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HomeworkTask 2
Fecha de entrega: ver calendario de actividades

Revise las indicaciones generales para desarrollar la actividad HomeworkTask 2, que

se encuentran en la guía de estudio Unit 3. Recuerde revisar las sesiones virtuales
también.

NAME:

Exercise I (50 points)

Complete the sentences with the words and their negative prefix dis-.

CONNECTED ADVANTAGE ORIENTED COMFORT LIKE

BELIEF AGREE MANTLE APPROVE HONEST

1. It’s a very good plan. The only disadvantage is that we don’t have enough money.
2. I hate getting up early every morning. I really dislike that.
3. Politicians in my country are known for being dishonest. They steal and don’t follow the
rules.
4. I strongly disagree with you. Please, respect my opinion.
5. She looked at me with certain disbelief She didn’t think I was responsible for that.
6. A: The TV doesn’t work!
B: Maybe it’s because it’s disconnected.
7. I will dismantle my car and sell it by parts. It’s too old.
8. I took some sleeping pills and woke up feeling disoriented and dizzy. I wasn’t sure where
I was.
9. I want to study abroad even though my parents disapprove They never support my
decisions.
10. After taking this medicine you might experience some discomfort. It could go from a
slight headache to some nausea.

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Question Answer
1 disadvantage
2 dislike
3 dishonest
4 disagree
5 disbelief
6 disconnected
7 dismantle
8 disoriented
9 disapprove
10 discomfort

Exercise II (50 points)

PART A: Read the following text about the beginning of drive-in theaters.

Four years ago, Smithsonian.com celebrated the 75th birthday of the distinctly
American innovation with a story about the history of drive-ins and the man who started
it all, Richard Hollingshead. While the idea of watching movies outside wasn’t entirely
new, explains Robin T. Reid, in the article, Hollingshead, a sales manager in his
father’s auto parts company, focused the idea around the automobile. His key invention
was a ramp designed for each parking space that allowed every viewer to see the
screen (as shown in this diagram from an August 1933 edition of Popular Science).

Here’s an excerpt from Reid’s article detailing how Hollinghead’s idea evolved from a
pair of sheets nailed between two trees to the American icon the drive-in theater is
today:
“He first conceived the drive-in as the answer to a problem. ‘His mother was—how
shall I say it?—rather large for indoor theater seats,’ said Jim Kopp of the United Drive-
in Theatre Owners Association. ‘So he stuck her in a car and put a 1928 projector on
the hood of the car, and tied two sheets to trees in his yard.’

“Hollingshead experimented for a few years before he created a ramp system for cars
to park at different heights so everyone could see the screen. He patented his concept
in May 1933 and opened the gates to his theater the next month.”
On June 6, 1933 in Camden, New Jersey, people paid 25 cents per car, plus 25
additional cents per person, to see the British comedy Wives Beware, starring
AdolpheMenjou and Margaret Bannerman. A year later, the second drive-

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in, Shankweiler’s, started in Orefield, Pennsylvania. While a few other theaters sprung
up, it was not until the early 1940s, when in-car speakers hit the scene, that the concept
really spread. Fast forward to 1958 and the number of drive-ins peaked at 4,063.

Their early success was relatively short-lived, however. As Reid explains:

“The indoor theaters were more flexible about scheduling… and could show one film
five or six times a day instead of only at night. So to sell as many tickets as possible,
the movie studios sent their first-runs to the indoor theaters. Drive-ins were left to show
B movies and, eventually, X-rated ones. And being naughty helped some drive-ins
survive.”

Land prices also contributed to the decline of the drive-in. As cities grew, plots of land
that had formerly been on the outskirts of town suddenly became valuable. Today
roughly only 400 drive-ins remain in the United States. Although, as the United Drive-
In Theater Owners Association reported, there are approximately 100 more worldwide
with new drive-ins popping up in China and Russia.

PART 2: After reading the text, put the events in chronological order. Write a number
next to the event, being 1 the event that was first and 10 being the last one.

Order Event
8 These drive-ins became very popular for some time.
6 A second drive-in opened its doors.
2 He tried out for some years to improve his new idea.
10 Drive-ins’ 75th anniversary was celebrated.
5 The drive-in theater started to operate.
1 The idea of watching movies outside started.
9 Its popularity dropped because of indoor theaters.
7 In-car speakers were added to this concept.
4 His concept was patented.
3 He created a ramp system for cars to park.
Appendixes to Homework Task 2 (Up to 5 additional points)

Critical Thinking, Active Skills for Reading, Book 2, page 24

Question 1

1 How much money do you think Juliana and Tom spent on their trip? Why
do you think so?

Tom and Julian did not spend a lot of money because they stayed in economical places and they
stayed a few days in all the places and at the end of the trip they think that they would like to stay
longer in Vietnam.

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Vocabulary Comprehension: Active Skills for Reading, Book 2, page 34, section B.

1. What is the scariest scene of any movie you’ve seen?

The most terrifying scene I saw in the movie massacre in Texas, when the murderer cut
with a portable saw to a living person.

2. Do you think a good story is crucial to the success of a movie?

Of course, a good story is the basis of a good movie that is usually taken from a real life
event or a science fiction novel.

3. Which names are usually listed first in the credits of a movie?

for the actors and actresses.
4. Have you ever been to an exclusive even? What was it like?

No, I have not had that luck but I only saw on TV that they are impressive because the
actors present their work to the public.

Organizing Vocabulary, Active Skills for Reading, Book 2 – page 39 Section B

Write here your answers to this section. Write other words you can use with:

People Director produce hero supervisor famous actress monster

Places Studio

Things Mpossible crear

Real Life Skill, Active Reading Skills for Reading, Book 2 – page 40 Section C

Write here your sentences to show the three different uses of italics. Underline the words that
should be in italics or use italics in your word processor.

1.

2.

3.

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