Ejer Iutepal1
Transcript of Ejer Iutepal1
Profesora: Lic. Karla Gómez
Estudiante: _______________
Sección: __________
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ÍNDICE
Lineamientos generales……………………………………………………………………………………………..………. 3
Unidad I:
Categorías gramaticales………………………………………………………………………………….…………… 4
Uso del diccionario…………………………………………………………………………………………….…………. 5
Unidad II:
Tiempos simples…………………………………………………………………………………………………….………. 8
Verbos modales……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 10
Unidad III:
Tiempos compuestos……………………………………………………………………………………………….……. 11
Condicionales…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……. 13
Unidad IV:
Relaciones anafóricas…………………………………………………………………………………………..……… 14
Unidad V:
Técnicas de lectura………………………………………………………………………………………………….…… 15
Bibliografía…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………... 20
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Lineamientos generales
Según el Reglamento Interno de Evaluación del Rendimiento del Estudiante del Instituto Universitario de
Tecnología “Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo”:
Artículo 14: “En ningún caso el peso porcentual de una actividad de evaluación debe ser mayor del
20% de la calificación definitiva”.
Artículo 20: “Es obligación del estudiante asistir a todas las actividades establecidas en el Plan de
Evaluación de cada Asignatura. Las inasistencias acumuladas del 25% del total de horas de clase
previstas para una asignatura durante un período académico semestral implican que la materia
resulte reprobada”.
Parágrafo uno: “En caso de inasistencia por una causa debidamente justificada y comprobada, el
estudiante deberá consignar la respectiva constancia ante el docente de la asignatura en un plazo
no mayor de tres (3) días hábiles después de su incorporación a clase (…)”.
Parágrafo tres: “El estudiante tendrá derecho a solicitar sólo una (1) actividad de evaluación de
inasistencia por asignatura durante el período académico semestral”.
Artículo 42: “El estudiante cursante de cualquier asignatura que una vez transcurrido el 75% del
período académico haya acumulado una calificación cuantitativa de siete (7) puntos (categoría
Deficiente -35-39%) tiene el derecho de solicitar una Actividad de Evaluación Recuperativa (…)”.
Parágrafo único: “El peso porcentual de esta actividad no debe exceder el 10% (…)”.
Otros aspectos importantes:
El estudiante debe firmar el Registro de Calificaciones en señal de conocimiento de los resultados
de cada corte.
El estudiante debe cumplir con el material asignado para las clases, entiéndase su respectivo
diccionario bilingüe y su guía de ejercicios.
La nota mínima aprobatoria es de 10 puntos (Suficiente), lo que es igual a 50% acumulado en un
mismo período académico para cada asignatura.
Ante cualquier duda, por favor diríjase a la docente personalmente o a su correo electrónico:
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Unidad I
Categorías gramaticales
A.- Identifica los sustantivos presentes:
1.- My new English book is very colorful.
2.- Susan and Peter went to the park with Mary and her kids.
B.- Identifica los verbos presentes:
1.- Everybody left when the bell rang.
2.- I have nothing to say since everything was said and explained.
C.- En las siguientes oraciones, identifica cuál es la categoría gramatical de las palabras subrayadas.
1.- She studies her lessons carefully.
2.- I live in Caracas.
3.- He goes to class in the mornings.
4.- She studied her lessons yesterday.
5.- He spoke English fluently at the conference this morning.
D.- Completa con el pronombre indefinido que corresponda o con some/any
1.- She doesn’t have _______________ pets
2.- Have you got _______________ good grades?
3.- _______________ in this class is studying English.
4.- Right now, _______________, isn’t studying Chemistry.
E.- Escribe el plural de las siguientes palabras o indica si no tiene.
1.- Do: _______________ 2.- Goose: _______________ 3.- Cattle: _______________
4.- Monkey: _______________ 5.- Roof: _______________ 6.- Scarf: _______________
F.- Completa con el adjetivo correcto.
1.- They aren’t as ____________________ (good) you.
