NCLEO DE LNGUAS ESTRANGEIRAS - UECE

English 2nd semester Class A

Teacher: William Rocha
Student: Karoline Assuno
Part III

The next day Lou Gehrig did not play. It was the first time in 2,130 games. Every
newspaper in the country wrote all about this. A short time later Lou left New York. He went to a
famous medical clinic, the Mayo Clinic. There special doctors examined Lou very carefully.
They discovered that Lou had a strange disease. It is a disease similar to infantile paralysis.
There was no cure for the disease.
Lou Gehrig returned to New York. He could not play baseball again, the doctors said. He
had played his last game. Everyone felt very sad about this. Baseball had lost one of its finest
players. To show how people felt about him, a special game was played in the Yankee baseball
park. The day was called Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day. Every important person in baseball
attended the game Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, and many others. The mayor of the city and other
officials spoke. They praised Lou. Lou received hundreds of presents; 61, 808 people attended
this game. It was a great day for Lou Gehrig. It was also a sad day.
Lous paralysis became worse and worse. He was given work in the government. It was
difficult. Soon he could not even go to his office. He could not move his legs. He could not raise
his hands. Two years lated he died.he was still a young man. A simple, hones man whom
everyone liked, he was one of the great heroes of American baseball.

Answer the Question

01. Why did Lou Gehrig leave New York and go to a famous clinic?
R02. What did the doctors there discover?
R03. Was there a cure for the disease which Lou had?
R04. To what disease was Lous disease similar?
R05. Was Lou able to play baseball again?
R06. Was everyone happy or sad about this?
R07. What special game was played in yankee Statidium?
R08. Did many or few people attend this game?
R09. Did Lous paralysis become better or worse?
R10. Was Lou a young man or an old man when he died?
RVocabulary and Idiom Review
A. Match the word on the left with its OPPOSITE in the right-hand column:
01. End
__________ loser
02. Winner
__________first
03. Best
__________ beginning
04. Short
__________worse
05. Popular
__________worst
06. Honest
__________long
07. Sick
__________unpopular
08. Better
__________well
09. Last
__________dishonest

B. Use the following expression in sentences:

1. Sport
2. Team
3. Radio
4. Winner
5. Popular
6. Hero
7. Toe
8. (to) admire
9. Finger
10.(to) read about
11.(to) listen to
12.(to) talk about
13.(to) become famous
14.Even
15.(to) be of no use
16.(to) fall down
17.(to) get up
18.(to) take out
19.(to) hurt
(to attend)
Structure Review
A. Change the following sentences to the negative form:
1. He was popular with the other players.
2. They are listening to the baseball game on the radio.
3. He is a young man.
4. They will study mathematics next year.
5. I am a baseball fan.
6. He became very famous.
7. They work day and night in the fields.
8. He knows all about the players.
9. She likes to wash the dishes.
10.I have read about those baseball teams.
B. Change the following sentences to the question from:
01. He was a famous baseball player
02. He wnt to the market last week.
03. He sells his pumpkins at the market in Cadiz.
04. They love to play baseball.
05. It is a sunny day.
06. They are laughing at the turtle.