Visual pollution has a greater effect on people than you may think. I remember when I went to a big city, I was really scared because so much graffiti on the building's wall. Then I looked up, and I saw a lot of power lines over my head. Although they were not dangerous, I still felt unsafe since I thought they might fall down. These things prevented me from enjoying the beautiful sights of the city.
I also remember the time when I was a student at a university. Once I was so busy with my assignments that I did not tidy my room for two weeks. Looking at the messy room caused me so much stress that I did not want to study. Then I decided to clean the room and put my thing in their proper places. I also bought a small plants and placed it in a corner of the room. These simple actions increased my motivation and helped me to focus on my learning
Questions.
1. How did the author feel when she saw the power lines?
2. Why did she have that feeling?
3. What was she busy with?
4. What happened when she looked the messy room?
5. What did she do for her room?
Almost a hundred thousand people were killed and half a million homes destroyed as a result of an earthquake in Tokyo in 1923. The earthquake began a minute before noon when the habitants of Tokyo were cooking their midday meals. Thousand of stoves were overturned as soon as the earth began to shake. As a result , small fires broke out everywhere and quickly spread. The fire engines were prevented from going to help because many of the roads had cracked open. It was impossible to use fire fighting equipment as most of the water pipes had burts. Consequently, over ninety percent of the damage was caused by fire rather than by the collapse of buildings
These sentences are T or F
1. A hundred thousand people were killed in Tokyo in 1923 because of an earthquake
2. The earthquake began a minute before midnight
3. The fire engines were prevented from going to help because most of the water pipes had burts
4. Over ninety percent of the damage was caused by fire
Reading the text about Alexander Graham Bell and do the tasks
Alexander Graham Bell is widely known as inventor of the first telephone. He was born on March 3rd , 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. When he was 23, Bell emigrated to Canada with his parents and the next year moved to the United States to teach deaf-mute children. With his colleague Thomas Watson , Bell worked very hard on the experimentation to invent devices such as the harmonic telegraph ( used to send multiple messages over a single wire ) and phonautograph ( used to draw the shape of the sound waves ). The first telephone communication was said to have happened between Bell and Watson in 1876 while Bell was at one end of the line , and Watson worked on the telephone in other room. The first transmitted words were, " Mr Watson, come here. I want to see you "
a. Decide if statements are T or F
True | False | |
1. Alexander Graham Bell is Scottish |
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2. He spent all his life in Canada |
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3. He worked with the deaf when he moved to the USA |
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4. He wanted to create a device that can transmit human voice |
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5. He was able to succeed right from the first experiment |
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6. He worked on his inventions all by hímelf |
b. Answer the questions
1. What is Bell's ' harmonic telegraph ' ?
2. What is Bell's ' phonautograph ' ?
3. When did the first communication over happened and how did it happen ?
I. Combine sentence with ' if '
1. We won't hold the festival. It costs too much money ( IF )
If.................................................................................................
2. People throw rubbish in the street doesn't look attractive
If...................................................................................................
3. There are so many billboards in our city. People can not enjoy the view
If.........................................................................................................................
4. There is so much light in the city at night. We can not see the stars clearly
If............................................................................................................................
5. The karaoke bar makes so much noise almost every night. The residents complain to its owner
If...........................................................................................................................................................
6. She has a headache after work every day. She works in a noisy office
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