Whiteboard february 10 2017

1. Reading p 93:
To drift = to stray = desviarse de un camino determinado
To be adrift / astray. A boat might be adrift…
To drift off to sleep: To progressively fall asleep
Ubiquity  ubiquitous
A chunk : 1. a short thick piece or lump of something.
2. a large noteworthy quantityor part…
A large chunk of the populationvoted for DonaldTrump…
To dwindle, to fade, to shrivel: to become gradually
smaller in size/amount
Seminal: containingimportant NEW ideas (semilla),
influential
A wealth of something: a large amount of something
good
To unearth: to uncover: to discover informationafter
carefully searching
A surge in sthg: a sudden and great increase in something
To have roots in
DonaldTrump’s policies have roots in human fears…
Human fears are at the root of DonaldTrump’s policies
The stem = el tallo
To stem from = to come from = to have roots in
Listening p94:

2. I hope it’s not too bold a claim
Too / that + adjective + a + noun
Jeanphiis not that good a teacher after all
Jeanphiis not such a good teacher after all
Meryl Streep is not that good an actress
Careful: to be fast asleep means to be profoundly asleep
Think of the seatbelt you fasten on a plane ;)