Inglés II, GG, GLI, GR: 03/08/2016 - 03/11/2016

03/08/2016 GG: Murphy 38, 39, 40, 45, 46.
03/11/2016 GG: Hancock unit 15.
03/09/2016-03/11/2016 GLI: Unit 5, Speaking Task
03/10/2016-03/11/2016 GR: Unit 5: Writing

1 When the web took off in the mid-1990s, Pierre Omidyar, a computer programmer, worried that big business would be a barrier to individual commerce.

OR When the web took off in the mid-1990s, computer programmer Pierre Omidyar worried that big business would be a barrier to individual commerce.

2 Paul Ehrlich, a German scientist in the 1870s, used Perkin’s dyes to do groundbreaking work in chemotherapy.

OR Paul Ehrlich, a German scientist, used Perkin’s dyes to do groundbreaking work in chemotherapy in the 1870s.

3 In the late 1800s, pharmacist John Pemberton was trying to find a cure for headaches.

OR In the late 1800s, John Pemberton, a pharmacist, was trying to find a cure for headaches.

4 Pemberton started selling his drink in 1887, at a local drugstore soda fountain, and it remained there for eight years before his business finally took off.

OR Pemberton started selling his drink at a local drugstore soda fountain in 1887, and it remained there for eight years before his business finally took off.

5 The penicillin mold that Fleming discovered by chance became the first antibiotic and is still one of the most widely used antibiotics today.