Reader's Digest Report
Student's Name: Puente Galván Ingrid Teacher's name: Antonio Rios Date: 16/012013
1. Write the title of the article: How to Be a Good Father
2. Write the author's name: Awake
3. Before you read, look at the picture(s) if any, as well as the title. What do you think the article will be about?
I think the article is going to talk about the skills that a man should develop to be a good father based on the bible principle. The reading tries to show a role model of a father. How certain attitudes can give good results in sons.For example, when a father needs to create a space for his family in spite of the job, or how the treatment for his wife can have big effects on the happiness of children.
4. Read the article and describe in as much detail as possible what you understand of it.
This article gives us some important tips about how to become a good father. First of all, the reading show some testimonies about what do fathers think and feel from their position and what do their sons think and feel about the education they receive. Each father mention that to be a good father is not simple. There are between others, five things to do to improve the role model of a father. First a father needs to make time for his family and demonstrate to their children that they are important, in that way is necessary to show his love in facts, for example have a past time with children, feed and provide them. Then when he has created a space, he must to communicate effectively. How? Fathers need to listen carefully what children say. Trying make them feel understandable. The third tip is to give loving discipline and commendation using advices. The next tip is really important for son`s future. It refers to the love and respect that a mother receives from her husband. Children create a woman image from this situation. And finally, the reading invites fathers to believe in god and put Jehovah first in their life for obtain the happiness.
5. Vocabulary Use: Choose 05 new vocabulary items (word, collocation or idiomatic expression, etc.) and think of ways that could help you understand/learn these vocabulary items more effectively. Do so in your vocabulary log in your learning journal.
Bond: an affective force linking persons. something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together
- The close bond between father and son
Lie down: reclining position, to be or put yourself in a horizontal position
- I need to lie down for a little while.
Overreacting:Show an exaggerated response to something
- Try not to overreact to the bad news teenagers tell.
Inner: More intimate, private, or secret
- His inner feelings were discover by his father
Wrath: stern or fierce anger, deep indignation; intense anger
- The effects of anger make impossible to think in consequence.
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