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INTERMEDIO A
INTERMEDIO ALTO te resulte efectivo,
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pasos:
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2.
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IMPORTANTE: Aunque
hayas completado solamente uno de
los dos niveles que componen este
curso, presentarás ambos niveles
(Intermedio e Intermedio Alto) en un
mismo examen final.
Top
Landmarks and Monuments
Lugares y Monumentos Famosos
Lee
atentamente este glosario de algunos lugares y monumentos famosos en el
mundo.
BIG
BEN
Sir Benjamin Hall built this famous
clock tower in London
in 1859. A well-known story relates that it got its name
from this man's considerable proportions.
BRASILIA
In the late 1950s,
Lucio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer designed and built this very modern city
to be
the new Brazilian capital.
COLOSSEUM
The Colosseum in Rome
was opened in 80 A.D.
It was sometimes filled
with water for ship battles.
EIFFEL
TOWER
This famous tower in Paris
was completed in 1889.
It was built to celebrate
the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution.
GREAT
WALL The
Great Wall of China
was begun in 214 B.C.
and it is the largest structure
ever built.
STATUE
OF LIBERTY
This remarkable statue
in New York was opened
in 1886 and it was a gift
to the Americans
from the people of France.
MACHU
PICCHU The
Lost City of the Incas was rediscovered in 1911 when American explorer Hiram Bingham led a small expedition into the Peruvian Andes.
PYRAMIDS
The ancient Egyptians were the builders of these famous monuments in about 2500 B.C.
SYDNEY
OPERA HOUSE
In 1973, young Danish designer
Jorn Utzon proposed this widely known building in Australia
for an architecture competition
and he was the winner.
TAJ
MAHAL
This beautiful monument
in India was built between
1630 and 1652. It is a tomb
for the wife of an Indian prince.
AQUÍ
ESTOY !!! ESTE GLOSARIO BILINGÜE
TE VA A AYUDAR...
clock tower:
torre reloj; well-known = famous: famoso/a; in the
late: al final de; A.D. = anno domini: después
de Cristo; was filled with: se cubría, llenaba de; ship
battle: batalla naval; B.C. = before Christ:
antes de Cristo; ever built: que se haya construído;
remarkable
= singular:
notable,
extraordinario/a;
opened: inaugurado/a, habilitado/a, abierto/a; gift
= present:
regalo; led: condujo, guió; ancient: amtiguo/a;
builder = constructor, developer: constructor,
desarrollador; Danish: danés/a; proposed: sugirió,
propuso; widely: vastamente, ampliamente; competition:
concurso; winner =/= loser: ganador =/ = perdedor; tomb
/ túmb /: tumba.
Activity
71: Basándote en el glosario de Lugares y Monumentos
Famosos (arriba) y en tus conocimientos generales,
selecciona las OPCIONES MAS ADECUADAS para cada oración. Verifica luego las respuestas
correctas ...
1.
This
well-known architectural work ...
4.
This
famous tower was built ...
is in Rome and was opened in 80 A.D. is in Italy
and was built in 214 B.C. was
sometimes used for ship battles.
was completed in 1789.
to celebrate
the country's revolution. for an
architecture competition.
2.
Two
architects designed it to be ...
5.
This
Opera House designer was born ...
the most modern city in their country. the largest
structure ever built. the new
Brazilian capital.
in Denmark. in
Australia.
in Northern
Europe.
3.
A
prince ordered to build it ...
6.
This
lost city was rediscovered ...
as a gift to the people of India. in Egypt. as a
tomb for his wife.
by a Peruvian explorer.
on an
expedition to the Andes. on a
large expedition in 1911.
Activity
72: Basándote en tus conocimientos generales y en tu intuición,
COPIA las opciones más adecuadas en los espacios en blanco y selecciónalas
también en el
cuadro a fin de controlar las que ya has utilizado. Verifica luego las
respuestas correctas ...
agricultural beef
electronics Indian
mining
peso
tourism wheat
1
People
in Ecuador speak several
languages, for
example,
Quechua.
2
France
exports excellent
products such as
milk,
butter
and cheese.
3
is a very
important industry in Spain and Italy.
Millions
of people visit these countries every year.
4
Gold
and silver
are two important industries
in
South Africa.
5
Much
of the world's
is grown in
the Canadian
prairies
and it's used to make foods like bread and pasta.
6
A
lot of first-class meat, especially ,
is exported
from
Argentina.
7
In
the 1980s, the
industry (computers and TVs)
was
developed in many Asian countries like South Korea.
8
At
present, the
is the currency used in Chile,
Uruguay
and Argentina.
En
la próxima página te espera una nueva gramática: VOZ ACTIVA y PASIVA ...
