Assignment: Read and identify

Trimester: ___________II_____________

Date: 12/03/20203

Full name: Ysamar Rosas

Sofia’s Time in The United Kingdom

Hello, my name is Lara, and I’d like to tell you all about a friend of mine, Sofia.
Sofia is from Venezuela’s capital, Caracas. We met last year in summer camp,
and we had so much fun together.
She came here to study English. What a better place to study English than
England, am I right?
I was so happy to help her improve. At the beginning we had a lot of confusions,
because there were words that she thought meant something else.
At camp, we were assigned the same cabin, and that’s how we met. When she
asked me many questions about camp and about The UK.
When she asked me if I had friends in here, I told her:
“I don’t know anybody here, but I am sure we will make several friends?”
“Oh, no. I don’t want to make several friends.” Sofia said, very worried. “I want to
make fun friends.”
“What? What do you mean?” I was sure she was confused about something.
“Well, I want friends that smile and have fun, not that are several.”

“Oh! I get it. You mean, you don’t want friends that are serious. Serious and
several are not the same thing. Several is just another word for many.” We both
laughed.
“Several means many? Well, I want to make several friends.”
Sofia and I always found it especially funny when she would confuse the
meanings of words.
On time, at the cafeteria, I had an accident. I was about to sit at the table to eat
my bowl of cereal when I fell backwards and spilled milk all over my friends at
the table.
When we went back to our cabin to clean wash ourselves, I said that I was so
“embarrassed” and Sofia freaked out. She thought that embarrassed meant
pregnant, and I had to clarify that I just felt bad and ashamed for what happened
at the cafeteria.
The expression on her face was hilarious. A similar confusion happened again
two times that night. My nicest jacket was covered in milk, and I thought the
fabric was ruined, but Sofia knew how to clean it.
Sofia told me her grandmother had taught her how to clean delicate clothes
without damaging it.
Once she was done with my jacket, you couldn’t tell something had ever
happened. It was just perfect, so I said:
“Thank you so much Sofia, it’s terrific!”
She did not take that well, she got so angry and offended.
“What’s wrong Sofia?” I asked her.
“I cleaned you jacket and now you said it is terrible.”
“Oh! Not again. Sofia, “terrific” means awesome, not terrible.” And again we
laughed together.
I really miss my friend, and I am hoping next summer we hang out again.

Summary
Collocations Cognates False cognates
several friends Delicate Terrific
so embarrassed Confusion Embarrassed
it’s terrific! Expression Fabric
Cafeteria Table
Serious Several
Oraciones
1. The colours are delicate and shimmering
2. In the confussion, I lost my wallet
3. Jay could tell by her  expression that something was terribly wrong
4. I like to go to the cafeteria more than to the gym
5. He’s very serious about his work
6. She’s a great person and she has written a really terrific book
7. Men are often too embarrassed or ashamed to seek help.
8. The light fabric of her dress made the color fade into a beautiful pink.
9. The table is made of wood.
10.I have several dollars left.