Lesson:Biographies/AlanTuring - Revision history

Gustavo at 12:06, 14 July 2015

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Vocabulary

Gustavo at 04:20, 7 July 2015

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Gustavo at 21:58, 23 June 2015

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Expressions

Gustavo at 21:58, 23 June 2015

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Gustavo at 14:59, 22 June 2015

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 ===Talk a little about...===
-Prejudice against homosexuals had a deep impact in the life of one of the great geniuses of the 20th century. Do you think the government has a right to interfere in someone's private life? How do you stand on other controversial issue such as euthanasia and abortion?
+Prejudice against homosexuals had a deep impact in the life of one of the great geniuses of the 20th century. Do you think the government has a right to interfere in someone's private life? How do you stand on other controversial issues such as euthanasia and abortion?
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 +-The notion of a universal machine was called the "Turing machine".
 -+During World War II Turing was accused of being gay.
-+-Turing's contribution to the code-+breaking of German ciphers had as a result a shorter war.
++-Turing's contribution to the codebreaking of German ciphers had as a result a shorter war.
 -+Turing created the world's first personal computer.
 -+Turing was greatly influenced by a paper published on "Computing machinery and intelligence."
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 -+The British government believes Turing is one of the 100 most important people of the 20th century.
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 Prejudice against homosexuals had a deep impact in the life of one of the great geniuses of the 20th century. Do you think the government has a right to interfere in someone's private life? How do you stand on other controversial issue such as euthanasia and abortion?
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 #How do we avoid having prejudice?
 #Have you ever been a victim of prejudice?
 ===Practice===
 Read the following sentences. Then change them to the negative and interrogative form.
-*He was born in 1955.
+*At a young age, he could already read and write.
-*He was born in San Francisco.
+*He displayed signs of stress.
-*He was born in California.
+*He attended Sherborne School.
-*He was born in February.
+*She started studying physics at the age of 12.
-*He was born on the 24th.
+*He became very interested in biology.
-*He got married in 1970.
+*He enrolled at THE GROVE.
-*He wanted to get married in 1970.
+*He enrolled on an English course.
-*She signed the adoption papers.
+*He enrolled on an English course in Florianópolis.
-*He learned how to take things apart.
+*She eventually gave up on her plans.
-*He learned how to rebuild things.
+*After her graduation she moved to another city.
-*He started to work at Atari.
+*The professor delivered an important paper.
-*His mother taught him to read.
+*The cuts the director made shortened the play.
-*The school officials recommended Jobs skip two years.
+*In the mid-1960s The Beatles exploded in the US.
-*Jobs' parents allowed him to skip only one year.
+*He published a paper in 1950.
-*He chose to drop out of college.
+*As a result of his efforts, he was given a prize.
-*His parents could afford to pay for his college.
+*He was honored for his contributions in cryptography.
-*His father worked as a mechanic.
+*He has been recognized for his creativity.
-*His mother worked as an accountant.
+*The woman apologized on behalf of her sister.
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--+Steve Jobs moved to California in 1955.
--+Clara Jobs, Steve's biological mother, was an accountant.
++-Turing was born in England.
-+-Steve was given up for adoption.
++-Turing was recognized for his intelligence since he was young.
--+Steve's mother gave him up for adoption so she could go to college.
+-+Turing became interested in math and science after Sherborne.
-+-Clara and Paul Jobs promised Steve's biological mother they would provide him with a college education.
++-After graduating from King's College he became a fellow at the school.
-+-Paul's father was a mechanic. He taught Steve about electronics.
++-The notion of a universal machine was called the "Turing machine".
-+-Before he started school, Steve could already read.
+-+During World War II Turing was accused of being gay.
--+Paul's father was frustrated with his grades in school.
++-Turing's contribution to the code-+breaking of German ciphers had as a result a shorter war.
-+-Jobs skipped only one grade in school even though he could have skipped two.
+-+Turing created the world's first personal computer.
--+Jobs graduated high school in 1972 and started college the next year.
+-+Turing was greatly influenced by a paper published on "Computing machinery and intelligence."
--+Reed College was a good and affordable school.
+-+It was illegal to receive hormonal treatment for being gay in England at the time.
-+-Jobs' parents had a hard time paying for their son's college education.
+-+Turing's clearance was removed because of his work with cryptography.
-+-Jobs said that the Calligraphy course he took in college was very important in designing the Mac.
++-It seems Turing died by eating a poisoned apple.
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 ===Lifehacks===
-[[File:87-lean-your-phone-on-your-sunglassess.jpg|500px|Lean your phone on your sunglasses]]
+[[File:51-How-to-multiply-large-numbers-in-your-head..jpg|500px|How to multiply large numbers in your head]]
 <span class="badge badge-info">Lifehack:</span> What do you think about this lifehack? Will it be useful to you?
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-“That’s been one of my mantras — focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex; you have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple.” -- Steve Jobs
+“A computer would deserve to be called intelligent if it could deceive a human into believing that it was human.” -- Alan Turing
 ====Exercise====
-Write a few paragraphs commenting on the Steve Jobs quote above. Do you agree with him? Do you have examples from your life? When can this be a bad advice? What do you need to do in your life in order to be able to focus and simplify things?
+Write a few paragraphs commenting on the Alan Turing quote above. Do you agree with him? Do you think computers can become as intelligent as humans one day? How would you judge if a computer is intelligent or not?
 ===References===

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 {{Example|
-*EU citizens living in UK will be barred from voting in the referendum that will decide wether the UK is in or out of the European Union.
+*EU citizens living in UK will be barred from voting in the referendum that will decide whether the UK is in or out of the European Union.
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 *René Descartes is credited as the father of analytical geometry.
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 *He was honered many times after his death.
 *She was honored for her contributions to the development of a cure for cancer.
 ====to credit someone as====
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 *René Descartes is credited as the father of analytical geometry.
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 ===Talk a little about...===