2.- My teacher is ____________________ (great) than yours.
3.- This is ____________________ (bad) film I have ever seen.
4.- English is ____________________ (difficult) than Spanish,
G.- Completa con Much o Many.
1.- How _______________ people is here today?
2.- Wow! You have so _______________ money.
3.- I need so _______________ baking soda for this cake.
4.- She has _______________ relatives.
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Uso del diccionario
Abreviaturas básicas:
SUSTANTIVO: s, n, s.c, s.i
ADJETIVO: a, adj
VERBO: v, va, vo, vr, vn, vt, t, tr, vtr, vi, i, intr, vintr
ADVERBIO: adv
PRONOMBRE: pron
PREPOSICIÓN: prep
ARTÍCULO: art
CONJUNCIÓN: conj
INTERJECCIÓN: inter, excl.
FEMENINO: f
MASCULINO: m
SINGULAR: sing
PLURAL: pl
INGLÉS AMERICANO: AM, EU, $, US
INGLÉS BRITÁNICO: UK, GB, BRIT, £
PASADO O PRETÉRITO: pt
PASADO PARTICIPIO O POSTPRETÉRITO: pp
Otras como por ejemplo: ANAT, VZLA, DER, etc.
Simbología básica:
SÍMBOLOS FONÉTICOS: Λ, ě, æ, ð, ŋ, θ, etc
PRONUNCIACIÓN: (), [], //, {} sólo si contienen símbolos fonéticos
CANTIDAD DE CATEGORÍAS GRAMATICALES: 1,2… 9 ó I, II, … IX e inclusive , …
CANTIDAD DE SIGNIFICADOS DENTRO DE UNA MISMA CATEGORÍA GRAMATICAL: 1, 2, …
PLECA (sustituye al término anglosajón): - , ~ o la primera letra del término en minúscula seguida de punto.
Ejemplo “Airplane” a. “Tree” t. y así sucesivamente.
SEPARADORES (separan categorías gramaticales): ¶, ||, •, //, etc.
INTRODUCTORES (sólo si los sigue una palabra o frase en negritas): ¶, ||, •, //, etc.
El diccionario ofrece una gran variedad de información acerca de las palabras que contiene. Observe el siguiente
ejemplo:
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Pronunciación categorías gramaticales (n= sustantivo, v= verbo)
run [rΛn] n (sport) carrera; (THEAT) temporada; (SKI) pista || v (pt ran pp run) vt (business) dirigir; (hotel)
administrar • vi (gen) correr; (work, machine) funcionar • to go for a ~ ir a correr; to ~ errands hacer diligencias
• run away vi huir; run in vt (BRIT car) rodar; run out of vt quedarse sin.
Por otro lado, algunos de los diccionarios bilingües contienen los indicadores regionales, que son palabras o
expresiones cuyo uso se limita a determinadas regiones del mundo hispano-hablante o anglo-hablante.
Ej.
Ejercicios:
A.- Identifique los elementos presentes:
Well (wel) 1 s pozo • 2 adv bien • 3 adj to be w. estar bien (de salud); excl. w.! ¡vaya!; conj (adición) as w. además,
también; as w. as además de; w. done bien hecho; get w. soon que te mejores pronto; they are doing w. now
ahora les va bien; w., as I was saying bueno, como decía • vi brotar.
B.- Traduzca las oraciones seleccionando el significado correcto de cada una de las palabras subrayadas de acuerdo
a su función gramatical en cada oración.
1.- The old well is in the garden: ______________________________________________________________
2.- I don’t feel well today: __________________________________________________________________
3.- Blood welled from the cut: _______________________________________________________________
bus / bΛs / n (plural buses or busses) (Transp.) (local) autobús m, bus m, camion m
(AmC, Mex), colectivo m .(Arg, Ven) ómnibus m (Per, Ur) micro (Chi), guagua f (Cu).
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C.- Observe la siguiente entrada y determine los elementos que contiene y que describen a la palabra en cuestión:
D.- Con ayuda de su diccionario identifique la categoría gramatical de todas y cada una de las palabras en las
siguientes oraciones.
