Participant: Rander javier Sánchez

Facilitator: orelvi F.arvelo rojas.

Registration:16-4141
Subject: English conversation
Center: universidad abierta para adultos (uapa)
Task= 3
Now comment based on the video:
1. What do you think about same-sex marriage?

well I think everybody have a decision in this live, nothing in this world have not
your decision about you want to do en your live Only God can make our decision we
must respect every decision

2. Do you think it happens in Dom. Rep.?

I think that in this country you can not accept because we are religious and God
says that sin is bad and you have to prevent marriage, at that point I do not agree
that we should prohibit this type of marriage in this country.
3. Do you agree or disagree with the issue?
Well in this country you can not accept a marriage, but we can not intervene in
prohibiting your relationship. we must respect his decision but not accept this type
of marriage since this country comes from religious roots.

4. What would you suggest to the government of your country to

do in order to take posotion towards same-sex marriage?
I would not like you to adopt that measure in this country
we, the citizen, can not accept that kind of marriage

Once you finish:

B- Read and study in your book "Hot Topics 1", Chapter 3 Modern
Marriage: Until Death Do Us Apart?
Work on the following exercises:
Read the articles. Look for the answers to your questions.
Pg. 29, exercises: Check the Facts Reading1 A, B
Read the statements and write true (T) or false (F). Go back

to Reading 2 and look for the answers you are unsure of.

_T_1. Most married couples get divorced.

__T 2. There is a mathematical formula that predicts who should get

married.

_T_3. A mathematical worked with a sociologist.

__T 4. For their study, the researchers videotaped couples.

_F_ 5. The couples took a written test.

__F6. The researchers gave each couple positive and negative points.

__T 7. If the score is bad, the couple has to get divorced.

_T_8. The formula predicts incorrectly 6 percent of the time.

B. Answers the questions.

1. What three things do the researchers look at?

the communication between themselves that translates into divorce and lack of education
among other things

2. Find two examples of body language or facial reactions in the reading

good in the signaling that the person reacts to have a communication
Pg. 30, exercises: Reading 2, A, B

Vocabulary Work

Guess Meaning from Context

A. Match the words from Readings 1 and 2 with their meanings.

1. desperate a. ask to marry

2. propose b. sure of oneself

3. self-confident c. hopeless

4. research d. continue to live

5. survive e. study

B. What is the meaning of the underlined words or phrases from

the readings?

1. Today it is fine for women ...

Well it that when make a good thinng in this day.

2. . .. physical information such as .

Physical information is when two people interact by signaling and other types of
communications.
Pg. 31, exercise: Analyze

Reading 2

married

Is when you get married foud de new people in your live.

mathematical

is an intelligent person able to analyze things and solve problems

predicts

Is when the people is very inteligent he can imagine thing that can
happen.

necessary

something you need for yourself

psychology

study the attitudes of the person his mental state

agree
is when you are agree in somethings

Pg. 32, exercise: Reading Skills

Reading Skills

Understanding Transition Words and Phrases

Many transition words and phrases are used in English. Writers use
transition words and phrases to connect ideas. These words and phrases
may connect ideas from one sentence to another. They may also connect
ideas within the same sentence. Some transition words and phrases add
ideas together:
He drank the soda and ate all the ice cream.
Some transition words and phrases put actions in time order:
First, take two eggs. Then break them in a bow

This tasks must be recorred in a Video file with your own image and
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