This document is Victoria Tobón Vargas's final project for Advanced English II presented to her tutor Monica del Rosario Guillen from the Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia UNAD. It discusses Victoria's decision to leave her job at Exito supermarket to start her university career, even though it meant declining a promotion offer from the company that would have required her to work Saturdays when she needed time off to attend classes.

1. ADVANCED ENGLISH II
FINAL TASK
PRESENTED BY:
VICTORIA TOBÓN VARGAS – CC. 1088307544
TUTOR:
MONICA DEL ROSARIO GUILLEN
GROUP: 551014_7
UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL ABIERTA Y A DISTANCIA UNAD
ESCUELA DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACIÓN
LICENCIATURA EN INGLÉS COMO LENGUA EXTRANJERA
DOSQUEBRADAS, RISARALDA
2016

2. What difficult decision do you think the woman has made? What do you think
the letter says?
Imagine what happened. Write the full story from your point of view.
My perception is that the woman was in love but she was
thinking about what decision she needed to take because
her boyfriend sent her a letter from Brazil asking her for
marriage and to go to live there with him, but she didn't
know what to do; for the reason that in that time she was
working and studying at night, furthermore her job was
excellent, likewise, she thought about the family in Colombia
where she lived; nevertheless, she was crying tears of joy
because of the beautiful notice. She loved him, then she told
him, yes and now she has a better job and still studying and
every three months she visits her family.

3. “OUT OF REACH”
Do you think the song is mainly optimistic or mainly
pessimistic? Justify your answer.
The song out of reach has a lot of pessimistic words and
in the beginning, she felt defeated and fool because she
thought that his boyfriend love her but it was not truth
also she forgot about herself for him, she never had his
heart, but we need to recognize the context for the
reason that before she felt hopeless but she after said
that she will be ok, in this way she is optimistic.

4. What was the true problem
according to the song?
She thought that they were the perfect couple but she
was the unique that loved him because he was so
confused, she was swept away by him and he never
loved her but she said that she will be ok.

5. What do you think is the best
solution?
Why won’t he introduce me to his family?
My boyfriend and I are twenty-one and had been going out
for a year. We live in a big city where there are people
from many different races and cultures. He comes from a
culture that is much more religious and traditional than
mine. This is not a problem for me or my family: They
have always welcomed him into our home. However, he
refuses to introduce me to his family, and when his brother
(who I know) is around, he pretends we are just friends.
Apart from this we love each other very much. Should I
insist that he introduces me to his family?
I must say that if he loves her
she has to introduce her to
his family, she should talk
seriously with him and let
him choose between
finishing their relationship or
introduce her to his family
and demonstrate her, his
love, if he doesn't accept it,
she should finish the
relationship because he feels
embarrassed by her.

6. • Can we leave my mother?
I am forty-four years old and have looked after my elderly
mother for a number of years. She has a few small health
problems and is rather lonely since my father died.
Recently, my husband is desperately keen to go, and both
our children would enjoy the experience, but I know that
my mother would not consider moving to the USA, and I
am terribly worried about her coping on her own, as she
has no other relatives nearby. Should I persuade my
husband to refuse the job offer?
I would like to say that in my
opinion, I wouldn't let to my
mother alone, instead to
persuade her husband to
refuse his job offer, she must
persuade her mom and tell
her that in other country she
can have other medical
treatments also they can
know other beautiful sites.

7. Are you good at making decisions or not? if you find
it hard to make a decision, what do you usually do? justify
It is hard to me, make any decision, I get
anxious with it, but I ask for help to my
family, mainly my mother, I ask her for
suggestions and I look for the pros and
cons.

8. Talk about a big decision or event in
your life.
Three years ago I was working as seller of Gef brand at the Exito
supermarket located in falabellas‘s mall, I was very happy there,
because of the people who worked with me, also the company
was excellent, furthermore, it played on time and every week.
One day the boss of the company asked me if I would like to
work with them officially and they would pay more money, but
in that time I decided to start my career at the university, also, I
asked them if they could give me a permission on Saturdays but
they told me a negative answer and I decided to renounce and
only study.

9. • In this life always we have to choose between two or
more things, we need to look for the benefits or
risks also we should get out of our comfort zone
and experiment many good things because in this
world we are learning and growing up with the
experiences.