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 Conflicts between  generations 

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ates; other uses of the subjuntivo:  subjuntivoafter  negative and
undefinedbackground; the subjuntivo after  certain adverbs and
conjunciones 

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Desda Omeoba F lucky -to  applies to the
who has good luck. Marcos is good health, a 
family loving and a job  he likes; He is a man very lucky amuñado. both, -tos
two people or two things; the two. In "The RTBor"  Borges, there are two 
men, one young and one old, but ambyou are the same man, Jorge 
Luis Borges longing desire  Remember with sorrow the absence of
someone or  
somethingstrongly;.. The poet yearns the hours happy  spent with your  
dare to be able to do something without fear  little David was aTreviño to 
 fight the giant Goliath bold, -a se applies to he who  dares to do many
thingsdog.... Martin is 
very daring; only  likes activities and sports dangerous  onion ground whose
bulb is  smelling strong and taste more or less spicy and 
  can eatr (onion) She ate lots onions and does not want kiss  
her boyfriend because has bad.. breath. correspond respond belong.
Juana la Loca loved  her husband with all 
 heart but he does not correspOndia his love. the teacher should explain 
the 
lesson, but the responsibility for learning will corresponds to the
student. carer serve  a person.  parents should carer  s us children  
diligently and  lovingly. enclose (ie) put  someone in a place  where it is
impossible leave. Hansel 
and Gretel encerred   Witch in the oven. Contain. The young man in
love 
him wrote a letter that contained all his emotions to his mistress. strive (ore)
try to achieve something, make efforts. The student  tries 
hard on the course and will  get an A. enjoy dand experience pleasure
and satisfaction; enjoy. Gozamos   good 
 literature latinoamericana, tryr  try, try. I tried work all  night but I
fellasleep. 
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swear to affirm or promise something with great force. Paul  swore love eternal  
Matilde, and kept his word. the tear is one of the drops of water that come out of the eyes when
one cries. 
She cried so much that  tears  wet  dress. deny (ie) declare that something not is true.  Mr. Nixon
always denied that he was 
guilty of a crime. Not allow  has a person what you want. 
The woman cruel  denied   children the food they asked. sting bite.  Miss. Muffet was afraid that
the spider wouldhim bite. Cut into small pieces. 
always Icry at the picar onions. full, -to full, totally full; of greater intensity. These flowers 
need a place in full sun. sensitive and able to perceive sensations, sensitive; It applies to  people
who 
react strongly to actions or emotions others. My friend is very 
sensitive; always understand my problems. deaf -to  applies  a person who not can hear. The
noise did not wake  my 
grandfather because is sordor.  belly stomach belly (abdomen). Jonah was in the belly of the 
whale. 

  vocabulary Aexercises. completathe Frase Use  word appropriate in the vocabulary. 

1. The exiles Cuban 
their island beloved. 
They maintain their customs and food traditional so as not to forget them. 
2. Isabel is in love with a man who does not 
__ 
her 
love. That's why she is so sad that eat  constantly for comfort. 
3.  Mom accuses the child  had eaten the cake but the child 

   did. 

4. The child 
hide the biscuit half eaten under 
 the table but his mother  sawhim. 

5. When my mother us calls to the dining room, my uncle did not  hear because is 

- but   realizes  that is    lunchtime by  

smell. 

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6.  Witch 
 Hansel and Gretel into  the house  
candy so they not could escape. 

7. In't could decide between the pound cake and the ice
cream, so I ate 

8. The
child 
__  took  sweets to the  noses 
of her mother without  her  see. 

9. After  eating so many sweets, the children had pain  

10.
In 
winter, when it's very cold, I like to 

cook soups and stews. 

11. One way of 

  loved ones is cook 

meals good for  health. 

12. A wedding, my great-
grandmother would 
_  her husband
would 
always be waiting for the end of the day with a dinner well prepared. 

B. expression Personal 
1. What aspect or time of your childhood you miss most? 
2. do Who you consider a  very lucky person?  Why? 
3. Do you deal  sometimes  hide your tears? 
4. Doyou consider yourself a person sensitive? Who is the person most
sensitive  you know? 

C. Complete the
sentence 

1. A person sensitive is the que 

2. I am a person lucky because 

3. One thing I swear to do for entire my life is 

4. One thing  Iswear  do never is 

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READING 
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Strategy for Reading  reading the fragment,   consider the sIGUIentities aspects: 
• Narration 
 What person you write? What is the relationship between the narrator and  protagonist?
Simbolismo In the novel Like Water for Chocolate, the food has a  literal and symbolicmeaning.
It is  also in  life. Think about your own attitudes and those of your family  regarding   food. 
aota Bomoa ab aduese The reaism mAGICO you found the realism magic in the works of Jorge
Luis Borges and  Gabriel García Márquez you have read. Pay attention to how Laura Esquivel 
presents. 

