Descripción de la tarea

1. Lee el siguiente texto:

 

Henry Melville was an American writer. He was born in New York in 1819 and he died when he was seventy-two years old in the same city.  He wrote one of the most famous novels in American history: Moby Dick. In this book, Ishmael, the narrator, tells the story of a whaling ship, the Pequod. There were people of different nationalities in it and the captain, Ahab, was obsessed with the hunting of a white whale called Moby Dick because she took his leg away from him. Some people hate the book, but there are people who love it, too. They have read it and they know it very well. Once a year in Massachusetts, for example, you may find volunteers reading some passages out loud for more than 24 hours. It is a great celebration and Peter Whittemore, great-great-grandson of the author, was a special guest this year, as he has read the opening chapter.

 Adapted from: https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2017/nov/14/massachussetts-new-england-moby-dick-marathon-read

 

1.1.Responde a las siguientes cuestiones relacionadas con el texto anterior:  

a) Who was the author of Mobby Dick?

b) How old was he when he died?

c) Where did he die?

d) What’s his most famous novel?

e) Why was Ahab obsessed with the white whale?

f)  What do lovers of the book do in Massachusetts once a year?

g) Who has read the opening chapter this year according to the text?

h) Why was he a special guest in the reading of the book?

 

1.2. Disi las siguientes oraciones son verdaderas (TRUE) o falsas (FALSE) y justifica tus respuestas copiando del texto la frase que explique si es verdadera o falsa. 

a) Moby Dick is very famous in American literature.

b) Pequod was the name of the narrator of the story of Moby Dick.

c) There were only American people in the Pequod.

d) Ahab loved the white whale because it was beautiful and big.

e) Everybody loves the novel Moby Dick.

 

1.3. Encuentra en el texto una palabra que signifique..

a) A large boat for travelling across a river or the sea.

b) A large sea mammal.

c) A person you have invited to a party or a special occasion.

d) A character who tells what is happening in a book, a film or a play.

 

2. Practica tu pronunciación leyendo el texto de la actividad 1 en voz alta. Puedes usar un programa como Natural Readers para ayudarte.  A continuación,  grábate leyendo uno de los párrafos usando Vocaroo y pega tu enlace.

3. Escribe 10 oraciones sobre qué hiciste la semana pasada y qué has hecho recientemente. Intenta usar las estructuras y el vocabulario del tema tanto como sea posible (tiempos verbales variados, nexos, expresiones temporales, etc.).

 

Para entregar esta práctica puedes usar esta plantilla. Puedes usar un programa como Office Writer o Microsoft Word para abrirlo. Recuerda enviarlo a tu profesor o profesora correctamente nombrado: 

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