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You all have heard and read "Word of the Day" or "Question of the Day". This initiative is a bit different. This one is "Passage of the Day". And you must be wondering - "what does that even mean?"
Every day I will take up a passage from say Wall Street Journal or New York Times or some other trusted publication and I will demonstrate how I do one or more of the following:
• how I understand the meaning or
• how I infer meaning of a certain word or
• how I determine linkages between different parts of that passage.
My hope is that as you read through one such "passage" every day, you will develop and sharpen the core skill of "comprehension" that will help you in all sections of verbal.
That's my hope - rest the time will tell the results!
One more thing before I wrap this up - the "passage" may contain just one sentence or two sentences or more than 2 sentences or maybe even a typical passage.
So let's get going for today's "Passage of the Day".
Here is a sentence from yesterday's issue of Wall Street Journal.
The author first presents a fact -
• Students from foreign countries are applying to U.S colleges for the coming year. In fact the applications are either stable or have even risen.
Then he presents some outcome from this fact, as is evident by the use of verb-ing modifier - alleviating.
Now here comes the part that some of you may be unsure about.
Are you little unclear about what the word "alleviate" means? If yes, then don’t worry. You do not need to know the meaning of this word in order to understand the meaning of this sentence. You can infer its meaning from the sentence itself.
Let's see how:
If you focus on the meaning of each part of the sentence, you will not face problems even if you do not know the exact meaning of a certain word - in this case alleviate.
And now just because we can check the meaning of this word, let's do a quick check: alleviate means "reduce, ease, relieve" as in "use ice to alleviate the swelling".
So that's it for today. I will see you tomorrow with the Passage for the day for Feb 4.
Regards,
Payal
What does "Passage of the Day" entail?
Every day I will take up a passage from say Wall Street Journal or New York Times or some other trusted publication and I will demonstrate how I do one or more of the following:
• how I understand the meaning or
• how I infer meaning of a certain word or
• how I determine linkages between different parts of that passage.
How will it benefit you?
My hope is that as you read through one such "passage" every day, you will develop and sharpen the core skill of "comprehension" that will help you in all sections of verbal.
That's my hope - rest the time will tell the results!
One more thing before I wrap this up - the "passage" may contain just one sentence or two sentences or more than 2 sentences or maybe even a typical passage.
Passage of the day - Feb 3
So let's get going for today's "Passage of the Day".
Here is a sentence from yesterday's issue of Wall Street Journal.
Quote:
Let's understand the meaning of this sentence.
The author first presents a fact -
• Students from foreign countries are applying to U.S colleges for the coming year. In fact the applications are either stable or have even risen.
Then he presents some outcome from this fact, as is evident by the use of verb-ing modifier - alleviating.
Now here comes the part that some of you may be unsure about.
Are you little unclear about what the word "alleviate" means? If yes, then don’t worry. You do not need to know the meaning of this word in order to understand the meaning of this sentence. You can infer its meaning from the sentence itself.
Let's see how:
Quote:
So notice how even if we did not know the meaning of the word "alleviate", we were able to infer its meaning from the context of the sentence.
Takeaway
If you focus on the meaning of each part of the sentence, you will not face problems even if you do not know the exact meaning of a certain word - in this case alleviate.
And now just because we can check the meaning of this word, let's do a quick check: alleviate means "reduce, ease, relieve" as in "use ice to alleviate the swelling".
So that's it for today. I will see you tomorrow with the Passage for the day for Feb 4.
Regards,
Payal
04 Feb 2017, 11:36
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I am back!
Here comes the Passage for Feb 4.
This is a passage that contains of a single sentence from the same article from which I pulled out our passage for Feb 3. Source: wsj
1. Read this sentence just one time - i.e. when you are reading it, make sure that you are comprehending it as well.
2. Then answer the questions that I ask below - do not re-read the sentence to understand the meaning of the sentence. You can definitely refer to it to find the answer.
3. Then reply back to this post indicating how many questions you were able to answer confidently.
Here are the questions:
1. What does the number 18373 signify?
a. The current number of freshman applications from overseas for New York University.
b. The number by which the freshman applications from overseas for New York University has increased this year.
2. What deposits are being talked about?
a. Deposits made by international students who have been admitted to all universities in US.
b. Deposits made by international students who have been admitted to New York University.
c. Deposits made by all students of New York University.
3. Who is urging admitted students to begin filling visa paperwork immediately?
a. Current students
b. Admission officials at New York University
c. Freshman applicants
d. International students
4. Who are being urged to begin filling visa paperwork immediately?
a. All freshman applicants
b. All admitted students
c. All current students
d. Admission officials
5. What is the reason behind immediately filling visa paperwork?
a. Greater number of freshman applications this year
b. Uncertainty regarding the complexity of approval process this year
I look forward to your reply indicating the number of questions that you were able to answer confidently. The answer key is present here.
Now one thing I do want you to understand - even though this sentence is long, it is very easy to understand - why? Because of the topic of this sentence. This is a sentence that you all can relate to. It pertains to you; it pertains to the current affairs that are very much in open discussion today!
But remember what we are doing here - we are working towards comprehending a given passage in a single read. So when we read we should apply all our reading strategies. Tomorrow, I will find a similar long sentence but not from a subject that is not as "relatable" as this one! So consider this one as a warm-up practice for tomorrow.
Here comes the Passage for Feb 4.
This is a passage that contains of a single sentence from the same article from which I pulled out our passage for Feb 3. Source: wsj
Here is what I want you to do:
1. Read this sentence just one time - i.e. when you are reading it, make sure that you are comprehending it as well.
2. Then answer the questions that I ask below - do not re-read the sentence to understand the meaning of the sentence. You can definitely refer to it to find the answer.
3. Then reply back to this post indicating how many questions you were able to answer confidently.
Quote:
Here are the questions:
1. What does the number 18373 signify?
a. The current number of freshman applications from overseas for New York University.
b. The number by which the freshman applications from overseas for New York University has increased this year.
2. What deposits are being talked about?
a. Deposits made by international students who have been admitted to all universities in US.
b. Deposits made by international students who have been admitted to New York University.
c. Deposits made by all students of New York University.
3. Who is urging admitted students to begin filling visa paperwork immediately?
a. Current students
b. Admission officials at New York University
c. Freshman applicants
d. International students
4. Who are being urged to begin filling visa paperwork immediately?
a. All freshman applicants
b. All admitted students
c. All current students
d. Admission officials
5. What is the reason behind immediately filling visa paperwork?
a. Greater number of freshman applications this year
b. Uncertainty regarding the complexity of approval process this year
I look forward to your reply indicating the number of questions that you were able to answer confidently. The answer key is present here.
1a:2b:3b:4b:5b
Passage for Tomorrow!
Now one thing I do want you to understand - even though this sentence is long, it is very easy to understand - why? Because of the topic of this sentence. This is a sentence that you all can relate to. It pertains to you; it pertains to the current affairs that are very much in open discussion today!
But remember what we are doing here - we are working towards comprehending a given passage in a single read. So when we read we should apply all our reading strategies. Tomorrow, I will find a similar long sentence but not from a subject that is not as "relatable" as this one! So consider this one as a warm-up practice for tomorrow.
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05 Feb 2017, 06:24
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Hi EGmat Team,
Superb initiative.
I got only first Q incorrect. Let me know detailed approach so that I can compare my strategy with yours.
Wr, Arpit
