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ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS IN 120 WORDS Readings for EFL Students KINDNESS TO STRANGERS Grammar Point: Definite and Indefinite Articles─and Zero Article Last year, many families showed me hospitality by letting me stay overnight in their houses─when needed. Each bedroom was particularly different. The first one I stayed in had mosquito nets to prevent dengue. Another bedroom was close to a pen─with sheep! One room had guitars and amplifiers. A different bedroom had a bird─a canary─in a cage. The coldest room had a bed with 4 blankets! From the biggest bedroom, I could enjoy the sunset and hear the sound of sea waves. Another room─very bright early in the morning─had a glass door and big windows. The last family I stayed with gave me a room with a huge bed and the fanciest comforter of all─made in France. This year, I want to be as hospitable as all these families. READ MORE HERE. Cargando… Solicita información aquí

ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS IN 120 WORDS Readings for EFL Students MAKING OTHERS SMILE Grammar Point: Gerunds Making others smile is a source of contentment. Helping friends create memories is rewarding. Smiles and memories unite people through good and bad times. They make men and women, young and old feel good when individuals most need it. The smiles that once adorned others’ faces eventually come to and stay with us, making us smile in return. That’s why most of us think that giving of our time, resources, energies, and any other thing we have to help a friend build memories makes everyone involved happy. That’s how I feel today, many years after one of the most memorable experiences in my life─the day I was there for a friend when he proposed to his girl. They’re happily married now, building their own memories and making others smile. READ MORE HERE. Cargando… Solicita información aquí

ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS IN 120 WORDS Readings for EFL Students THERE IS ALWAYS A CHIFA Grammar Point: Relative Pronouns In every city of Peru, there are chifas, which are restaurants that sell Peruvian-style Chinese food─also called chifa. Chifas are not only in all the cities that I have visited in my country but also in many of my memories. For example, I started my current adventure, which is now getting to its end, more than a year ago in Sullana. It was at a chifa, where I ran into friends who were doing relief work after last year’s mudslides. Last weekend─a few months before going back home, I had one of my last visits to Trujillo as a volunteer. Coincidentally, I ate chifa with a group of other volunteers, whom I will always remember. I am sure most Peruvians have good memories related to chifas. READ MORE HERE. Cargando… Solicita información aquí.

ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS IN 120 WORDS Readings for EFL Students PAPA SECA Grammar Point: Dependent Clauses Most people grow potatoes here and sell them in coastal cities. Others prefer to make more money by selling papa seca. In order to make papa seca, people boil sacks of potatoes, peel them, cut them into wedges, and dry them under the sun. Once the potatoes are dried, they’re grinded into small pieces to get papa seca─ which is sold at a higher price than potatoes. Since this is the dry season now, people are making papa seca these months; so, there are always streets with sidewalks covered with potatoes being dried these days. But if you see papa seca first on the sidewalks and later on certain meals for lunch, you may be reluctant to eat some dishes served in front of you! Happily, that’s not my case. READ MORE HERE. Cargando… Solicita información aquí.