ELECTRICITY Electricity is a form of energy that occurs everywhere in nature: in space, in the atmosphere, in atoms and molecules.

In animals including man, weak electrical impulses are transmitted from one nerve cell to the next. And they provide signals for the brain and other parts of the body. Electric power runs electric motors in factories, provides street lighting in cities, and runs appliances and lights in homes. It also plays an important role in many industrial processes, such as the electric-arc welding of metals. All ordinary electrical phenomena depend on forces between electrical charges carried by protons and electrons. Protons contain the positive charges and electrons contain the negative charges. Mankind began to understand electricity from simple observation of natural phenomena. In the past 100 years or so, man learnt how to harness and use electricity. This brought about a drastic transformation in all industrial societies.

ACCIDENTS AMONG DRILLERS IN THE VENEZUELAN OIL INDUSTRY IN 1993. The main economic activity in Venezuela is the extraction of oil. Workers in the oil and gas drilling industry are injured at an unacceptably high rate, and are exposed to hazardous conditions in a working environment that is recognized to be dangerous, arduous and socially isolating. Living and working offshore present the physical hazard one would expect in a densely populated construction site or factory, but with additional specific dangers. Common safety hazards include tripping, unguarded machinery, and wet or slippery floors. Drilling operations are continuous (24 hours/day, 7 days/week) until the well has been completed. Large wrench-like tongs are used to connect and disconnect lengths of drill pipe. This process presents a high risk of bodily injury particularly to the hands and fingers but also to the back and other parts of the trunk. In Venezuela, from the beginning of the oil gas drilling industry operations in 1891, both newer equipment and technologies have been introduced and with them new hazards, and their subsequent greater risks for workers. Both national and international companies are required to report accidents occurring on oil and gas extraction platforms to the Venezuelan Institute of Social Security (IVSS), which uses the general occupational code driller worker. However this term includes many different job titles and activities, such as derrick man, floor men, roughneck, roustabouts, etc., so it is not possible to know from the IVSS registry which jobs have higher risk of accidents. In Venezuela, statistics on occupational accidents are collected and published mainly for economic and administrative purposes. Also, to set workers compensation insurance premiums more than to establish preventive and control measures directed to diminish the risk in the work environment.

REPBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA. MINISTERIO DEL PODER POPULAR PARA LA EDUCACIN UNIVERSITARIA. UNIVERSIDAD BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA. PFG EN PETRLEO MATURN EDO- MONAGAS. 1ER TRABAJO DE INGLS 20% (Mximo 3 personas) 1.- Con la ayuda de un diccionario haga una traduccin del texto Electricity. 5 puntos. 2.- Elija y marque con una equis (X) la opcin correcta de acuerdo a lo entendido en la lectura Electricity. 1 punto c/u. Total: 3 puntos. Electricity occurs
Everywhere in nature__ In all humans cells___ In every industrial process___

It Provides
Street lighting___ Electric nerve__

Protons contain
The neutral charges___ The positive charges__

Signals for the atmosphere___ The negative charges___

3.- Entendiendo el tema Electricity, responda ingls las siguientes preguntas. 1 punto c/u. Total: 4 puntos. *What is electricity? *What does electric power provide? *What charge do the protons contain? *How did mankind begin to understand electricity? 4.- Extraiga diez (10) palabras que acten como cognados o falsos cognados de la lectura Accidents among drillers in the Venezuelan oil industry in 1993. y construya una (1) oracin con cada una de ellas. 0,5 c/u. Total: 5 puntos 5.- Lea cuidadosamente los siguientes ttulos y escriba acerca de qu cree usted que tratar cada lectura. 1 punto c/u. Total: 3 puntos. *The Origin of Oil. *Exploring for Natural Gas. *The use different jumpsuits in the oil industry.