Laura Esquivel Laura Esquivel was born in 1950 in    MexicoCity. Like Water for Chocolate,
his first novel, enjoyed  an  instantpopularity. The novel is divided into twelve parts that
correspond to the months of the year. each month is presented Con a related recipe with what 
happens in the chapter. 

As water to chocolate (extract) 

Al principio of  narration, the narrator listened without straining. One day  sollozos2 is cooking
and us tells that she cries ifn were so strong that caused  the stop while cutting the flamesbait. 
15 delivery: come forward 4. And   my greatgrandmother do not know if  you them have passed
but  me  could say or peeps, Tita arrived in this World 5 simple truth itself. Infinity of times.
Mom prematurely on the    kitchentable, said it was because I am as  sensitive among the smells
of a soup  noodle that   the onion  Tita, my  grandmotheraunt. 
I was cooking, those of thyme,  bayleaf,  they said that Tita was so sensitive that from 20
coriander,   the  boiledmilk,   the garlic  was in the belly of my greatgrandmother 
and, of course,    onion. as  10 crying and crying when it stung onion; Theyimagine, the usual
spanking? not was 
her crying 'was so strong that Nacha,  
necessary because Tita was born crying  cook of the house, which was half deaf, so beforehand, 
perhaps because she knew  her 

one. crying action of crying 

2. sobbing sounds that are made  mourn strong 3. childbirth  action  giving  birth to a baby
inApril. be advanced is out  forward; will pass 5. say no peep say word 6. known well known
or known 7. nalgada I blow struck in the buttocks (rear end) 
February 14 
URA Esquivel 
Chapulor  

July 25 oracles determined that in this life we 

 voice barely audible replied: B was denied  marriage. had Nacha a -I do not know. 
S anta  Tita was literally pushed into this 
Mama Elena gave him a look that  world for an torrent impressive of 70 Tita locked all the years
of repression 
tears   desbordarono on the table and  had floated on the family and said: 30     kitchenfloor. 
-Well  better  you'd reports  if  in theafternoon,  when the shock had gone to ask your hand does
not do. Lose its and  water thanks to the effect of the rays of the time and I would lose  mine.
You know  sun  had evaporated, Nacha swept and 75 rather than  being the  smallest of the
women 
residue of  tears that had fallen to you you corresponds take care until the day of 35 on the red
losetalo  covering the floor. With my death. Die 
this salt filled a costali  five kilos that  said, Mama Elena  put slowly used  cooking for long
time.  standing, kept his glasses inside  apron This inusitado12 birth determined  80 and by way
of order final repeated 
fact  that Tita felt an immense love -For today, we done with this! 40   kitchen and    most of the
life Tita knew that within  the rules  
 happened  it... 
communication of the house not was included  
dialogue, but  still, for first time in his 
life85 he tried protest  a mandate from its So it not is strange that  Tita 
mother. ... he has developed a sixth sense in all  that to  relatesfood. Tita... 
-But   I believe that... 45 mistook the joy of living with   eating, and 
-You do not think anything and it over! He never enjoyed much  every aspect of cooking. 
for generations, no one in my family has for axisMPLO  Tita land  liked the 
90  protested this practice and not will  be 
one of my daughters who  do. preparation of cakes rellenas  sausage 
because...It is very nice enjoy the smell that 50 dismissed because  smells   
characteristic of reproducing  past 
After Tita piess in his first meeting 
with Peter, along with sounds and smells never equaled in 
never forget the roce14 accidental  its  present. 
95 hands when both tried clumsily to 
take the same charola15 at the same time. A tradition   family  Tita was  That was  when Peter 
confessed his May 5 way to prepare chorizos. allS the  lovedaughters. 
would sit laround  the table for 
-Miss Tita, would like take  part in the preparation, and... 
100 opportunity  to speak to him alone for one of those afternoons, before   Mama say that I am
deeply love Elena said it already  could get of   you. I know that this statement is bold 60 table,
Tita, who then   fifteen and precipitada16, but is so difficult approach her 
years, she said in voice trembling that Pedro I made the decision to do the same Muzquiz wanted
come and talk to her... 105 night. only  Iask you me tell if I can 
-And  whatI have to come  talk that aspirarı7  his love. sir? 
-In't doknow what to answer you; Give me time to 65 said Mama Elena after  a silence 
thinking. endless that encogió13    Tita'ssoul. 
-No, In't could, I need an answer in 

