terça-feira, dezembro 09, 2014
Marcos Roberto Serra Mendes
A) This is a short biography of Albert Einstein. Read the text and fill in with the appropriate words from the boxes.
Albert Einstein __________________ two public passions. One was his ________________: he was a dedicated scientist. The other was __________________, to which he was commited all his life. Both passions ______________________ journeys of discovery. When the two paths ____________________, one of the great modern problems was exposed: how _____________________ scientists are for the consequences of their discoveries.
Albert Einstein was born in Germany on March 14,1879. (...) He ______________________
how to play the violin when still young, and he ________________________ an excellent _________________. (...) He learned to sail too, which he loved. He __________________ by the age of 12 what he wanted to spend his __________________ studying: nothing less than the _________________ of the universe.
English for all. Vol. 1. Aun, Eliana. Moraes, Maria Clara Prete de. Sansanovicz, Neuza Bilia. 1. ed. - São Paulo: Saraiva, 2010. p 64.
(...) At 15 he ______________ seriously the ______________________ of an unfriendly tutor and _________________ school. Somehow he got together the qualifications he _________________ to get into the renowned Polytechnic in the Swiss city of Zurich, where, at last, he studied _________________________ (...).
Albert Einstein brought a new ____________________ to the relationships between light, space, time, matter and __________________. (...) It was Einstein who proved, through his 'thought experiments'*, that _____________ really exist. His work _________________ to make quantum physics possible. (...) It was for this work, not for his more famous __________________ of relativity, that he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921. (...)
http://ww.ppu.org.uk/learn/infodocs/people/pp-einstein.html (Accessed 23 September 2009)
B) Reread the text in activity A and underline the correct answer for each question.
1. When did Albert Einstein leave school?
a. A t the age of 12.
b. At the age of 15.
a. A t the age of 12.
b. At the age of 15.
2. Where did he study physics?
a. He studied at Polytechnic in Zurich.
b. He didn't study physics.
3. What passions did he have?
a. Physics and geography.
b. Peace and work.
4. Did he play any musical instruments?
a. Yes, he played the violin.
b. No, he didn't.
a. Yes, he played the violin.
b. No, he didn't.
5. What did he want to study at the age of 12?
a. He wanted to study the behavior of the universe.
b. He wanted to study music.
___________________
a. He wanted to study the behavior of the universe.
b. He wanted to study music.
___________________
*Experimentos mentais - são experimentos utilizados para se compreender aspectos não experimentáveis do Universo.
English for all. Vol. 1. Aun, Eliana. Moraes, Maria Clara Prete de. Sansanovicz, Neuza Bilia. 1. ed. - São Paulo: Saraiva, 2010. p 65.
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