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Amadeu Marques; Ana Carolina Cardoso
2º ano do ensino médio
 Unit 5 – The Young Man Who Would Love to Live in Sunset Land

NESSA UNIDADE:
• Let's Start
• Reading
• Word Study
• Language Study
• Writing
• Listening
• Speaking

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LET’S START

The Bridgeman Art Library/Keystone/Galeria Nacional, Londres, Inglaterra.

1) What does happiness mean to you? In your notebook, write down
some words that come to your mind when you think of happiness.

2) Have you ever seen a reproduction of this painting? Do you know

who painted it? What feeling do you think it expresses?

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BEFORE YOU READ

1) Look at the photo on the right. Do you think

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this a beautiful sight? Would you say it
shows a sunset or a sunrise? Can you tell
one from the other?

2) Do you like to watch a beautiful sunset?

What emotional effect does it have on you,
what feeling does it cause? What natural
sights bring you joy and happiness?

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AFTER YOU READ

Discuss the following questions in small groups.

a) Did the end of the story surprise you? Why (not)?

b) The young man didn't follow the older man's advice. Do you usually
follow older people's advice? Why (not)?

c) Do you think the man found what he was looking for? Why (not)?

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MORE FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Function words are used for expressing relationships between other words in a sentence. Read the two sentences
below, taken from the text. Choose the options that correspond to the function words in bold.

a) "He wanted to find the old man whose advice he had ignored when he was young."

• quem
• cujo
• de quem
b) "Each night he would walk toward the setting sun."

• na direção de
• para perto de
• para longe de
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LANGUAGE STUDY

Observe the sentences in the previous exercise again and choose the correct
option to complete the statements below.

• In sentence a, would love corresponds to _____ amava/amaria, in

Portuguese.

• In sentence b, would walk corresponds to _____ caminhava/caminharia.

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LET’S PRACTICE

Read the Indian short story on page 91 and in your notebook, complete it with
the verb forms on the list below.

lived · was sitting · would be · will change · named · would take · would you
like · would make · transformed · saw · cannot marry

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WRITING

Think in English. Remember to use the structures, verb tenses and vocabulary
you are now familiar with and make sure your ending

• shows (or suggests) the result of the story's conflict;

• comes from the main character's actions;
• uses elements from the story's beginning and middle;
• makes the reader keep interested in the story.
The new ending can be displayed on the library board. Read the new endings
written by your classmates. Which one do you like most?

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BEFORE YOU LISTEN

Discuss the following questions with a classmate.

a) What is happiness? In your opinion, is it easy to define happiness?
b) Do you think people have similar opinions about the meaning of happiness?
c) Observe the pictures below. Which definition of happiness do you like best? Why?

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 Unit 6 – Science Has Remade the World

NESSA UNIDADE:
• Let's Start
• Reading
• Word Study
• Language Study
• Writing
• Listening
• Speaking

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BEFORE YOU READ

Discuss the following questions with a classmate.

a) Do you like science? Do you think it is important? Why (not)?

b) Can you mention any important scientific discoveries?
c) Do you think science still has a lot to discover? If so, what, for example?
Read the title and the subtitle of “Life, the Multiverse and Everything –
Science’s Unsolved Mysteries.”

What is it about? Make your predictions.

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AFTER YOU READ

• Have you ever seen A Beautiful Mind? If so, did you like the movie? What is it about, do you remember? Russell
Crowe played a scientist in that movie. What was the scientist's name, do you remember? What did he teach?

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WORD STUDY

In each of the sentences below, there is a false cognate in bold.

Use the context to help you find each true meaning and write it
down in your notebook.

a) " [...] living on a tiny planet orbiting an ordinary star [...]“

b) " [...] and had only just stopped assuming that the sun (and
everything else in the universe) revolved around the Earth.“

c) Bacteria and Brontosaurus. Oxygen and octane."

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LANGUAGE STUDY

Based on the text you read on page 99, do the following activities, writing them
down in your notebook.

a) Answer the questions with Yes or No.

• Has science transformed the world?
• Have scientists agreed on a theory about the origin of life?
b) Are the statements below True or False? Observe the words in bold.
• Science has already discovered how atoms in human brains can consciously
perceive the desire to ask questions.

• Scientists haven't discovered all the mysteries of the world yet.

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LET'S PRACTICE

• In this Unit we have been discussing about science. Use your notebook to
transcribe the sentences below and complete them using the superlative
form of the adjectives in parentheses. Complete some of them with your
own opinion. Then compare your sentences with a classmate.

a) In my opinion, _____ is _____ (famous) scientists of all time.

b) I think _____ is one of _____ (interesting) recent discoveries.
c) _____ is _____ (good) science fiction movie I have seen.
d) John Nash was one _____ (great) mathematicians of our time.

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WRITING

Read the news summary below and answer the following questions.

Autism: Transforming Behavioral Therapy with Technology

• Using computer vision, signal processing and privacy protection, a doctoral student, along with electrical and
computer engineering professors, have developed "MEBook", a combination of a social narrative and gaming
system that psychologists and parents can use as behavioral therapies for autistic children.

a) What is "MEBook"?
b) Who has developed it?
c) Who will benefit from it?
d) Do you think this is an important development? Why (not)?

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BEFORE YOU LISTEN

Answer the following questions.

a) Do you like to keep informed about recent discoveries?

b) Do you watch the news on TV or read the newspaper to learn about
those discoveries?

c) What's the latest discovery you have heard of?

You are going to listen to some breaking news about a scientific discovery.
Look at the words on the list below and select those you expect to hear.

• stem cells · pills · homework · obesity · planet · ocean · friend

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SPEAKING

Discuss these questions with a classmate.

a) Do you think artificial intelligence can be a menace to humanity? Why (not)?

b) Could you do without television? What about the internet?
c) Do you use a camera to take pictures or do you use a smartphone for that?
d) Do you use your mind to do simple calculations or do you use a calculator for that?

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SELF-ASSESSMENT

1) Evaluate your performance in this Unit. In your notebook, give yourself a score from 1 to 5 for each the topics below.
2) Take a look at the items in activity 1 in which you gave yourself a score of 1 or 2. Talk to a classmate and think of what
you can to improve your performance. Then discuss your ideas with your teacher.

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