ATIVIDADE PRÁTICA DA LÍNGUA INGLESA II


Para responder à questão, leia novamente o texto sobre Einstein.

                                              Are they crazy or am I?

Albert Einstein was one of the greatest scientists and thinkers in history. However, he was not considered very bright when he was a child. His teachers complained that he had no sense of discipline and that he was a bad influence on the other students.

When he was fifteen, he was thrown out of school, but a few years later, he was allowed to study mathematics and physics at a special technical university in Zurich. But even at the university, he was hardly “a good student”. He rarely attended classes, and he was often in trouble with his professors because he constantly argued with them.

When he graduated from the university, he couldn’t get a job – partly because none of his professors would recommend him for one. Finally, he found one in the Swiss Patent Office in Berne. One of his duties was writing descriptions of new inventions. This helped him learn how to write clearly and simply.

In 1905, when he was only twenty-six, he published an article in a scientific journal. The article dealt with a theory, which he called the Theory of Relativity. He became very famous for this theory, which concerns time and gravity and how things change when they travel at very high speeds.

All his life, he lived very simply and was totally uninterested in money, power, or fame. He could never understand why so many people admired him and wanted to meet him. He knew that most of them had never read anything he had written and that they didn’t understand his ideas. “Are they crazy or am I?” he asked.

    From American Dimensions Intermediate Robert O’Neill – Longman (Adapted)

 

According to the text, what is surprising about Einstein’s childhood?




  • People didn’t think he was intelligent.

  • The other students weren’t good company.

  • His teachers couldn’t keep the discipline.

  • He argued with his classmates.

  • He didn’t go to school regularly.