PRACTICA N° 2 DE INGLES
1.-Complete the conversations with the correct form of the adjectives.

A: Life in the country is slower than city life. (Slow)
B: yes, the city’s much ____faster______. (Fast)
A: New York is _____safer than_____ __________ London. (Safe)
B: No, it isn’t. New York is much _____more dangerous_____ __________. (Dangerous)
A: And what about Paris? Paris is _______bigger than___ __________ Madrid. (big)
B: No, it isn’t. It is _____smaller_____. (small)

A: But Madrid is ______more expensive than____ __________ __________ Rome (expensive).
B: No, it isn’t. Madrid is much _______cheaper___. (cheap)
A: The buildings in Rome are _________bigger than_ __________ __________ the buildings in New York. (Modern)
B: No, they aren’t. They’re much __older________. (old)
A: The Underground in London is ____better than______ __________ the Metro in Paris. (Good)
B: No! The Underground is much ____worse______. (bad)
A: Oh! You never agree with me!

2.-Fill in the blanks with the adjective in the correct comparative form.

* She isn’t very clever. You are ____more clever or cleverer__________ than her.
* He isn’t very tall. You’re __taller____________ than________him______.
* She isn’t very old. You’re ____older__________ than________her______.
* I don’t work very hard. You work ____harder__________ than____me__________.
* Those shoes are expensive, but your shoes are __more expensive__________ thanthose.
* Do you think airplanes are (comfortable) ______more comfortable___________ than trains?
* He isn’t very handsome. You are ____more handsome__________ than___him___________.
* I have a restaurant and my cook isn’t very good. Your cook is____better__________ than___mine___________.

Además de morder e inyectar su veneno neurotóxico, algunas cobras como la cobra escupidora occidental escupen el veneno comprimiendo los músculos que tienen en los colmillos. Estas cobras confían más en escupir el veneno que inyectarlo. Suelen apuntar a los ojos provocando una ceguera temporal, y a veces permanente.

El veneno de las cobras se viene usando en la investigación médica debido a que contiene una enzima, la lecitinasa, que disuelve las paredes de las células, así como las membranas que rodean a los virus.

Mitología
La cobra, símbolo solar y protectora del faraón, representada como Uadyet y Uraeus, fue de gran relevancia en la mitología egipcia.
Cobra is the common name for a group ofpoisonous snakes of the Elapidae family, especially the genera Naja, with about 20 species, and Ophiophagus, a species known for their menacing appearance and bite. They inhabit tropical and desert areas of southern Asia and Africa.

It is easy to recognize because they display a kind of 'hood' in the head when they are irritated or threatened. Accomplishes this by flattening the vertebrae of the head.

In general, feed on rodents and birds, which kill by injecting a neurotoxin through their teeth. Among predators include the mongoose and some raptors.

 
[Edit] Classes of cobras
Cobra is the common name of certain poisonous snakes, known for their intimidating looks and deadly bite. It is easy to recognize by a kind of hood that display when irritated or feel threatened, which is formed by extension of the ribs of the back of his head. These reptiles live in the Philippines, southern Asia and Africa.

The actual charge or charges of Burma (Ophiophagus hannah) is the longest venomous snake in the world. The average length is 3.7 m but some reach 5.5 meters. It is a thin snake, olive or brown in color, with bronze eyes. Live in the Philippines, Malaysia, southern China, Burma, India, Thailand and the Malay Peninsula. Its activity is diurnal and feeds mainly on other snakes (some of them also poisonous). Its venom is highly toxic.

The other is known as the Asian cobra cobra cobra india or glasses (Naja naja), due to a design similar toglasses that display on your skin. Rarely reaches a length exceeding 1.8 meters. Widening the area of your head is proportionately much greater than the king cobra and is usually yellow or brown. It develops its activity at dusk and at night, and feeds on reptiles, birds and rodents.

This snake is responsible for many deaths each year in India, where he was treated with religious respect and are rarely kills, but are abused such as removing the teeth and send it to people at shows with flutes or trumpets.

[Edit] Venom
The venom of cobras, a neurotoxin, has a devastating effect on the nervous system. However, due to the increased availability of an effective antidote, the high mortality rate due to its powerful poison has fallen in parts of Asia.

In addition to bite and inject its neurotoxic venom, some snakes such as Western spitting cobra spitting venom compressing the muscle they have in their teeth. They rely more on cobras spit venom injection. Often point to the eyes causing temporary blindness, and sometimes permanent.

The venom of cobras has been used in medical research because it contains an enzyme, lecithinase, that dissolves cell walls and membranes surrounding the virus.

[Edit] Mythology
The charge, a solar symbol and protector of Pharaoh, and represented as Uraeus Wadjet was of great significance in Egyptian mythology.