Engelsk B

Torsdag den 2. december 2021
kl. 09.00-14.00

Vejledning til opgavesættet

Du skal besvare følgende opgaver:
Assignment 1-6 I assignment 6 skal du vælge enten assignment 6A, 6B eller 6C
Tekster til opgave 6:
6A – Fiction:	“Getting Somewhere”, a short story by Susan Isaacs, 2018.
6B – Non-fiction:	The texts focus on living wild Text 1: “The Wild Route: Leaving Work and Home for a Forest Life”, a news story by Sky Dylan-Robbins, NBC Left Field website, 2018. Text 2: “Wild at heart: how one woman and her husband live out in the woods”, an article by Stefanie Marsh, The Guardian website, 2017.
6C – Fiction:	“The English Teacher”, a short film by Blake Ridder, Vimeo website, 2020.

Vejledning og skabelon til at løse opgaven
Den samlede eksaminationstid for opgave 1-6 er 5 timer. Besvarelsen bedømmes som en helhed ud fra de faglige mål for niveauet. Der lægges vægt på beherskelsen af det engelske sprog, forståelse af forlægget og færdighed i skriftlig fremstilling på engelsk.

Det anbefales, at du skriver din besvarelse i skabelonen, som ligger under Template i menuen til venstre. Besvarelsen afleveres i ét dokument med opgaverne i rækkefølgen 1-6.

Henvisninger til tekst, video- og lydklip

Hvis du citerer, skal du angive kilde.
Alt anvendt materiale skal være engelsksproget og angives med kildehenvisninger. Til forklaring af grammatiske opgaver kan materialerne være på dansk.
Du kan henvise til dele af video- og lydklip, f.eks. ved at angive afspillerens minut- og sekundtal for henholdsvis starten og slutningen af klippet.

Generel skabelon for henvisninger

Henvisninger
Du henviser til tekster ved enten 1) at angive linjenummeret eller minuttalsangivelsen i en fodnote eller ved 2) at sætte linjenummeret eller minuttalsangivelsen i parentes inde i din tekst:

Ved én linje: l. 34

Ved flere linjer: ll. 35-37

Ved minuttalsangivelse: 01:23-02:12

I fodnoter angives:

Opslag i bog
“Hvad er et ‘utælleligt ord’?”. Helle Brieghel og Dorthe Chalotte Hansen. Engelsk Grundgrammatik. Questions and Answers. Systime 2010. p. 47.

Opslag i elektronisk opslagsværk
“Utællelige substantiver”. Thomas Boesen og Sarah Barding. Engram. Minlaering 2019. (www.minlaering.dk)

Artikel fra bog eller antologi
“Post-Modernism”. Gitte Vest Barkholt and Jørgen Døssing Jepsen. A Short History of Literature in English. A Handbook. Systime 2010. pp. 79-93.

Tekster i opgavesættet

Teksternes ortografi og tegnsætning følger forlæggene. Trykfejl er dog rettet.
Opsætningen følger ikke nødvendigvis forlæggene. Dog følges forlægget nøje, hvor opsætningen på den ene eller anden måde indgår i opgaven.

Assignment 1

Find alle verberne (udsagnsordene) i præteritum (datid) i nedenstående tekst, og omskriv dem til præsens (nutid). Skriv hele teksten som dit svar, og markér verberne (udsagnsordene) tydeligt som i eksemplet.

Eksempel:

It was getting late,...

It is getting late,…

It was getting late, very late, and I was getting nowhere. In complete darkness, with the threat of rain moving rapidly in from the west, I peered along the road, hoping that at any moment a suitable pair of headlights would come into view. Two minutes passed. Nothing. There were very few cars on the road this evening, […]. The occasional vehicles that did go by all seemed to be making local journeys only. They rumbled past in a steady way, their drivers glancing casually at the lone figure standing by the roadside, and then disappeared into the gloom. […]
If I didn’t get a ride very soon, I was going to be stuck here for the night. Moreover, it was about to start raining. A gust of wind tore through a clump of nearby trees and rushed across the fields, pursuing a flurry of late autumn leaves. Then, when it faded away, I heard another sound, a faint moan in the distance, as of some great beast labouring under an enormous burden. My ears pricked up, and a moment later a bloom of artificial light appeared between the converging hedgerows. A lorry was coming. […] I stuck out my thumb. A whistle of air brakes told me he was stopping, so I grabbed my bag and watched as the lorry veered into the lay-by and came to a juddering halt.

