etätehtävät vko 3 (pitää olla tehtynä perjantaihin 21.1. klo 21 mennessä)

Task 1 (week 3)

Read the article here.
Then explain what the article was about, briefly, in Finnish, below.

Task 1 (week 3)

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In your own words, explain the content of the article in Finnish.

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Task 2 (week 3)

Read the text and answer the following questions in English or in Finnish.

Task 2 (week 3)

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Answer the following questions according to the text you just read.

What kind of negative effect can high-tech gadgets have on the brain?

Some of us are addicted to high tech. What examples were mentioned?

Why is downtime important for our brains?

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Task 3 (week 3)

Now it is time to think about your own life. Answer all these questions. You can answer in writing or you can also make a recording of your answers and send an audio file.

1. Think about your daily diet of technological gadgets. Mention all the ones you use during an ordinary day, from the moment you wake up till bedtime (home, school, free-time activities)
2. Are you addicted to any of the devices you mentioned? Which one(s)? Why?
3. Which one(s) you could easily live without?
4. Is there enough downtime on your life? If so, how do you use it? If not, how could you reorganize your time to increase it?
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Task 5 (week 3) 'Orchidelirium' vocabulary

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a. Find words in the article that match the definitions below. The paragraph numbers are given to help you.
1. pieces cut from a plant and used for growing into new plants (para 1)
2. the police of particular places (para 1)
3. very successful (para 3)
4. a room with glass walls and a glass roof, built next to a house and used for relaxing in or for growing plants (para 7)
5. considered to be very important or valuable (para 7)
6. a rare or expensive type of food (para 7)
7. unofficial information that may or may not be true (para 9)
8. examples of something, especially of a plant or an animal (para 10)
9. the illegal trade, smuggling or collection of goods (para 10)
10. existing, happening, or spreading in an uncontrolled way (para 10)

b. Use some of the key words above to complete these sentences.
1. I lost some of my most possessions in the fire.
2. Abuse of power among senior officials is said to be .
3. The of a petrol shortage turned out to be a false alarm.
4. The first recorded of that particular fish were caught in the Pacific Ocean.
6. Caviar is considered to be a in many countries.

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Task 6 (week 3) reading comprehension ‘Orchidelirium’

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Find information in the article to answer the questions. Answer in English or in Finnish

1. What is ‘orchidelirium’?
2. What is an ‘orchid influencer’?
3. Why do orchids at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in London, need special protection?
4. Why can’t visitors see Kew Gardens’ complete orchid collection at any one time?
5. Where do orchids grow naturally in the wild?
6. What makes orchids special and so well loved?
7. What is the extent, and what are the consequences of the illegal trade in orchids?
8. Where can the native lady’s slipper orchid be found growing wild in the UK?

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Task 7 (week 3)

Watch this speech (use subtitles if necessary) and comment on it in English? Give your views on this topic (at least 100 words in writing but you can also talk about it). Return your views here.