1.- Her new Chevrolet with all of its accessories pleased Valerie.
2.- Erick noticed their boat was drifting toward the falls.
3.- The basketball season began last April.
4.- The president seemed unusually nervous.
5.- Susan often felt awkward or uncomfortable yet never showed it.
pin [ pin ] n 1 (a) (for cloth, paper) alfiler m; it was so quiet you could have heard a ~
drop había tanto silencio que se podía oír el vuelo de una mosca (b) (brooch, badge) (Am)
insignia f (c) (on grenade) anilla f (d) (clothes) (Am) pinza, (Ur) palillo m (Chi) perrito m
(Col, Ven) gancho m (de la ropa) (e) (Med) clavo m. vt 2 (a) (fasten, attach) <dress / seam>
prender con alfileres (b) they ~ned him against the wall lo inmovilizaron contra la pared.
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Unidad II
Tiempos simples
Sujeto
Tiempo
Auxiliar
Interrogativa Fórmula
? Afirmativa
Fórmula
+ Negativa
Fórmula
- I
You
We
They
She
He
It
Presente
Simple
Am Are Is Is Peter a
Doctor? Aux+S+V+C?
Peter is a
doctor
S+V+C
Peter isn’t
a doctor
S+AuxN+
V+C
Do Do Does
Does he
work? Aux+S+C?
I study
English
I don’t
study
English
S+AuxN+
V+C
Pasado
simple
Was Were Was Were you in
Florida?
Aux(pt)+S+
C?
I was in
Florida
S+V(pt)+C
I wasn’t in
Florida S+didn’t+
V+C
Did
Did you live in
Florida? Did+S+V+C?
I lived in
Florida
I didn’t
live in
Florida
S+Aux(pt)
N+V+C
Futuro
simple Will
Will you send
a fax? Will+S+V+C?
I will send
a fax S+Aux+V+C
I won’t
send a fax
S+won´t+
V+C
Futuro
simple
Going to
Am Are Is
Is she going
to buy a new
house?
Aux+S+going
to+V+C?
You are
going to
Caracas
S+Aux+
going to+
V+C
They
aren’t
going to
move out
S+AuxN+
going
to+V+C
S: sujeto V: verbo N: negación Aux: auxiliar C: complemento
Ejercicios:
A.- Identifique el tiempo verbal de las siguientes oraciones y subraye el verbo principal:
1.- David was in a meeting yesterday.
2.- Helen’s children don’t like eating soup.
3.- Is she going to have class tomorrow night?
4.- Sue traveled to Sweden last year.
5.- Banks will hire more people.
6.- Your boyfriend doesn’t do homework.
7.- They aren´t going to Cancun next summer.
8.- We didn’t go out last weekend.
9.- Rose usually watches a new movie every Friday.
10.- Mr. Weiss bought an Ipad.
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B.- Completa las oraciones con “will o going to”.
1. A: Why are you holding a piece of paper?
B: I (write)____________________ a letter to my friends back home in Texas.
2. A: I'm about to fall asleep. I need to wake up!
B: I (get)___________________ you a cup of coffee. That will wake you up.
3. A: I can't hear the television!
B: I (turn)_______________________it up so you can hear it.
4. We are so excited about our trip next month to France. We (visit)_____________________ Paris, Nice and
Grenoble.
5. Sarah (come)________________________ to the party. Oliver (be) _____________________ there as well.
C.- Conjuga las siguientes oraciones en los tiempos verbales simples restantes conservando su estructura.
1.- Will you play Xbox with me?
2.- They are not going to travel this year.
3.- I drove my dad’s car yesterday night.
4.- She walks her dog every day.
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Verbos modales
Auxiliar
(Verbo Modal) Significado
Fórmula
?
Fórmula
+
Formula
- Ejemplos
Can/Can’t Poder
Aux+S+V+C
+? S+Aux+V+C
S+AuxN+V
+C
I can’t touch my toes.
