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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Brazil's
President Dilma Rousseff, impeached, was suspended from Office</span></b><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "inherit" , "serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">Brazilian senators voted on May 11 to suspend President
Dilma Rousseff and open an impeachment trial, effectively taking the Workers'
Party from office after 13 years in power.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">Rousseff, the country's first female president, promised
that she will continue fighting, calling the impeachment "dirty,"
"fraudulent" and "a coup."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">Rousseff, a former leftist militant who was jailed and
tortured as a young woman by Brazil's military dictatorship, said her
suspension was "an injustice that hurt more than torture."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">"I will fight with all the available legal tools to
serve out the term I was elected to," she said. "I may have made
mistakes, but I committed no crimes."</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">Rousseff's chances for a comeback are remote. The
decision came after an all-night debate that ended with 55 of Brazil's 81
senators voting to put her on Trial. Under Brazilian law, she is now suspended
for up to 180 days during the trial.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">The 55 votes against her exceeded the majority that would
eventually be needed to permanently remove her at the end of the impeachment
trial.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">Vocabulary:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">office - posto, cargo </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">coup – golpe<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">serve
out the term – exercer o cargo </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">trial – julgamento<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">up
to – até </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">eventually
– finalmente<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">tools
– ferramentas </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">power
- poder<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">1.
What is <u>correct</u> according to the text:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">a)
President Dilma Rousseff was elected on May 11, 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">b)
The Workers´ Party (PT) stayed in power for more than 13 years.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">c)
More than 50 senators voted in favor of putting the president Dilma on Trial.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">d)
55 is the total number of senators in Brazil.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">e)
Dilma Rousseff has a great chance of returning to Office.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">2. Which of these sentences is in the Simple
Past?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">a)
<span style="color: #333333;">She will continue fighting, calling the impeachment
"dirty," "fraudulent" and "a coup."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">b)
<span style="color: #333333;">Rousseff's chances for a comeback are remote.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">c) I may have made mistakes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">d) The decision came after an all-night debate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">e) I will fight with all the available legal tools to
serve out the term.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">3. Which of these words in NOT a verb?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">a) taking <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">b) fighting<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">c) calling <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">d) votin</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt; line-height: 18pt;">e) during</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">4. According to the picture above:</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">a) More people prefer to travel to the UK than the USA.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">b) Fewer people prefer to travel to Ireland than Canada.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">c) More people prefer to travel to the USA than the UK.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">d) Fewer people prefer to travel to Canada than New
Zealand.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">e) More people prefer to travel to Australia than Canada
and New Zealand together.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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indicating a condition to do something). Which of these Conditional Sentences
is INCORRECT?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">a) If I had time, I will go to the movies with you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">b) If I receive the money, I will buy the presents.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">c) If I received the money, I would buy the presents.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">d) If Mike arrived early, he would help me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; letter-spacing: 0.15pt;">e) If Mike arrives early, he will help me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: PT-BR;">Brazil’s
supreme court has approved the investigation of dozens of politicians,
including a former president (Collor de Melo) and leaders of congress, for
alleged connections to what prosecutors call the country’s biggest ever
corruption scandal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: PT-BR;">In total, 54
people are to be investigated, including 21 federal deputies and 12 senators —
though that figure is expected to grow as evidence is gathered on corruption
involving the state oil company Petrobras.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: PT-BR;">The
investigations and any possible trials will take years to play out, but the
action announced on Friday throws the second term of president Dilma Rousseff
into further disarray as she faces dueling political and economic crises. She
is not being investigated despite serving as chair of the Petrobras board for
several years as the kickback scheme played out.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: PT-BR;"> “You can’t put this genie back in the bottle.
