Learning
Center
Changes
O
texto abaixo é extraído do livro Graded English,
publicado em 1983. Além de você poder observar o uso do
idioma (vocabulário, construções gramaticais e como o
pensamento é expressado), observe também o contexto. O que
era apenas uma previsão 25 anos atrás, hoje é parte da
rotina de muitos! Enjoy your
reading!
Do
you think modern life is confortable? Just wait and see!
Future life is going to be more
comfortable.
Scientists tell us about the maid of the future: the
computer. We know the importance of the computer
today, but it's going to be even more important in
the future.
There is going to be a "home computer" in
every house. A home computer is a computer terminal
connected to public computers. It's going to be the major
source of information for the family.
The
housewife is going to do her shopping through the computer.
She is going to order directly to the computer of the
supermarket. Then, the supermarket is going to deliver the
goods directly to her house. No need to waste time with
shopping. There is going to be a complete system of instant
information: right time, weather forecast, movies in town,
airplane, train and bus schedules, traffic in the streets,
etc.
According to
experiment
s in England and Japan,
we are going to have a new newspaper system in the
21st century. You are going to select your news while
your wife is going to select
hers. How? Simple! The
newspaper is going to disappear. We are going to have
the newsvideo, or the videotext. You type a message
into your home computer. You ask,
"Give the
political news of Western Europe". The news is going
to appear immediately in the video of the
terminal.
We
are also going to see talking machines. You are going to
tell your TV, "Turn on!", "Change the Channel!", "Correct
the color!" On the other hand , your stove is going to
shout at you, "The water is boiling!", "The beans are
burning!", "Turn me
off!"
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Permanentemente?
Mantendo contato com o idioma
e processando os conhecimentos obtidos,
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vez mais e de forma definitiva. O método LEP de
discussão e feedback é uma ótima ferramenta para
isso!
Use este método para estudar
inglês através da leitura, compreensão,
organização de idéias e escrita. Leia a seguir
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Good
Studying!
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The second paragraph
says that in the future there will be a home
computer connected to public computers.
What do you
think this
"home computer
connected to public computers" is today?
- Says the text,
"There is going to be a complete
system of instant information: right time, weather
forecast, movies in town, airplane, train and bus
schedules, traffic in the streets, etc."
- Do you take advantage of those
instant information? How?
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The text was foreseeing a new way to get
the news. Today we have Yahoo, Google, all the
newspapers online... Do you think the traditional
newspapers are going to disappear? Explain your
answer.
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Do you think the "future" in the text is
already our present or is still in the future?
What about TVs that listen to you and
stoves that talk?
Descomplique! A solução é aprender
inglês com LEP!
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