Magnus Mills, “They Drive by Night”, 2003

Assignment 2

Lyt til podcasten, og skriv eksempler på følgende ordklasser i nedenstående lydklip.

4 adjektiver (tillægsord)

4 adverbier (biord)

4 præpositioner (forholdsord)

4 substantiver (navneord)

4 verber (udsagnsord)

In the interview from NPR website, the American writer Richard Powers is being interviewed about one of his novels.

Assignment 3

Læs nedenstående tekst. Du skal besvare både a. og b.

a. Find eksempler på 4 forskellige personlige pronominer (stedord) og 4 forskellige possessive pronominer (ejestedord).

b. Write a short text (20-40 words) in which you use at least four of your examples. You must underline the examples you use in your text.

Everyone loves a good success story. It’s the American dream, working your way up from nothing, armed only with your wits and a strong work ethic.
     And for those who make it, it feels great to think you got there all on your own. I should know: I’m a millionaire, the first in my family, one of those tech entrepreneurs who built a software business and sold it for a fortune.
     I didn’t inherit my wealth. I created it.
     But look a little deeper, and it turns out that version of my success story is a lie. Yes, my family background is rather humble. Both of my parents were teachers. I grew up in hand-me-down clothes from our neighbors.
     But, before I was born, my parents got help from their parents to buy a house in a safe neighborhood with good schools. When my grandmother passed, she left each of her grandkids some money, not a fortune, but enough that I made it through college without school debt.
     My wife’s nana was a school teacher as well. She and her husband saved their humble income and bought land decades ago. And when I started my business, she believed in me enough to sell her land and invest the money in my start-up.
     So, we can blow up the myth that I’m a self-made success. Sure, I had something to do with it, but I also had some serious help.

Jason Ford, “A self-made success? Let’s kill that myth”, 2017

Assignment 4

The sentences below, which are from two different texts, have been jumbled.

Connect the sentences so that they form two meaningful texts.

a)	of the world’s centre of computer innovation
b)	“What does this mean?” was the question. They know that
c)	coined circa 1994 to describe the special effects
d)	I have been reading Granta for some five years.
e)	and videogame-propelled gold rush
f)	It was with shock that I received your latest volume,
g)	The word “Silliwood” is a combination of Silicon Valley and Hollywood,
h)	“fuck” is not a word to be used, so they not
i)	in Northern California and the world’s centre of glamour in Southern California.
j)	opened by my eight- and ten-year-old sons.
k)	which brought together the disparate cultures
l)	unnaturally wondered what it was doing on the front cover of a book.

Assignment 5

Write a short, polite application (50-70 words) to work as a volunteer for the organisation Feeding America. You must include the following words. You are not allowed to change the forms of the words. You must underline the words in your text.

seriously – always – hope – wish – successfully – challenges − contribute

Feeding America is proud to cultivate a dynamic and diverse work environment, one that plays a critical role in our ambitious work to end hunger in America. We recruit and retain insightful employees who have backgrounds and skills from across the professional spectrum, and who join our organization because they want to make a real difference in the lives of Americans in need.

Working for Feeding America’s national office or for one of our 200 local food banks allows you to have a life-changing impact on people who need it the most.

We’re continuously looking for volunteers to join our organization, so please don’t hesitate to send your application.

Assignment 6

Answer assignment 6A or assignment 6B or assignment 6C.
Answer all the questions in the assignment that you choose.
Write separate answers to each question.
The total length of your paper must be 700-1000 words.

Assignment 6A – Fiction

Write a summary of “Getting Somewhere” in about 150 words.

Write a short analytical essay (at least 300 words) about “Getting Somewhere”. You must focus on the main character Karen.

Include the following analytical terms in your essay:
setting, narrator, contrasts, main theme

Your essay must include references to the text.

Taking your starting point in the short story, discuss why people help strangers.

