ACTIVITY 1: Read the text and do the
activities.
San Jose has about 1 million
inhabitants and is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in
the U.S.A. The city is located in Santa Clara County at the southern edge of
the San Francisco Bay. San Jose is the largest city within Silicon Valley,
which is a major component of the greater San Francisco Bay Area and is also
the most populous city in Northern California. Originally inhabited by Ohlone
Native Americans, it was first colonized by the Spanish. San Jose was founded
on November 29, 1777, as El Pueblo de
San José de Guadalupe, the first civilian town in the Spanish colony of
Nueva California. By the 1990s, San Jose's location within the booming local
technology industry earned the city its nickname, Capital of Silicon Valley. Among the civic and architectural
profile of San Jose are the HP Pavilion (home rink of the NHL's San Jose
Sharks), the massive San Jose McEnery Convention Center, the Tech Museum of
Innovation, Children's Discovery Museum, the San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose
Center for Performing Arts, and San Jose Repertory Theater. In addition to
being a cultural and entertainment magnet, San Jose is a working downtown:
software giant Adobe occupies Adobe Towers, which covers a highly conspicuous
block of valuable real estate; the nearby Park Center Plaza is home to a
number of financial and technical enterprises. The San Jose area is home to
the largest concentration of technology expertise in the world with more than
6,600 technology companies employing more than 254,000 people.
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Adapted from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Jose,_California) and
City of San Jose site (http://www.sanjoseca.gov )
City of San Jose site (http://www.sanjoseca.gov )
PART A. Write T (true) or F (false)
according to the text:
( ) The population of San Jose
City is about 1 million.
( ) The nickname Capital of Silicon Valley is from 1980.
( ) San Jose is the second
civilian town in the Spanish colony.
( ) San Jose concentrates a lot
of technology expertise.
PART B. Match the columns.
( 1 ) largest
( 2 ) entertainment
( 3 ) valuable
( 4 ) expertise
( 5 ) booming
( 6 ) enterprise
( 7 ) earn
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( ) entretenimento
( ) ganhar
( ) empresa
( ) maior
( ) valioso
( ) conhecimento
( ) em expansão
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PART C. Name some attractions of San
Jose city.
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PART D. Why San Jose earned its
nickname, Capital of Silicon Valley?
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PART E. Which places would you like
to visit in San Jose?
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PART F. Talk to a classmate.
2. Você considera importante
informações como esta? Por quê?
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Adapted from “Take your Time 3” by Rocha and Ferrari.
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