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Pilar Santos Tambo A Tribute to New York The most common punctuation marks are: • Capital letters (A, B, C): to begin a new sentence for names of people, places, months, weekdays, etc. for nationalities and languages for titles of books, films, etc. • Full stop (.): at the end of a sentence • Comma (,): to separate different clauses to separate items in a list • Question mark (?): at the end of a question (and only at the end) • Brackets (…): to add extra information • Inverted commas (“…”): to repeat literally somebody’s words In informal writing, you can also use: • Apostrophe (’): for contractions • Exclamation mark (!) to express excitement (only at the end of the sentence) 9 ( % '& Or a burger, or a pretzel 18 ? New Yorkers are always in a hurry and they love to eat on the street. In a beautiful afternoon in Central Park we are going to do the same. We are going to get a snack and a soft drink from any of the hundreds of stands you can find everywhere. H. Below you have some extracts from the introduction of a study about fast food in America. Read just the first paragraph and answer the following questions: • What do you know about fast food? • What do you think about fast food? • What do you think the author’s opinion about fast food is going to be? a) Positive b) Negative c) Neutral • What makes you think so? ____________________________________________________ I. Read the rest of the text. Do you still have the same opinion? 1 &2, ) " ! F ' G ( F && # ) " 18 Pretzels are savoury biscuits, in the form of a knot, salted on the outside. They come from Germany and are very popular in New York. 49
Pilar Santos Tambo A Tribute to New York !" " ! " # $ 50 " ! " >" # $ ! " !" 0 " " " # 1 " !" " " # 9 " ! " 1 ! ! " ) " # % ! " 1 ! ! # 4 # $ ! G " ! # 1 7 " # 9 ! ! + + !" " ! " # $ " ! &2 # J. Look at the following sentences and analyse them carefully: a) In 1970, Americans spent about $6 billion on fast food; in 2000, they spent more than $110 billion. b) Americans now spend more money on fast food than on higher education… c) …the spread of obesity has played a more central role. d) That is one of the main reasons people buy fast food; it has been carefully designed to taste good. K. Fact or opinion? Are the following sentences facts or opinions? Write an F or an O in front of each one: @ 1 &2, ) " ! F ' G ( F && # @ ) " !" " ! " # $ ! " >" # "@ % ! " 1 ! ! # 4 # $ ! G " ! # 19 Adapted from Fast Food Nation, by Eric Schlosser. "
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