Lee
atentamente estas consultas
y las correspondientes respuestas que Miss. Hints ha dado a sus lectores.
Completa luego los tres ejercicios de lecto-comprensión.
Dear
Miss Hints,
1
Dear
Miss Hints,
2
Dear
Miss Hints,
3
Dear
Miss Hints,
4
I invited my friend to stay with me when she had to leave her apartment. I
only meant for her to stay a week or two until she found another
apartment.
But she has been staying at home for three months now. I find it very difficult
to say anything. When I say something to her she promises to find an
apartment.
But she can never find anything she likes.
Last month, my uncle died unexpectedly. He lived on his own far away and
I did not keep in touch as much as I wanted to. When I was looking
through his papers I found several letters he had written. They said bad
things about my family. He obviously meant these letters to be found
after he was dead. I have not said a word to anyone but this has made me
very upset.
My son is 26 years old now. He finished college three years ago, but he
can't seem to find a job that he likes, and he answers few ads. He still
lives at home, and I am really worried that he is not trying hard enough
to get a job and live on his own. Meanwhile, I have been cooking his
meals, doing his laundry, tidying up his room, and so on. I am really
tired.
With
a great effort during the past five years I was saving dollar after
dollar. Fortunately, I could buy a second-hand car two years ago. Now that I have a car
all my
friends keep asking me to drive them everywhere. They do not pay me
anything. My friends seem the real owners and they ask me to drive them wherever they want to go.
What should I do?
Mary
Dieguez, Mexico.
Diana Errazuriz,
Chile.
Ana
Rios, Venezuela.
Oscar Meneses, Spain.
Dear...,
A
Dear...,
B
Dear...,
C
Dear...,
D
You are making it too easy for him to stay
in his present position. Be firm and
tell him he has two months to find a job (any job will be good for his
situation) and get his own
place. And explain to him that he is old enough to take care of himself. But you have to be
willing to let him go.
Tell your
friends that you feel unhappy when they do this, and ask
them to help you to pay for gasoline. It is good to help
your friends, but it can feel bad when they do not appreciate you.
Sometimes you may be happy to drive your friends, but sometimes you may not.
Your friend pretends to find an
apartment when
you complain and knows you find it
difficult to say anything to her. The rest of the time she is very comfortable and
does not bother. You must confront her, explain your
feelings, and agree with her when she will leave.
You have done the right thing
by keeping quiet about the letters.
Telling others can create more unhappiness. Let them remember him kindly, even if you feel he does not really deserve this. If
you find it is making you really unhappy, a good counselor can help you deal
with your feelings.
Miss. Hints.
Miss. Hints.
Miss. Hints.
Miss. Hints.
AQUÍ
ESTOY !!! ESTE GLOSARIO BILINGÜE TE VA A AYUDAR... I
only meant: sólo quise que; unexpectedly:
repentinamente; on his own: por sus propios medios; far
away: a mucha distancia, alejado; keep in touch:
mantenerse en contacto, verse; looking through: revisando;
to be found: fueran encontradas, descubiertas; after
he was dead: después de su muerte; upset:
disgustado/a, afectado/a; few
ads:
pocos avisos, anuncios; worried: preocupado/a; trying
hard: esforzándose; meanwhile: mientras tanto; doing
his laundry: lavándole la ropa; tidying up:
ordenando; and so on: y demás; keep asking me:
continuan pidiéndome; to drive them: que los lleve en
auto; to seem: parecer; to take care of himself:
para cuidarse solo; pretends: finge; complain: quejarse;
bother: preocuparse, molestarse; confront:
enfrentar;by keeping quiet: guardando silencio; unhappiness:
desdicha; deserve: merecer; counselor: consejero/a.
Activity
110: En este ejercicio debes
COMBINAR las consultas recibidas por Miss. Hints (números) con
sus consejos (letras). SELECCIONA del menú la LETRA ADECUADA
para cada consejo y verifica luego las respuestas correctas ...
1
Mary Dieguez, Mexico
2
Diana
Errazuriz, Chile
3
Ana
Rios, Venezuela
4
Oscar
Meneses, Spain
Activity
111: En este ejercicio debes COMPLETAR, con las formas
correctas de los verbos del cuadro, esta nueva consulta recibida por Miss. Hints.
Sugerimos que selecciones
los verbos que vas utilizando a fin de facilitar tu tarea. Verifica luego las respuestas
correctas ...
borrow disagree
marry save
deny enjoy
return spend
Dear Miss
Hints,
I've never
written to an advice website before, but I have a big problem. I'm
going out
with
this really nice guy. He's very sweet to me, and I
really want to
him.
In
fact, we plan to have our wedding next summer. But
he has a problem with money.
He
money like crazy!!
Sometimes he
money from
me, but
he
never
it. When I ask for my money
back, he says he has
none left.
I
want to
money because I want us to buy an
apartment
when we get
married. However, if I tell him he has a
problem with
money, he says: "I
with you. You
worry
too much. You never want to go out and
yourself."
As you can see, he just
his problem.
Jean
Marie, France.
Activity
112: En este ejercicio debes COMPLETAR, con las formas
correctas de los verbos del cuadro, los consejos de Miss. Hints.
para la carta anterior. Sugerimos que selecciones
los verbos que vas utilizando a fin de facilitar tu tarea. Verifica luego las respuestas
correctas ...
accept
agree
find
admit
forget
refuse
Dear Jean
Marie,
You and your
boyfriend must
on how you spend
your
money before you get married. If you both
that
there is a problem, you could probably
an
answer.
He should
your idea of saving some
money. And you
shouldn't always
to go out and
have
fun. Don't
that talking can really help.
Good
luck!! Miss.
Hints
¡FELICITACIONES
!!! Acabas de finalizar la
LECCION 19
del curso Intermedio Alto. Antes de pasar a la siguiente lección, por favor asegúrate de
repasar todo lo que has aprendido aquí.