Could you come
yesterday?
May I help you?
He might visit us.
I will go there.
Shall we go now?
I would buy it.
You should go to the
doctor.
You must wash your
hands.
Could/Couldn’t
Pude/podía
Podría/Podría haber
sido/pudo haber sido
May/May not Puede, pueda que, tal
vez
Might
Might not Podría (n), quizás
Will/Won’t
Indica futuridad y se
utiliza en expresiones
de cortesía
Won’t: no querer
Shall/Shalln’t Sugerencias
Would
Wouldn’t
Sin traducción, le
añade el sufijo “ía” a
los verbos.
Should
Shouldn’t Debe / debería
Must/Mustn’t Debe / tiene que
Ejercicios:
A.- Subraya el verbo modal y traduce la oración.
1.- I would pass the English test.
______________________________________________________________________________________
2.- Children should drink natural fruit juices instead of soft drinks.
______________________________________________________________________________________
3.- He won’t help us.
______________________________________________________________________________________
B.- Completa con el verbo modal que corresponda.
1.- Sami __________ lift that heavy table. He is too weak!
2.- You __________ behave well in front of guests. Stop being silly!
3.-Muneera __________ come to the party, but nobody is sure.
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4.- He __________ be friendly but most of the times he isn’t.
Unidad III
Tiempos compuestos
Sujeto
Tiempo
Auxiliar
Interrogativa Fórmula
? Afirmativa
Fórmula
+ Negativa
Fórmula
- I
You
We
They
She
He
It
Progresivos
Presente
progresivo Am Are Is
Are you
studying?
Aux+S+V
(ing)+C?
I am
studying
S+Aux+V
(ing)+C
I am not
studying
S+AuxN+
V(ing)+C
Pasado
progresivo Was Were Was
Were they
reading?
Aux(pt)+S+
V(ing)+C?
They were
reading S+Aux(pt)
+V (ing)+C
They
weren’t
reading
S+AuxNeg
(pt)+V
(ing)+C
Futuro
progresivo Will+be
Will you be
cooking?
Will+S+be+
V(ing)+C?
We will be
cooking
S+will
be+V(ing)
+C
We won’t
be
cooking
S+won’t
be+V(ing)
+C
Perfectos
Presente
perfecto Have Have Has
Have you
finished
reading?
Aux+S+
V(pp)+C?
She has
finished
reading
S+Aux+V
(pp)+C
She hasn’t
finished
reading
S+AuxN+
V (pp)+C
Pasado
perfecto Had
Had you
worked?
Had+S+
V(pp)+C?
He had
worked
S+had+V
(pp)+C
He hadn’t
worked
S+hadn´t
+V (pp)+C
Futuro
perfecto Will+have
Will he have
studied?
Will+S+
have+V(pp)
+C?
She will
have
studied
S+will
have+V
(pp)+C
We won’t
have
studied
S+won’t
have+V
(pp)+C
Perfectos progresivos
Presente
perfecto
progresivo
Have
+
been
Have
+
been
Has
+
been
Has she been
eating
candies?
Aux+S+
been+
V(ing)+
C
We have
been
eating
candies
S+Aux+
been+
V (ing)+C
We
haven’t
been
eating
S+Aux+
N+been+
V (ing)+C
Pasado
perfecto
progresivo
Had+been Had you been
working?
Had+S+
been+
V(ing)+
C
We had
been
working
S+had
been+
V(ing)+C
They
hadn’t
been
working
S+hadn´t
been+
V(ing)+C
Futuro
perfecto
progresivo
Will+have+been
Will he have
been
travelling?
Will+S+
Have
been+
V(ing)+
C
You will
have been
travelling
S+will
have
been+
V (ing)+C
He won’t
have
been
working
S+won´t
have
been+
V (ing)+C
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Ejercicios:
A.- Identifica el tiempo verbal y subraya el verbo principal, además encierra en un círculo el auxiliar
correspondiente.
1.- We will be attending a meeting tomorrow.
