miércoles, 6 de marzo de 2019

Identify stories opennings

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, 

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