The Voyager Golden Record is a phonographic disc that was included on the Voyager spacecraft in 1977. The twelve-inch gold and copper disc contains sounds and images that show the diversity of life and culture on Earth. The idea behind it is to communicate a story of our world to extraterrestrials. A NASA committee, organized by Carl Sagan of Cornell University, collected 115 images and a series of natural sounds of the planet and added music from different cultures and eras and spoken greetings from people in fifty-five languages.
There is also a message from US President Carter and UN Secretary General Waldheim. The disc contains information on how to play it so other life forms can hear the sounds it contains.
It could take forty thousand years before Voyager is close to another planetary system. As Carl Sagan has said, „The spacecraft will be encountered and the record played only if there are advanced civilizations in space. But the launching of this bottle into the cosmic ocean says something very hopeful about life on this planet.‟
(In: Global Intermediate Coursebook: learn English, learn through English, learn about English. Lindsay Clandfield & Rebecca Robb Benne. Macmillan, 2011. Adaptado.)
Observe os números destacados e a ideia que eles apresentam em cada trecho.
I. The twelve-inch gold and copper disc…‘ (paragraph 1).
II. collected 115 images and a series of natural sounds…‘ (paragraph 1).
III. and spoken greetings from people in fifty-five languages…‟(paragraph 1).
IV. It could take forty thousand years… (paragraph 3).
Assinale a alternativa CORRETA.
Howard Gardner believes that a person __________ is good at math is not more intelligent than someone who is good at sports. He believes they are intelligent in a different way.
Howard Gardner is a psychologist, and a long time __________ (in 1983) he wrote a book about his theory. In his view there is not just one kind of intelligence – there are multiple intelligences. It‟s possible to be good (or not so good) at one or more of them. You can have trouble __________ words, for example, but be quite good at drawing and at athletics. Or you can find it hard to understand yourself but be really good at connecting with other people!
The idea __________ „multiple intelligences‟ is very interesting. It‟s also really useful. People __________ a strong musical intelligence for example, can use songs to help them learn. You can also develop your weaker intelligences to give yourself more choices and to make your life more interesting.
(In: Jetstream, Pre-intermediate A. REVELL, J and TOMALIN, M. Helbling Languages, 2015. Adaptado.)
Use the words WITH, OF, WHO, WITH, AGO to complete the blanks in the text. The CORRECT order is:
Howard Gardner believes that a person __________ is good at math is not more intelligent than someone who is good at sports. He believes they are intelligent in a different way.
Howard Gardner is a psychologist, and a long time __________ (in 1983) he wrote a book about his theory. In his view there is not just one kind of intelligence – there are multiple intelligences. It‟s possible to be good (or not so good) at one or more of them. You can have trouble __________ words, for example, but be quite good at drawing and at athletics. Or you can find it hard to understand yourself but be really good at connecting with other people!
The idea __________ „multiple intelligences‟ is very interesting. It‟s also really useful. People __________ a strong musical intelligence for example, can use songs to help them learn. You can also develop your weaker intelligences to give yourself more choices and to make your life more interesting.
(In: Jetstream, Pre-intermediate A. REVELL, J and TOMALIN, M. Helbling Languages, 2015. Adaptado.)
After reading the text, mark T (true) or F (false).
( ) Some people are intelligent but others aren‟t.
( ) No one is stupid. Everyone is intelligent.
( ) Different people are intelligent in different ways.
( ) There‟s just one kind of intelligence.
( ) People with a strong musical intelligence can help to learn just songs.
Mark the alternative that contains the CORRECT sequence.
Howard Gardner believes that a person __________ is good at math is not more intelligent than someone who is good at sports. He believes they are intelligent in a different way.
Howard Gardner is a psychologist, and a long time __________ (in 1983) he wrote a book about his theory. In his view there is not just one kind of intelligence – there are multiple intelligences. It’s possible to be good (or not so good) at one or more of them. You can have trouble __________ words, for example, but be quite good at drawing and at athletics. Or you can find it hard to understand yourself but be really good at connecting with other people!
The idea __________ ’multiple intelligences’ is very interesting. It’s also really useful. People __________ a strong musical intelligence for example, can use songs to help them learn. You can also develop your weaker intelligences to give yourself more choices and to make your life more interesting.
(In: Jetstream, Pre-intermediate A. REVELL, J and TOMALIN, M. Helbling Languages, 2015. Adaptado.)
What‟s _______________ profession? He‟s a __________.
Howard Gardner believes that a person __________ is good at math is not more intelligent than someone who is good at sports. He believes they are intelligent in a different way.
Howard Gardner is a psychologist, and a long time __________ (in 1983) he wrote a book about his theory. In his view there is not just one kind of intelligence – there are multiple intelligences. It‟s possible to be good (or not so good) at one or more of them. You can have trouble __________ words, for example, but be quite good at drawing and at athletics. Or you can find it hard to understand yourself but be really good at connecting with other people!
The idea __________ „multiple intelligences‟ is very interesting. It‟s also really useful. People __________ a strong musical intelligence for example, can use songs to help them learn. You can also develop your weaker intelligences to give yourself more choices and to make your life more interesting.
(In: Jetstream, Pre-intermediate A. REVELL, J and TOMALIN, M. Helbling Languages, 2015. Adaptado.)
A parte destacada em ‗But the launching of this bottle into the cosmic ocean says something very hopeful about life on this planet.‘ apresenta sentido conotativo, do qual se depreende um(a)
Read this passage which is on the phonographic disc included on the Voyager spacecraft:
"This is a present from a small, distant world, a token of our sounds, our science, our images, our music, our thoughts and our feelings. We are attempting to survive our time so we may live into __________." (US President Jimmy Carter)
(In: Global Intermediate Coursebook: learn English, learn through English, learn about English. Lindsay Clandfield & Rebecca Robb Benne. Macmillan, 2011. Adaptado.)
Considering both context and grammar, the CORRECT word or phrase to fill in the statement is