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Dette opgavesæt indeholder to delprøver med opgaver og tilhørende tekster.
Følgende prøver skal besvares:
  • Delprøve 1: alle fire opgaver
  • Delprøve 2: opgave A eller B

Opgave A:
Opgaven består af udformning af essay.

Opgave B:
Opgaven består af analyse af fiktion.

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Delprøve 1



I delprøve 1 skal du besvare alle fire opgaver 1.1-1.4.

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Delprøve 1.1



Nedenstående sætninger er fra novellen ”Jesse” af Joy Boothe og fra artiklen“U.S. manufacturing is back – but can Americans do the job?”

Angiv de understregede verballeds (udsagnsleds) tider og angiv, om der er tale om simpel eller udvidet tid, og hvorvidt der er tale om aktiv (handleform) eller passiv (lideform). Brug relevant grammatisk/faglig terminologi.

  1. His jawbone flew at me and hung in the screen by my head.

  2. In the past three years, 500,000 new manufacturing jobs have been created, and the deficit in manufacturing trade is finally starting to decline after years of sharp increases.

  3. Jesse had been working on the glue press.

  4. The gap between wages in China and the United States will never likely be entirely closed – currently American workers earn 7.4 times more than their Chinese counterparts – but other factors also come into play.

  5. He is taking care of white folks’ yards in Jacksonville.

  6. We have wasted years of words in hateful arguments going nowhere.

  7. Education and skills training is widely considered the key element to addressing the worker shortage.

  8. I know we will never talk about it again.




Delprøve 1.2



Nedenstående sætninger er fra artiklerne ”Will manufacturing jobs return to the U.S.?” og “U.S. manufacturing is back — but can Americans do the job?” samt fra novellen ”Jesse” af Joy Boothe.

Tag stilling til, om de understregede ord er adjektiver (tillægsord) eller adverbier (biord), og forklar, hvilket ord de lægger sig til. Brug relevant grammatisk/faglig terminologi.

  1. Some U.S. manufacturers now have access to less expensive energy, while high world oil prices have made it more expensive to ship goods from low-cost plants in China and other countries in Asia.

  2. Even in an economy with an unemployment rate above 7 per cent, the Wall Street Journal has reported that manufacturers are encountering difficulties finding qualified workers to operate and repair sophisticated computerized machinery.

  3. While the return of manufacturing to the U.S. is welcome news for American workers, the factory floor is taking on an entirely new look.

  4. Changes in wages, productivity, supply-chain issues, energy costs, currency values and other aspects of manufacturing have significantly undermined emerging economies' competitive advantage.

  5. My sister gets mad when I make her take the not-so-handsome old trail boss, Mr. Favor, for hers.

  6. After years spent with only a few letters and phone calls between us, we have arrived at an unspoken truce.

  7. We know well enough where the other stands and we know for sure the places we will forever stand alone.

  8. She turns away.




Delprøve 1.3



Hver af nedenstående sætninger indeholder en grammatisk fejl, som er understreget. Ret fejlen, og forklar din rettelse. Brug relevant grammatisk/faglig terminologi.

  1. The surface of the components was incredible smooth.

  2. Baxter does not mind to repeat the same work all day.

  3. Chinas’ competitive power is decreasing.

  4. At the beginning of July, travelled she to Turkey.

  5. Many Americans did not thought that companies would be stepping up production in the United States.

  6. Wages for the average employee is typically negotiated by a union representative.

  7. General Electric, that has moved its production back to the U.S., sets a good example for other U.S. businesses.

  8. The politician was thankful for that he had been given the opportunity to meet the delegates.




Delprøve 1.4



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Delprøve 2



I delprøve 2 skal du vælge enten opgave A eller opgave B.




Made in America



Write an essay in which you account for reasons for the current 'insourcing' of jobs to America and discuss what the U.S. Government and American manufacturers can do to keep jobs in the country.

You may use additional sources in English, for example from the Internet. Do not forget to document your sources.

Write the essay in English and give it an appropriate heading.

Word count: 800-1200 words

Use the following sources:





Jesse



Write an analytical essay in which you analyse and interpret the short story "Jesse" by Joy Boothe. Part of your essay must focus on setting, theme(s) and message.

You may use additional sources in English, for example from the Internet. Do not forget to document your sources.

Write the analytical essay in English.

Word count: 800-1200 words

Use the following source:




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Skabelon til (delprøve 1)

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Essay (pdf)

Analytisk essay (fiktion) (pdf)




Kilder




Chrysler. “OFFICIAL Chrysler and Bob Dylan Super Bowl Commercial 2014 - America's Import”. February 2, 2014, viewed November, 2014.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlSn8Isv-3M

The White House. “Obama Shows Off ’Insourced’ U.S. Products In Weekly Address”. January 14, 2012, viewed November, 2014.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2FLizcXQQI

ABC News. “’This Week’: Made in America”. March 30, 2014, viewed November, 2014.
http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/video/week-made-america-23119021

CBS News. “Bringing manufacturing jobs back to the US via the robot”. August 21, 2014, viewed November, 2014.
http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/bringing-manufacturing-back-to-the-us-via-the-robot

CBS News. “Will manufacturing jobs return to the U.S.?”. August 21, 2014, viewed November, 2014.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/will-manufacturing-jobs-return-to-the-us/

THE GLOBE AND MAIL. “U.S. manufacturing is back — but can Americans do the job?“. September 11, 2013, viewed November, 2014.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/economy-lab/us-manufacturing-is-back-but-can-americans-do-the-job/article14230183/

Joy Boothe. “Jesse”
http://www.storyofamerica.org/jesse
Viewed January, 2015.