Story 3:   The Land I Lost: Adventures of a Boy in Vietnam 

 

Syllables                 Words                      Spanish   

 

pas-sion               passion                  pasion, sentimiento

my-thol-o-gy        mythology             mitologia

ham-let                 hamlet                  caserio, villa pequena

cul-ti-vate             cultivate               cultivar, criar

ka-ra-te                 karate                   karate

 

Story 2:   In Two Worlds: A Yup'ik Eskimo Story

 

in-tri-cate               intricate                complejo, intrincado

se-clud-ed             secluded               segregado, solitario

pre-car-i-ous         precarious             precario, inseguro

re-source              resource                recurso, medio, habilidad

tra-di-tion-al         traditional             tradicional

 

 

Story 3:  The West Side

scowled                scowled                aspecto amenazador

jab-ber-ing            jabbering              charlar, parlotear

man-ag-er             manager               director, gerente

em-bar-rassed       embarrassed         turbado, avergonzado

im-pressed            impressed              impresion, señal

 

 

Story 4:  Love as strong as Ginger

 

di-a-lect                dialect                   dialecto, jerga

mal-let                  mallet                    mazo, palo de croquet

dump-ling             dumpling               masa hervida

sing-song             singsong                sonsonete

gin-ger                  ginger                    jengibre

 

Story 5:  The Night Journey

 

sam-o-var             samovar              recipiente para ruso de te

tan-trum               tantrum                 berrinche, rabieta

im-per-i-al            imperial                 imperial, supremo

reg-i-ment             regiment                regimiento

e-clipse                 eclipse                  eclipse

 

 

Story 6:  Parmele

col-lards                      collards                        col rizada

com-mence                  commence                    comenzar, empezar

patch-work quilt          patchwork quilt           obra de fragmentos o retazos

share-crop-per             sharecropper                aparcero

hov-er-ing                    hovering                       flotar, revolotear