{"id":6310,"date":"2017-07-29T08:37:33","date_gmt":"2017-07-29T14:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/?p=6310"},"modified":"2020-12-06T21:06:08","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T03:06:08","slug":"cuernavaca-sinkhole-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/cuernavaca-sinkhole-english\/","title":{"rendered":"cuernavaca sinkhole"},"content":{"rendered":"

earlier this month, a fatal traffic accident near the central mexican city of cuernavaca<\/strong> and the brazen<\/em><\/strong> (without shame<\/a>, in-your-face) negligence that caused it became an international news story. the associated press\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0ran this headline over by mark stevenson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Mexican highway sinkhole<\/em> that killed 2 exposes<\/em> corruption<\/h2>\n

means reveal, show<\/em>. do NOT use expose<\/em> when u are talking about giving a presentation [exponer<\/em> in spanish]. if u say, “i exposed myself at the meeting” it sounds like\u00a0indecent exposure<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0—intentionally dispalying private parts<\/em>, which is a crime in most communities.<\/p>\n

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indecent exposure<\/u><\/i><\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/h5>\n

this is the cuernavaca sinkhole<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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ap photo\/tony rivera<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

stevenson reports<\/p>\n

a car carrying a father and son plunged<\/em> into a giant sinkhole<\/em> that opened on a highway in central mexico<\/h4>\n
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plunge<\/strong><\/em> means descend rapidly<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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not exactly “festooned with banners”, but the sign is thanking president pe\u00f1a nieto for the new highway<\/em><\/h5>\n

embarrassingly, president enrique pe\u00f1a nieto<\/strong>‘s administration was still celebrating the road as a success at the time of the tragedy.<\/p>\n

the highway connecting mexico city and the pacific coast resort of acapulco had only recently been redone<\/em> and was still festooned<\/em> with inaugural banners proclaiming “thank u, mr. president!” for the project.<\/h4>\n

had only recently been redone<\/strong><\/em> and was still festooned<\/strong><\/em> are past perfect passive voice<\/strong> and past passive voice<\/strong> respectively. \u00a0redo<\/strong><\/em> is rennovate<\/em>.\u00a0 festoon<\/em><\/strong> is decorate<\/em>. because of passive voice, who festooned<\/em> or redid<\/em> is not menitoned, but it can be implied that it was the government in both cases.<\/p>\n

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a d\u00eda de los muertos ofrenda\u00a0<\/em>festooned<\/u><\/i><\/em>\u00a0with marigolds and skulls<\/em><\/h5>\n

the administration was not eager<\/strong><\/em> (excited) to take responsibility for the failure.<\/p>\n

in the aftermath<\/em> of the disaster, the head of the transportation department, gerardo ruiz esparza, said he had never been told<\/em> of the warnings and defended the work done on the highway. he blamed<\/em> unusually heavy rains for the sinkhole.<\/h4>\n

aftermath <\/strong><\/em>refers to\u00a0the situataion after a negative event<\/em>. had been told<\/strong><\/em> is another example of past perfect passive voice<\/strong>. blame<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>means assign responsibility<\/em>. in other words, the mexican secretary of transportation is following milli vanilli’s advice from 1989.<\/p>\n