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MChapter 8
Read
Scan the reading to find the basis for the following inferences. Write the words that suggest each inference and an explanation. Then read the article all the way through.
1- Inference: Sabrina usually doesn't have health insurance.
Basis for the inference:
"it's good to have some health insurance for a change" It is unusual that she has health insurance now.
2- Inference: Sabrina's parents were artists.
Basis for the inference:
"I remember a time when my parents and their crowd struggled to live here, but at least they had space and time to do their art." Her parents and their friends had space and time to do art.
3- Inference: Aaron does not have a steady source of income.
Basis for inference:
"On the one hand, I'm afflicted by the nervousness and anxiety of not knowing where my next rent check is coming from, which makes it difficult to concentrate on my own work." He often doesn't know where he is going to get his rent money.
4-Inference: Aaron had never made a film before going to film school.
Basis for inference:
"I went to film school in New York, and when I got there, I was surprised by how long it took to make a film, how expensive it was, and how logistically complicated it could be." He was surprised by a lot of things he would have known if he had made a film before.
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After You Read 1
Read the quotations from the reading and match the letter of the correct speaker to each statements.
a. narrator
b. Sabrina Hedges
c. Aaron Feldman
1- "I need some kind of external time structure or project to help me plan my time." ( c )
2- "I feel like I not only have to financially support myself, but also my art, which is a lot of pressure for one person to handle." ( c )
3- "At the moment, she has a day job at an auction house." ( a )
4- "I grew up in this town, and I can say that it used to be so much cheaper and friendlier towards artists..." ( b )
5- "He is originally from a small town in Rhode Island." ( a )
6- "Being an artist is a choice, sort of, and I am proud of our struggle." ( b )
7- "I hope and pray that one day I'll be able to earn a living as an artist without doing the extra work I've been doing." ( c )
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After You Read 2
Scan for the words to complete the following phrases and fill in the blanks. (The phrases are given in the same order as they appear in the article.)
1- employment in an office or company that is done during the day in order to support another interest: day
job
2- earn enough money to survive:meet
make ends
3- belief that something is true that most likely isn't: false
hopes
4- to be grateful for what you have: count your
blessings
5- to play many roles or do many different jobs: wear many
hats
6- small things of different types:and pieces
bits
7- the hours in the early morning just after midnight:of the night
middle
8- pay the money for the things you owe such as electricity and water: pay the
bills
9- the positive and negative sides to something: pluses and
minuses
10- an important person in a job or setting where there is little competition: a bigin a small
pond or fish
pond or fish
11- to make enough money to live:a living
earn
الفقرة العآشرة فيهآ فرآغين =)
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