Text interpretation, detective work, in which Albert Einstein explains, in a didactic way, about the scientist's work, associating it with the work performed by the detective. The activity, aimed at students in the 2nd year of high school, is composed of several questions that explore the content and the different linguistic resources used in the construction of the aforementioned text.
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One of the greatest physicists of the 20th century, Albert Einstein, compared the work of a scientist to the work of a detective.
“In almost every detective novel, there comes a time when the investigator has already collected all the facts he needs to solve at least one of the stages of his problem. These facts often seem strange and inconsistent, entirely unrelated to each other. However, the great detective realizes that no further investigations are needed at the moment and that only reasoning will lead him to correlate the collected facts. Then, he plays his violin or rests in his chair, delighting in his pipe, when suddenly the solution occurs to him. And not only does he have an explanation for the evidence he had, but he also knows what other events must have taken place. Knowing now exactly where to look for what he wants, he can, if he wants, collect more data to confirm his theory.
The scientist, reading the book of nature, if we are allowed to repeat this commonplace, must obtain the solution by itself, because he cannot, as impatient readers of other stories do, go right to the end of the book. In our case, the reader is also the investigator, seeking to explain, at least in part, the relationships between events in their most complete form. To obtain a solution, even a partial one, the scientist has to collect the disordered facts available and, through his creative thinking, make them coherent and intelligible.”
Einstein, Albert & I. Infeld: The evolution of Physics. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952. p.4.
Question 1 - Identify the purpose of the text:
Question 2 - According to the text, the creative part of a scientific work begins when the researcher:
a) identifies the problem.
b) collects the facts to solve part of the problem.
c) seeks more data to validate his theory.
d) makes the disconnected facts coherent.
Question 3 - The referent "the investigator" is resumed through a personal pronoun in the excerpt:
a) “[…] the great detective realizes that they are not necessary […]”
b) “[…] that only reasoning will lead you to correlate the facts collected.”
c) "So, he plays his violin or rests in his armchair […]"
d) “[…] when, suddenly, the solution occurs.”
Question 4 – “One of the greatest physicists of the 20th century, Albert Einstein, compared the work of a scientist to the work of a detective.”, the underlined part works syntactically as:
Question 5 - Check the incorrect segment regarding the verbal regency:
a) “[…] all the facts you need to solve […]”
b) “[…] at the moment and that only reasoning will lead him to correlate the facts collected.”
c) "And not only does he have the explanation for the evidence he had […]"
d) “Now knowing exactly where to look for what you want […]”
Question 6 – The item in which the highlighted element has its idea correctly identified is:
The) "Yet, the great detective realizes that they are not necessary […]” (conclusion)
B) "[…] When, suddenly, the solution occurs to him.” (time)
ç) "[…] but also knows that other events must have taken place.” (opposition)
d) “[…] you must get the solution for yourself, why he can't […]” (denial)
Question 7 – "[…] the scientist have to collect the disorderly facts […]”, the highlighted part indicates:
a) an obligation
b) a suggestion
c) a wish
d) a hypothesis
Question 8 – In all adjectives, the prefixes indicate the idea of negation, except in:
a) inconsistent
b) impatient
c) disordered
d) intelligible
Question 9 – In “[…] make ityou coherent and intelligible.”, the pronoun next to the verb form replaces, considering the context:
By Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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