ATIVIDADE PRÁTICA DA LÍNGUA INGLESA I


Read the text and answer the question:

 

Plastics

 

Plastics are of two main types: hard and soft. Plastics of first type (hard) aren’t easy to melt and therefore, are useful for radios different kinds of electrical articles. This type of plastic is often breakable. Plastics of the second type (soft) aren’t breakable and we can bend them. They are useful for pipes and children’s cups but these are easy to melt.

                          (English for Specific Purpose – 1ª edição)

 

De acordo com o texto, os plásticos:


moles, se derretem facilmente.


são fáceis de derreter.


são frágeis.


duros, são bons para canos.


não são fáceis de derreter.

Para responder a questão, leia o texto novamente.

                                                       Thanksgiving

In 1620, one of the first British settlements in America was established in Massachusetts. These settlers, known as Pilgrims, had come to America to freely practice their religion. They arrived in November, when it was too late to plant crops. Although many people died, the Pilgrim settlement survived the winter because of help from Indians who lived nearby. The Indians taught the Pilgrims about corn and showed them where to fish. The next November, after the crops were harvested, the Pilgrims gave thanks to God at a feast to which they invited the Indians.

Every year, Americans celebrate Thanksgiving. Families and friends get together for a big feast. The meal usually includes roast turkey with stuffing and gravy, a sweet sauce made from cranberries, sweet potatoes, and pumpkin pie. What a meal! It’s not surprising that a recent Thanksgiving tradition is to sit after dinner in front of the TV watching a professional football game.

         (From: FALK, R. Spotlights on the USA, New York, Oxford University Press)

According to the text, the Pilgrims:


reached America at the right time to grow crops.


watched TV after having dinner.


and the Indians took part in a feast that was prepared after the Pilgrims had harvested their crops.


and their religion were of great importance to the Indians since they had no God.


didn’t learn how to plant corn with the Indians.

O Dia de Ação de Graças, conhecido em inglês como Thanksgiving Day, é um feriado celebrado, sobretudo nos Estados Unidos, no Canadá e nas ilhas do Caribe, observado como um dia de gratidão a Deus, com orações e festas, pelos bons acontecimentos ocorridos durante o ano. É, geralmente, um dia quando as pessoas usam seu tempo livre para estar com a família, fazendo grandes reuniões e jantares familiares.

 

                                           Thanksgiving

In 1620, one of the first British settlements in America was established in Massachusetts. These settlers, known as Pilgrims, had come to America to freely practice their religion. They arrived in November, when it was too late to plant crops. Although many people died, the Pilgrim settlement survived the winter because of help from Indians who lived nearby. The Indians taught the Pilgrims about corn and showed them where to fish. The next November, after the crops were harvested, the Pilgrims gave thanks to God at a feast to which they invited the Indians.

Every year, Americans celebrate Thanksgiving. Families and friends get together for a big feast. The meal usually includes roast turkey with stuffing and gravy, a sweet sauce made from cranberries, sweet potatoes, and pumpkin pie. What a meal! It’s not surprising that a recent Thanksgiving tradition is to sit after dinner in front of the TV watching a professional football game.

         (From: FALK, R. Spotlights on the USA, New York, Oxford University Press)

Considere as afirmativas abaixo.

I- All the Pilgrims died because of cold weather when they came to America.

II- Americans have turkey and other special dishes on Thanksgiving.

III- Massachusetts was one of the places where the Pilgrims first established themselves.

IV- British and American people love watching games on TV after celebrating Thanksgiving.

V- The Indians that the Pilgrims met in America were friendly and helpful.

De acordo com o texto, estão corretas as afirmativas:


I, III e IV.


I, II, III e V.


II, III e V.


II e III.


IV e V.

Read the paragraph below.

I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” (Groucho Marx)

Based on the quotation, we may infer that the author finds television educating because:


it runs many advertisements of books and other cultural products.


it makes him want to read a book in order to escape from TV shows.


there are more programs with instructional content than silly ones.


some of its programs encourage viewers to develop reading habits.


it teaches people how to read books as a solitary activity.

A tradução é uma das atividades de maior desempenho no ensino de Língua Inglesa. Segundo Leffa (1988), é a atividade com mais tempo de uso no ensino de línguas estrangeiras. A tradução é mais que um processo de transposição de palavras. Permite uma variedade de usos como: aperfeiçoamento da língua estrangeira, no caso a língua inglesa, melhora na leitura e auxilia na aquisição de vocabulários.

Choose the right alternative.

The sentence “He actually pretended that his parents were sympathetic” in Portuguese becomes:


Ele, na verdade, fingia que seus parentes eram simpáticos.


