Learning Task 1: Before reading the text, match each underlined word in Column
A to its corresponding definition in Column B. Use the given sentences as your hints
to find the correct meanings of the words. Write your answers on your poper.
Column B
A. Likely to cause discgecment
B. Love for one's country
C. To say unfair comments
D. Very strange or unusual
E. Blatantly and disdainfully
proud
Column A
1. Theater critics denigrate her acting
ability
2. The houghty waiter smirked when I
talked to him.
3. My friend plans to go to some
outlandish place to look for buried
treasures
Her patriotism was so heartfelt that
she quither job to serve the
community.
5. Gun control is likely to be a
contentious subject in any group
discussion.​