PRÁCTICO 2016
TEXT ANALYSIS
Specifically, the English like to believe, and will often doggedly insist, that
social-status considerations play no part in their choice of car. Even at the
height of the BMW’s yuppie- image heyday, for example, upwardly mobile
English executives claimed that they bought their BMWs for their excellent
German engineering and design, comfort, reliability, speed, handling, BHP,
torque, low drag-coefficients, and other rational, no-nonsense qualities.
Nothing to do with social image. Nothing to do with status. Nothing to do
with vanity. Nothing to do with impressing colleagues or neighbours or
girlfriends. Oh no. It's just a bloody good car.
English women, and some English men, will admit to aesthetic and even
emotional reasons for choosing a particular car. Men will say that their
flashy Porsche or big Mercedes is 'a beautiful car', women will tell you that
they want the trendy new VW Beetle because it is 'so cute'; both will even
confess that they 'fell in love with' a 'gorgeous' car in the showroom, or that
they have always had 'a passion' for MGs or Minis, or that they are
'sentimentally attached' to their rusty old banger.
TEXT ANALYSIS
We might even go so far as to acknowledge that we choose cars that we
feel express our individual 'personality' or some aspect of our self-image
(cool, sophisticated, stylish, fun, quirky, eccentric, sporty, sassy, sexy,
honest, understated, down-to-earth, manly, professional, serious, etc.). But
not our social status. We will not admit to buying or wanting a particular
make of car because it is associated with a social class or category to
which we wish to be seen to belong.
But class distinctions, and class anxieties, don't stop with the make of car
you choose to drive. The English will also gauge your social rank by the
appearance and condition of your car - the way in which you care for it, or
do not care for it.
TEXT ANALYSIS
The unwritten class rules involved in car care are even more revealing than
those governing our choice of car, because we are less consciously aware
of following them. The English all know, although we won't admit it, that
our car choice is a class indicator; and we all know, although we pretend
not to, exactly which cars are associated with which classes. But many
people are unaware that the state and condition of their car may be
broadcasting even more powerful class signals than its make.
How clean and shiny - or dirty and scruffy - is your car? As a crude rule of
thumb: spotless, shiny cars are the hallmark of the middle-middle, lower-
middle and upper-working classes; while dirty, neglected cars are
characteristic of the uppers, upper-middles and lower-workings (or in many
cases 'not-workings' - the deprived, unemployed, underclasses). In other
words, dirty cars are associated with both the highest and very lowest
ends of the social scale, clean cars with the middle ranks.
TEXT ANALYSIS
1. Summarize the text in one sentence (0.4 marks)
2. What type of text is it? (0.3 marks)
a. Persuasive
b. Expository
c. Argumentative
d. Descriptive
e. Narrative
3. Give two reasons to justify your choice in the previous
question (0.3 marks each)
TEXT ANALYSIS
1. Summarize the text in one sentence (0.4 marks)
Using a conversational style, the writer tries to persuade
readers that both the car make and the condition of
English people’s cars are a symbol of the class they
belong to, even though they will not admit it.
TEXT ANALYSIS
2. What type of text is it? (0.3 marks)
a. Persuasive
b. Expository
c. Argumentative
d. Descriptive
e. Narrative
TEXT ANALYSIS
3. Give two reasons to justify your choice in the previous
question (0.3 marks each)
1. The writer tries to convince readership of her personal opinion
about how the choice of car and the condition it is kept is a class sign
even if British people argument car characteristics and personal and
aesthetic reasons.
2. The text organization by stating her thesis on the initial paragraph:
British people believe the choice of car has nothing to do with class. In
the subsequent paragraphs she allows for some people giving
emotional reasons and personality association with their cars and
finishes by adding another argument: car condition is also a symbol of
class.
TEXT ANALYSIS
4. Explain the tone of the author in the text. How does the
expression Oh no contribute to the text? (0.3 marks)
5. Definition of ellipsis. Find ellipsis in the text. (0.3 marks)
6. Why does the author use inverted commas in
‘sentimentality attached’? (0.3 marks)
7. Explain the meaning of rule of thumb (0.3 marks)
TEXT ANALYSIS
4. Explain the tone of the author in the text. How does the
expression Oh no contribute to the text? (0.3 marks)
The tone in the text is informal and conversational
because of the use of free direct speech, punctuation,
long enumerations, and use of adjectivation.
