Activity of text interpretation, aimed at fifth-year students, about the United Nations, the UN. Do you know how this organization came about? And what are her goals? Let's find out? So, read the text carefully! Then answer the proposed interpretive questions!
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October 24th is the Day of the United Nations, the famous UN. You must have heard of her already, right? But how did it come about and what is it for? We invite you to get to know this very important association.
It all started when the countries that won World War I gathered in Paris, France, in 1919, to sign a peace agreement and found the League of Nations. The purpose of this organization was to prevent further wars from happening. In September 1939, Adolf Hitler, Germany's Nazi dictator, started World War II. With the failure of the mission to keep peace in the world, the League of Nations was officially dissolved in 1942.
But then World War II ended, and on October 24, 1945, representatives from 47 countries participated in a conference in San Francisco, United States, and created the Organization of Nations United. The goal? The same as in the League of Nations: fight for peace in the world.
The UN is, therefore, the result of the work of people who wanted to resolve world conflicts in ways other than war. This ideal of peace resulted in the elaboration, in 1948, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, one of the Organization's most outstanding achievements.
Today, the UN has the participation of 193 countries. Her goals also grew: now she wants to keep the world safe, build relationships friendly among nations, promote social progress, better living conditions and protect rights humans.
But it's not just countries that are part of the UN. It is also formed by specialized bodies, such as the International Labor Organization (ILO), the Organization World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank, as well as other entities specializing in trade, agriculture and meteorology.
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Question 1 - In the passage “We invite you to know this most important association.”, which most important association does the text refer to?
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Question 2 - According to the text, the United Nations was created in:
( ) 1919.
( ) 1939.
( ) 1945.
Question 3 - In “[…] representatives from 47 countries participated in a conference in San Francisco […]”, the text cites a fact:
( ) closed.
( ) in progress.
( ) about to happen.
Question 4 – In the part “The UN is, therefore, the result of the work of people who wanted to resolve world conflicts in other ways […]”, the highlighted term indicates:
( ) an opposition.
( ) a conclusion.
( ) a justification.
Question 5 - In the sentence "Today the UN has the participation of 193 countries.”, the underlined word expresses a circumstance of:
( ) place.
( ) mode.
( ) time.
Question 6 – According to the text, the UN's goals grew. Underline the verbs that express these new goals:
“[…] maintain security in the world, build friendly relations between nations, promote social progress, better living conditions and protect human rights.”
Question 7 – In the segment “It is also formed by specialized bodies […]”, a word was used to retake the UN. Locate it:
Question 8 – The author addresses the reader directly in the excerpt:
( ) "You must have heard of her, right?"
( ) "The purpose of this organization was to prevent other wars from happening."
( ) “[…] the League of Nations was officially dissolved in 1942.”
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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