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Comprensión de Lectura en Inglés para I.M.E.

Prof. Mao Wilfrido Miguel Urrutia del Villar
Contraste de ideas.

Contraste de ideas
Original Text: Prof. Mao Wilfrido Miguel Urrutia del Villar

Oraciones de ejemplo
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Although email is a very convenient form of personal communication, most people have never
sent one. But the number of users is increasing very quickly. Despite improvements in telecoms
networks, connection speeds are often very slow; however ADSL promises faster connections.

10 Forma
Podemos usar las siguientes técnicas del lenguaje para contrastar ideas:

1. Proposiciones de contraste.
Estas constan de dos oraciones: la oración principal y la oración de contraste.
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Even though the number of mobile phones users has increased, call charges remain high.
[ oración de contraste] [ oración principal]

Las principales conjunciones de contraste son:

20 although / but / even though / tough / whereas / while

Ten en cuenta la diferencia en el uso entre but y las otras:

Videoconferencing is very convenient, but (it) is not as personal as face-to-face contact.
[ oración principal ] [ oración principal ]
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Although videoconferencing is very convenient, it is not as personal as face-to-face contact.
[ oración de contraste] [ oración principal]

2. Frases de contraste
30 La frase de contraste consiste en una preposición (o frase preposicional) + un sustantivo.

Despite improved security, hackers can still access many networks.

[ frase de contraste]

35 La frase de contraste también puede estar al final de la oración.

Hackers can still access many networks despite improved security.

Las palabras principales para introducir una frase de contraste son:

despite / in spite of
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3. Conectores de oraciones de contraste
Estas palabras o expresiones enlazan dos oraciones las cuales están en contraste una con otra.

You can download Google from many sites worldwide. However, some are faster than others.
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Los conectores de la oración principal son:
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Comprensión de Lectura en Inglés para I.M.E.
Prof. Mao Wilfrido Miguel Urrutia del Villar
Contraste de ideas.

all the same (informal) / but / even so / however / nevertheless / still / yet

Usos
50 Estudia el mini dialogo siguiente.

A: Although we can share many resources, some are not shared. Even so, we should see this as a
vast improvement.

55 B: l don't understand why all the printers aren't available to all.

A: In fact, everyone can use all the printers; however, one has been designated as default for each
work group.

60 A: l'd prefer to use the colour laser printer.

B: l know you would, but it's very expensive to print each page in colour. And in most cases,
colour isn't necessary.