Oh no is an example of free direct speech: exact words
pronounced by English people to give reasons for their
choice of car without the use of inverted commas or
reporting clause. It reflects
TEXT ANALYSIS
5. Definition of ellipsis. Find ellipsis in the text. (0.3 marks)
Ellipsis refers to the absence of words because the thing
being referred to is clearly understood. We find double
ellipsis in “pretend not to” as the missing complement is
“know” and its direct object “that our car choice is a class
indicator” in its turn.
TEXT ANALYSIS
6. Why does the author use inverted commas in
‘sentimentality attached’? (0.3 marks)
These are exact words said by women when providing a
reason to choose a car make. More specifically these are
the same words you would use to talk about your couple.
It also provides authority to the writer as it seems that she
carried out extensive field-research in order to write it.
TEXT ANALYSIS
7. Explain the meaning of rule of thumb (0.3 marks)
A practical and approximate way of doing or measuring
something. In the text the writer clearly explains the simple
rule to figure out the social class of the car owners.
TEXT ANALYSIS
8. What type of word is ‘yuppie’?. Explain denotation and
connotation of the word ‘yuppie’. (0.3 marks)
9. Explain the type of word it is from the word-formation point
of view compared to MGs. (0.3 marks)
10. Find an example of epithet and an expletive attributive in
the text (0.3 marks each).
TEXT ANALYSIS
8. What type of word is ‘yuppie’?. Explain denotation and
connotation of the word ‘yuppie’. (0.3 marks)
Yuppie is a noun coined in America in the 80‟s. It refers to
a young, ambitious, and well- educated city-dweller who
has a professional career and an affluent lifestyle. The use
of “yuppie” has the connotative meaning of an affluent
person who is not modest about their financial status.
TEXT ANALYSIS
9. Explain the type of word it is from the word-formation point of
view compared to MGs. (0.3 marks)
Yuppie is an acronym of Y(oung) U(rban) P(rofessional).
Besides it has experimented suffixation as the addition of -ie
ending has reduplicated the last letter <p>.
MG is also an acronym which stands for Morris Garages. At
the same time it is an eponym, i.e. the name of a person for
whom a make of cars is named.
Whereas the acronym yuppie is pronounced as a word, MG is
pronounced as it is spelled.
TEXT ANALYSIS
10. Find an example of epithet and an expletive attributive in
the text (0.3 marks each).
Epithet: individual personality
Adjective or par ticiple that expresses attributing
characteristics like: descriptive: a popular disco, a sunny day,
a galloping horse, an abandoned car; evaluative: a princely
meal, a vile crime; either of the above: absolute zero,
absolute rubbish.
Expletive attributive: bloody good car
(Adjective or adverb used to intensify the emotional force of
a noun)
TEXT ANALYSIS
11. Transcribe the following sentences using the word
provided in parenthesis so that they mean the same as the
original sentence. (0.8 marks)
a. We might even go so far as to acknowledge that we choose
cars we feel express our individual ‘personality’ or some
aspect of our self-image. (AGREED)
b. English women and some English men will admit to
aesthetic and even emotional reasons for choosing a
particular car. (CONFESS)
c. But class distinctions, and class anxieties, don’t stop with
the make of car you choose to drive. (BEHIND)
d. Many people are unaware that the state and condition of
their car may be broadcasting even more powerful signals
than its make. (OUT)
TEXT ANALYSIS
11. Transcribe the following sentences using the word
provided in parenthesis so that they mean the same as the
original sentence. (0.8 marks)
a. We might even go so far as to acknowledge that we choose
cars we feel express our individual ‘personality’ or some
aspect of our self-image. (AGREED)
It might even be agreed that we choose cars we feel
express our individual „personality‟ or some aspect of
our self-image.
TEXT ANALYSIS
11. Transcribe the following sentences using the word
provided in parenthesis so that they mean the same as the
original sentence. (0.8 marks)
b. English women and some English men will admit to
aesthetic and even emotional reasons for choosing a
particular car. (CONFESS)
English women and some English man, will confess
aesthetic and even emotional reasons for choosing a
particular car.
TEXT ANALYSIS
11. Transcribe the following sentences using the word
provided in parenthesis so that they mean the same as the
original sentence. (0.8 marks)
c. But class distinctions, and class anxieties, don’t stop with
the make of car you choose to drive. (BEHIND)
But class distinctions, and class anxieties are not to be
left behind with the make of car you choose to drive.
