Activity of text interpretation, aimed at seventh-year students, about the book Oswaldo Cruz & Carlos Chagas – The birth of Science in Brazil. How about knowing better the trajectory of these distinguished Brazilian scientists? Too much, isn't it? To this end, we invite you to read the text! And, of course, don't forget to answer the various interpretative questions proposed below! Come on?
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Only someone who combined the scientific training of a doctor, specialized in public health, with a solid literary career, with more than sixty volumes, could adequately handle the task of writing the history of our two most famous sanitarists: Oswaldo Cruz & Carlos Nasturtium
But that's exactly what happens with the new book in the collection “Imortais da Ciência”, by Odysseus Editora, in which Moacyr's pen is Scliar that portrays the work and life of these two Brazilian scientists, who are among the first to have received recognition International.
With his clear and captivating style, Scliar evokes the passage from the 19th to the 20th centuries in the big cities of Brazil, especially Rio de Janeiro, with its serious sanitary problems. The population was growing, but the sewerage system was precarious, the water quality was terrible and there was garbage everywhere. An ideal framework for epidemics. In 1895 the threat materializes: an Italian ship docks in Rio and 234 of its 340 crew died of yellow fever.
The tragedy becomes, however, one of the first great victories of Brazilian Science. Placed in front of the emergency, the Director General of Public Health, the doctor and sanitarist Oswaldo Cruz, decrees the war against yellow fever. It identifies the sick, eliminates the outbreaks of transmitting mosquitoes and finally controls the disease. The success of his methods would lead him to other victorious battles, against plague and smallpox.
In addition, Oswaldo Cruz was the one who encouraged the health care career of another brilliant doctor, Carlos Chagas. Scliar tells us how Cruz appointed Chagas to investigate what was happening to the workers on the railroad between Belém do Pará and Rio de Janeiro. And how Chagas identified the disease that would be named after him, in addition to its causative agent and transmission mechanism.
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Question 1 - The text above is:
( ) a book review about Oswaldo Cruz and Carlos Chagas.
( ) an opinion article on the work of Oswaldo Cruz and Carlos Chagas.
( ) a report on epidemics that occurred in Brazil in past centuries.
Question 2 - When he says “Only someone who combined the scientific training of a doctor, specialized in public health […]”, the author of the text refers:
( ) to Oswaldo Cruz.
( ) to Carlos Chagas.
( ) to Moacyr Scliar.
Question 3 - “The tragedy becomes, however, one of the first great victories of Brazilian Science”. What tragedy does the text refer to?
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Question 4 - In “With his clear and captivating style, Scliar […]”, the author of the text:
( ) makes a quote.
( ) gives a suggestion.
( ) exposes an opinion.
Question 5 - "It identifies the sick, eliminates the outbreaks of transmitting mosquitoes and finally controls the disease." These are the actions of the physician and sanitarist Oswaldo Cruz, against:
( ) yellow fever.
( ) the plague.
( ) smallpox.
Question 6 – In the excerpt “But this is exactly what happens […]”, the word “this”:
( ) announces information.
( ) retrieves information.
( ) complements information.
Question 7 – In the sentence "The population grew, but the sewerage network was precarious […]”, the highlighted term could be replaced by:
( ) because
( ) Yet
( ) that is why
Question 8 – In the part “And how Chagas identified the disease […]”, the word “E” indicates:
( ) an addition
( ) an opposition
( ) a conclusion
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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