People are going to have to face the consequences,” said Paulo Sotero, director
of the Brazil Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
in Washington. “There used to be the idea that people in positions of power in
Brazil were untouchable. They’re no longer untouchable.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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investigators revealed a year ago that they had started an investigation into
the scheme, and efforts until now focused efforts on big construction and
engineering firms that allegedly paid over $800m in bribes and other funds. The
money purportedly won them inflated contracts with Petrobras and prosecutors
say some of that cash flowed into the campaign coffers of the president’s
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the high court said would now be investigated are former president and current
senator Fernando Collor, who was forced from the presidency by a corruption
scandal in 1992 before making a political comeback in recent years.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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investigated are senate leader Renan Calheiros and Eduardo Cunha, who is the
leader of the lower house. Both are members of the powerful Brazilian
Democratic Movement Party, part of the governing coalition led by the Workers’
Party. Both have already shown they are ready to create serious gridlock in
congress because of the investigation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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University of Sao Paulo, said the two congressional leaders would use the
investigation as a “bargaining chip” if Rousseff’s government fails to protect
them in some fashion, “causing problems by blocking important projects”. She
cited tax, fiscal and political reforms needed as Brazil’s economy stalls into
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Petrobras, Brazil’s largest company. It is responsible for tapping upward of
100 billion barrels of offshore oil found in recent years, wealth that leaders
have repeatedly said they view as the nation’s “passport” to achieving
developed-world status. But the debt-plagued company is struggling — it was
recently downgraded to junk status by Moody’s Investors Service and it said
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13795623501458195521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7446238718067010.post-56789978615970898042015-03-12T23:53:00.000-03:002015-03-13T00:06:27.153-03:00TRANSATLANTIC - A GREAT PROG ROCK BAND<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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that very special day I had the chance of going to a Transatlantic´s live
concert at Highline Ballroom, Manhattan. Simply unforgettable!!! I stayed all
the time very close to the stage where I had a privileged view of all the
members, principally Mike Portnoy, as you can see below:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt;">Transatlantic is a multinational progressive rock
supergroup with members of different bands: Neal Morse (ex-Spock´s Beard),
Mike Portnoy (ex-Dream Theater), Roine Stolt (The Flower Kings) and Pete
Trewavas (Marillion). They formed the band in 1999 as a side project to their
original bands, disbanded in 2002 and reunited in 2009.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Daniel Gildenlow (from the Swedish band Pain of
Salvation) is not an official member but he often joins them during live
concerts. However, due to illness, he was replaced by Ted Leonard (Enchant)
during the 2014 tour. What a pity!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt;">Their first album was released in 2000. It was called
SMPT:e which is a play on words, as a combination of the members´ last name
initials as well as a common machine protocol used in recording. It received
strong critical reviews including “some of the best progressive rock music ever
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only four tracks; very long songs as you can imagine. One of them is the
26-minute “Duel with the Devil”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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October 2009. A special edition of the album was also released including a
second disc with four additional original tracks and four cover tracks. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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In 2014 they toured in the United States and Europe, including a special
performance on the “Progressive Nation at Sea” cruise created by Mike Portnoy.
The band played two shows, with the first featuring the entire Kaleidoscope
album and the second including guest performances by famous progressive rock
artists such as Jon Anderson of Yes. On September 11, 2014, Kaleidoscope won “Album
of the year” at the third annual Progressive Music Awards.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">If you’re one of the 70% of cell-phone users who use
text messaging, you know that C U L8R means “See you later.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“Texting” is now the new way to talk (or “tlk”),
especially for young people. But why is that?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">IT’S A LOVE THING – There’s no doubt about it, text
messages are for personal communication. Only 10% of messages are work related,
and the peak hours for texting are between 10:30 and 11:00 at night!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Most users (64%) say texting is a good way to send
romantic messages – it’s easier to say “I love you” in a text message than in a
phone call. Maybe that explains why more people now use texting to send
Valentine’s Day messages.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">UPSIDES AND DOWNSIDES – Generally, texting is cheaper
than making phone calls. It’s also more direct, since you can send or get
information without having to ask and answer polite “How are you?” questions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And it’s more discreet, too. No one can hear your
“conversations,” and you can receive text messages almost anywhere – at work,
in meetings, or in class. You can also use texting in noisy places like
nightclubs, where using a cell phone is difficult.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">A NEW LANGUAGE? – Because it’s quicker to “write”
without apostrophes and vowels, texting has its own language. And it’s fun to
use the symbols. There’s a best-selling dictionary (or “dxnre”) for texting
called Wan2tlk?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Some people say that a texting encourages bad
punctuation and spelling. On the other hand, more teens are writing than ever
before. Now, that has to be a good thing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">(McCARTHY, M., McCARTEN, J. & SANDIFORD, H.
