CONFUSABLE VERBS — PART 2

INGLÊS - 2o ANO
MÓDULO 30
CONFUSABLE VERBS —
PART 2
Fixação
1) Copy words from the list below the sentences to fill in the blanks:
a) Sue Ellen has __________ a dozen books from our library, but she hasn’t brought them
back yet.
b) Take a look at your tabby-cat. She is __________ under that quilt you have spread on your bed.
c) This knife is not cutting well. Get me some __________ that is sharp.
d) Ruth and Julie have studied here; the __________ I a well-known physician.
another – borrowed – first – forgotten – former – last – later – laying – leaving – lending – lent – lying –
one – other – reminded
Fixação
Associated Press
New York — We hear music everywhere — in shopping malls, concert halls, carpools
and cathedrals. Even when there is none playing, we often hear it inside our heads.
Because music occupies so much of our lives, could it have played an important role in
the development of the species?
Some scientists have recently proposed that music may have been an evolutionary
adaptation, like upright walking or spoken language, that arose early in human history and
helped the species survive.
“Of course it’s utter speculation”, said David Huron, a professor of music at Ohio State University
in Columbus. Most experts still assume music was a cultural invention, like cave painting or writing
that humans invented to make their lives easier or more pleasant.
Yet Huron and many of his colleagues wonder if music might have biological roots.
The “music gene” would have arisen tens or hundreds of thousands of years ago, and
conferred an evolutionary advantage on those who possessed it. Natural selection would
have nurtured the gift of music, favoring those who possessed it with more offspring who
were themselves more likely to produce.
2) O texto levanta duas hipóteses sobre a origem da música. De forma concisa, indique a
hipótese levantada por cientistas como David Huron.
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3) A que duas habilidades a música é comparada, segundo essa hipótese?
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Fixação
4) Há outros cientistas que pensam diferente. De forma concisa, indique a outra hipótese
apresentada.
Fixação
5) A que duas habilidades a música é comparada, segundo a outra hipótese?
Proposto
Preempting piracy
First, it was raiding ships on the high seas. Then, with the advent of the information age, it
was copying and downloading films and music. Today, the new frontier of piracy is “biopiracy”,
when companies in wealthy nations patent indigenous medical and cosmetic remedies that
have been used for centuries in poor countries. In 1999, for instance, New Jersey — based
Pure World Botanicals obtained U.S. patents on aphrodisiacs derived from maca, an Andean
plant Peruvians have long used to bolster fertility. The value of the U.S. market for macaderived products was estimated to be more than $20 million in 2003.
Hoping to prevent wealthy corporations from staking claim to traditional remedies, some
nongovernamental organizations and even a few governments are cataloging indigenous
medicines and plant species in online databases. ­— Jaideep singh.
1) Em relação a prática característica da biopirataria enfocada no texto, identifique:
a) quais são os agentes;
b) quais são as vítimas;
c) o objeto da biopirataria;
d) a forma como é praticada.