Kamis, 15 Desember 2016

Biography

 Thomas Alva Edison.
Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, 1847, but his parents moved to Michigan in 1854 and grow there. But he only entered the school for 3 months because the teachers there considered him as a foolish student.

After that, he started to fulfill his curiousity by making a small laboratory under his house, and he started to work as a candy and newspaper seller in the train station in Detroit.

Then several years after that, there was a war that makes Edison feel to make his own newspaper named Weekly Hearld, and his newspapers sold a lot.

Then, he almost lost his hearing because the train station was so noisy, then in 1877 hi focused on founding the lamp because there was no lamp.

But you all know, it's difficult to found conductor ingredients and finally in 21 October 1879 he made a lamp that could shine 40 hours long.
The first lamp.


Then, answer these questions :

1. When Edison was born ?
A. 1555
B. 900 BC
C. 1847
D. 2003
E. Not mentioned.

2. Edison entered school for ...
A. 12 years
B. 8 years
C. 3 months
D. 1 month
E. 20 years

3. He worked as ... in ... in ...
A. Newspaper and candy seller, train conductor, Miami.
B. Candy and Balloon seller, hotel, Detroit.
C. Newspaper and balloon seller, train station, Detroit
D. Newspaper and candy seller, train station, Essex.
E. Newspaper and candy seller, train station, Detroit.

4. Edison almost lost his hearing because...
A. He is stupid
B. The train station was so noisy so he fell
C. He got an accident
D. Train station was so noisy
E. Because of the war.

5. The lamp he found could shine for..
A. 40 days
B. 40 years
C. 40 seconds
D. 40 minutes
E. 2400 minutes

Answers ; 1. C, 2. C, 3. E, 4. D, 5. E

Interesting Place

Laghi de Fusine.
Picture 1.1 : Laghi de Fusine.

Why i choose Laghi de Fusine ? Because Laghi de Fusine is considered as the lake with the clearest water in the world. It took the 2nd place.

Laghi de Fusine is located in Friuli, Italy. Actually word 'Laghi de' means 'Lake' so the world called it Lake Fusine.

Picture 1.2 Laghi de Fusine geography map.

So, Laghi de Fusine was discovered by Alonzo Pe'tit Barbaria Fusine in 1892.

Why Fusine has the clearest water ? Because this water was come from glacier (ice) that melts until the lake that you can see now, so it has no chemical such thing reactions or etc, it also has beautiful fishes, and you can feel the fresh wafer of it. But, this lake has so many algae so if you throw something such oil, the oil will disappear by tomorrow.

It happened in 1962, 3 unresponsible people tried to damage this lake by pouring oil through all parts, but the oil is disappear like about 5 months because of the algae. You can search about the algae.

Since that tragedy the government made Natural Park of the Fusine Lake.


After you read the text above, answer the questions below :

1. Phrase 'Laghi de' means ?
A. Stupidity
B. Fishes
C. Poor kid
D. The lake
E. I don't know

2. Laghi de Fusine is located in ?
A. Somalia
B. France
C. Friuli
D. Australia
E. Italy

3. The oil disappear because of it's ?
A. Sulphur
B. Algae
C. Grass
D. Fishes
E. Root of the trees

4. We can conclude the founder of the lake is ?
A. Pia twins
B. Georgebush
C. Alonzo
D. Shinta
E. No one found it.

5. Why it has clear water ?
A. Because of the fishes
B. Because of the algae
C. Because it comes from melted glaciers
D. Because it come from meltes stones
E. Don't know.

Answer : 1. D, 2. C, 3. B, 4. C, 5. C