Level 15- TASK 2

Sara Elena González Pimienta

TEXT 1

CRITICAL THINKING: READING

1.

Maint point: The advantages of exercising at home for your emotional and physical health

2. It uses transitional connectors such as:

Also, list the steps you are going to name.

3.

• Find comfortable clothes and suitable shoes.

• Take a bottle of water to stay hydrated
• Search exercise videos

When you do weights:

• Uses pre-recorded video exercises

• Then mention three steps to follow to choose a good video or DVD.
1. The instructor must be nice.
2. The music must be motivating
3. The movements should be comfortable for you.
• Keep your heart rate active for 30 minutes.
• After achieving the previous step, increase the frequency and duration

4.

• Stay hydrated
• The instructor must be nice.
• The music must be motivating
• The movements should be comfortable for you.

5. Yes, exercising for thirty minutes is good, as long as this time includes a warm-up and cool-
down, and an active heartbeat is maintained.

6. Yes, since it first gives us a context about what is going to be talked about, then it shows us the
steps to follow and the details of these in a chronological order.

1.3 The audio is in the folder, called“1.3 Task 2”

1. What are the steps to commit to something?

• Organize your time to make the commitment.

• Write down your achievements and what you still need to do.
• Set small goals for yourself at first and then increase the goals.
• Be aware.

TEXT 2

1.
The author begins by giving us a brief explanation of what happened at Chernobyl after the
accident, then explains how a nuclear plant works, and then puts us in context and explains what
happened at Chernobyl. Finally, it has a conclusion which gives us a lesson.

2. Paragraph number 2, explains how a nuclear plant works, paragraph number 3 explains how the
reactor produces electricity and paragraph 4 explains how the Chernobyl accident happened.

3. Paragraph number 2.

4. It has an introduction that describes in a striking way what happened in the Chernobyl accident.

5. It paraphrases the thesis, and gives us a teaching about the importance of having adequate
procedures to avoid catastrophes like this.