NAME: Luis Molina C.I: 30.374.

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CP-LUZ

SEMESTER II

Unit III

Main and second Idea

Lets refresh your knowledge!

1. In your opinion, what is a topic?

It is a statement that will cover information regarding a certain event, whether

scientific or empirical, in which it seeks to provide information about it.

2. How do you get a topic from a text?

It is possible through the analysis and reading of the present text in which it will be
possible to know what we are being told about.

3. What is the main idea in a text?

Express through words and their development paragraph after paragraph the point of
view of the author of the text, know his ideas and everything he wants to present to
us

4. How do you get the main idea in a text?

It is possible to obtain it by carrying out an analysis of the title, keywords and

paragraphs, we will be able to have a main idea about the text.

II. Organize these pictures and write the topic. Organize them in their own
sequence.

Topic: Technology

III. Circle the word that does not belong to the same group, then write a topic
for each group.

A) Money Salary Expensive Cheap Ruin Sale

Topic: Sales Job

B) Democracy Federacy Monarchy Capitalist Libera

Topic: Democracy and modes of government

C) Lincoln Chavez Obama Krichner Calderón King Albert II

Topic: About the different presidents

D) Hurricanes Twisters Storms Tornadoes Rain

Topic: Stormy Season

E) Politic Judicial Democratic Legislative Communism

Topic: Civil protection systems

F) Rights Freedom Justice Peace Racism

Topic: Democratic Values

IV. Look at the following pictures, What do you think they are about?

1. Write a topic related with pictures above.

The development of technology and its impact on society

2. Do you think technology has changed our lives? Why?.

In one way or another, technological advances have made life easier for human
beings, especially when it comes to communicating, studying, etc. Whether for better
or for worse, it has been vital in the advances of society.

3. Take a look at the text in the next page and answer these questions:
 A. What´s the title of the article?

How Technology Has Changed Our Lives For The Better

B. Where was the information taken from?

❑ From a newspaper

❑ From a website

❑ From a book

V. After reading the text, answer these question.

1. What is the main idea of the text?

The improvement of social development thanks to technology

2. The main purpose of the author is to…

Describe _____ Explain _____ Analyze _____ Convince _____ Narrate _____

3. According to the article, What can people do now with their TV?

Today through our television we can access different applications, video services
(Netflix, Amazon, etc.) via streaming among other functions.

4. Select the phrase that best represents the topic of the text.

A. The evolution of technology.

B. How technology simplify our lives.

C. Pros and cons of technology.

D. Consequences of using smartphones.

5. According to the text, why technology has change our lives? Use your
own words.

Because it has allowed us to facilitate the different systems that exist in society,
whether banking (data digitization), communication (access is closer from anywhere
in the world), in the field of education, among others.

6. Write (YES) or (NO) in the following statements.

 Is technology in constant transformation? ( )

 Education requires face to face and human contact. ( )

 Is communication available to most people in the world? ( )

 7. Underline the correct option to the question. What is Netflix?

 An app to watch video

 A streaming service

 A social net

8. Do you see any relation between the title and the topic?

YES: __

NO: __

WHY?

In the title we premise the contribution of technology in human life and in the
development of the theme it raises us how it benefits us in our day to day.

VI. Answer the following question. Do it in Spanish.

A. Which is your favorite invention?

A mí opinión personal, las computadoras personales o PC. Ofrece muchas ventajas

respecto a la realización de actividades personales, entretenimiento e incluso
trabajo desde una modalidad remota.

B. Do you agree with technology has changed our lives for better? Why?

Decir exactamente para bien es un poco acelerado pero de alguna u otra forma nos
hemos beneficiado de las ventajas que ofrece la tecnología hoy por hoy. En todos
los campos de estudio la tecnología hace presente para la rápida optimización de
las actividades, brinda una ayuda extra a la hora de realizar investigaciones
científicas y en el hogar también ofrece comodidades para toda la familia.

C. Do you think in future could be exist robots and androids?

Si, ya existen incluso en ciertos países está clase de tecnología que puede ser
provechosa para realizar determinadas tareas siempre y cuando se controle y
garantice que no será dañino para el ser humano.