2.- It has been difficult to find a cure for cancer.
3.- Scientists are trying to make a vaccine for cancer.
4.- She had already finished reading when the class began.
5.- Will you have been practicing your English skills?
6.- He isn’t working right now
7.- They had not paid for that
8.- Have you gone to the beach these days?
9.- Marie hasn´t been watching TV
10.- We were listening to music when you arrived
B.- Conjuga las siguientes oraciones en los tiempos verbales compuestos conservando su estructura.
1.- He studies English at the university.
2.- The dog smelled a steak last night.
3.- Eminem didn’t sing here.
4.- Will you walk the dog today?
5.- Does she speak a lot?
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Condicionales
Ejercicios:
A.- Selecciona la respuesta correcta para cada caso.
1. If the bus______________, I’ll get to work late again.
a) is late b) will be late c) was late
2. Anna will have to learn Portuguese if she __________________ to Brazil.
a) goes b) went c) will go
3. If you don’t leave now, you _______________ the train.
a) won’t catch b) don’t catch c) wouldn’t catch
4. Mandy ________________ her flat if she doesn’t find another job.
a) lost b) loses c) will lose
5. If Maggie and Bill ________________, they would know what to do.
a) are b) were c) would be
6. I __________________ the police if I heard a strange noise in the night.
a) can call b) will call c) would call
7. Richard would have more money if he _______________ so much.
a) didn’t travel b) travels c) traveled
8. If Sarah’s parents lived near, she _______________ them at weekends.
a) will see b) may see c) could see
B.- Completa el condicional con la forma correcta del verbo entre paréntesis.
1.- If you go to Spain, where ____________________ (you stay) ?
2.- I'll get lost if you ____________________ (not go) with me.
3.- We'll have to go to the shop if we ____________________ (run out) of sugar here.
4.- If you ____________________ (wear) this wig, nobody would have recognized you.
5.- I wouldn't have brought jumper if I ____________________ (know) that it was not cold.
6.- What ____________________ (you do) if you heard the alarm.
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Unidad IV
Relaciones Anafóricas
Se emplean para evitar la repetición del mismo sustantivo en un texto. Pertenecen a este tipo de palabras todos los
pronombres, además de los adjetivos posesivos y los adverbios de lugar “there” (allá), “overthere” (por allá), “here”
(aquí) y “overhere” (por aquí)
EJERCICIO: Señala los elementos referenciales y sus respectivos referentes en los siguientes textos.
TEXTO 1:
1A man walked into a corner store in Colorado Springs with a gun and demanded all the cash from the cash
2register. After the cashier had put the cash in a bag, the robber saw a bottle of scotch that he wanted behind
3the counter on the shelf. He told the cashier to put it in the bag along with the cash. The cashier refused,
4saying that the man wasn’t over twenty-one.
5The robber insisted that he was in fact older than twenty-one, but the cashier stood his ground and refused to
6give it to him unless he showed some official ID stating his age. The robber took his driver’s license out of his
7wallet and gave it to the cashier. After a couple of minutes the clerk agreed that the man was in fact over
8twenty-one and put the bottle of scotch in the bag.
9As the robber ran from the store, the cashier immediately called the police and gave the name and address he
10had seen on the license. The police arrested the robber two hours later while he was sitting in his living room
11enjoying a glass of scotch.
TEXTO 2:
1A man who was in serious financial trouble after having been fired because of inadequate reading and writing
2skills, decided that robbing a bank would be the solution to all his problems. He chose as his target the Bank of
3America in downtown San Francisco. He walked into the branch only to realize he had not written his stickup
4note. He decided to go through with it anyway and got a deposit slip from the bank and wrote his note:
5“This iz a stickup. Put your muny in this bag”
6While standing in line to give his note to the teller, he began to worry that someone had seen him write the note
7and might call the police. He decided to leave the Bank of America and try another bank. He crossed the street
8to the Wells Fargo Bank. After waiting a few minutes in line, he handed his note to the Wells Fargo teller.
