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Q &A
Look at the groups of sentences below and answer the questions.
1. The CRO vision for Cần Thơ sustainability and resilience is ambitious.
2. The CRO vision for Cần Thơ reports on the sustainability the and resilience needed in the Mekong Delta.
3. The CRO vision for the city of Cần Thơ sustainability and resilience is ambitious.
a. What is definite and specific in sentence 1? ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ b. What is definite and specific in sentence 2? ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ c. What is definite and specific in sentence 3? ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________
d. Compare sentence 1 and 2. What is the difference between “sustainability” and “resilience” in the two sentences? What is specific in sentence 2?
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e. What is the difference between Cần Thơ and “the city of Cần Thơ”? ______________________________________________________
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4. High school curriculum can teach sustainability and resilience.
5. The Bending Bamboo Curriculum teaches sustainability and resilience.
6. The Bending Bamboo Curriculum teaches the sustainability and resilience needed in the Mekong Delta.
f. What is definite and specific in sentence 4? ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ g. What is definite and specific in sentence 5? ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ h. What is definite and specific in sentence 6? ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________
Discuss this in class: Go back and read Cần Thơ Resiliency Office (CRO) Vision and Goals. Do you see many definite articles? Circle the word “the” in the five paragraphs. How many did you find? Is this report more specific or more general? Why?
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