EN 7 Lesson 17th April

Thank God it's Friday!
If you're in a mood for some Friday guitar sounds, here's a link to Gary Moore
Well, back to business. Today it is time for the first word test. As I can't monitor your work - and I don't want to- it is ok to use the book. It is all about learning, not testing. Send your answers to Palautuskansio WORD TEST 1.

Wordtest 1:
Write these in English
1. edullinen ( ei cheap)
2. tutustuminen, tiedusteleminen
3. kömpelö, vaikeasti käytettävä
4. kangas
5. öinen
Translate these into Finnish:
6. debris of a fallen building
7.subsequent designs
8. He became intrigued
9. Cram isn't outfitted with cameras
10. trial and error. 


If you haven't been to SanomaPro yet, now it is time. Next week we'll take a listening comprehension there, so you'll need to log in before that. The key is ACV3.

Now to our FINAL TEST practises ( we do that every Friday)
Remember CRAM from Wednedsay? 
Watch the video here and answer the question.

1. What is said about the way cockroaches can run?



Another video. This time about biomimicry.
Watch the video and answer the questions. 

2. What is biomimicry?
3. How does it help to save nature? 
4.What is a pine tree a good example of?
5. Why is limestone mentioned?

Watch the videos as many times as you need. Concentrate and do your best. This is the best way to practise for the big test!! Send the answers to my wa. 0401809783.
Homework for next time is Zoologger in the final focus section p. 166-169.

And here are the correct answers to yesterday's excercises.
Reading comprehension (topic 2):
  1. Kasveilla on lähes täydellinen kyky muuttaa auringonvalo energiaksi. Siihen verrattuna aurinkopaneelit ovat heikkoja ja tehottomia.
  2. He pyrkivät kasvimolekyylejä hyödyntäen parantamaan nykyisten aurinkopaneelien heikkoa tuottavuutta.
  3. Velcro on tarranauha, joka on kehitetty takiaisten toimintaperiaatteen pohjalta.
  4. Yöperhosen silmien muovikalvon toimintaa jäljittelevä kalvo, jota käytetään mobiililaitteissa, helpottaa luettavuutta ja lisää akun kestoa.
  5. CRAM on kämmenkokoinen mekaaninen torakka, jota voidaan käyttää esim ihmisten etsimiseen romahtaneista taloista.


2E
1 Over billions of years of trial
and error
2 have stood the test of time
3 more efficient solar cells are
being developed
4 as closely as possible
5 Researchers … took inspiration
from
6 requires much less energy
compared to
7 the film reduces reflections
and improves readability
8 for at least half a century
2F
1 more efficient solar cells
2 compared to
3 trial and error
4 as closely as possible
5 have stood the test of time
6 that / which reduces reflections
7 for at least half a century

Have a happy, sunny weekend!