Extensive Reading Report - Intermediate

Extensive Reading Report - Intermediate

1. Title of the article: Is honesty outdated ?

2. Source of the article (link): https://www.jw.org/en/publications/magazines/watchtower-no1-2016-january/why-people-lie/

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?

I think the article will be about why it  we are honest or they must be honest, if this will be very beneficial or in some cases not.

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

Is about a young man named Hitoshi working in an office job in Japan when once told his superior that was to make a falsified report but declined hitoshi and his superior threatened to fire him.

and a few months later in a hitoshi interview mentioned that could not work dishonestly and interviewer was surprised. also a woman who worked in South Africa mentioned that was surrounded by dishonest people. A few years ago a study by Robert S. Feldman, a psychologist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst reported that 60 percent of adults are at least once during a ten-minute conversation which was somewhat surprising. however there are best practices that lie .

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.

Doubts : a feeling of uncertainty or lack of conviction.

• I have always had doubts about falling in love.

• Sometimes when I give a homework , I have doubts whether it will be right or wrong.

Disturbing : causing anxiety; worrying.

• My friend in math classes is disturbing.

• My brother when he went for a walk, eat or play is disturbing

widespread : found or distributed over a large area or number of people.

• Honesty is particularly widespread  in my family.

• A form of dishonesty that is particularly widespread when they lie.

Abhor : regard with disgust and hatred.

• Abhor is what happens to me when my parents do not understand my effort.

• Many people abhor that my friend did not play well.

Downhearted : discouraged; in low spirits.

• sometimes I am downhearted when I have nothing to do.

• my father  became downhearted over his employment prospects.

Student's Name: I08 ER1Fernando Cristian Jimenez Arias .