8. Oracle  applies to the person whose authority no one 

disputes 9. overflowed out of their limits (overflowed) 10. tile tile 11. sack sack or bag big 12.
unusual rare, extraordinary 13. Shrugged made  smaller (shrank) 
14. rubbing action of touching 15. tray tray  metal or  other material   
used to serve candy, soda and other things (tray) 16. precipitated  applies to what  happens 
suddenly or 
quickly and without warning 17. aspire want to hope  for something 
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7110 now:  love does not think:  sit on the invitados that  comiEron: 
or   feel. I am man of few but  great longing took possession 18  very strong words. I swear I
have my all  present  as they gave the dia love  forever. What about  yours? Areyou 130 first bite
of cake. Inclusive Pedro, too  sorry for me? 
always so himself, it made an effort May 11 -Yes! 
tremendous back   tears. And Mamas Yes, yes and a thousand times yes. him She loved since
that 
Elena,  neither when her husband diedor had night  forever. 
She sheds a  tearunhappy, crying  silently135. And that not was all,  Llanto 
was the first symptom of  poisoning As Mama Elena le had prohibgone to rare it had something
to do with a grandand 
Tita to  marry was concluded a mattage melancholy and Frustration  made presal9  120
between Peter and an sister older of Tita. all the guests and  made end in the 
Tita  was orbligada  preparing the cake for 140 yard,  pens and  bathrooms pining each
wedding of her sister and Pedro. You can be one of the love of your life. Not  one escaped
imaginar the sadness of Tita, who criedaba 
of the hechizozo and only some lucky lot while preparing the cake, and  arrived in time to the
baths;  which no no 25 January tears  mixed with the dough.  Day  participated in the puke
collective that  
  wedding this cake had a effect strange 145 organized in the courtyard. 

18. He took over , became owner, came to have power 

over 19.  gripped posEyo (took possession of) 20. spell encantamient magic (magic spell) 

Questions  Understanding 
1. Whatdo have in common the narrator and Tita? 2. How  they  tears  left on the floor after the 
birth of Titaused? 3. What is the attitude of Tita about  the kitchen? How be  this
attitudeexplained? 4. In what sense is Tita the victim of a tradition   family  Mama 
Elena? 5. How   Mama Elenafeatures? What is revealed here of the relationship between 
Tita and her mother? 6. What happened the first time that Tita and Pedro  were? 7. What are the
effects strange that the cake  wedding produce in the 
guests   eat? 

Questions for Discussion 

1. addition to satisfying  hunger, what other aspects or qualities of  
food are presented in the fragment? 2. The food is a  universalneed.   Everyone has to eat 
to live. But each person has his own attitude  toward   food. Some use  food as a reward for a job
well done, or to comfort  someone  rejects or  hurt. Some eat a lot when they are depressed (very
sad); others lose  
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appetite. Some parents  try to exert too much control over 
what   their childreneat. What are your  idiosyncrasies and   yourr 
family  about   food? 3. Doesyou seem realistic to the scene of the first meeting between Tita and
Pedro? ISITION 
Doyou believe in  love at first sight?4. Compare the relationship between Tita and her mother
and the relationship between many 
parents and children in our culture. 

Expressing ourselves 
1. Tita suffers  because of a tradition   family  imposed limits on 
her life. What is a tradition   family or  our culture that  seems unfair or upsetyou?  A(a)
partner(a)  class, prepares and presents a dialogue between (a) young and his mother, father or
another adult 
about the desire of the   (young to change this tradition. 2. With (a) partner(a)  class, prepares and
presents a scene in  which 
the reaction to  food reflect an  emotionalstate. 

Integration Before  listening Par discussedr what is theremember most enjoyable that
associate  the  food?the memory  nastier? 

instructionis 
1. Reread the selection. Pay attention to the power and  the importance of  food. 2. After 
reviewing the selection, study the list  vocabulary for the 
conference. 3. Listen the lecture and take notes on the importance of  food 
in  variousworks literary   discussed. 4. After  hearing the lecture, complete the sentences of   
Comprensiónsection. 5. Finally, you will prepare a presentation according the instructions of  
section Presentation oral. 

Vocabular 
l a stomach: the stomach   through: by   using 

Play on the fragment of Como agua para chocolate that you have read, is clear that  food plays a
role central in  life emotional and  lives daily of the characters.  The conference  speaks also of
the value concrete and the value symbolic of  food. Listen the selection and then do  activities   
After  listeningsection. 
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After  listening comprehension Choose the best

answer. 

1. For Tita, cooking is a way of 

a.   living b. feed  his family c. express 
sentimientos d. angering  Peter 
2. In the selection, all the effects of  food are mentioned  

less. stimulate   bmemory. prevent  memory

c. make  the person  fatter d. change
the condition emotional 
3. Some examples of the impact of  food are found in all  
these less a. a novel b. an poem epic about
Odysseus c. a movie d. a   TV 
inApril. Allende wrote of the "link between  food and  love". The meaning 
most likely of "link" is a.  
Ccontradiction.
difference b. connection 
d.
confusion 

5. According Isabel Allende, what   love and  food have in common is that 
 both a. They serve as subjects of literature b. They are needs that
determine many activities human C. can result in happiness or
sadness d. the three answers (a, b, c) are correct 

Synthesis presentation Oral Your presentation will  be based on the piece of Like
Water for chocolate  Laura Esquivel, who already have read, and the conference 
heard. Prepare a presentation oral  two minute on the subject  below. If youwant,
go  reading and  lecture  again before  preparing your presentation. You can make
your presentation to the class or record, as  directed by your teacher(a). 
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