Uitwerkingen hoofdstuk 6 - Pearson Education

Oefening 12
1. However: For reasons doctors still don't understand, younger women are much more
likely to have thyroid disorders (schildklierproblemen) than men. However, as men
get older, they are more prone to thyroid problems.
(bron: http://www.newsweek.com/id/148401)
2. Therefore: It is evident that obesity (vetzucht) stems from a combination of lack of
nutritional education in families and communities, lack of physical exercise, the
media, and government inactivity. The solution is therefore anything but simple.”
(bron: http://student.bmj.com/issues/06/01/life/38.php)
3. In other words: It's deeply troubling that in 2007 just 8.5 percent of students used
their college's counseling services. In other words, students were more likely to
consider killing themselves than to seek help.
(bron: http://www.newsweek.com/id/154361, aangepast)
4. For example: “There is one way in which a girl will never be equal to a boy, and that
is the way her body processes alcohol. For example, if two people, of opposite
genders, but equal weight, drink the same amount and type of alcohol, the woman
will get drunker and stay that way longer.
(bron: http://www.newsweek.com/id/151303, aangepast)
5. However: ‘If body fat increases, the insulin in the body just isn't strong enough to
work against the fat, and the person gets diabetes.’ That explanation, however,
doesn't work for everyone, because it fails to account for the 20 percent of type 2
diabetes patients who aren't overweight.
(bron: http://www.newsweek.com/id/155357, aangepast)
Oefening 13
a)
1. Woordvolgorde: Over the past few months house prices have dropped considerably.
2. Meervoud na a (large) number of én volgorde tijd- en plaatsbepaling (eerst plaats,
dan tijd): A large number of people watch television every night.
3. Volgorde tijd- plaatsbepaling: Maria has lived in Paris for three years.
4. Plaats bijwoord in de zin én spelling spend (spend-spent-spent, dus tegenwoordige
tijd/hele werkwoord met een d, verleden tijd met een t): It is probably very expensive
to spend three nights in a hotel in New York.
5. Meervoud na 55% of the students: Around 55% of the students in Dutch universities
are female.
6. Interpunctie: de zin die vooraf gaat aan de dubbele punt moet grammaticaal compleet
zijn. Mogelijke oplossingen: This means that people should sell their houses before
house prices drop. OF People should act as follows: sell their houses before house
prices drop.
7. Verschil beperkende/uitbreidende bijzinnen. Hier gaat het om een beperkende bijzin:
de dokter die een fout heeft gemaakt, die wordt aangeklaagd. De bijzin geeft hier
geen extra informatie over de dokter, maar het identificeert hem. Ook is malpractice
verkeerd gespeld (moet zijn: practice i.p.v. practise): The doctor who made an
enormous mistake during surgery was sued for malpractice.
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