READING AND VOCABULARY ACTIVITIES

Student´s name: López Acosta Gregorio

READING 1

A. Our responsibility should be to become conscious consumers and better stewards of our habitat, one of
the ways in which we can reduce waste is to reuse the things we are going to buy or buy reused things;
thus, we would be reducing the consumption of several items that pollute the planet.

B. The effect that a person, company, activity, etc. has on the environment, for example the number of
natural resources that they use and the number of harmful gases that they produce.

C. These apps offer a quick, easy, and convenient way to buy and sell second-hand items in your own local
community, ensuring that they are sustainable and environmentally friendly.

D. In this way the farmers receive a fair wage and can take care of their families, it also gives them the
opportunity to provide their children with the resources to go to school.

E. Locally grown fruits and vegetables are transported over much shorter distances and are less harmful to
the environment.
 Complete the glossary using words and phrases from the article.
EMIT- REPERCUSSIONS- OPT- HAZARDOUS- SUSTAINABILITY- STEWARD-MINDFUL

hazardous
repercussions
mindful
stewards
sustainability
opt
emit

READING 2

decay
training

fit

growth
inactivity
lack

B. from a health magazine

C. Yes, knowing all the benefits, I will certainly put it into practice.
 READING 3

The accident The effects

The criticism

The recovery

LABEL THE EXTRACTS (1-4) WITH THE HEADINGS IN THE BOX.

READ THE ARTICLE AGAIN AND ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS

a. Miraculously, after a few minutes, he was able to speak and even walk without assistance.
b. He first examined the wound, then cleaned and bandaged it, also reattached some pieces of skull and
finished the procedure with a sleeping cap to hold everything together, today an operation to the brain
would be performed to repair the damage.
c. In addition to the obvious physical damage, the destruction of his left frontal lobe seemed to have
affected Phineas' personality in a very noticeable way, described as a healthy and hardworking man
before his accident, according to legend, Phineas was observed to become very rude, with a lack of self-
control and no sense of shame.
d. This case provided evidence that specific parts of the brain affect aspects of personality.

gazed
observed
darted
Taking in
recognized
scanned
examined
see

READING 4

Animals, just like us, have the ability to demonstrate emotions such as empathy, sadness and happiness,
there are many examples in which it can be noted that they have these capabilities
 4. Match the meanings with these expressions in the case history.

Difficult to find- Jumping up suddenly- Inclining his head- Collapses- The attempt was fruitless-
The same just in a different amount

Inclining his head Difficult to find

Jumping up suddenly collapses
The same
just in a different amount The attempt was fruitless