Use at least two phrases from the box below in your discussion.

for a start, despite, though, on the one hand, still, in contrast, for instance, consequently

Material
Susan Isaacs, “Getting Somewhere”, a short story, 2018.

Assignment 6B – Non-fiction

The texts in this assignment focus on living wild

Write a summary of Text 1 “The Wild Route: Leaving Work and Home for a Forest Life” in about 150 words.

Write a short analytical essay (at least 300 words) about Text 2 “Wild at heart: how one woman and her husband live out in the woods”. You must focus on the arguments for living wild.

Include the following analytical terms in your essay:
topic, modes of appeal, receivers, intention

Your essay must include references to the text.

Taking your starting point in one of the texts, discuss why people want to live in the wild.

Use at least two phrases from the box below in your discussion.

for a start, despite, though, on the one hand, still, in contrast, for instance, consequently

Materials
Text 1: Sky Dylan-Robbins, “The Wild Route: Leaving Work and Home for a Forest Life”, a news story from NBC Left Field website, 2018.

Video: “The Wild Route: Leaving Work and Home for a Forest Life”

Transcript: “The Wild Route: Leaving Work and Home for a Forest Life”

Text 2: Stefanie Marsh, “Wild at heart: how one woman and her husband live out in the woods”, an article from The Guardian website, 2017.

Assignment 6C – Fiction

Write a summary of “The English Teacher” in about 150 words.

Write a short analytical essay (at least 300 words) about “The English Teacher”. You must focus on the relationship between Robert and Jin.

Include the following analytical terms in your essay:
main character, framing, the ending, main theme

Your essay must include references to the text.

Taking your starting point in the short film, discuss how to deal with feelings of guilt.

Use at least two phrases from the box below in your discussion.

for a start, despite, though, on the one hand, still, in contrast, for instance, consequently

Material
Blake Ridder, “The English Teacher”, a short film, 2020.

LYD

Sources

Anvendt materiale (til brug for Copydan):

Magnus Mills. “They Drive by Night”. Once in a blue moon. Tadworth: Acorn Book Company, 2003.

Lynn Neary. “Novelist Richard Powers Finds New Stories Deep In Old Growth Forests”. NPR website, April 19, 2018, viewed February 2021. (www.npr.org)

PBS News Hour. “Jason Ford: ‘A self-made success? Let’s kill that myth’”. PBS website, April 28, 2017, viewed February 2021. (www.pbs.org)

“A Letter to the Editor”. Granta # 38, Winter, 1991.

Steven Daly et al (eds.). alt.culture. an a-z guide to 90s america. London: Guardian Book, 1995.

Diversity Jobs. “Feeding America. Working Together to End Hunger”. Diversity Jobs website, 2020, viewed February 2021. (www.diversityjobs.com)

Susan Isaacs. “Getting Somewhere”. Jonathan Santlofer (ed.). It Occurs to Me That I Am America. New York: Touchstone, 2018.

Sky Dylan-Robbins. “The Wild Route: Leaving Work and Home for a Forest Life”. NBC Left Field website, January 3, 2018, viewed February 2021. (www.nbc.com)

Stefanie Marsh. “Wild at heart: how one woman and her husband live out in the woods”. The Guardian website, November 5, 2017, viewed February 2021. (www.theguardian.com)

Blake Ridder. “The English Teacher”. Vimeo website, 2020, viewed February 2021. (www.vimeo.com)

Image credit: Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune. Photo of Richard Powers. In: Christopher Borrelli. “For Richard Powers of Evanston, author of the Pulitzer-winning ‘Overstory,’ trees are people too”. Chicago Tribune website, October 8, 2019, viewed February 2021. (https://www.chicagotribune.com)

Image credit: Photos in: Stefanie Marsh. “Wild at heart: how one woman and her husband live out in the woods”. The Guardian website, November 5, 2017, viewed February 2021. (www.theguardian.com)

	a.	Find eksempler på 4 forskellige personlige pronominer (stedord) og 4 forskellige possessive pronominer (ejestedord).
	b.	Write a short text (20-40 words) in which you use at least four of your examples. You must underline the examples you use in your text.