UNIVERSIDAD DEL GOLFO DE MÉXICO

Campus San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz

ASIGNATURA:

Lengua Extranjera I

NOMBRE DEL PROFESOR:

L.L.I. Salim Morales Agustiniano

NOMBRE DEL ALUMNO:

Carmen Guadalupe Domínguez Franyutti

TRABAJO:

Actividad 2: Actividades de la unidad 2 "Reading keys book"

FECHA:

9 de Junio del 2020

 VOCABULARY SKILLS: Antonyms
1. Read this text. Then match each Word in italics with its antonym
below.

a) Forget rembember g) First last

d) Enormous tiny
b) Won lost h) Wonderful terrible
e) More less
c) Same different i) Later earlier
f) Began finished

2. Match each Word on the left with its antonym on the right.

f) Quicker 1. Powerless (e) 6. Finish (g)

a) Better g) Continue 2. Old (d) 7. Different (h)
b) Easier h) Same 3. Weaker (j) 8. Worse (a)
c) Natural i) Sick
4. Well ( i) 9. Slower (f)
d) New j) Stronger
5. Harder (b) 10. Artificial (c)
e) Powerful
 PREDICTING
You’re going t oread article about a man with a disability. With a partner,
look at the title and answer these questions.
a. What do you think is the man´s disability?
Physical disability
b. How do you think he overcame this disability?
Because he found a way to continue with his life, thanks to the prosthesis
he invented he was able to walk again and continue practicing his favorite
sport.

TEXT: BOUNCING BACK

UNDERSTANDING THE TEXT
1. Write T (true) or F (false) for each statement.
a. Hugh was a teenager when he lost his legs. T
b. He was in the hospital for three months after the accident. F
c. He dindn´t like the artificial legs doctors gave him. T
d. A friend at MIT designed some new legs for him. F
e. He continued rock climbing with his new leg. T

2. Read these questions and write your answers.

a. Find two reasons why Hugh didn´t like the artificial legs doctors give
him.
1. They were painful.
2. And he couldn´t continua rock climbing.
b. What did he decided to do after losing his legs?
He decided to study Mechanical Engineering at (MIT)
c. Why were his new legs so powerful?
He used springs because they were more powerful.
d. Where did he continue his research?
In Harvard.
e. Where does he work now?
He is a Professor.
 f. What´s the name of his company?
¡Walk company.
g. What is PowerFoot One?
He helped create an amazing new artificial ankle.
h. What are the benefits of PowerFoot One?
Uses a rechargeable battery and springs to make walking easier and more
natural.
i. In what year did Time magazine name it one of the best inventions?
In 2007
j. Who is Garth Stewart?
A soldier who lost a leg in the Iraq war.

3. With a partner, write three questions about the text. Then ask you
questions to your classmates.
How old was Hugh when he had the accident?
What was the career that Hugh decided to study and why?
What does Hugh work?

READING SKILLS: Understanding the main idea

1. Look again at the article. Choose the statement that gives the main idea.
a. Rock climbing is a dangerous sport. a
b. Many people with disabilities continue to do sports. b
c. The best artificial legs use springs. e
d. Technology can help people with disabilities t olive active lives. d
e. It´s difficult to enjoy sports if you have a disability. c

TEXT: THE “BLADE RUNNER”

2. Read this text. Then (✔) the most appropriate main idea.
a. 0scar is the best runner on the South African 0lymplic team.
b. His spring legs make 0scar the fastest runner in the world.
c. Athletes can´t compete in both the 0lympics and the Paralympics.
d. 0scar finally won his fight to compete in the 0lympics.
e. 0scar´s spring legs give him an unfair advantage.
SP0TLIGHT 0N GRAMMAR: Simple Past
Study the examples, and then choose the best answer to complete each
sentence.

After his accident, Hugh Herr designed his own artificial

legs. He didn´t stop rock climbing.
When he was born, 0scar Pistorius couldn´t walk.
He began runing in 2004.
Where he did Hugh continue his research?
Why didn´t the IAAF allow 0scar to compete in the
0lympics?

1. It d in 2008 that there were over

5. People first a the United Nations
600 million people with disabilities
“International Day of People with
around the world.
Disability” on December 3, 1992.
a. Estimate c. did estimate
a. Did celebre c. were celebrating
b. Were estimated d. was estimated
b. Celebrating d. could
2. The first Paralympic Games, for
6. In the 1996 Paralympics in Atlanta, athletes
athletes with disabilities, a in 1960. with intelectual disabilities a participate
a. Was c. were for the first time.
b. Did d. had a. Did c. were
b. Had d. could
3. Today´s Dealfympics c as the Paris
“Silent Games” in 1924. 7. In 1968, people with intelectual disabilities
a. Star c. started c in the Special 0lympics for the first time.
b. Was starning d. had started a. Had competed c. competing
b. Did compete d. competed
4. In 2000, the Spanish Paralympic
basketball team returned its gold 8. Dick Hoyt and his disable son Rick c their
medals after reports that 10 of its 12 first marathon in 1981.
athtletes a no intelectual a. Enter c. had entered
disability. b. Entered d. did enter
a. Didn´t have c. hadn´t
b. Had d. weren having
TALK ABOUT IT
1. Read these statements. Check (✔) your opinions. Yes No Maybe
a. Athletes with disabilities should compete with able-bodied athletes.
b. Sports for people with disabilities will never be popular en TV.
c. Technology helps people with disabilities ... but only the rich.

EXTENSION
Choose the best answers to complete the text.
Sports heroes
Eldrick (Tiger) Woods is one of the 1 d sportsmen of all time. He was born in
California U.S., in 1975. He has a mixed-race background. His father was
African-American, Chinise and Native American, and his momther is2 b
Chinese, and Dutch.
As a young child, he always3 b to be a golfer. He first appared on television
to play golf at the age of two! He won the U.S Amateur title a record three times.
In 1996, he left Stanford University4 a a profesisonal golfer.
Less than one year later, at the age of 21, he becamen the World Number One.
Tiger was the 5 c .
Masters champion ever, and the first player of African
or Asian heriage to hold the 6 c . At the age of 25, he7 c all the four
main professional golf titles at the same time.
Tiger has over 80 tournament wins, and more than $100 million in prize money to
his name. He also 8 b a lot more money bu advertising!
 PEOPLE AT WORK

Answer the questions.

1. What can you see?
Motivating phrases from people who wisely chose their life's work and
implying that you should work at something you love.i
2. Where are these people?
Town Crier of London
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Carmen Guadalupe Domínguez Franyutti
Lic. Administración de Empresas 201