República Bolivariana de Venezuela

Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Defensa

Universidad Nacional Experimental Politécnica de la Fuerza Armada Nacional

Ciclo Básico de Ingeniería Asignatura: Inglés I Semestre: II

Actividad asistida |# 15

Lea detenidamente el siguiente texto y reportelo utilizando el estilo indirecto (reported speech). Recuerde hacer los respectivos cambios verbales.

Computer engineering deals with the design of computers and computer systems. This may involve the design of new hardware, the design of PDAs or the use of computers to control an industrial plant. Computer engineers can also work on a system's software. However, the design of complex software systems is often the domain of software engineering, which is usually considered a separate discipline.

Desktop computers represent a tiny fraction of the devices a computer engineer might work on, as computer-like architectures are now found in a range of devices including video game consoles and DVD players.

República Bolivariana de Venezuela

Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Defensa

Universidad Nacional Experimental Politécnica de la Fuerza Armada Nacional

Ciclo Básico de Ingeniería Asignatura: Inglés I Semestre: II

Actividad asistida # 14

Reconozca las oraciones en voz pasiva, identifique sus tiempos verbales y traduzca las oraciones.

History of DVD’s

Developing the ability to store data for later retrieval has always been important. The first true data storage and retrieval systems were journals and ledgers. While they are still used today, they are slow and inefficient. When the computer was being developed during the 1950s and 1960s, one of their main benefits was their ability to store and retrieve data quickly. This has now become one of the cornerstones of information storage and retrieval. Early computerized storage mediums included such things as punch cards, vinyl LPs, magnetic tape, cartridges, and magnetic disks. As computers improved, so did the data storage capabilities. In the late 1970s, the internal hard drive was introduced. Each of these data storage systems were developed to improve on the convenience and efficiency of the best storage methods available. Many of these systems continue to be improved on even today.

The development of DVD began with the introduction by Sony of the CD in the early 1980s. This new storage medium employed a laser to read tiny pits carved in a disk. The first CD audio players were introduced in 1983. They were useful because it was possible to store more than 75 minutes of music on one disk. That was nearly twice what a vinyl LP could hold. While their acceptance was slow, the CD eventually replaced vinyl records as the preferred medium of choice for audio releases.

República Bolivariana de Venezuela

Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Defensa

Universidad Nacional Experimental Politécnica de la Fuerza Armada Nacional

Ciclo Básico de Ingeniería. Asignatura: Inglés I Semestre: II

Actividad Asistida # 13

Lea el siguiente texto e identifique las oraciones en voz pasiva, indique el tiempo en que se encuentran y tradúzcalas.

DJ Mark Walsh was sacked yesterday by Radio London. Mark had been given the job of DJ a month ago. Yesterday morning he had an argument with a woman called, Mrs. Dora Hind. The argument was heard by the director of the radio station, Mr. Brian Hopkins. The programme was immediately stopped, Mr. Walsh was told to leave and old Beatles records were played for the rest of the show.

The morning show on Radio London is listened to by over 1 million people. Mr. Hopkins commented: “Our listeners must be treated with respect. Mrs. Hind shouldn’t have been insulted. Mr. Walsh hasn’t been offered his job back. If he’d apologized, he wouldn’t have been sacked. A new DJ will be chosen soon and a letter of apology is being sent to Mrs. Hind”.

Mar Walsh later agreed to be interviewed by the Daily Express. He told the reporter: “I hope to be offered a job by another radio station. I was sacked for no good reason. I was being insulted by a silly woman. I was called a lot of rude names. So I insulted her back. What’s wrong with that?

República Bolivariana de Venezuela

Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Defensa

Universidad Nacional Experimental Politécnica de la Fuerza Armada Nacional

Ciclo Básico de Ingeniería. Asignatura: Inglés I Semestre: II

Actividad Asistida # 12

1. Complete el siguiente párrafo utilizando la voz pasiva.

The house ______________ (build) in the 18th century. It ________________ (buy) by the present owners in 1980. Since then it __________________ (modernise) completely ____________ (install) and central heating ____________________. A new bedroom and a shower room _____________________(add). The roof ______________(build) less than year ago.

2. Cambie las siguientes oraciones de activas a pasivas.

a.- Bob Smith built that house.

b.- People grow rice in Indian.

c.- Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.

d.- People sell harmers at a hardware store. People use them to pound nails.

e.- Someone published The Origin of Species in 1859.

f.- Someone has changed the name of this street from Bay Avenue to Martin Luther King Way.

g.- Charles Darwin wrote The Origin of Species.

h.- Someone will list my name in the new telephone directory.

i.- Has anyone ever hypnotized you?

República Bolivariana de Venezuela

Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Defensa

Universidad Nacional Experimental Politécnica de la Fuerza Armada Nacional

Ciclo Básico de Ingeniería. Asignatura: Inglés I Semestre: II

Actividad Asistida # 11

Lea detenidamente el siguiente párrafo, y realice las actividades correspondientes.

Amanda se mudó a su nuevo apartamento y necesitaba reparar varias cosas. El conserje la llamó y le dijo:

“I’m busy now, but I will come round today or tomorrow. I will fix the roof that week and I will redecorate the bathroom next week. I checked the central heating last month, and I had the washing – machine serviced a week ago. The carpets were all cleaned yesterday. If you have got problems, you can ring me tonight at home.”

