I10-ER1- Joseph Sillo

Extensive Reading Report - Intermediate

1.    Title of the article: Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?

2.    Source of the article (link):

http://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/wp20140701/why-do-bad-things-happen/

3.    Author's name: Jehovah's Witnesses

4.    Before you read, look at the picture(s) if any, as well as the title. What do you think the article will be about?

 

The article will described about natural disasters, armed crime and the world under the power of man to cause suffering in the people

 

5.    Read the article and describe what you understand of it in as much detail as possible.

 

This article talks us about the bad things that undergoes humans and if parties the blame has God, since sometimes in some situations there are people of good heart and they don't deserve this, but according to the Bible it depends in much of the place and the moment it happens

Also the diseases can happen to any person and in conclusion God decides what things to predict and what things not

According to the Bible every person is proven to be each one is tried by being drawn out and enticed by his own desire, and if the desire is given born the sin. however much that is said in the Bible about it, many people claim that the suffering of the human being given by Karma in past lives because man did bad things, but all the bad things that cause suffering in humans is Satan, not the man

 

 

6.    Vocabulary Use: Choose 05 new vocabulary items (words, collocations or idiomatic expressions, etc.) and write their meanings and 02 examples related to your real experience.

 

·    Almighty: having complete power; very great - adjective /oːlˈmaiti/

 

It was simply by speaking that the Almighty fashioned the universe.

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth

 

·    Illnesses: the state of being ill – noun /ˈɪl.nəs/

My friend died at home after a long illness

I had five days off work due to illness

 

·    Wicked: evil or morally wrong - adjective /ˈwikid/

 

          I met a wicked and unscrupulous politician

My mother said me Satan has been known to use His power for wicked and immoral purposes

 

·    Nullify: to make a legal agreement or decision have no legal force - /ˈnʌl.ɪ.faɪ/

 

    I think this irregularity was not sufficient to nullify the entire procedure

    All my hard work was nullified when I lost my notes

 

·    Remain: to stay; not to leave – verb /rəˈmein/

I shall remain here waiting for a new lease on life

My problem remains unsolved despite my effort

 

Student's Name: Joseph Javier Sillo Meza