CURSOS PROFISSIONAIS

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C U R S O S P R O F IS S IO N A IS

Curso Profissional de Técnico de Worksheet 1

Gestão e Programação de Sistemas Informáticos – 2.º ano

ENVIRONMENT – VOCABULARY
A. Translate the following words/expressions into Portuguese:
ENGLISH PORTUGUESE ENGLISH PORTUGUESE
1 Environment 46 Pollution
2 Nature 47 Air pollution
3 Planet 48 Water pollution
4 Earth 49 Garbage / trash /
rubbish / litter
5 Animals 50 Chemicals
6 Plants 51 Smoke / fumes
7 Flowers 52 Exhaust fumes
8 Animal / Plant species 53 Greenhouse effect
9 Fauna 54 Global warming
10 Flora 55 Hole in the ozone
layer
11 Forest 56 Ozone layer depletion
12 Rainforest / Tropical 57 Temperature rise
forest
13 Sea 58 Climate changes
14 Ocean 59 Environmental threats
15 River 60 Endangered species
16 Lake 61 Extinction
17 Land 62 Poisonous gases
18 Field 63 Fertilizer / pesticide
19 Trees 64 Acid rain
20 Water 65 Deforestation
21 Sky 66 Landfills
22 Clouds 67 Natural disaster
23 Stars 68 Hurricane / tornado
24 Mountain 69 Flood
25 Valley 70 Drought
26 Hill 71 Hot streak
27 Plains 72 earthquake
28 Desert 73 Storm
29 Wood 74 Sea levels rise
30 Jungle 75 Waste
31 Continents 76 Sewage treatment
32 Soil 77 To produce /to exploit
33 Air 78 To increase / to rise
34 Fire 79 To decrease
35 Wild life 80 To pollute
36 Organism 81 To dump waste
37 Birds 82 To destroy
38 Oxygen 83 To cut down
39 Habitat 84 To throw away
40 Temperature 85 To burn
41 Atmosphere 86 To save
42 Rainbow 87 To recycle
43 Ecology 88 Recycling
44 Ecological matters 89 Renewable resources
45 Ecosystem 90 Plastic / glass / paper
bank / container
B. Listen to the song and complete with the words missing:

What a Wonderful World, by Louis Armstrong

I see trees of _________________

Red roses too
I see them _________________
For me and you.
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world.

I see skies of __________________

And ___________________ of white
The bright blessed the ________________
The dark sacred _________________
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world.

The colours of the __________________

So pretty in the ______________
Are __________________ on the faces
of people going by

I see friends ________________ hands

Saying how do you do
They’re __________________ saying
I love you.

I hear babies ___________________

I watch them __________________
They’ll learn much more
Than I’ll never _________________
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world.
Yes, I think to myself
What a wonderful world.

C – Answer the questions about the song:

1 – What does the song reveal about the world?

2 – What is the poet’s attitude towards our planet?

D. Listen to the song and cross the extra words:
Earth Song, by Michael Jackson
What about sunrise
What about rain
What about all the nasty things
That you said we were to gain
What about killing big fields
Is there a time
What about all the things
That you said was yours and mine
Did you ever stop to really notice
All the blood we’ve shed before
Did you ever stop to really notice
This crying Earth, its' weeping shore
Aaaaaaaaah Oooooooooh
Aaaaaaaaah Oooooooooh
What have we’ve done to the world
Look what we’ve done
What about all the peace
That you pledge your only own son
What about flowering land fields
Is there a time
What about all the dreams
That you said was yours and mine
Did you ever stop to really notice
All the children dead from war
Did you ever stop to really notice
This crying Earth, its' weeping shore
Aaaaaaaaah Oooooooooh
Aaaaaaaaah Oooooooooh
I used to dream high
I used to glance beyond the stars
Now I don’t know where we are
Although I know we’ve drifted far
Aaaaaaaaah Oooooooooh
Aaaaaaaaah Oooooooooh
Aaaaaaaaah Oooooooooh
Aaaaaaaaah Oooooooooh
Hey, what about yesterday (What about us)
What about the oceans seas (What about us)
Heavens are falling down (What about us)
I can’t even breathe (What about us)
What about apathy (What about us)
I need you (What about us)
What about nature’s worth
It’s our planet’s womb (What about us)
What about killing animals (What about it)
Turn kingdom to dust (What about us)
What about elephants (What about us)
Have we lost their trust (What about us)
What about crying white whales (What about us)
Ravaging the seas (What about us)
What about forest trails
Burnt despite our pleas (What about us)
What about the holy land (What about it)
Torn apart by greed (What about us)
What about the common businessman
(What about us)
Can’t we set him free (What about us)
What about children dying (What about us)
Can’t you hear them cry (What about us)
Where did we go wrong
Someone tell me why (What about us)
What about baby boy (What about it)
What about happy days (What about us)
What about all their joy (What about us)
What about the man (What about us)
What about the crying man (What about us)
What about Abraham (What about us)
What about death again
Do we give a damn?
Aaaaaaaaah Oooooooooh
Aaaaaaaaah Oooooooooh
E – The author of the first song (“What a wonderful world”) describes us a wonderful world.

Unfortunately, our planet is being affected by serious environmental problems, as we can see

from the second song (“Earth song”).

E.1 – What dangers do you consider most serious for our planet?

E.2 – Do you consider yourself environment – friendly? Why / why not?

 Songs – correction

1. green, bloom, blue, clouds, day, night, rainbow, sky, also, shaking, really, cry,

grow, know

2. nasty (l.3) big (l. 5) really (l. 9) really (l. 11)

own (l. 4) land (l. 5) really (l. 9) really (l. 11)

high (l. 1)

oceans (l. 2)

killing (l. 1) white (l. 5) business (l.3)

CORRECTION OF THE EXERCISES

1 – The first song reveals a great and calm world where everybody is happy and loves each

other. It’s a pure and ideal world.

2 – The poet from the first song is optimistic, happy. He believes that our world is beautiful

and it is a great place to live in.

E.1 – There are many dangers but the ones we consider most serious are: global warming;

temperature rise; all types of pollution and animal and plants extinction.

E.2 – Yes, I consider myself environment – friendly because I try to follow some basic rules

to preserve our planet. For example, I recycle; I don’t throw the garbage to the floor; I

respect animals; I turn off the lights when they are not necessary; I turn off the water

when I’m doing other things like brushing my teeth.