Touchstone. </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 8.0pt;">Cambridge
University Press. USA, 2005. Adaptado)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">1. What do people use texting for?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">a) Unfortunately, people use it just to have fun with
friends.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">b) They use texting to send messages to their bosses.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">c) People text to solve problems at work regularly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">d) Most people use texting to cheat during a test at
school.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">e) Most people use it for personal communication. A
few people use it for work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">2. Why does texting need its own language? Because<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">a) people need to type fast. d) everybody gets crazy with texting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">b) nobody wants to be understood. e) young people like to be different.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">c) it’s funnier to write like that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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some people think text messaging is bad? Because<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">a) using
texting is really very boring.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">b) it is
very difficult to get used to it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">c) it
encourages bad punctuation and spelling.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">d) it is
faster than regular writing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">e)
texting is funny but not useful.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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than in a phone call.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">II. texting is cheaper than making phone calls.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">III. texting can be used in noisy places.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">IV. texting doesn’t encourage teens to write more.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">V. everybody can hear your texting conversation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">a) II, III, and IV. d)
I, II, and IV.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">b) III, IV, and V. e)
I, II, and III.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">c) I, III, and V.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">5. What does “texting” mean, finally?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">a) It’s a way of speaking teenagers use just not be
understood by their parents.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">b) It’s a book or other piece of writing, especially
one connected with science or learning.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">c) It’s a specific way of writing used by people who
like to navigate the Internet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">d) It’s a special way of communicating by writing
normally using the cell phone without the </span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">need </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">of </span>speaking.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">e) It’s a special way of communicating which is a
little more expensive than the usual one.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8pt;">(Disponível
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">6. According to text 2,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">III. they communicate through the Internet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">IV. the man beside the woman is her husband.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">V. her husband’s name is Walter Z. Heaven.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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III, IV, and V. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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IV and V.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">7.
According to text 3,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">I.
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">the family is happy
because they have iPhone, iPod and iPad.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">II.
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">the man is not happy
because he had to pay for the gadgets.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">III.
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">the man is not happy
because the gadgets are not working.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">IV.
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">the man’s relatives paid
for the gadgets using their own money.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial-BoldMT;">Sleeping on stilts in the Amazon<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">As 75-year-old villager Antônio Gomes told us
stories of growing up in Boca do Mamirauá, a tiny settlement in the northern
Amazon rainforest, I tried to ignore the tiny blue flies biting through my
trousers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">Despite my interest in hearing how locals
survive in this remote part of the Brazilian rainforest, now a part of the
Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve, I was grateful to escape when he
finished, finding refuge in one of the tall wooden houses.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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– have to adopt an amphibious lifestyle. Kim Schandorff/Getty)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">The houses hover some 3m above the ground.
They are not unusual: almost everything in the Mamirauá reserve is on stilts,
even the chicken coop. It has to be. Although much of Brazil is currently
suffering one of the worst droughts in decades, this part of the Amazon is
almost completely flooded for the six-month wet season. By April, the end of
the rainy season, the river rises up to 10m high and overflows its banks. As a
result, all living things in the forest, including locals, must adopt an
amphibious lifestyle. Even the jaguars have learned to adapt by living in tree
branches when the floods arrive.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">Only 1,000 tourists per year are allowed to
visit Mamirauá, which, at 57,000sqkm, is the largest wildlife reserve in the
country. Created in 1984 to save the once-endangered uakari monkey, the reserve
is the most carefully managed and protected part of the Amazon – and is also
home to what many consider Brazil’s most successful sustainable tourist resort,
the Uakari Floating Lodge. “If [the reserve] had not been created,” guide
Francisco Nogeuira said, “the rivers and lakes would be empty of fish, and who
knows how many trees would remain today?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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does everybody in Mamirauá live on stilts? Because<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">a) the
place is always very drought.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">b) the
place is always completely flooded.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are used and like to live on stilts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">d) the
stilts are very comfortable.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">e) they are much more
cheaper for living in.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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According to the text, the Mamirauá reserve<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">I.
