Atividade 3 - 02/07/2020 e 09/07/2020

Hey, students! What's up?

Nesta atividade vamos aprender um pouco sobre INVENTIONS! Além disso, vamos encontrar verbos no tempo PASSADO em inglês!

Leia o texto abaixo para responder às questões. Você pode utilizar um dicionário bilíngue ou um tradutor online para te ajudar (sugestão: https://translate.google.com.br/).

GREAT INVENTIONS, GREAT INVENTORS!

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COFFEE FILTER

   

Inventor: Melitta Bentz (Germany)
Year: 1908

    You may be surprised to learn that the company Melitta is named after Melitta Bentz, a German entrepreneur who invented an easy, minimalist way to make coffee by placing it in a filter and pouring water over it.

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LASER CATARACT SURGERY

Inventor: Patricia Bath (USA)

Year: 1986

Bath's patented Laserphaco Probe allows doctors to dissolve cataracts quickly and painlessly before applying new lenses to patients' eyes. This technology is used worldwide to prevent blindness due to cataracts.

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KEVLAR FIBER

   

Inventor: Stephanie Kwolek (USA)

Year: 1966

Researcher Stephanie Kwolek discovered what is now known as Kevlar. This revolutionary fiber has saved countless lives in the form of bullet-proof vests, and is also used in numerous applications, such as bridge cables, canoes, and frying pans.

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SPACE STATION BATTERIES

   

Inventor: Olga Gonzalez-Sanabria (Puerto Rico)

Year: 1980

The International Space Station relies on solar power, but for ⅓ of its rotation, the Earth blocks the sun's rays. Gonzalez-Sanabria's long-life nickel hydrogen batteries keep the International Space Station powered up during that dark portion of its rotation.

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Fonte: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/03/16/inventions-you-have-women-inventors-thank-these-50-things/39158677/

1. Encontre o significado das palavras abaixo no dicionário bilíngue ou tradutor online:
   

1. De qual invenção do texto você mais gostou? Por quê?

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2. O que todas essas invenções têm em comum?

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3. Podemos perceber que as invenções podem parecer muito simples em nosso tempo, mas foram revolucionárias em sua origem. Defina, então, o que seria uma invenção tecnológica.

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4. Coloque T para True (verdadeiro) e F para False (falso):

(    ) The Laser cataract surgery and the Space Station batteries were invented in the 80's.

(    ) Patricia Bath and Stephanie Kwolek were American.

(    ) Stephanie Kwolek invented the Coffee filter.

(    ) Melitta Bentz was an entrepreneur.

(    ) Olga Gonzalez-Sanabria was a doctor.

(    ) The Coffee filter was invented in 1908.

(    ) Melitta Bentz was from Italy.

(    ) Olga Gonzalez-Sanabria and Melitta Bentz were not American.

SORTIFY: INVENTIONS

https://www.brainpop.com/games/sortifyinventions/?topic_id=

Neste jogo você precisa separar as invenções nos baldes por categorias!

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