E n g L i s h jenni Currie Santamaria

Better Reading English
C.
Reading strategy
Quickly read the paragraph looking for two names. Then answer the questions. 
1.
Which two people does he name?
2.
Who are they?
II. READ
Read the text. Mark the words you don’t know, but don’t stop reading to look 
them up.
I have been infatuated with t
he game since my pop irst put a club in my hands 
when I was a toddler. I was an only child, and the club and ball became my 
playmates. That feeling of solitude and self-reliance enhanced the game’s 
attraction for me and endures today. I suspect that is true of most people who 
have succumbed to the lure of the game. I recall from conversations with two of 
the greatest golfers of our time—Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus—that the 
game had a similar appeal for them. Golf affords you supreme independence. 
The cliché about the game being you against the golf course is only partly true. 
Ultimately, it is you against yourself. It always comes down to how well you 
know yourself, your ability to execute under pressure that is mostly self-created. 
Ultimately, you must have the heart and head to play a shot and the courage to 
accept the consequences.
Source: 
How I Play Golf
, by Tiger Woods, New York: Warner Books, 2001, p. 2
III. COMPREHENSION CHECK
Mark the sentences T (True) or F (False).
____ 1.
Tiger started playing golf when he was very young.
____ 2.
He had brothers and sisters.
____ 3.
He believes that golf encourages players to be very independent.
IV. VOCABULARY BUILDING
A.
Understanding from context
Read the words and definitions. Find the word in the passage and choose the 
definition that fits best. (Both are possible definitions of the word.)
_____ 1.
solitude
a.
a lonely place
b.
the state of being alone

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_____ 2.
appeal*
a.
the quality of being attractive
b.
a legal request
_____ 3.
lure*
a.
a type of bait used in ishing
b.
a very attractive quality
_____ 4.
endure
a.
continue
b.
suffer
_____ 5.
enhance
a.
improve
b.
make stronger
_____ 6.
afford
a.
give an opportunity for
b.
have enough money for
_____ 7.
execute
a.
perform an action
b.
kill someone
*The meaning of these two words is very similar, but they are used differently. 
Lure
is stronger, it cannot be used with quantiiers like “a lot” and “much,” and 
we almost always use it in the phrase “the lure of the ___” (
the lure of the city, 
the lure of easy money
).
Appeal
is not as strong as 
lure
and it can be used with quantiiers. We can 
use it like 
lure
(
the appeal of the city
), but it can also be used in other ways, 
especially after the verb 
have
(
That style has a lot of appeal for me
).
B.
Use the new words
Complete each sentence with one of the words from Exercise A.
1.
When I travel, reading about local history really __________________ my 
appreciation of the places I visit.
2.
No one is home today, and I’m enjoying my _____________________.
3.
The house was very well built and has __________________ for many years.
4.
My new job __________________ the opportunity to use the skills I’ve 
learned.
5.
Everyone loves that restaurant, but it doesn’t have much 
__________________ for me.
6.
It’s always amazing to watch an Olympic skater __________________ a 
perfect jump.
7.
He didn’t really want the job, but he couldn’t resist the