UNIT III

Reading Comprehension

Lesson 1: Dictionary Skills

Mara Jimnez, Frederick Ochoa & Alexander Mago
A. Choose a topic form internet related to your career. Then,
select (1) one paragraph and answer these questions:

Air pollution is a serious problem that affects the quality of life, health of people and even the
climate balance of the Earth. When the cause of the air pollution is natural, usually this is a one-time
process that affects only one of the planet areas. The causes that are related to human activity have
a greater ability to cause damage to terrestrial ecosystem permanently
Selected Paragraph:
B. What is the topic?
The Air Pollution
C. Part of speech. Select 5 (five) words from the paragraph and
indicate the part of speech for each one.
Air pollution is a serious problem that
affects the quality of life, health of people
and even the climate balance of the
Earth.
The causes that are related to human
activity have a greater ability to cause
damage to terrestrial ecosystem
permanently.
Selected Words:
Air
Pollution
Climate
Earth
Ecosystem

D. Entry or Headword. Show the entry of (1) one the words you selected.
You need a screenshot or a scan for this.

Sustantivo
Verbo
-ed, -ing, -s
Verbo Transitivo
Verbo intransitivo
Adjetivo
E. Example: Show examples
of the word from the dictionary.

The money vanished into thin air.
Send troops to Europe by air.
Gave air to their grievances.
Often ridiculed extremist groups on
air (Christian Science Monitor).
Airing my pet peeves.
The ad was submitted to CBS
which accepted and aired it (New
York).
Tidbits that will air on tonights 6
oclock news (Terry Ann Knopf).
An air tube.
An air horn.
The guy had just hit it big after ten
years of eating air sandwiches
(Jonathan Kellerman).
F. Related words. Are there
other words in English related to
your selected (5) words? What
are they?

Air: Environment, atmosphere,
oxygen, sky, space, ether.
Pollution: Pollution, dirt.
Climate: Atmosphere,
temperature, time.
Earth: Universe, world, globe,
planet, orb.
Ecosystem: Environment, habitat,
biosphere, nature.
G. IMAGES: Find images or pictures for 3 words in your
paragraph.

Air
G. IMAGES: Find images or pictures for 3 words in your
paragraph.

Pollution
G. IMAGES: Find images or pictures for 3 words in your
paragraph.

Climate
H. Pronunciation. What is the pronunciation of the selected
word?

Selected Words
Air
Pollution
Climate
Earth
Ecosystem

Pronunciation
er
plun
klamt
r
ikosstm
I. Phrasal Verbs. Check if
there are phrasal verbs in your
paragraph. How many are
there? What do they mean
My paragraph is drafted with technical
terms, therefore has no phrasal verbs.
J. Technical vocabulary.
Make a short list of technical
vocabulary you find in the
paragraph.
Air Pollution
Climate Balance
Planet Areas
Human Activity
Terrestrial Ecosystem
K. Colloquial or idioms. Are
there words or phrases used as
collocations or idioms?
a one-time process: Si lo traducimos
literalmente, significa proceso de una
sola vez, pero dentro del contexto
significa Un proceso puntual.