REPÚBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE
UNIVERSIDAD YACAMBU
CONTADURÍA PÚBLICA
Author: Heydi Cordero
Exercises
Read the following questions
carefully. Then answer the questions. (In Spanish)
1. Robots - The Future
They have been around for years. They come in
all shapes and sizes. When they were first invented nobody knew their
importance. But, how soon will it be before they are so intelligent that they
take over jobs which only human beings can do, such as, treating patients or
constructing houses? You may wonder what I am talking about…..well, I am
talking about robots.
If we examine the possible advantages that
robots could offer us in the future, we see that there are numerous. Just
imagine if there was a robot that could carry out all of the housework, drive
you about, prepare your food and build houses. How would your life be? I bet
millions of people would say, "Just perfect". Having a robot to do
all these things would undoubtedly save a lot of time and money.
However, there are, of course, some disadvantages.
I can envisage that in the future, possessing a robot will be very expensive,
and perhaps only those elitists will be able to afford them. Something that
might worry me a little, would be, 'what if the robot began to malfunction and
started to destroy things?' I am sure that in the future, just as there may be
robots that are good and helpful, there are also going to be those that are bad
and made to kill. This is something extremely important to bear in mind.
I think I can conclude by saying that
although having a robot in the future could be extremely useful, I personally
see more disadvantages than advantages. I am happy with my life at the moment
even if I have to do my own ironing and cooking!
According to the speaker:
What jobs might robots be able to do in the
future?
Ellos
serán capaces de tratar a personas enfermas y construir casas.
What are the advantages of having a robot?
Las ventajas que nos puede
ofrecer tener un robot serán las de realizar las tareas del hogar, manejar,
cocinar y hasta construir casas.
What are the main disadvantages?
Las
desventajas más importantes que puede presentar el
adquirir un robot serán que su costo va ser muy elevado y sólo una pequeña élite los podrá obtener.
What concerns the speaker?
Lo que más le preocupa al
autor es si el robot empieza a tener un mal funcionamiento y desarrolla una
actitud destructiva. Además, así como crearán robots para ayudar a las personas
también los harán para matar.
How does the speaker conclude?
Él concluye que a pesar que el
tener un robot sería de mucha ayuda en el futuro, de igual manera traería más
desventajas que ventajas y por eso se siente satisfecho con la vida que lleva
hoy día.
2. Coat of Arms of
The Coat of Arms was introduced by King Richard
I of
According to one tradition, following the Norman
Conquest an extra leopard was added to two existing Norman leopards to
represent the combined Anglo-Norman realm. According to another tradition the
two leopards were combined with the single lion of
Other heraldic authorities have claimed that at
an early stage in the development of heraldry the number of Norman leopards was
not fixed and that it is simply a matter of design as to why
Now, answer the questions about the
text.
1. The coat of arms of
2. The three leopards
represent the combined Anglo-Norman realm.
3.
4. Some people think that
the number of leopards is simply a matter of design.
5. The coat of arms was
created in the 1190s.
3. House of
Commons
In many bicameral parliaments of a Westminster
System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected
lower house. The Commons generally holds much more power than the upper house
(the senate or House of Lords). The leader of the majority party in the House
of Commons usually becomes the Prime Minister.
Historically, "the commons" were an
estate in a traditional pre-Enlightenment European government which typically
divided the governance of an area between "estates" of society. Other
estates included the clergy, nobles, merchants and knights. The word
"commons" has at times been confused with the word "commoner",
but they are very different in this context. The House of Commons was created
to serve as the political outlet for this "commons" class, while the
elite estates were represented in the House of Lords. The House of Commons was
thus elected by the people while members of the upper house were appointed on
the basis of various forms of elite "merit", such as wealth, family,
or prestige.
States with a House of Commons base their
democratic systems upon this original British house of parliament (it is thus
occasionally called "the mother of parliaments"). Many such places
were part of the British Empire, and are now part of the
Most Westminster-system nations which originally
used the term "House of Commons" have changed the name of their lower
house to "the House of Representatives." There are only two existing
Houses of Commons. These are the: British House of Commons (at the
The House of Commons was also the lower house of
the Parliament of Ireland, before its abolition under the 1801 Act of Union,
and the short-lived Parliament of Southern Ireland in 1920, which was
subsequently superseded by the Dáil of the
Questions
Now, answer the questions about the text.
1. The Parliament is divided into two houses.
2. The leader of the
majority party in the House of Commons is the Prime Minister.
3. The members of the House
of Commons are elected by the people.
4. The British House of
Parliament is called "the mother of parliaments".
5. All countries belonging
to the
6. The Canadian House of
Commons was abolished in 1801.