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">is in the Amazon
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">has a six-month wet
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">makes all living things
have an amphibious lifestyle.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the last paragraph, it is possible to find sentences in<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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comparative of superiority. e)
comparative of inferiority.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">The capital of the French republic is better
known for beheading monarchs than celebrating them. But Paris went wild for
Britain’s queen during her state visit last week. Crowds on the Champs-Elysées
cheered as her royal convoy drove past. Socialist ministers lined up
enthusiastically to greet her at her birthday garden party.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">The queen’s arrival at the international
ceremony on “Sword” beach to remember the 70th anniversary of D-Day drew louder
applause than that of America’s president. Anne Hidalgo, the Socialist mayor of
Paris, even had a flower market named after her on the capital’s Ile de la
Cité, which happens to be home to the Conciergerie prison where
Marie-Antoinette was held before being carted to the guillotine in 1793. “The
queen of the French” ran a headline in Le Monde, a left-wing daily.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">Why are the French so smitten by the world’s
longest-reigning queen?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">Partly because she embodies the post-war era
in which their modern republic was born: she was crowned in 1953 and has known all
seven presidents of the Fifth Republic. Her affection for France, and grasp of
the language, also help. […] After a state dinner at the Elyzée Palace, with
François Hollande, the president, she spoke of her “</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial-ItalicMT;">grande affection</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">” for the French people. This was the queen’s fifth
state visit to the republic.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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their own monarchy, have long become avid voyeurs of everybody else’s. </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial-ItalicMT;">Point de vue </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">and </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial-ItalicMT;">Paris-Match</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">, two magazines that splash photos of royals across
their pages, were launched back in the 1940s. The French turned the Monaco
royals into celebrities before reality television invented instant fame for
everybody else. In 2011 the French cleared the airwaves to cover Prince
William’s wedding on live public television; 9m viewers tuned in to watch.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">Perhaps the hidden reason for French royal
fervour, though, is a secret envy mixed with regret. Mr Hollande, stuck with a
16% popularity rating, is said to have noted wryly how refreshing it was to
hear cheering crowds when he accompanied the queen. Asked in a poll what they
thought today of the execution of Louis XVI in 1793, more of the French (29%)
judged it “unfair” than “understandable” (23%). The French “have a royalty
complex”, wrote Hervé Gattegno in </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial-ItalicMT;">Le Point, </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">and have built their republic on monarchical traditions
as if to compensate. The president, who has more sweeping powers than almost
any other modern democratic leader, is fussed over by much pomp and
splendour—and the seat of the presidency is a palace.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">(In: The French
and monarchy. The Economist, vol. 411, number 8891. June, 14</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif"; font-size: 5.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">th </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">2014. Adaptado)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Considering both theme and gender of the text, more information could be added
to the title, as a subheading.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">Then
choose the </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial-BoldMT;">CORRECT </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">subtitle among the alternatives below.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">a) The
Fifth Republic is in France.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">b) The
queen’s great affection for France.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">c) Who
cares about Britain’s queen?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">d)
Britain’s queen meets the French president.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">e) Why
the French love Britain’s queen.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Com base no texto, analise os seguintes itens:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">I.
</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">Os franceses têm uma admiração especial pela rainha da Grã-Bretanha, o
que se explica de várias formas, inclusive porque a rainha demonstra
compreensão da língua e afeição pelo povo da França.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">II.
</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">A rainha britânica tem sido frequentemente convidada para ir à França
em visita de Estado, porém o povo francês não aprova esse tipo de ação
diplomática, por causa dos altíssimos gastos com a comitiva real.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">III.
</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">Quando chegou à cerimônia na praia “Sword”, onde se comemorava o 70º aniversário
do Dia D, a rainha da Grã-Bretanha arrancou mais aplausos que o próprio
presidente dos EUA.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">IV.
</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">Anne Hidalgo, importante autoridade de Paris, convidou a rainha
britânica para conhecer o famoso Mercado das Flores, na Ile de la Cité, onde
uma rainha francesa foi mantida presa e, posteriormente, decapitada.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">V.
