Reader ex. 5.2))
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A)
• a driver’s license
• an insurance policy
• mortgage payment on a home
5.4)
Past Simple Passive | Past Perfect Passive | Past Perfect Active |
Every citizen was exposed ...; They were listed if ...; Their names were stored in computers if they were covered by a medical plan ... | if they had been married or divorced | The giant computers had spent their lives sucking up information ...; ... if they had paid taxes or drawn unemployment insurance...; had made mortgage payment; if they had been in a hospital, or in the military service; had applied for a passport |
5.5)
Equivalence | Contrast | Consequence | Explanation | Guessed meaning | |
The console board | he would sit before ... and play the machine | flat surface containing the controls for a computer | |||
Sucking up | storing it, analyzing it, remembering | getting | |||
Spewing out | whispering their secrets to him | sucking up, storing it | causing to come out | ||
Delusion | a myth | ||||
Exposed | his deepest secrets laid bare | uncovered, unprotected | |||
Rapport | They did not laugh at Max; they respected his intelligence, admired him, loved him. | understanding |
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