tailieunhanh - Reading comprehension success part 8

Tham khảo tài liệu 'reading comprehension success part 8', ngoại ngữ, kỹ năng đọc tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | START FROM THE BEGINNING CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER Now put the events in chronological order. 1. 2. 3. 4. Write your paragraph putting the events in chronological order with transitional phrases below or on a separate piece of paper. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Now take these chronologically ordered events and make them into a cohesive paragraph. To do this you need to add transitional words and phrases. Here is a list of transitional words and phrases often used in chronologically organized passages first soon second after third before next during now while then meanwhile when in the meantime as soon as at last immediately eventually suddenly finally Answers There are of course many possible ways of using transitional words and phrases to put this story in chronological order. One paragraph might look like this The Berkshire Park Community Center was damaged in a fire six months ago. Soon after a committee of eight community members came up with the idea of an International Dinner to raise funds to repair the damages. The plan was to serve foods that represent the various cultures in the neighborhood. In addition the committee organized a silent auction to take place during the dinner. Before the event tickets were sold for 50 each. During the dinner the committee chairperson talked to a local newspaper reported and stated that the goal was to raise 10 000. Three-hundred and fifty people attended the event which raised 15 000. When the attendees left the event they felt very good about their community. After the event a letter was sent to community members thanking them for everything while outlining a schedule for renovation. 57 START FROM THE BEGINNING CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER Practice Passage 4 Chronological order is very important especially when it comes to procedures. If you perform the steps out of chronological order you won t get the results you desire. Just imagine for example that you are trying to bake a cake. What happens when you do things out of order You go without .