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- This is a dynamic study platform, to support your studies.
- Become digital and paperless to avoid carbon emission and to be eco-friend. The heating is increasing 1.6 Celsius degrees every year.

- Avoid piracy (pirataria) by making photocopies and respect the copy write.

- Digital support is cheaper and eco-friendly. (amigo do ambiente).
- Keep Training what is written in front of the bulleted list.

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Hi (informal face to face)

1.Direct and Indirect Questions.

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Direct question ( words in blue ) verb > subject

Indirect question ( words in red ) subject > verb

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When you ask a direct question , you invert the subject and verb:

" Where is it? "

But when you ask an indirect question, you don`t invert the subject and verb:

" Would you mind telling me where (it) is nearby? " (it)= /the bus station/the undergrown/the train station/the pharmacy/ the vet/ the hospital/the police station/

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Examples:

" Do you know where the meeting point is? "

" Do you like coffee, or you prefer tea? " /cold drink/water/juice/beer/wine

" Can she swim herself or she needs the tutor help ? "/ride/drive/

" Have you finished your homework, that you brought yesterday? "/

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DQ " Where is the library? " /supermarket/bakery/petrol station/

IQ " Can you tell me where the library is? "

DQ " What time does the movie start? "/theater/concert/mass/

IQ " Do you know what time the movie starts? "

DQ " Are you coming to the party?"/meeting/class/concert/event

IQ " I was wondering if you are coming to the party."

DQ " Why are they late?"/angry/happy/laughing/crying/unhappy

IQ " Do you know why they are late? "

DQ " How much does it cost? "

IQ " Do you know how much it costs? "

DQ " Is he at home? "

IQ " Could you tell me if he is at home? "

2.Read and comment.

“ Techno-solutionism”

The robot will look after you in your old age.

“ To face the needs of the care workers, to look after people aged over 64, that are living with unmet care needs, an investment is being made to develop robots that could potentially be used to give care, within the next twenty years. “

1.Why robots will look after elderly?

Because we will not have enough care workers to face the needs!

2.What means unmet care?

Unmet care ( it ) refers to situations where a person needs health or social care but does not receive it.

3.What kind of investment is being made to fill this gap?

Develop robots to be used in these services!

4.How long will it take to develop these items?

Maybe more or less than twenty years!

“ These autonomous systems like robots will become a normal part of our lives. They will transform the way we live, work and travel. So the science correspondent is being found in “ techno-solutionism”, the idea of creating solutions with advanced technologies. “

5.What kind of static electronic domestic items do we have nowadays?

Nowadays, we have TV, washing machine, toaster, etc!

6.And in the future?

Besides the static domestic items, we will have dynamic domestic items, like robots.

7.How you describe “ techno-solutionism ”?

It is a science that does research and studies, to find solutions for better quality of life.

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