</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">Um conhecido jornal francês de tendência esquerdista estampou a
manchete “A rainha dos franceses”, referindo-se à rainha da Grã-Bretanha, em
sua última visita oficial à França.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">Estão </span><b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial-BoldMT;">CORRETOS, </span></b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">apenas,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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III. </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">d)
</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">I, III e V. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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V. </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">e)
</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">III e V.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">c) </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">I e V. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">13. No trecho </span><i><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial-ItalicMT;">“</span></i><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">Another
reason is that the French, shorn of their own monarchy, have long become avid voyeurs
of <u>everybody else’s</u>.”, a palavra que completa o sentido do caso
possessivo em destaque é<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">a)
reason. d)
French. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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monarchy. e)
Britain.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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voyeurs. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Observe this passage:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">“The president, who has more sweeping powers
than almost any other modern democratic leader, is fussed over by much pomp and
splendour — </span><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial-BoldItalicMT;">and
the seat of the presidency is a palace</span></i></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial-ItalicMT;">.”</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">Na oração em destaque, percebe-se que o autor do
texto<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">a) está fascinado pelo carisma da rainha da Grã-Bretanha,
há bastante tempo no trono.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">b) tenta “retocar” a imagem do presidente da
França, enfatizando seu poder.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">c) compreende as razões da avidez do presidente
francês por tanta pompa e esplendor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">d) enfatiza o </span><i><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial-ItalicMT;">status </span></i><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">do
presidente da França, ao mesmo tempo em que faz uma ironia.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">e) não quer se comprometer quanto à postura do
presidente da França em relação à visita da rainha britânica.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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sentences: </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial-ItalicMT;">“Marie-Antoinette
was held …”; </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">“</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial-ItalicMT;">Point de vue and Paris-Match […] were
launched back in the 1940s</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">; “</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial-ItalicMT;">she was crowned in
1953…”</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">, and “</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial-ItalicMT;">The president […] is fussed over by
much pomp and splendour</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">” are all in the</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial-ItalicMT;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Imperative Form. d)
Present Perfect.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Conditional Tense. e)
Past Perfect Continuous.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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frase </span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial-ItalicMT;">“The capital of
the French republic is better known for <u>beheading</u> monarchs than
celebrating them.”, </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">a palavra em destaque significa</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial-ItalicMT;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">c) deportar. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">In the huge, open lands of the American west,
herding cattle is one way to make a living. The image of the cowboy on his
horse is a familiar one, ……………… in reality, women also participate in ranch
work. This reality can be seen in the rodeo, …………. cowboys and cowgirls compete
in roping young steer, and riding adult bulls. Throwing a rope around a steer
is something ranchers must do ………………….. give the young animals medicine or to
mark the steers as their property. ……………….., riding on the back of a large and angry
bull is purely for sport – a brutal and dangerous sport. ……………….., the danger
doesn’t stop the men and women who love the rodeo.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">JOHANNSEN, Kristin & CHASE, Rebecca. World English: real people,
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in the gaps with the </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial-BoldMT;">CORRECT </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">words or
expressions to give the text cohesion and coherence.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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/ in order to / because / But / If<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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where / in order to / On the other hand / However<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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moreover / on the other hand / where / Which / But<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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order to / but / on the other hand / Where / However<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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where / therefore / Because / On the other hand<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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destaque:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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roping young steer, and <u>riding</u> adult bulls. <u>Throwing</u> a rope around a steer is
something […]”.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Os </span><i><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial-ItalicMT;">phrasal verbs </span></i><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">‘</span><i><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial-ItalicMT;">show
up’ </span></i><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">(1º balão) e ‘</span><i><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial-ItalicMT;">find
out’ </span></i><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: ArialMT;">(2º balão) são importantes para se compreenderem os
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">West Africa is experiencing the biggest outbreak of
the Ebola virus ever known, causing thousands of deaths, devastating fragile
healthcare systems and damaging the economies of countries, some of which are
still recovering from civil war. Infections are thought to be doubling every few
weeks. The World Health Organization (WHO) says there were 13,700 officially registered
cases by the end of October, almost all in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea,
with about 5,000 deaths, but many go unrecorded and the true figure is thought
to be two to three times higher. The US Centre for Disease Control (CDC) says
that if nothing changes there could be 1.4 million cases by late January. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The WHO has been criticized for not reacting fast enough
to the outbreak: it took three months to diagnose the first cases, and five
months more before a public health emergency was declared. The exceptional
spread of the disease was probably down to a number of factors including
dysfunctional health systems<b>, </b>high population mobility across state
borders, densely populated capitals and lack of trust in authorities after
years of armed conflict meaning health advice is not heeded. Fear is also a factor.
