Capítulo III El Trabajo Final de Grado: un contexto para estudiar el feedback y
3.2 El proceso de tutorización y elaboración del Trabajo Final de Grado
Sam’s mother cooked at the royal palace. One day, he went to work with her.
She emphasized that he should stay in the kitchen. But Sam was bored. Thus, he decided to look around.
He went around a corner. It shocked him to see a boy who had a strong likeness to him. Sam soon recovered. The other boy stared at him. Then he spoke. “ Come with me.”
He needed to be rational. But he couldn’t deny that he wanted to go. So he followed the boy to a chamber. “ I am Prince Bertram,” the boy said.
Sam felt shy talking to a prince. “ I’m Sam.”
“Trade places with me.” The prince said.
“We can’t. My mother will kill me. Moreover, I don’t know anything about being a prince.”
“ No one will find out,” the prince interrupted. “We look the same, and even our gestures are the same. It will only last for a week.”
Sam said OK. Soon, Sam’s perspective on being a prince changed. He spent most of his day signing royal documents. At night, the prince’s chamber was cold. He thought he was going to freeze or get sick with a fever or the flu. He was happy when the week ended. So was the prince.
“ I didn’t know how to do anything,” the prince said. “ I’ve always relied on my servants to do everything for me.”
“ I think I like being a regular person,” Sam said. “ Being a prince isn’t fun.”
So, they both returned to their normal positions and enjoyed their lives more than before.
Answer the questions.
1. What is the main idea of this story?
a. A boy who denies that he’s a prince b. A student who’s too shy to talk to a prince
c. How two boys who bore a likeness to each other traded places d. A prince who has a rational perspective
2. What happened after Sam ran into the prince?
a. Sam was too shocked to recover.
b. The prince stared at Sam.
c. Sam couldn’t talk; thus, he ran away.
d. Sam made a gesture.
3. What did Sam think about being a prince?
a. He thought it was fun while it lasted.
b. He didn’t like it; moreover, he missed his mother.
c. He liked to rely on the servants at the palace.
d. He was afraid he would freeze or get a fever or the flu.
4. What did the Prince miss when he was being Sam?
a. Sleeping in his own chamber b. Having servants do things for him c. Signing all of the official documents
d. People not emphasizing how important he was
5. Why didn’t Sam like the prince’s chamber?
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aim
[eim] n.An aim is a goal someone wants to make happen.
-* My aim is to become a helicopter pilot.
r attach [atsetj] *
To attach is to put two things together.
-+ I attached the socks to the clothesline to dry.
r bet [bet]
v.To bet is to risk money on the result of a game or a business.
-»How much will you bet that your horse will win?
r carriage
[k3end3] n.A carriage is a vehicle pulled by a horse.
-*■ We took a carriage ride in the park.
r C l a S S i C [klaesik] adj.
If something is classic, it is typical.
-» The athlete made a classic mistake-he started running too soon.
r commute [kamju t] *
To commute is to travel a long distance to get to work.
-»I usually commute to work on the train.
r confirm
[kanfaxm] v.To confirm is to make sure something is correct.
-* Winning the game confirmed that James was a good player.
r criticize
[kritisaiz] v.To criticize is to say you do not like someone or something.
He criticized his wife forspending too much money.
r differ [difar]
v.To differ is to not be the same as another person or thing.
-> I differ from my brother: he is short, while I am tall.
r expense
[ikspens] n.An expense is the money that people spend on something.
-* She wrote down all the expenses for her trip.
r formal
[foirmal] adj.If something is formal, it is done in an official way.
-»It was a formal dinner, so we wore our best clothes.
r height [ h a s t ]
n.Height is how tall someone or something is.
-+ My height is 168 centimeters.
r invent
[invent] v.To invent something is to create something that never existed before.
-*■ My grandfather has invented some interesting things.
r junior
[d3uinjar] adj.If someone is junior in their job, they do not have a lot of power.
-» When she started at the company, she was only a junior manager.
r labor
[leibar] n.Labor is the act of doing or making something.
-* Building the house took a lot of labor.
c mechanic
[makaenik] n.A mechanic is someone who fixes vehicles or machines.
-» We took the car to the mechanic to be fixed.
r prime
[praimj adj.If something is prime, it is the most important one.
-»Dirty air is a prime cause of illness.
r shift [jif t ] *
To shift to something is to move into a new place or direction.
-» He shifted to the other side of the table to eat his breakfast.
r signal
[signal] n.A signal is a sound or action that tells someone to do something.
-► The coach blew his whistle as a signal to begin the game.
C S i n c e r e [sinsiar] adj.
When people are sincere, they tell the truth.
He sounded sincere when he apologized to me.
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Choose the right word for the given definition.
1. to create something for the first time