8/17/2019 Exercícios de Inglês - Text Exoeskeleton Affixation

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TEACHER: __________________ DATE: ___/___/___STUDENT: _______________________________________________ Class: ______________

1. Read this text and try to extract the basic intention of it.

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The inaugural kick for the FIFA 2014 World Cup, set to begin next month in Brazil,

will be made by a paralyzed, non-ambulatory teenager wearing an exoskeleton. The

exoskeleton and accompanying 3D-printed helmet, developed by an international teamof engineers and designers, will allow the teenager to stand up and make the inaugural

kick.

The exoskeleton is named the Walk Again Project, and is developed by the Duke

University Center for Neuroengineering, supported by the Technical University of

Munich, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, the Edmond and Lily Safra

International Institute of Neuroscience, the University of California Davis, the University

of Kentucky and Regis Kopper of the Duke Immersive Virtual Environment.

On the other hand, the helmet, which will control the exoskeleton through sending

neural signals from the user's brain, was developed by a team from Colorado StateUniversity. The mind control helmet was created using 3D-printing technology, and it has

a soft structure which will keep in place the controlling electrodes despite the movement

of the exoskeleton.

The Walk Again Project was first announced in January, when it was revealed that

the exoskeleton will provide support to a paralyzed person's lower body. The user will be

able to walk through controlling the exoskeleton using wireless electrodes attached to the

head, which will gather the user's brain waves.

"The vibrations can replicate the sensation of touching the ground, rolling off the

toe and kicking off again," said Gordon Cheng, lead robotic engineer of the TechnicalUniversity of Munich in an interview with New Scientist.

The opening ceremonies for the World Cup will be the first large-scale

demonstration of a robotic exoskeleton being controlled by a human. The teenager will

be immersed in a virtual reality environment as training to use the exoskeleton and

helmet to make sure that he is accustomed to using the device by next month.

"There's so much detail in this, it's phenomenal."

By Aaron Mamiit, Tech Times | May 26 Available at http://www.techtimes.com/articles/7559/20140526/paralyzed-brazilian-teen-exoskeleton-will-world-cup-2014-inaugural-kick.htm

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2. Choose the best title for the text.

( ) Full of technology 2014 FIFA World Cup surprises viewers( ) Paralyzed Brazilian teen will do 2014 World Cup inaugural kick( ) Brazilian anti-World Cup protesters clash with police

3. Match the prefixes/suffixes of the words to their meanings.

a) Non-ambulatory( ) too much( ) not connected with( ) do badly

b) Exoskeleton( ) external( ) internal( ) many

c) Designer / user( ) again( ) not( ) a person who

d) Movement( ) the act of

( ) capable of being( ) without

e) Wireless( ) without( ) very small( ) under

f) Phenomenal( ) a person who( ) having the quality of( ) like