CAPACITACION PROFESORES INGLES

NIVEL I

At the end of the course the student must be able to identify the following
concepts in a text:

 A system and its parts (system-parts)

 A class and its members (class-members)
 A name and its description (name- description)
 Functions of a system or functions of the parts (functions)
 Abilities of a system or abilities of the parts (abilities)
 Necessities of a system or necessities of the parts (necessities)

SYSTEM - PARTS
A system is a combination of things that form a whole. The parts of the
system are necessary for the system to work.

SYSTEM PARTS

plunger
Hypodermic needle
syringe barrel
cap

We can join a system and its parts using different expressions. Look at the
sentences below.

SYSTEM PARTS
A hypodermic syringe is composed of a plunger, a needle, a barrel and a cap.

Hypodermic syringes are composed of a plunger, a needle, a barrel and a cap.

A hypodermic syringe is formed by a plunger, a needle, a barrel and a cap.

A hypodermic syringe is made up of a plunger, a needle, a barrel and a cap.

A hypodermic syringe consists of a plunger, a needle, a barrel and a cap.

Hypodermic syringes consist of a plunger, a needle, a barrel and a cap.

A hypodermic syringe has a plunger, a needle, a barrel and a cap.

A hypodermic syringe includes a plunger, a needle, a barrel and a cap.

A hypodermic syringe contains a plunger, a needle, a barrel and a cap.

 PARTS SYSTEM
A plunger, a needle, a barrel and a cap make up a hypodermic syringe.

A plunger, a needle, a barrel and a cap compose a hypodermic syringe.

A plunger, a needle, a barrel and a cap form a hypodermic syringe.

We can also ask about system-parts in different ways. Look at these examples.

Question Answer
What does a hypodermic syringe It consists of a plunger, a needle, a barrel and
consist of? a cap.

What does a hypodermic syringe It contains a plunger, a needle, a barrel and a

contain? cap.

What does a hypodermic syringe It has a plunger, a needle, a barrel and a cap.
have?

What does a hypodermic syringe It includes a plunger, a needle, a barrel and a

include? cap.

What do hypodermic syringes consist They consist of a plunger, a needle, a barrel

of? and a cap.

What is a hypodermic syringe It is composed of a plunger, a needle, a barrel

composed of? and a cap.

What is a hypodermic syringe formed It is formed by a plunger, a needle, a barrel

by? and a cap.

What is a hypodermic syringe made It is made up of a plunger, a needle, a barrel

up of? and a cap.

What are hypodermic syringes They are composed of a plunger, a needle, a

composed of? barrel and a cap.

Exercise

I. Read the following text and do the exercises which follow.

WHO
WHO (World Health Organization) is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the
United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the
health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options,
providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends. It is composed of
147 country offices, six regional offices and the headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The
headquarters includes two main bodies. The World Health Assembly is the supreme decision-making
body for WHO. It meets each year in May in Geneva, and is attended by delegations from all 193
Member States. The Executive Board is composed of 34 members technically qualified in the field of
health. Members are elected for three-year terms.
Adapted in March, 2008from http://www.who.int/about/en/
II. Complete the chart below.

SYSTEM PARTS

III. Answer the questions below.

1. What does the headquarters consist of?

_________________________________________________________________
____________
_________________________________________________________________
____________

2. What does the Executive Board include?

_________________________________________________________________
____________
_________________________________________________________________
____________

CLASS - MEMBERS
A class is the category to which the members belong. These members are
examples of the class, not components.

CLASS MEMBERS

Mp3 player
Gadgets Cell phone
iPod

We can join a class and its members using different expressions. Look at the
sentences below.

MEMBER CLASS

An iPod is a gadget.
An iPod is an example of a gadget.

An iPod and a cell phone are gadgets.

An iPod and a cell phone are examples of gadgets.

CLASS MEMBER

There are many types of gadgets such as a cell phone, an Mp3 player and an iPod.

There are many types of gadgets like a cell phone, an Mp3 player and an iPod.

The different types of gadgets include a cell phone, an Mp3 player and an iPod.

Note: Notice that we ca use the verb include for System - Parts and Class - Members.

We can also ask about class-members. Look at this example.

Question Answer
What is an iPod an example of? It is a gadget.
It is an example of a gadget.

What are iPods examples of? They are gadgets.

They are examples of gadgets.

Exercise

I. Read the following text and do the exercises which follow.

Eye Diseases
Nature has many ways of making it hard for people to see. Here are eye disease prevalence
numbers in adults 40 years and older in the United States, based on data from 2000:
 Cataract (20.5 million)—a clouding of the eye’s usually clear lens and is the leading cause
of blindness in the world.
 Age-related macular degeneration (1.8 million)— a disease that damages the eye’s
macula, located in the center of the retina, causing a loss of sharp, central vision needed
for tasks like reading and driving.
 Glaucoma (2.2 million)—a disease that gradually damages the optic nerve that carries
visual signals from the eye to the brain. As much as half of all people with glaucoma are
unaware they have it because only after a significant amount of nerve damage does a
person loses vision.
 Retinal diseases (diabetic retinopathy and retinitis pigmentosa)—a group of hereditary
disorders in which the rod and cone cells in the retina deteriorate causing impaired or
loss of vision.
Adapted in March, 2008from http://www.livescience.com/health/070115_eye_diseases.html
II. Complete the charts below.

CLASS MEMBERS CLASS MEMBERS

Hereditary
disorders

CLASS MEMBERS

III. Answer the question below.

What are a cataract and glaucoma examples of?

_________________________________________________________________
____________
_________________________________________________________________
____________

Complete the sentences below.

1. There are several types of eye diseases in adults 40 years and older
_____________ age- related
macular degeneration and glaucoma.

2. Eye diseases in adults 40 years and older _____________ cataract, age-related

macular
degeneration and glaucoma.

3. Diabetic retinopathy and retinitis pigmentosa ________________ retinal diseases.