9The teller read the note and, judging from the spelling errors, realized that the would-be robber was not very
10bright. She told him that she could not accept his stickup note since it had been written on a Bank of America
12deposit slip. She explained that she could only accept the note if it were written on a Wells Fargo slip and that
13he would either have to fill out of their slips or go back to the Bank of America.
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19Looking somewhat confused but taking the teller’s word for it, the man decided to leave the bank. The Wells
20Fargo teller then called the police who arrested the man a few minutes later while he was waiting in line back
21at the Bank of America.
TEXTO 3:
1Who will believe my verse in time to come,
2If it were filled with your most high deserts?
3Though yet, heaven knows, it is but as a tomb
4Which hides your life and shows not half your parts.
5If I could write the beauty of your eyes
6And in fresh numbers number all your graces,
7The age to come would say “this poet lies;
8Such heavenly touches never touched earthly faces”
9So should my papers, yellowed with their age,
10Be scorned, like old men of less truth than tongue,
11And your true right be termed a poet’s rage
12And stretched metre of an antique song:
13But were some child of yours alive that time,
14You should live twice, in it and in my rhyme.
-William Shakespeare-
Sonetos
-XVII-
Unidad V
Técnicas de lectura
Ejercicios:
A.- Aplica la técnica del skimming en el texto siguiente. Lee en 30 segundos como máximo.
“Everyday ailments”
For every common health problem, there’s a product you can’t live without. At least, that’s what the advertisers
want you to believe. For teenagers with acne or other skin problems, there’s a miracle cream. A new shampoo will
take care of the dandruff in your hair, and good old-fashioned aspirin will take care of your headache or sore
throat. Are you suffering from insommia? There’s a pill to help you fall asleep. Did you eat the wrong kind of food,
and now you have indigestion? There’s a pill to end the burning feeling in your stomach. And if food won’t stay in
your stomach at all, take some medicine to take care of the nausea. Or maybe you ate too fast, and now you have
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the hiccups? Well, you won’t find anything at the pharmacy for hiccups, but you can bet there’s a company working
on a new product right now.
¿De qué se trata el texto?
B.- Aplica la técnica del skimming en el texto siguiente para luego responder ciertas preguntas al respecto. Lee en
90 segundos como máximo.
Understanding and overcoming motion sickness
By Judith Weaver
Kate will never forget that two-hour cruise on a small boat off the coast of Depoe Bay, Oregon. With about 25
other tourists, she was excited about sailing on the Pacific Ocean, but within half an hour, she felt dizzy, nauseous,
and weak. Kate spent the next 90 minutes lying down in misery, counting the time until she could get back on solid
ground. Motion sickness ruined the cruise and she has never ventured out on the ocean again.
Motion sickness comes in many forms, not just seasickness. Ninety percent of the human race is susceptible to
motion sickness of one kind or another. Some people become sick when they sit in the backseat of a car; others
cannot read or look at a map in any kind of moving vehicle. People get motion sickness on airplanes, motorcycles,
amusement park rides and even on camels!
Scientists have learned that motion sickness occurs when the brain is trying to make sense or a situation and there
are too many conflicting messages. While the eyes are sending one message the ears are trying to send a message
about balance. The skin and bone joints, sensitive to air pressure, send still another message.
Many people who have experienced violent motion sickness try to avoid travel. But that is not always possible. So
travelers should employ some well-known strategies to avoid getting sick. The most useful strategy concerns food:
eat a light meal before traveling and bring along a packet of plain soda crackers to snack on regularly. Avoid
alcoholic and carbonated beverages, high-fat foods, and spices. Care in choosing the location of your seat is
another important strategy. In a car, sit in the front seat. On a plane, sit near the wings. On a boat, sit at the
front and keep your eyes fixed on the horizon.
People who still get sick after trying these strategies can try medical help. Some rely on over-the-counter
medications, although some of them can make you sleepy. Others use simple ginger capsules to settle their
stomach. A large number of travelers use pressure bands on their wrists. It is not clear how these bands work, but
they do prevent motion sickness.