TEXT ANALYSIS
11. Transcribe the following sentences using the word
provided in parenthesis so that they mean the same as the
original sentence. (0.8 marks)
d. Many people are unaware that the state and condition of
their car may be broadcasting even more powerful signals
than its make. (OUT)
Many people are unaware that the state and condition of
their car may be sending out even more powerful class
signals than its make.
TEXT ANALYSIS
12. Find synonyms of the following words in the text: (0.25
marks)
¤ - Offbeat
¤ - Soundness
¤ - Hard-headed
¤ - Cheeky
¤ - Oblivious
TEXT ANALYSIS
12. Find synonyms of the following words in the text: (0.25
marks)
¤ - Offbeat: quirky
¤ - Soundness: reliability
¤ - Hard-headed: doggedly (adverb)
¤ - Cheeky: sassy
¤ - Oblivious: unaware
TEXT ANALYSIS
13. Provide a phonetic transcription of the following words
(0.25 marks)
¤ - Gauge
¤ - Banger
¤ - Gorgeous
¤ - Reliable
¤ - Serious
TEXT ANALYSIS
13. Provide a phonetic transcription of the following words
(0.25 marks)
¤ - Gauge /geiʤ/
¤ - Banger /bæɳ.ə/
ɔːdʒəs/
¤ - Gorgeous /ˈ𝗀ɔːdʒəs/
¤ - Reliable /rɪˈlaɪə.bəl/
¤ - Serious BE /’sɪə.rɪəs/ AME /’sɪ.rɪəs/
TRANSLATION
BREXIT DEMOGRÁFICO
El sector turístico en Málaga es un avión que ha cogido altura, con un
sólido puente aéreo abierto todo el año con una Gran Bretaña que
pone acento propio al PIB provincial. Siete de cada diez currantes
tienen que ver con el sector servicios, que sería otro muy distinto sin
esos residentes y turistas llegados de las islas que sostienen desde
hace décadas la Costa en estado de pub en hora feliz. Este verano,
además, va a ser de los que anuncian muchedumbres de blanca
palidez a punto de manifestarse por una hamaca-litera en la que
poder estar en la playa. No vamos a caber, dicen los que están en el
negocio, que pronostican aviones sobre Guadalmar en bandadas por
goteo de cinco en cinco minutos.
TRANSLATION
DEMOGRAPHIC BREXIT
The touristic sector in Malaga is a rising plane, with a sturdy airlift open
all through the year with Great Britain, which is emphasizing the
provincial GDP. Seven out of 10 workers are related to the service
sector, which would be very different, had those residents and tourists
who have been keeping the coast in a happy hour state for decades
not arrived from the islands. Besides this summer is a herald of pale
white crowds about to reveal themselves for a hammock-bunk to lie
down on the beach. There is not going to be enough room for all, say
those who are in the business, who foretell flocks of planes over
Guadalmar trickling in every five minutes.
TRANSLATION
The boy sat tottering. The man watched him that he not topple into the
flames. He kicked holes in the sand for the boy’s hips and shoulders
where he would sleep and he sat holding him while he tousled his hair
before the fire to dry it. All of this like some ancient anointing. So be it.
Evoke the forms. Where you’ve nothing else construct ceremonies out
of the air and breathe upon them.
He woke in the night with the cold and rose and broke up more wood
for the fire. The shapes of the small treelimbs burning incandescent
orange in the coals. He blew the flames to life and piled on the wood
and sat with his legs crossed, leaning against the stone pier of the
bridge. Heavy limestone blocks laid up without mortar. Overhead the
ironwork brown with rust, the hammered rivets, the wooden sleepers
and crossplanks.
The Road- McCarthy
TRANSLATION
El niño se sentó tambaleándose. El hombre le observaba para que
no cayera en las llamas. Para las caderas y los hombros del niño
hincó el pie en la arena donde dormiría y se sentó sosteniéndole
mientras le alborotaba el pelo para secarlo ante el fuego. Todo esto
como una vieja unción. Que así sea. Evoca las formas. Donde no
tengas nada más, crea ceremonias del aire y mancíllalas.
Se despertó en la noche con el frío y se levantó y partió más leña para
el fuego. Las formas de las ramitas de los árboles se quemaban en
ascuas de color naranja incandescente. Avivó las llamas con un soplo
y amontonó la leña y se sentó con las piernas cruzadas, reclinándose
contra la piedra del pilar del puente. Pesados bloques de caliza yacían
sin argamasa. Por encima la forja marrón por el óxido, los remaches
repujados, las traviesas de madera y los tablones cruzados.
La Carretera, McCarthy
