Portuguese activity, aimed at 8th grade students, aims to study the paroxytones present in the text, which answers the following question What is the maximum distance that human beings can see and hear?.
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by Daniela Fescina
Because of the curvature of the Earth, our eyes are able to see, at most, up to 5 km away. But this, of course, depends on several factors, such as eye health, lighting, visual obstacles, etc. The limit for seeing accurately is much smaller: to read words up to 0.5 cm, the maximum distance is 20 m, for example. The most powerful binoculars in the world can increase your vision power 160 times. But it costs “a meager” $400.
Hearing, on the other hand, hardly depends on distance, but on other sound characteristics. After all, you can hear thunder from miles away, but not a pin dropping in the next room. Some of the influential aspects are intensity, sound pressure, and especially frequency, measured in hertz (Hz). We can pick up between 20 Hz (like the lowest notes on a tuba or a pipe organ) and 20,000 Hz (everyday sounds usually reach up to 8,000, like that of a motorcycle).
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Question 1 - The purpose of the text is:
a) disclose
b) entertain
c) explain
d) contest
Question 2 - Note these words:
organ frequency distance
a) What do they have in common about the stressed syllable?
b) What about the accent, are they similar?
Question 3 - In “Hearing hardly depends on distance, and yes of other characteristics of the sound.”, the highlighted conjunction indicates:
a) addition
b) opposition
c) reciprocity
d) condition
By Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
At answers are in the link above the header.
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