Exercise

1.
Mark Twain is the author of Huckleberry Finn.
Huckleberry Finn is a classic American novel.
Mark Twain's real name was Samuel L. Clemens.
He lived in Hartford for several years.

Mark Twain, whose real name was Samuel L. Clemens, lived in Hartford for several years and is the author of Huckleberry Finn, a classic American novel.

2.
Mark Twain's house was very elaborate and elegant.
It was on Farmington Avenue.
It was in an area called Nook Farm.
He was a neighbor of Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin. 

Mark Twain’s house was very elaborate and elegant which was located on Farmington Avenue in an area called Nook Farm and his neighbour was Harriet Beecher Stowe, who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

3.
Mark Twain's home has a large side porch.
Windows and a balcony overlook the porch.
Today, people say the windows and balcony remind them of a steamboat.
In his youth, Twain piloted steamboats on the Mississippi. 

Today, people say that the balcony and windows overlooking the large side porch on Twain's home remind them of a steamboat, the kind of Mississippi steamboat young Mark Twain used to pilot.

4.
Mark Twain was one of the first three people in Hartford to own a telephone.
The telephone was first used commercially in nearby New Haven.
There was practically no one to talk to.
Mark Twain never really liked this newfangled gadget. 

Mark Twain was one of the first three people in Hartford to own a telephone, which was first used commercially in nearby New Haven but he never really liked this newfangled gadget because there was practically no one to talk to.

5.
Mark Twain loved industrial inventions.
He lost a fortune investing in them.
One of these inventions was the elaborate Paige typesetter.
Unfortunately for Twain, this machine was developed at the same time as the Linotype.
The Linotype machine was much simpler and less expensive.

Mark Twain loved industrial inventions and one of these inventions was the elaborate Paige typesetter but unfortunately, he lost a fortune in investing because this machine was developed at the same time as the Linotype, which was much simpler and less expensive.

6.
Mark Twain's beloved daughter, Susy, died in the Hartford home.
She died of spinal meningitis.
Twain never felt the same about the house again.
He soon left the house and Hartford.
He returned only once.
He came back for the funeral of his friend, Charles Dudley Warner.

Mark Twain never felt the same about the Hartford home again because his beloved daughter, Susy, died in there and so he left the house and came back only once for the funeral of his friend, Charles Dudley Warner.

Calories in Filipino Foods ; Indian Food

A. Calories in Filipino Foods

In this reading, the writer is able to discuss and elaborate specifically on what calories are, how much calories are contained in a certain portion of food, how to compute one's total calorie requirement and how calorie-awareness is very important in a healthy living. The writer obviously wants his readers to be informed and be aware of how essential calorie intake is. He also states facts. For example by defining calorie as the amount of energy in food/drink we ingest, and also the energy consumed or lost with any bodily activity. Generally, he is very specific with his information about calories. He enumerates how much calories are present in each type of food. He also gives advice to the us, the readers, that we should live a healthy lifestyle by eating what is nutritious for us and that we should at least consume 500 calories per day. This reading serves as a guide and warning for us especially nowadays that we are more health conscious than ever.

 B. Indian Food

According to the writer, Indian foods differ not only in taste but also in cooking methods. Generally, the writer has a positive concept on Indian food. The writer probably adores Indian food because of how he positively describes the food. His style of comparing and contrasting the food in the North, South, West and East India is one effective way of grabbing the attention of the readers. He states how spice is an essential element in every Indian food. He enumerates what ingredients are used for a particular dish. Say for example, in North India, he states that chapatis are prepared with a variety of flours such as wheat, rice, maida, and besan. In West India, he describes the cooking style as “Portuguese influenced” in Goa. In East India, he describes how Hilsa is prepared. It has a special way of preparing through wrapping it in a pumpkin leaf and cooking it afterwards. To sum everything up, the writer specifically gives a concrete description on how the different kinds of food are prepared, what ingredients are used and the physical appearance and taste of the foods.

Turn out the lite by Anderson Digby; Nostalgia for Kerala by Pete Cherches

Negative Connotations:

1.    Lite is insipid, weak, denatured, flat, diluted, and easy: food for cowards and children.

2.    The mildest thing one would want to say about this horrid dry pink innovation, which sweated under the grill and fell to bits under the knife, was that it was less than a sausage.

3.    There is a word that usefully captures this trend to the insipid and denatured, and it is "Lite."

4.    Our morality is Lite, childish, and diluted.

5.    He is ignorant, timid, squeamish, and childish. 

Positive Connotations:

1.       Kerala is a success story of the developing world.

2.       The dancers have perfect control of all face and body muscles, and the make-up is striking and elaborate.

3.       It was a lovely, idyllic place, and I felt a bit like Gauguin arriving in Tahiti.

4.       There are beautiful beaches and backwaters, places of great historical interest, reflecting the region's varied colonial past, and an overall sense of contentment and well-being among the people.

5.       Keralan cuisine is one of the world's great culinary secrets.