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Students Name : ROBERTO RENATO CASTRO VERGARA

Teachers Name : MARICEL EURIBE

LONGMAN DICTIONARY OF CONTEMPORARY
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Course : A-1 Time : 7:30 P.M.
DEVASTATION FROM ABOVE

Summary (150 to 300 words)

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 This article talks about Henry Fairs photographs. His photographs of industrial

places have been provoking admiration and concern.

About 15 years ago, when was on a cross-country flight, he looked out the

window and saw several cooling towers that look amazing and he just got a plane.

Hes known how a photographer of environmental degradation; a lot of his

photos have been talking in an airplane at about 1000 feet. Fair has taken pictures of

oil refineries in Texas, paper mills in Ontario, the oil-slicked Gulf of Mexico etcetera.

A lot of his work appears in The Day After Tomorrow.

Fair consults specialists to better understand his photos. He has to look for good

images in order to create eco-consciousness in people.

He doesnt want to identify the polluters, but he wants to help people to think

about the costs of our choices: my toilet paper comes from what? Is that the way to

get aluminum?

His first camera was a Kodak Retina. His first subjects were people he would

see on the streets and old machinery. He graduated in media studies in 1983. Then,

he has worked construction jobs. In 1990s, machinery, industry and pollution got his

attention.

Hes living trying to help the environment. He use less electricity and try to travel

by train. He said people are thinking that Im crazy, but then they think about it a little

bit. Thats the point.

Personal Opinion (Min. 50 words for 150-word summaries | Min. 100 words for
300-word summaries)

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 I think Fairs work is very important for humanity, because its a good way to get

people attention in order to raise public awareness about the damage we are making

to our world.

Its a big damage. Our industry is making bad thinks and to be honest Its the

first time that I see the real size of our actions.

I think industries are intervening in the natural course of our environment. We are

destroying our world.

Im not environmentalist, but I think we must to do something. In my case, I try to

recycle electronic devices and use less electricity, and sometimes I recycle paper too.

We can do important things if we want. The point is our attitude.

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NEW EXPRESSIONS IN CONTEXT (At least 5 Make sure they are really relevant
expressions No additional points will be given for longer lists).

Expression Quote from the text where Meaning in this particular

expression was used context
Low-lying fog he looked out the window and Below the usual level.
saw a series of cooling towers
poking through a low-lying fog.

Ravaged ravaged West Virginia Destroyed, ruined, or damaged in

mountaintops a bad way.
Indict His goal is not to indict Law to officially charge someone
with a crime.
Rusty His first subjects were people he Metal that is Rusty is covered in
would see on the streets and rust.
rusty machinery that he felt
captured society in decay.
Tweet He tweets advice on living the To make the short high sound of a
environmentally aware life. small bird.
Tweets advice on: Gift an advide
Hitchhike Though he owns a hybrid car, To travel by standing beside a road
he often hitchhikes to a train and holding out your thumb to ask
station miles away. for free rides from passing cars.

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