Ingles Instrumental. Unidad 01. Uso del Diccionario Bilingüeüe.

 Unidad 1. Uso del Diccionario Bilingüeüe.

       

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Get ready to get mooned

                                     

           The moon will come closer to Earth than it has been in more than 18 years

Thanks to a fluke of orbital mechanics that brings the moon closer to Earth than that it has been in more than 18 years, the biggest full moon of 2011 will occur on Saturday, leading some observers to dub it a "supermoon." On Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, the moon will arrive at its closest point to the Earth in 2011:  a distance of 221,565 miles (356,575 kilometers) away. And only 50 minutes earlier, the moon will officially be full.

At its peak, the supermoon of March may appear 14 percent larger and 30 percent brighter than lesser full moons (when the moon is at its farthest from Earth), weather permitting. Yet to the casual observer, it may be hard to tell the difference. The supermoon will not cause natural disasters, such as the Japan earthquake, a NASA scientist has stressed.

Spotting the Supermoon

The moon has not been in a position to appear this large since March 1993.

In December 2008, there was a near-supermoon when the moon turned full four hours away from its perigee – the point in its orbit that is closest to Earth. But this month, the full moon and perigee are just under one hour apart, promising spectacular views, depending on local conditions.

Although a full moon theoretically lasts just a moment, that moment is imperceptible to ordinary observation. During the day or so before and after, most will speak of seeing the nearly full moon as "full," with the actual shaded area of the lunar surface being so narrow – and changing in apparent width so slowly – that it is hard for the naked eye to tell whether it's present, or which side it is. 

Supermoon making waves

In addition, the near coincidence of Saturday’s full moon with perigee will result in a dramatically large range of high and low ocean tides. The highest tides will not, however, coincide with the perigee moon but will actually lag by up to a few days depending on the specific coastal location. For example, in Wilmington, N.C., the highest tide (5.3 feet) will be attained at 11:21 p.m. EDT on March 20. 

In New York City, high water (5.9 feet) at The Battery comes at 10:49 p.m. EDT on March 21, while at Boston Harbor, a peak tide height of 12.2 feet comes at 1:31 a.m. EDT on March 22, almost 2 1/2 after perigee. But then, to those living on the shores near the Bay of Fundy in eastern Canada, the 10- to 20-foot (3- to 6-meter) increase in the vertical tidal range makes it obvious when the Moon lies near perigee, clear skies or cloudy.

Any coastal storm at sea around this time will almost certainly aggravate coastal flooding problems. Such an extreme tide is known as a perigean spring tide, the word spring being derived from the German springen – to "spring up," and is not, as is often mistaken, a reference to the spring season.  In contrast, later this year, on October 11, the full moon will closely coincide with apogee, its farthest point from the Earth.  In fact, on that night the moon will appear 12.3 percent smaller than it will appear this weekend.

Big full moon's appearance is deceiving

And while this weekend’s moon will be – as the Observer’s Handbook of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada suggests – the "largest full moon of 2011," the variation of the moon's distance is not readily apparent to observers viewing the moon directly.

Or is it?

When the perigee moon lies close to the horizon, it can appear absolutely enormous. That is when the famous “moon illusion” combines with reality to produce a truly stunning view. For reasons not fully understood by astronomers or psychologists, a low-hanging moon looks incredibly large when hovering near trees, buildings and other foreground objects. The fact that the moon will be much closer than usual this weekend will only serve to amplify this strange effect.

So … a perigee moon, either rising in the east at sunset or dropping down in the west at sunrise might seem to make the moon appear so close that it almost appears that you could touch it. You can check out this out for yourself by first noting the times for moonrise and moonset for your area by going to this website.

Ejercicio 1

•         Selecciona un texto en Ingles relacionado con tu campo de experticia. (uno o dos párrafos)

•         Lee tu texto y subraya 5 palabras nuevas.

•         Busca en el diccionario y escribe el significado que mejor se adapte al contexto donde se encuentra.

•         Señala: abreviaciones

•         Indica si es palabra de contenido o de función

•         Busca y subraya dos ejemplos para cada una de las siguientes categorías lexicales: Sustantivos, adjetivos, adverbios, verbos, conjunciones, preposiciones, artículos, prefijo, sufijo y cognados falsos y verdaderos.

•         Escribe cual es la idea principal del texto y escribe con tus propias palabras que dice el texto en español.

1)    Fluke: Casualidad (Sustantivo)

2)    Imperceptible: Imperceptible (Adjetivo) (cognado verdadero)

3)    Shaded: Sombreado (Adjetivo) (pasado simple)

4)    Lag: Demorar, Quedarse atrás (verbo intransitivo)

5)    Apogee: Apogeo (Sustantivo) ( Cognado verdadero)

·         Sustantivos: Fluke, Apogge

·         Adjetivos: Imperceptible, Shaded

·         Adverbios: Officially, Theoretically

·         Verbos: Has been, Arrive

·         Conjunciones: Although, But

·         Proposiciones: Under, Before

·         Artículos: The, a

·         Prefijos: Away, Attained

·         Sufijos: Mistaken, Astronomical

·         Cognados Falsos: Sunrise, Trees

·         Cognados Verdaderos: Imperceptibles, Apogee

     Idea Principal del Texto:

     Al haber leído y analizado el articulo puedo decir que la idea principal del mismo es dar a conocer el fenómeno natural que se observara el sábado por la noche, en el cual la luna se verá más grande y brillante en el cielo, esto se debe a una fluctuación en su órbita, por lo que pasara a unos 356,575 kilómetros de la tierra.