Idioma Moderno II: Inglés. GG C, GR C2, GLI C1 & C2. 03/18/2019 - 03/21/2019

GG: Murphy, units 92-96; Hancock, unit 15.
GLI: Listening & Speaking, unit 5, Speaking and Speaking Task.
GR: Reading & Writing, unit 5, Writing and Writing Task.

Reading & Writing, unit 5, Writing, exercise 1.

These are the answers suggested:

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.

Other solutions are also possible.