Ele, atualmente, pretendia que seus parentes fossem simpáticos.


Ele, atualmente, fingia que seus pais eram simpáticos.


Ele, atualmente, pretendia que seus pais fossem simpáticos.


Ele, na verdade, fingia que seus pais eram compreensivos.

The text below is about car race. Read it to answer the question.

                                        Faster than sound

Once a year a race is held for old cars. A lot of car entered for this race last year and there was a great deal of excitement just before it began. One of the most handsome cars was a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost. The most unusual car was a Benz, which had only three wheels. Built in 1885 it was the oldest car taking part. After a great many loud explosions, the race began. Many of the cars broke down on the course and some drivers spent more time under their cars than in them! Nevertheless, a few cars completed the race. The winning car reached a speed of 40 miles an hour – much faster than any of its rivals. It sped downhill at the end of the race and its driver had a lot of trouble trying to stop it. The race gave everyone a great deal of pleasure.

                                (Inglês – Textos, Wilson Liberato, FTD)

De acordo com o texto:


o carro vencedor não conseguiu subir uma colina após o término da prova.


o carro mais antigo inscrito na corrida tinha apenas três rodas.


vários carros explodiram durante o percurso da prova.


o carro vencedor  não conseguiu atingir a velocidade de 40 milhas horárias.


o carro mais veloz da acorrida foi um Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost.

Leia o diálogo abaixo.

Karol: How long does it take you to bring the dessert?

Kent: I’m sorry! I forgot your order.

Karol: Never mind! Just bring me the bill.

 

Este diálogo se passa, presumivelmente, em um/uma:


viagem pelo deserto.


quartel.


restaurante.


farmácia.


metrô.

A Torre de Babel é uma torre mencionada no Livro do Gênesis da Bíblia, supostamente construída por descendentes de Noé após o dilúvio, que queriam fazer da torre tão alta para alcançar os Deuses.

Read the paragraph to answer the question.

A group of people started to build the “Tower of Babel” in Babylonia in an attempt to reach heaven. The allegorical story tells us that the builders could not complete their work, because they began to speak new and different languages.

According to the text, the “Tower of Babel”:


was so high that it reached heaven.


was a place where people of different nations met.


was made for attempt to different languages.


had many names.


was never finished.

Podemos definir o meio ambiente como o espaço em que alguma mudança natural pode acontecer na vida. E sabemos que, a preservação do meio ambiente, depende muito da sensibilização dos indivíduos de uma sociedade.

Leia o texto, a seguir, e responda à questão proposta.

Environment is the whole complex of climatic, edaphic, and biotic conditions. It has influence on an organism or an ecological community and ultimately determines its form and survival.

Ecology studies the biosphere. It encompasses the studies of the ecosystem where all plants (flora), animals (fauna) and people live together in a natural area (habitat). It also deals with the interrelationship among species.

                (Adapted from Webster’s Third New International Dictionary)

 

De acordo com o texto, o meio ambiente:


estuda o relevo, o clima, o solo e as condições biológicas.


 é o conjunto de fatores climáticos, biológicos e geográficos.


é influenciado pela ecologia.


abrange complexos climáticos que determinam formas de sobrevivência ecológica.


determina a influência dos organismos e suas condições de vida na ecologia.

De acordo com o que já foi estudado, a compreensão de um texto envolve o ato de perceber um problema, uma dedução a respeito de um fato, uma história, um provérbio, uma situação, etc. Muitas vezes, o leitor precisa ser capaz de detectar pequenas sutilezas de linguagem, como a comicidade, por exemplo, para entender uma mensagem.

A seguir, temos três textos em situações engraçadas. Leia-os com atenção, para responder à questão.

 

                                                 Jokes

 

Text 1

A very large lady finished her dinner in a restaurant and asked for dessert.

- “I’d like a banana split with three scoops of ice cream, hot chocolate sauce, walnuts and whipped cream.”

- “Very good, Madame”, said the waiter. “Would you like a cherry on top?”

- “Heavens, no! I’m on a diet!”.

 

Text 2

Teacher: Jerry, give me the formula for water.

Jerry: H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O.

Teacher: What kind of a crazy answer is that?

Jerry: You told us water was H to O.

 

Text 3

A boy was carrying a box and he met his friend. “Guess how many chickens I have in this box, and I’ll give you both of them”, he said.

                                                                     (English Teaching Forum, page 49)

 

As palavras-chaves que dão o toque de humor em cada um dos trechos apresentados são, respectivamente:


diet – to – both


cherry – formula – guess


heavens – crazy – how many


no - water – them


top – crazy – chickens

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