Ejercicio de la Unidad III.

Se señala en el siguiente texto, el cual es un extracto de la bibliografía de Winston Churchill los maracadores de definición, de tiempo y secuencia presentes. Para ello se realizan 4 preguntas en español, las cuales son respondidas en inglés. Scanning.

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, PC, FRS (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the great wartime leaders. He served as prime minister from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. A noted statesman and orator, Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a historian, writer and artist. To date, he is the only British prime minister to have received the Nobel Prize in Literature, and the first person to be recognised as an honorary citizen of the United States.

During his army career, Churchill saw military action in India, the Sudan and the Second Boer War. He gained fame and notoriety as a war correspondent and through contemporary books he wrote describing the campaigns. He also served briefly in the British Army on the Western Front in the First World War, commanding the 6th Battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers.

1.- Quién era Winston Churchill
 Was a British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War.

2.- Durante que período fue Primer Ministro de Inglaterra
He served as prime minister from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.

3.- A parte de destacarse como Primer Ministro, en que otras áreas se destacó
Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a historian, writer and artist. He is the only British prime minister to have received the Nobel Prize in Literature, and the first person to be recognised as an honorary citizen of the United States.

4.- Churchill era militar, dónde realizó su carrera.
During his army career, Churchill saw military action in India, the Sudan and the Second Boer War.


En el siguiente texto tomado de The New York Times y escrito por Campbell Robertson se ubicará de acuerdo al título y la imagen, Cuál es el tópico de la lectura, la idea general del mismo, qué palabras se repiten, cuales se parecen al español, cuales son las palabras en negrita, el título, subtítulo o gráficos que ayudan a entender al texto y por último de qué trata el texto. Skinning.

Fuente: Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times

Michael Dupont, 59, holding a photo of his old house.

Oh, Katrina Anniversary, Recovery Takes Hold

NEW ORLEANS — This city, not that long ago, appeared to be lost. Only five years have passed since corpses were floating through the streets, since hundreds of thousands of survivors sat in hotel rooms and shelters and the homes of relatives, learning from news footage that they were among the ranks of the homeless.

For most of the last year, in many parts of the city, the waters finally seemed to be receding.

In November, a federal judge ruled that much of the flooding after Hurricane Katrina was a result of the negligence of the Army Corps of Engineers, vindicating New Orleanians, who had hammered this gospel for four years. In January, the federal government cleared the way for nearly half a billion dollars in reimbursement for the city’s main public hospital, an acceleration of funds that led to the announcement this week that nearly two billion more would be coming in a lump-sum settlement for city schools.

De acuerdo al título y la imagen, ¿cuál cree usted que es el tópico que está a punto de leer?
Recuerdos de los sobrevientes del huracán Katrina, el cual azoto a la ciudad de New Orleans

¿Cuál es la idea general del texto?
Cómo se ha recuperado la ciudad y sus habitantes de la tragedía del paso del Huracán Katrina

¿Que palabras se repiten?
This city, not that long ago, appeared to be lost. Only five years have passed since corpses were floating through the streets, since hundreds of thousands of survivors sat in hotel rooms and shelters and the homes of relatives, learning from news footage that they were among the ranks of the homeless.
For most of the last year, in many parts of the city, the waters finally seemed to be receding.
In November, a federal judge ruled that much of the flooding after Hurricane Katrina was a result of the negligence of the Army Corps of Engineers, vindicating New Orleanians, who had hammered this gospel for four years. In January, the federal government cleared the way for nearly half a billion dollars in reimbursement for the city’s main public hospital, an acceleration of funds that led to the announcement this week that nearly two billion more would be coming in a lump-sum settlement for city schools.

¿Que palabras se parecen al español?
hospital / hotel / parts / finally / November / federal/ Hurricane Katrina / result / negligence / Engineers / public / acceleration / billion 

Cuáles son las palabras que ayudan a entender el texto: las que están en negrita, el titulo, subtitulo o gráficos.
Tanto el título como la imagen están directamente relacionados con el texto, lo que no deja ninguna duda sobre el tema: El Huracán Katrina y los extragos que hizo en New Orleans hace 5 años atrás.

¿De qué trata el texto? Lee el primer párrafo y el último o la ultimas ideas del último párrafo.
     Tras 5 años del paso del huracán Katrina por la ciudad de New Orleans, sus habitantes aún recuerdan los cadáveres que flotaban por sus calles, así como a los cientos y miles de sobrevivientes que ocuparon habitaciones de hoteles, los refugios improvisados y como muchos de ellos ocuparon casas de familias. La lista de desamparados fue larga.
En los últimos años, en muchas partes de la ciudad finalmente las aguas bajaron de nivel.
En noviembre, un juez federal dictamino que las inundaciones después del Huracán Katrina fue el resultado de negligence por parte del Cuerpo de Ingenieros de la Armada. En enero, el gobierno federal declaró el pago de casi la mitad de mil millones de dólares en retribuciones para los principales hospitales, así como para la recosntrcción de otras instituciones y escuelas.