1. mannequin:( noun ) a Wooden figure or model of the human figure used by tailors, dress designers, etc.., for fitting or making clothes.

2. second-hand

3. animatedly:( adj ) full of life, action, or spirit, lively; vigorous

4. faltered: ( verb ) to speak hesitatingly or brokenly.

5. impulsive: ( adj ) actuated or swayed by emotional or involuntary impulses

6. constrained: ( adj ) forced, compelled, or obliged

7. Gregorian chant

8. pearl: ( noun )  a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix, deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an irritating foreign object: valued as a gem when lustrous and finely colored. Compare cultured pearl.

9. elope ( verb ).to run off secretly to be married, usually without the consent or knowledge of one's parents.

10. taciturn: ( adj ) inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation.

11. sobbed (verb ) to weep with a convulsive catching of the breath.

12. pouch ( noun ) a bag, sack, or similar receptacle, especially one for small articles or quantities: a tobacco pouch

13. listlessly: ( adjective ) having or showing little or no interest in anything; languid; spiritless; indifferent: a listless mood; a listless handshake.

14. hymn:( noun ) something resembling this, as a speech, essay, or book in praise of someone or something

15. fainted:( adj ) lacking brightness, vividness, clearness, loudness, strength, etc.: a faint light; a faint color; a faint sound.

homework

Duong Minh Anh

English ( IS )- II

Ms.Guarino

5.11.2015

                                      Sookan life in America.

         Sookan life America is being very normal. She still has to go to the

dining to work to be able to keep her scholarship. She still have to do

baby-siting for Ms. Bennett in her free time, to make her own pocket

money so she can have money to going to the movie or going shopping

with her friend. Ellen and Marci is still her best friend in school because

Sookan meet them everyday, Ellen is her roommate and Marci room is

this next to Sookan room, and they are really close to each other, they

always helping each other out even through they share a different

personality. In Christmas no matter where they are they still remember to

buy other person a gifs, Marci, Ellen and Ms. Bennett is the most

important people for Sookan in America. There is only one thing that

Sookan worry about is her classes they she take mostly is European

history, the class that she doesn’t what to take because she think her

English is not good enough to take this class. But I think she can do it

because she is the hard worker like her mom. She going to the library

everyday even though she is very busy with all the work that she has and

the most important thing is she always have Marci and Ellen or even Mr.

Bennett that are negative speaker will always be more than welcome to

help her not just in History even help her to improve her English. So with

all the relationship that she has, she will be very successful in America.

 If she will be success and happy in America, there is no reason for her to

come back to Korean even though her family is all live in Korean, but in

America now Ms. Bennett family make she feel she has other family

beside her so she will feel warmer when she missing her own family and

make her not too homesick and come back to America, that will same

more money for her mom, because she do baby sitting at Mr. Bennett

house everyday than that will bring Sookan closer to Mr. Bennett family,

not just that Mr. Bennett cook something for Sookan or even in Christmas

she not forget to give Sookan a present In my opinions I think Sookan will

make more friend in the school year and maybe she will have a handsome

American boyfriend like Ellen. After Sookan graduate then she will come

back to Korean and bring all of her family to America then she will make

her own money to take care of her mom and her sister two people who

care about her the most because I think that is Sookan dream and that is

the reason why she come to America because she really love his mom the

person who never complain about anything to make money for her to

study in America, because in the story there is a since that Sookan just

want to come back to America to hug her mom and talk to her mom.

In Korea, people always wanted to become normal.
In US, American wants to be unique; they do not want to look similar with others.
In Korea, I always needed to help my mom to do the all the housework. My brothers do not need to do everything
In the US, I can see the men and women can work together, not only women work in the kitchen.
In Korea, the younkers should to pay the bills; elders do not need to pay that.
In the US, people think that they just need to pay their own money for everything.
In Korea, parents decided the marriage
In the US, people can talk and decide the marriage.
In Korea, I just needed to study hard and then I can get the high scores.
In the US, I need to translate Korean into English, then make a whole sentence, and finally speak.

Vocab

Melancholy: noun

a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression

Imposing: adjective

Very impressive because of great size, stately appearance, dignity, elegance, etc.:

Stroll verb

To walk leisurely as inclination directs; ramble; saunter; take a walk

Transformed: verb

To change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose

Neglected: verb

To pay no attention or too little attention to;disregard or slight

Mixer: noun

A person, with reference to sociability

Invigorate: verb 

To give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize

Oddball noun

 A person or thing that is atypical, bizarre, eccentric, or nonconforming, especially one having beliefs that are unusual but harmless.

Pretentious adjective

Making an exaggerated outward show; ostentatious

 

Fulfill verb 

To carry out, or bring to realization, as a prophecy orpromise

Ramble verb

To take a course with many turns or windings, as astream or path

rankly adverb

 Manner; freely; candidly; openly; plainly

Horrify verb  

To distress greatly; shock or dismay

 

Demerit noun

A mark against a person for misconduct or deficiency

 

Humility noun

 

The quality or condition of being humble; modest opinion or estimate of one's own importance, ranked.

Harmony noun

A consistent, orderly, or pleasing arrangement of parts; congruity

Embassador noun

Farmhouse noun,

a house on a farm, especially the one used by the farmer and farmer's family

acre: noun

a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K.,1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile

Fist come to America.

Same with Sookan, I have a really long flight to get to America. It took me 25 hour, the funny thing is I have to transport in Korea her country fist and then get to the America. On the air plane I really worry that,  how can I live with out my parent? how is the food there? is there any Vietnamese or only me and my brother is Vietnamese?. I also have a some question like Sookan, how can I make a new friend? Would they understand me? How can I keep up with them? Would they like my? Would I like them. I think all people who going to America to study will have the same worry, but I'm more lucky than Sookan because I have my mom and dad come with me for the frist week. When I come to the airport like Sookan I have to go to newyork city first, the airport was a lot huger than what I think people here is really different is have a lot of differnent multiethnic and a lot of people come to Americe. Only line up for entry is take me other hour.

3,4 question

1. Teachers’ advices are music and studio courses, but why did she finally choose world literature, religions and some hard courses? Just because of tuition? 
2. Why did she didn’t say anything when she met Marci, silent to walk together to go to dining hall. 
3. Does she think baby sitting for Bennetts on Saturday easy or hard?
4. When they ate sandwich in a narrow path, they are silence, do you think this silence are as same as last silence, what did Sookan feel that Marci waited for her and did not go to dining hall?
5. Why they talked about their best time? And they talked about their best friends, do you think Sookan thought Marci is her good friend?

Chapter 3,4 question

1. Teachers’ advices are music and studio courses, but why did she finally choose world literature, religions and some hard courses? Just because of tuition? 
2. Why did she didn’t say anything when she met Marci, silent to walk together to go to dining hall. 
3. Do she think baby sitting for Bennetts on Saturday easy or hard?
4. When they ate sandwich in a narrow path, they are silence, do you think this silence are as same as last silence, what did Sookan feel that Marci waited for her and did not go to dining hall?
5. Why they talked about their best time? And they talked about their best friends, do you think Sookan thought Marci is her good friend?