Communicative English Skills 3 World English 1 Date: 12/11/19

LAST NAME: Romero Vazquez NAME: Alin Arleth GROUP: ICH01 10:00-12:00 19P

Short stories by O´Henry

Glosary: The Last Leaf

Suddenly: Repentinamente Lay: Laico

Received: Recibido Counting: Contando

Icy: Glacial Such: Tal

Sickess: Enfermedad Coldly: Fríamente

Narrow: Estrecho Rather: Más bien

Weakness: Debilidad Sailing: Navegación

Useless: Inutil Duty: Deber

Indeed: En efecto Edges: Bordes

Sail: Vela Hanging: Colgando

Weaker: Más debiles Surely: Seguramente

Anger: Ira Journey: Viaje

Alloe: Permitir Held: Retenido

Weak: Débil Commanded: Mandado

Beating: Paliza Ill: Enfermo

Branch: Rama Wonered: Amanerado

Summary
O. Henry´s story tells us the story of Sue and Johnsy, two friends who live together. Also

to living together, they also had in common the love for painting. Sue was from Maine and

Johnsy was from California. In the cold November Johnsy got pneumonia, the doctor said

she only had a chance to recover and was that she wanted it. Johnsy remained in his

room looking at the window that faced the Wall and a vine of old ivy, climbed halfway up

the wall. The cold had ripped off much of the leaves. Sue listened as Johnsy made a

countdown and she explained that there were only five leaves left before the old vine was

empty, at the same time that Johnsy gave up and died. Sue was incredulous and asked

her not to see the window until she finished her painting. She went down to see Behrman,

an old man who always talked about one day doing his masterpiece, she needed him as a

model. Sue told Behrman the relationship Johnsy made of his life with the leaves of the

vine. Behrman mocked such an idea. They both went up to work in the paint and watched

as a storm appeared. The next morning Sue woke up and watched as Johnsy watched the

window uneasily. When they opened it, they both watched with amazement as one last

leaf remained attached to the vine and the wall. Johnsy reflected, believing that if the leaf

could withstand that storm, she could resist and cure the disease. Days passed, Johnsy

recovered and was hoping to continue painting. Sue listened that old Behrman died, they

had found him the same night of the storm, wet and very cold, nobody understood how

that had happened, then they found a ladder, some brushes and a palette with a mixture of

green and yellow, Old Behrman had painted the last leaf that still remained on the wall.

Old Behrman finally painted his masterpiece.

Opinion

What difficulty you had writing the summary?

That I didn't know many of the words in the text.

What kind of different cultural interest did you find in each story?

It may not be something related to culture, but living by art for me is something different.

What´s more interest of the history for you?

From the story, what interests me most is the end, because is sad but I like it.
 Glosary: Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen.

Bless: Bendecir Build: Construir

Landed: Aterrizado Wore: Llevaba

Sat: Posar Hills: Colinas

Seat: Asiento Understood: Entendido

Filled : Lleno Fellow: Compañero

Joy: Alegría Torn: Rasgado

Seemed: Parecía Hole: Agujero

Broad: Ancho Pleasantly: Agradable

Servant: Servidor Overheated: Sobrecalentado

Gathered: Reunido Warmth: Calor

Desire: Deseo

Effort: Esfuerzo

Summary

For nine years each Thanksgiving Day, a tradition had formed between Peter Stuffy, a

wanderer and the Old Gentleman who was 70 years old, was thin, tall and elegant. The

Old Gentleman offered a hearty dinner to Stuffy. This Thanksgiving Day had something

different, because Stuffy didn´t suffer from hunger as in previous years, he had a banquet,

but he was still there waiting for the Old Gentleman only for habit. The Old Gentleman

arrived and they both went to dinner. At the end, Stuffy was more than satisfied and

victorious to end with a great banquet. The Old Gentleman paid the bill. They left the

restaurant and, like every year, Stuffy went to the north and the Old Gentleman to the

south. It was not long when Stuffy began to feel sick and fainted, having had 2 dinners had

made him sick. The ambulance came to pick up Stuffy and in the hospital was also the Old

Gentleman. When the nurse met a doctor, she told him it was possible that the homeless
man was sick from overeating and, instead, the gentleman who looked so elegant and

rich, sick from not eating for three days.

Opinion

What difficulty you had writing the summary?

