A AYUDAR... homesick:
nostálgico/a;
to pack my bags: hacer
mis maletas; kept in touch with:
se mantuvo en contacto con;
remained: se quedó, permaneció;
would join her: se uniría
a ella; caring for:
cuidar a; general helper:
asistente general; nursing home: geriátrico;
the elderly: los
ancianos; to get to know:
familiarizarse; members:
miembros, integrantes; they feel
pain: tienen dolores; to
postpone her dream: postergar su sueño;
had to come first: tenia
prioridad;
went back: regresó;
earned: obtuvo;
distance learning courses:
cursos de capacitación a distancia;
run by: dirigidos por;
has taught me: me ha
enseñado; helpful: útil;
added: añadido;
dreamed of going: soñó
con ir; degree: carrera;
moved: mudado;
to hold them back: para
retenerlos; family relationship:
vínculo familiar.
Activity
108a: Después de leer atentamente el artículo, escribe dentro de
cada casilla y EN ORDEN CRONOLOGICO, los 7 acontecimientos abajo
indicados. Verifica luego las respuestas.
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¡FELICITACIONES! Acabas de finalizar la
LECCION 18
del curso Intermedio Alto. Antes de pasar a la siguiente lección, por favor asegúrate de
repasar todo lo que has aprendido aquí.