Universidad Politécnica Salesiana

Nombre: Daniel Ayala.

Grup: A2 32001.

Date: 2021-07-15.

READING PRACTICE
From page 110; complete activities: a, b. c and d.

A. Look at the pictures and match the headlines 1-3 to the stories. Which story are you
most interested in reading? Why?

Farmers uncover ancient army in the fields

I chose this topic because the kinds of things that were found are very interesting to me,
beyond possible bad things like bones or things like that, but you can find weapons or tools
used for combat, I really like those topics of excursions to find old things.

Now read the stories and answer the questions for each story

1. Who made the discovery?

Percy LeBaron Spencer, I was very surprised by this discovery since it was nothing like what he
normally did, once his invention was discovered and empowered, it went on sale.

2. What were they doing when they made the discovery?

They were developing radar in the navy until one day they needed a machine to heat a
chocolate that can handle its temperature; it was born out of a need.

3. What exactly was the invention/discovery?

It was the invention of the microwave and machine popcron, it is very interesting since it arose
from a simple need to heat a chocolate until the creation of a machine.

c. read the stories again and answer the questions.

1. How did Percy LeBaron Spencer test his machine?

I tried heating a chocolate because it was cold, once heated his invention was enhanced until
he could make some foods such as popcorn.

2. Why weren´t the police careful whith Otzi´s boody? What damage did they do?
They were not careful since they thought that it was not such an important discovery, they still
did not discover what it really was, the damage that had some breaks.

3. Why don't archaeologists now know exactly how many terracotta soldiers there are?

They cannot know exactly how many soldiers there are because many have been lost over
time, have been damaged, or have been stolen, even due to environmental factors, this type
of figures can be damaged, they have an estimated number but exactly it is not known.

d. Ask and answer the questions.

1. Which discovery do you think was the luckiest?

I think that the most fortunate discovery was the microwave with popcorn because it is very
important, popcorn is eaten everywhere and especially in the cinema it is a primordial
complement to enter, this discovery is very important for MARKETING.

2. How important do you think each of the discoveries was? Put them in order.

1. The microwave and popcorn because there is always popcorn as the main snack.

2. The discovery of the mummy is also very important because you can see many things such
as the type of mummy it is, its preservation and its history.

3. I put the soldiers last because I don't like this type of discoveries very much, but I like to
know a lot about their history and how the soldiers were before.

3. What important discoveries can you think of from your lifetime?

When I discovered that I can use some Google and windows tools to be able to work better on
the computer, it was recently when the pandemic started but from that, I was able to improve
in my online classes.