That I didn't know many of the words in the text

What kind of different cultural interest did you find in this story?

Thanksgiving, because in Mexico that day is not celebrated

What´s more interest of the history for you?

From the story, what interests me most is the lesson it gives

 Glosary: The Furnished Room

Homeless: sin hogar Thick: grueso

Furnished: amueblado Plenty: mucho

Transients: transitorios Spot: punto/ mancha/ lunar

Therefore: por lo tanto Restless: inquieto

Perhaps: quizás Inches: pulgadas

Among: entre Brightness: brillo

Suffered: sufrió Strike: huelga/ atacar/ golpe

Though: aunque Weeping: llanto

Appeared: apareció Rushed: apresuraron

Doorbell: timbre de la puerta Noisily: ruidosamente

Twelfth: duodécimo Dying: moribundo

Bell: campana Filled: lleno

Colorless: incoloro Mignonette: reseda

Hole: agujero Seek: buscar

Hungrily: ávidamente Gaslight: luz de gas

Ragged: harapiento Tear: lágrima

Summary

On the west side of New York there are homeless people who go from furnished rooms to

furnished rooms. One evening a young man was hanging around the houses that had

furnished rooms. After knocking on some doors, a landlady named Mrs. Purdy looked out

and he asked her if she had a room to rent, to which she replied that since a few week she

had one available. Both went to inside house, the young man, prepared to see the room
but more than that, to ask the landlady questions, such as those he had been asking the

people he had been with for 5 months. He asked about the people who lived there, if many

of them worked in the theater and finally, he asked the most important question. "A young

girl—Eloise Vashner—do you remember her? Has she ever been in this house? She

would be singing in the theater, probably. A girl of middle height, thin, with red-gold hair

and a small dark spot on her face near her left eye.” The woman said no, like everyone

else. And I leave the young man alone to rest. But the young man did not rest, and

suddenly he felt an intense smell, the young man thinking that it was a kind of signal, went

down again with the landlady and asked about the old guests of that room. The landlady

described the guests of the last year and Eloise did not appear among them. The young

man returned to the room disappointed, and while he took his life with the gas from the

stove, for not having found Eloise, the woman he loved, on the ground floor, Mrs. Purdy

told Mrs. McCool that she rented the room, and Mrs. McCool surprised told her that she

was very good at renting rooms, even after the accident, because a little more than a week

ago a young woman with a spot on her face near her left eye had committed suicide with

gas, she was Eloise, the same woman that young man was looking for so much.

Opinion

What difficulty you had writing the summary?

My difficulty was write in the past tense

What kind of different cultural interest did you find in this story?

How actors live in the Furnisheds Room

What´s more interest of the story for you?

That the end of the story is very dramatic

 Glosary: From the Cabby´s Seat

Cabby: Taxista Thick: Grueso

Upon: Sobre Beaten: Vencido

Payment: Pago Fare: Tarifa

Lawful: Legal Throw: Lanzar

Suddenly: Repentinamente Step: Paso

Pleasure: Placer Led: Conducido

Beside: Junto a Jewels: Joyas

Crowd: Multitud Doubt: Duda

Stood: Destacado Above: Encima

Aside: Ayudar Cops: Polícia

Joyful: Alegre Reddened: Enrojecido

Summary

One night, after a party at the Walshs house, next to the McGary's family restaurant, a

wedding was held. Norah Walsh's wedding. A woman left that house and a drunk taxi

driver picked her up. That taxi driver was Jerry O'Donovan. When Jerry saw the woman,

he immediately thought in she like a fare and told him that the cab was available. They

both entered and Jerry told the woman where he wanted to go, she said anywhere. First,

Jerry took her to a park and then to a restaurant. In the restaurant, the woman took about

two hours. When she left Jerry was still waiting for her, the woman got back into the cab

and because she didn't want to pay the rate Jerry told her, he decided to take her to the

police station. Once in that place Jery remembered that this woman was Norah Walsh, the
woman who had just married and he was her husband. But comically Jerry for the drink

didn't remember that.

Opinion

What difficulty you had writing the summary?

Sort my ideas to summarize the story

What kind of different cultural interest did you find in this story?

Imagine the cab of earlier times, with horses.

What´s more interest of the story for you?

The way O´Henry describes the cabby.