Book.doc - English-4U Teresópolis

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Teacher Ivan Crespo
Phone number: 35 3821 4110
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SECOND EDITION [pic] Introdução Este livro objetiva o aprendizado de Listening e Reading. É destinado aos
alunos do Pre-Intermediate ao Proficiency. Assim como para alunos do TOEFL,
Let's Talk e Sessions. Em casa, você ouvirá os áudios e lerá os textos. Em seguida, deverá fazer
um estudo detalhado de meaning (significado de palavras) e depois de
entendido fará os exercícios de Homework sobre o mesmo. Não esqueça de
entregar parar correção no dia da prova final. Coloque nome e data.
I hope you enjoy it! Teacher Ivan [pic] Mix Caribbean, West African, Pop and Hip-Hop, What Do You Get? Akon
Also: a question from Vietnam about the life stories of Helen Keller and
Sally Ride. And we check out the Smithsonian Craft Show in Washington.
Transcript of radio broadcast:
03 May 2007 HOST:
Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC, in VOA Special English.
(MUSIC)
I'm Doug Johnson. On our show this week:
We answer a question about two famous American women ...
Play music by Akon ...
And tell about a craft show in Washington, D.C.
Smithsonian Craft Show
HOST:
Where can you go to see and buy the work of one hundred twenty of America's
best craft artists? In Washington, D.C. you can visit the yearly
Smithsonian Craft Show. For 25 years, some of the finest craft artists have
gathered to show their expertly made objects at this special event. These
objects include beautiful jewelry, wood, paper, glass, ceramics and more.
Faith Lapidus tell us about it. FAITH LAPIDUS: |[pic] |
|A ceramic container|
|by Jennifer McCurdy|
The Smithsonian Craft Show is held every year for four days in late April.
Going to the craft show is an exciting activity. As you visit the many
craft artists' show areas, you feel like you are taking part in a
celebration of artistic skill and invention. But not just any artist can
take part in this event. More than one thousand people from all over the
United States requested to be in the show. But only one hundred and twenty
were chosen. They were carefully picked by a jury of craft experts.
The Craft Show is organized every year by the Smithsonian Women's
Committee. The event helps raise money to support education and research
programs for the nineteen museums that are part of the Smithsonian
Institution.
This year, for example, visitors could see the graceful ceramic works of
Jennifer McCurdy. Her finely formed white clay containers have a fluid
sense of motion. Or, visitors could play with the detailed and imaginative
toy machines made by Bill Durovchic.
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|A work by Joh Ricci|
Holly Anne Mitchell showed her wonderfully creative jewelry made out of
folded pieces of newspaper. Joh Ricci received the Best of Show award for
her colorful art objects made by tying thin pieces of cloth cord into
detailed forms. And, if you wanted to wear a piece of art, you could buy a
hat by Joan Hammerschmidt. Her wildly colorful and inventively shaped hats
would make everyone look at you with a smile.
Helen Keller and Sally Ride
HOST:
Our VOA listener question this week comes from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
The students of Nguyen Thanh Duc at the Marie Curie High School want to
know about two famous American women: Helen Keller and Sally Ride.
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|Helen Keller |
Helen Keller was born in eighteen eighty in a small town in Alabama. She
developed an infection when she was nineteen months old. She lost the
ability to see and hear.
When Helen was seven years old, her parents hired a special teacher for
their daughter. Anne Sullivan taught Helen the names of things. She formed
letters with her fingers in Helen's hand to spell out words. She taught
Helen sign language, and how to use her voice.
Later, Helen Keller learned to read Latin, Greek, French and German. She
completed her studies at Radcliffe College with honors in nineteen-oh-four. Helen Keller worked for many years for the American Foundation for the
Blind. She met with presidents and traveled to many countries. She wrote
books and articles. And she showed other disabled people that they, too,
could succeed. Helen Keller died in nineteen sixty-eight. Her life story
has been told in books, plays and movies.
Sally Ride grew up near Los Angeles, California. She studied science in
college. In
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|Sally Ride |
nineteen seventy-eight, she was one of the first six women to be trained as
an astronaut. She also earned a doctoral degree in astrophysics at Stanford
University in California.
Sally Ride was the first American woman in space. She was the flight
engineer on the Challenger space shuttle in nineteen eighty-three. She was
thirty-one years old, the youngest American astronaut ever to go into
orbit.
One year later, she was a crew member on another space shuttle flight. And
in nineteen eighty-six, she was a member of the presidential committee that
investigated the explosion of the Challenger space shuttle earlier that
year.
Sally Ride left NASA to teach at Stanford University. Since nineteen eighty-
nine, she has been a professor at the University of California at San
Diego. She has also written science books for children and directed
education projects designed to interest young people in science.
Akon
HOST:
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|A man in demand |
Senegalese-American singer Akon has a musical sound that is different from
current popular artists. He has had several hit songs. Barbara Klein tells
us about him.
(MUSIC)
BARBARA KLEIN:
That was Akon singing his hit song "I Wanna Love You" from his latest
album, "Konvicted."
Akon's real name is Aliaune Thiam. He is the son of Senegalese jazz drummer
Mor Thiam. Akon grew up listening to jazz and other kinds of music, but he
especially liked hip-hop.
When he was a teenager, Akon was arrested and sentenced to three years in
jail for stealing cars. During his time in jail, Akon wrote songs. Those
songs became part of his first album, "Trouble," released in two thousand
four. Akon sings about his arrest and jail experiences in this song,
"Locked Up."
(MUSIC)
Music critics say Akon is popular because his music offers something new.
His creative sound combines Caribbean and West African singing with popular
music and hip-hop beats. Akon has performed and recorded songs with many
kinds of artists. They include rapper Snoop Dogg, singer Gwen Stefani and
the South African singing group Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
We leave you with another hit song from Akon's latest album, "Konvicted."
This is "Don't Matter."
(MUSIC)
HOST:
I'm Doug Johnson. I hope you enjoyed our program today. It was written by
Lawan Davis, Dana Demange and Nancy Steinbach. Caty Weaver was the
producer. To read the text of this program and download audio, go to our
Web site, voaspecialenglish.com.
Send your questions about American life to mosaic@voanews.com.
Please include your full name and mailing address. Or write to American
Mosaic, VOA Special English, Washington, D.C., two-zero-two-three-seven,
U.S.A.
Join us again next week for AMERICAN MOSAIC, VOA's radio magazine in
Special English. Exercises:
1) Read the text and listen to the audio.
2) Read the text again, very carefully.
3) Read the text and as you read it circle the new words.
4) Read the text again and as you read it underline the words that you
already know.
5) Translate into Portuguese:
a) Craft
b) Craft show
c) Jewelry
d) Current
6) Answer the questions:
a) Who was Helen Keller?
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b) Who's Sally Ride?
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c) Who's Akon?
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d) Where is Akon from?
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|[pic] |10) [pic]| Exercise on Simple Present Form positive sentences in Simple Present.
1. the dog / bark
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2. Mary / in a musical / dance
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3. you / the house / see
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4. it / too much / weigh
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5. he / cash / pay
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6. they / a room / share
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7. the boss / the contract / sign
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8. he / a coin / insert
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9. the clouds / disappear
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Academic purpose: leia o texto, sem o auxílio de dicionário e escreva em
português cinco linhas explican