Un mes después el conserje no había hacho ninguna de las cosa que e le prometió a Amanda. Ella le está comentando a un amigo lo que el conserje le dijo. Utilice el reported speech para completar el texto.

When he first rang me, he said he was busy ____________ but he _________________________. But he never came. He said he _______________ the roof __________________, and he ____________________ the bathroom ______________. But he never did. He also said he ________________the central heating __________________________ and he __________ the washing – machine serviced _______________. But neither of them has ever worked. He told me the capets_____________________. Then he said if I _____________ any problems, I _____________________ at home. I rang him, but he wasn´t in.

República Bolivariana de Venezuela

Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Defensa

Universidad Nacional Experimental Politécnica de la Fuerza Armada Nacional

Ciclo Básico de Ingeniería. Asignatura: Inglés I Semestre: II

Actividad Asistida # 10

Lea las siguientes oraciones, cámbielas del estilo directo al estilo indirecto. Recuerde hacer los respectivos cambios a cada oración.

Example: Jim said, “I’m sleepy”

Jim said that he was sleepy.

1- Sally said,: “I don´t like chocolate.”

2- Mary said,: “I’m planning to take a trip with my family.”

3- Tom said: “I have already eaten lunch”

4- Kate said: “I called my doctor”

5- Mr. Rice said,: “ I will come to your house at ten”

6- Jane said,: “I can’t afford to buy a new car”

7- Ms. Topp said to me,: I want to see you in my office after your meeting with your supervisor”

8- Eric told me: I’m going to go to Chicago”

República Bolivariana de Venezuela

Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Defensa

Universidad Nacional Experimental Politécnica de la Fuerza Armada Nacional

Ciclo Básico de Ingeniería. Asignatura: Inglés I Semestre: II

Actividad Asistida # 8

1.- Seleccione la forma apropiada del verbo.

1. Dan enjoys (reading - to read) science fiction.

2. Cheryl suggested (to see – seeing) a movie after work.

3. I miss (to work – working) in the travel industry. Maybe I can get my old job back.

4. Where did you learn (to speak - speaking) Spanish? Was it in Spain or in Latin America?

5. Do you mind (helping - to help) me translate this letter?

6. He asked (to talk – talking) to the store manager.

7. You've never mentioned (living - to live) in Japan before. How long did you live there?

8. If he keeps (to come – coming) to work late, he's going to get fired!

9. Debbie plans (to study – studying) abroad next year.

10. I agreed (to help – helping) Jack wash his car.

11. (Reading - to read) is a great way to relax. I love to sit back and enjoy a good book.

2. Lea los siguientes párrafos. Extraiga las palabras “-ing”, indique su función y tradúzcalas de acuerdo al contexto.

Understanding Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is easier if you have a basic understanding of how old-fashioned telephones work. Most people have used an ordinary "land line" phone so often that the process seems instinctive. You just pick up the phone, hear a dial tone, dial, talk and hang up.

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Civil engineering is a broad field of engineering dealing with the planning, construction, and maintenance of fixed structures, or public works, as they are related to earth, water, or civilization and their processes. Most civil engineering today deals with power plants, bridges, roads, railways, structures, water supply, irrigation, the natural environment, sewer, flood control, transportation and traffic.

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Structural engineering is concerned with the structural design and structural analysis of buildings, bridges, and other structures. This involves calculating the stresses and forces that act upon or arise within a structure, and designing the structure to successfully resist those forces and stresses. Resistance to wind and seismic loadings, especially performance near resonant frequencies, which affect the overall stability of a structure are major design concerns.

República Bolivariana de Venezuela

Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Defensa

Universidad Nacional Experimental Politécnica de la Fuerza Armada Nacional

Ciclo Básico de Ingeniería. Asignatura: Inglés I Semestre: II

Profesora: Lic. Geygui Pereira

Actividad Asistida # 7

Lea detenidamente cada uno de los siguientes párrafos. Identifique los verbos modales y traduzca las oraciones en la cual se encuentren dichos verbos.

Inside the battery itself, a chemical reaction produces the electrons. The speed of electron production by this chemical reaction (the battery's internal resistance) controls how many electrons can flow between the terminals. Electrons flow from the battery into a wire, and must travel from the negative to the positive terminal for the chemical reaction to take place. That is why a battery can sit on a shelf for a year and still have plenty of power -- unless electrons are flowing from the negative to the positive terminal, the chemical reaction does not take place. Once you connect a wire, the reaction starts.

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Let's take a look at how to calculate the odds of picking the right number for a typical Lotto game. In order to win our example game, you have to pick the correct six numbers from 50 possible balls. The order in which the numbers are picked is not important; you just have to pick the correct six numbers.

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The traffic contract was essentially an agreement between the client and the network about how the network was to handle the data, if the network could not meet the conditions of the traffic contract it would not accept the connection. This was important because telephone calls could negotiate a contract so as to guarantee themselves a constant bit rate, something that was essential to ensure the call could take place without a caller's voice being delayed in parts or cut-off completely.