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DEPARTAMENTO DE IDIOMAS MODERNOS FACILITADORA: LCDA SOGILCA BRANDAO

MOD-2
READ THE FOLLOWING TEXT TO COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING TASKS:

Anton van Leeuwenhoek and the microscope (1632-1723)

The father of microscopy, Anton van Leeuwenhoek of Holland, started as an
apprentice in a dry goods store where magnifying glasses were used to
count the threads in cloth. He taught himself new methods for grinding and
polishing tiny lenses of great curvature which gave magnifications up to 270
diameters, the finest known at that time. This led to the building of his
microscopes and the biological discoveries for which he is famous. He was
the first to see and describe bacteria, yeast plants, the teeming life in a drop
of water, and the circulation of blood corpuscles in capillaries. During a long
life he used his lenses to make pioneer studies on an extraordinary variety of
things, both living and non living, and reported his findings in over a
hundred letters to the Royal Society of England and the French Academy.
Using an instrument the size of his palm, Anton van Leeuwenhoek was able
to study the movements of one-celled organisms. Modern descendants of
van Leeuwenhoek's light microscope can be over 6 feet tall, but they
continue to be indispensable to cell biologists because, unlike electron
microscopes, light microscopes enable the user to see living cells in action.
The primary challenge for light microscopists since van Leeuwenhoek's time
has been to enhance the contrast between pale cells and their paler
surroundings so that cell structures and movement can be seen more easily.
To do this they have devised ingenious strategies involving video cameras,
polarized light, digitizing computers, and other techniques that are yielding
vast improvements in contrast, fueling a renaissance in light microscopy.
PART I: ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN SPANISH: 6,25
PTOS
WHO IS THE FATHER OF THE MICROSCOPE AND WHY IS HE
CALLED THAT WAY? 2,5 PTOS
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WHAT DID VAN LEEUWENHOEK USE TO STUDY THE
MOVEMENTS OF ONE-CELLED ORGANISMS? 1,25 PTOS
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WHAT HAS IT BEEN THE PRIMARY CHALLENGE FOR LIGHT

MICROSCOPISTS SINCE VAN LEEUWENHOEK'S TIME? 2,5 PTOS
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PART II: IDENTIFY AND WRITE INTO SPANISH, THE REFERENT OF THE
FOLLOWING REFERENTIAL ELEMENTS FROM THE TEXT ABOVE: 3
PTOS

REFERENCIAL

REFERENT

ELEMENT
WHERE P1,L
HE P1, L
THIS P1, L
HIS P1, L
BOTH P1, L
THEY P2, L
PART III: IDENTIFY AND SELECT, IF THE SENTENCE IS COORDINATING
(C) OR SUBORDINATING (S). THEN, IDENTIFY WHICH SENTENCE IS
INDEPENDENT AND WHICH ONE IS DEPENDENT BY UNDERLYING THE
INDEPENDENT ONCE AND THE DEPENDENT TWICE AS WELL AS
CIRCLE THE CONNECTING WORD. 4,5 PTOS

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IDENTIFYING THE TYPE OF

SENTENCE COORDINATING OR
SUBORDINATING: 0,50 PTOS
UNDERLYING THE INDEPENDENT CLAUSE AND THE DEPENDENT
ONE: 0,50 PTOS, EACH ONE.

1. He taught himself new methods for grinding and polishing tiny lenses
of great curvature which gave magnifications up to 270 diameters, the
finest known at that time. _________________________________
2. During a long life he used his lenses to make pioneer studies on an
extraordinary variety of things, both living and non living, and reported
his findings in over a hundred letters to the Royal Society of England
and

the

French

Academy.

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3. The primary challenge for light microscopists since van Leeuwenhoek's
time has been to enhance the contrast between pale cells and their
paler surroundings so that cell structures and movement can be seen
more easily.________________________________________
PART IV: IDENTIFY AND WRITE INTO SPANISH, WHICH SENTENCES
ARE LINKING THE FOLLOWING WORDS. 6,25 PTOS
TRANSLATING THE CONNECTING WORD 0,25 PTOS
TRANSLATING THE 1ST IDEA 0,50 PTOS
TRANSLATING THE 2ND IDEA 0,50 PTOS
a. For which, P1, L5 : ____________________________

1ST

IDEA:

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2ND

IDEA:

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b. And, P1,L6: _________________________________________

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1ST

IDEA:

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2ND

IDEA:

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c. But, P2, L3: ________________________________

1ST

IDEA:

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2ND

IDEA:

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d. Because, P2, L 4:______________________________

1ST

IDEA:

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2ND

IDEA:

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e. So that, P2, L6: ________________________________________

1ST

IDEA:

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2ND

IDEA:

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