1.- ¿De dónde crees que ha sido tomado este texto?
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2.- ¿El texto es ficción o realidad?
3.- ¿Cuáles son algunas de las formas en que las personas pueden marearse?
4.- ¿Qué partes del cuerpo intervienen en el mareo?
5.- ¿Hay alguna esperanza para aquellos que sufren de mareos?
E.- Observa la siguiente imagen y aplica predicting.
F.- Lee el siguiente texto en 90 segundos.
Mountain climbers call the part of a mountain over 7000 meters the Death Zone. The human body can’t live for
very long at this height, because the air is too thin and there isn’t enough oxygen. Mount Everest, the world’s
highest mountain, is 8,848 meters high. What happens to the bodies of people who climb it?
Their lungs have to work very hard. Normally, people breathe about 20 times every minute when they are resting.
On top of Everest, climbers must breathe 70-80 times a minute to get enough oxygen. The heart must beat faster
to move the blood through the veins and arteries. Other parts of the body work very slow, to save energy. For
example, the stomach stops digesting food.
As they get closer to the top of the mountain, climbers feel worse and worse. They have insomnia, so they always
feel tired. They get very bad headaches. The sun burns their skin through the thin air, and the bright light from
the snow hurts their eyes. Because they have nausea and indigestion, they don’t want to eat, and that makes them
weaker. In the dry air, they feel thirsty all the time.
Climbing on Everest also affect the brain. Your brain thinks very slowly, because it doesn’t have enough oxygen.
Scientists have tested this by speaking to climbers with radios. They ask questions like, “If John is taller than
Tom, who is the shorter?” This is probably very easy for you to answer. But at the top of Everest, climbers have to
think a long time to find the answer, and they often make mistakes. Because the climbers can’t think well, they
sometimes make bad decisions and get into accidents.
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Even with all these difficulties, more than 2500 people have reached the top of Mount Everest. Scientists have
found ways to solve some of their problems. Now, almost all climbers breathe from oxygen tanks. They use radios
to communicate with people at the bottom, so they can get advice if they’re not thinking clearly. There are
medicines to help them with headaches and lung problems.
But Mount Everest is still the most difficult and dangerous environment on earth. Almost 200 people have died
trying to climb it, with a few more dying every year. Only the strongest bodies can survive up there in the Death
Zone.
1.- Sin volver a leer, responde verdadero o falso a cada una de estas oraciones.
a.-La Zona de la Muerte está en la base de una montaña.
b.- Los problemas que presentan las personas en lo alto de una montaña se deben a la falta de oxígeno.
c.- Escalar el Monte Everest afecta muchas partes del cuerpo del escalador.
d.- En el Monte Everest las personas respiran despacio ya que el aire es muy liviano.
e.- Pocas personas han escalado el Monte Everest.
f.- Nuevas invenciones han ayudado a resolver algunos problemas de salud de los escaladores.
g.- Los escaladores no mueren hoy en día en el Monte Everest.
2.- Sin volver a leer, ¿qué le sucede a estas partes del cuerpo en la Zona de la Muerte? Escribe la letra que
corresponda.
Corazón _____ a.- se vuelve de color rojo
Arterias _____ b.- duele mucho
Estómago _____ c.- trabaja muy lentamente
Cerebro _____ d.- lleva la sangre más rápidamente
Piel _____ e.- deja de funcionar
Cabeza _____ f.- palpita rápidamente
G.- Lee el texto anterior y responde en español estas preguntas. Tienes 10 minutos para responder.
1.- ¿Por qué los escaladores no quieren comer cuando están a altas alturas?
______________________________________________________________________
2.- ¿Qué tipo de pruebas le realizan los científicos a los escaladores?
______________________________________________________________________
3.- ¿Qué medidas tecnológicas toman los escaladores al subir el Everest?
______________________________________________________________________
4.- ¿A qué se le llama Zona de la Muerte?
______________________________________________________________________
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