Knowledge is Power

  Summary and Analysis of “Marriage as a Social Institution” Stephen L. Nock claims that a marriage is not only the union of two spouses but it is a relationship that has legal, moral, and conventional assumptions.

Working with words A. Match the words in column ‘A’ with their meanings in column ‘B’. Column 'A'                                        Column 'B' a. expectantly >>>>>>> vi. in a way that shows you are hoping for something, especially something good or exciting b. beckon >>>>>>>>> viii. to give signal to somebody to move nearer or to follow you

  Vocabulary Babbling: the action or fact of talking rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way. Jabbering: talk in a rapid, excited, and often incomprehensible way.

  Summary and Analysis of “Sharing Tradition” by Frank Lapena In the introductory paragraph, Lapena juxaposes two separate things: death of some traditional people and the problem of maintaining tradition. Later he shows the interrelation between these two as traditional people are the source of tradition and their death causes problems in maintaining tradition in a community. He claims that the oral tradition is an art form and it is important in maintaining the values of culture. No one lives forever but no one ever dies if they share the tradition to another generation.

 Working with words A. Choose the correct words from the box to complete the following sentences. a. I think that covering up the facts is equivalent to lying really. b. If there is not a substantial move to public transport, we will have deceleration and the whole regeneration will not work. c. Each new leader would blame his predecessor for all the evils of the past. d. We have, in fact, envisioned a better world and have made it happen. e. The main linear actuators of the pneumatic systems are cylinders. f. The barrel was short and the bullet emerged at subsonic speed. g. The city is said to receive two-fifths of the total freight delivered in the country. h. It would still take four hours to get down, in a spiral of gridlock. i. Apparently, the magician will be doing some levitation on the stage tomorrow. j. We might be experiencing some turbulence on this flight due to an approaching electrical storm. B. Add three more words that are formed with the following prefixes. a. h

  Understanding the text Answer the following questions. a. Who is the speaker in the poem? Ans: Coronavirus is the speaker in the poem. b. Who claim that they are superior to all? Ans: Humans claim that they are superior to all. c. Why has the speaker come to the Earth? Ans: The speaker has come to the Earth because it was compelled to come due to human activities against mother earth, and it wanted to teach humans a lesson. d. What positive changes have occurred on Earth after the speaker's visit? Ans: The positive changes that have occured on Earth after the speaker’s visit are: i. The pollution level decreased, so we got to see how clean the blue sky looks without dust and smoke. ii. Mother earth got a little rest as the human exploitation of nature halted for a while. iii. Humans understood how the caged animals in a zoo feel and also that the earth is not their personal property. iv. They understood that If they do not preserve nature, it will take them back to the stone age.

Ways with words A. Find the words from the text which mean the following. a. a messenger or representative, especially one on a diplomatic mission : Envoy b. the state or quality of being worthy of honor or respect : Dignity