Story 1
The automatic doors opened swiftly as Jade strode in.
She glanced quickly at the group of signs and pressed on down the wide polished
corridor. Ahead of her a set of double doors flew open and a trolley, pushed by
five concerned faces, passed rapidly by. The smell of antiseptic caught at the
back of her throat. Pushing through the doors at the end of the corridor, she
emerged into a brightly lit room. Rows of plastic seats groaned with injured
people. Where was Manny? The call had been brief. All she knew was that Manny
was here somewhere… .
I think the setting for story one is:
-Elevator of an hospital
-Scape room
The words and
expressions that helped me guess were:
-The automatic doors opened...
- injured people
-brightly lit room
-doors
-people
Some words I have learned from these description are:
strode: zancada//paso largo
glanced: ojeada
groaned: quejido
brief: breve
concerned: preocupado
rows: filas
Story 2
Sadie pushed the ticket into the man’s hand. Half-torn
he returned it and pulled open the door. Her eyes narrowed as she stepped
forward urgently into the dark room. Stale popcorn collapsed under her feet.
She felt her way down the narrow aisle. She had agreed to meet Gerry somewhere
in the middle. The front was too close, although the back meant you spent most
of your time staring at the hairstyle in front. A young couple stood up to let
her pass, their coats fell from their laps and were lost in the dark alley
beneath their folding seats.
I think the setting for story one is:
-A cinema
The words and
expressions that helped me guess were:
-Popcorn, dark room,folding seats
Some words I have learned from these description are:
narrowed: estrecho
laps: regazo
beneath: debajo de
stale: rancio
aisle:pasillo
Story 3
The vegetables shone under the lighting as special
offers that moved back and forth on their strings from the ceiling. He inched
forward, keeping himself well hidden behind the woman whose child rocked in the
metal cage provided at the back of the trolley. As they passed the cheese and
milk a cool current of air caught the back of his neck, sending a shiver down
his spine…
I think the setting for story one is:
-A restaurant
-supermarket
-cage
The words and
expressions that helped me guess were:
-Vegetables shone, metal cage,chees and milk,
Some words I have learned from these description are:
shone: brillo
inched: moverse
forward: hacia delante
trolley: carrito
ceiling:techo
rock: sacudir
strings: cuerdas
froth: lejos
cage: jaula
Story 4
The warm dusty air moved up and down her coat,
revealing the lining and causing her to pull it tight around her. She pushed her
ticket into the metal slit and walked forward confidently. The boring buzzing
sound of the escalators carried her down, lost in the confusion of posters
advertising movies and cheap phone calls. She thought she saw a familiar face
passing upwards to her right and stared back to see if she were right… .
I think the setting for story one is:
-A parking of a shopping centre
-metro
-underground
-subway
The words and
expressions that helped me guess were:
-Ticket, metal slit, advertising movies,escalator,poster.
Some words I have learned from these description are:
dusty: polvoriento
lining: forro
buzzing: zumbido
slit: obertura
upwards: hacia arriba,