People are afraid to go to hospital because they think it may be the source of
infection.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Healthcare in the region was fragile before Ebola. Now
there is disintegration as staff become ill or stay away for fear of the
disease. Infection control and hygiene are major issues<b>. </b>Soap and water
are unavailable in some areas. Alcohol hand rubs are needed on a large scale. Isolation
facilities are vital to contain Ebola, as are labs for testing because rapid
diagnosis is very important. Both are in very short supply. In some places,
isolation is nothing more than an area behind a curtain. People with other
diseases and women in childbirth are at risk because hospitals are no longer
functioning properly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 8pt;">The
Guardian</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">, Oct. 31, 2014. </span>Access on: Nov. 25, 2014. [Adapted]</div>
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it is correct<b> </b>to affirm that<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">a) the Ebola crisis is
global.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">b) the Ebola crisis has
killed 13,700 people.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">c) Ebola is a virus
transmitted to humans from animals.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">d) Ebola has reached all
Africa, Spain and the USA.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">e) the Ebola crisis has
reached some African countries.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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it is correct<b> </b>to affirm that<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">a) bad healthcare
conditions in some African countries are not related to the Ebola crisis.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">b) hygiene is not a problem
because they use alcohol for large scale disinfection.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">c) authorities have been
quick to diagnose cases and set emergency procedures.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">d) the Ebola crisis in some
African countries is related to wars and economy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">e) civil war and other
armed conflicts have made people afraid to go to hospital.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">a) due to constant civil
wars which made the countries poor and the population vulnerable.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">b) because people do not
trust the governments and healthcare systems are bad.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">c) by poor hygiene
conditions and high population mobility to the capitals.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">d) because the governments
took 5 months to diagnose the cases and inform the population.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">e) by a virus that came
from Spain and infected poor areas in Africa.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of the text, it is correct to affirm that<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">a) the word “Ebola” is the
subject of the sentence.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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present continuous tense.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is in the comparative form.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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auxiliary verb.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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indicates consequence.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">“The media seems to treat epidemics differently, depending
on where they occur, and to whom. I think unfortunately, in the Western media,
there are first-world diseases and third-world diseases, and the attention devoted
to the latter depends on the threat they pose to us, not on a universal measure
of human suffering. A death in Africa or Asia should be as tragic as a death in
Europe or the USA, and it doesn’t seem to be. If an epidemic breaks out in the
USA or Europe, suddenly the reporting is more engaged. I would like to hear
from the people who are affected everywhere. I would like to feel that everyone’s
voices are more equally heard, even if they speak a language that is not mine.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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André. The Huffington Post. Available on:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">a) European and American
media has treated the Ebola crisis with humor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">b) the Ebola crisis has not
caught Western media’s attention yet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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epidemics depends on where it happens and who it affects.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">d) Western media only cares
about what happens in Europe and Asia.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">e) first-world and
third-world diseases are equally treated by American media.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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view,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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between first-world diseases and third-world diseases.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">b) if epidemics like Ebola
occur in the USA, the media must treat it differently.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">c) people from Africa and
Asia do not have access to good media coverage of the Ebola crisis.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">d) media has only paid attention
to Ebola because white Western people began to be affected.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">e) death cases in Africa and
Asia are less important than in America and Europe.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> Analyze the extract from the text:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">“I would like to hear from the people who are affected
everywhere. I would like to feel that everyone’s voices are more equally heard,
even if they speak a language that is not mine.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">7. About the extract, it is
correct<b> </b>to affirm that<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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“heard” are regular verbs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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like” indicates simple future.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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expresses opposition.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">d) the possessive pronoun “mine”
indicates third person.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">e) the first and second
clauses are in the passive voice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Text 03<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Jack. The Sacramento Bee. </span>Access on: 20 Nov. 2014.</div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">8. About the relation
between the three texts, it is </span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">correct </span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">to affirm that</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">a) the points of view
presented in texts 02 and 03 contradict text 01.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">b) texts 01 and 03 are
about health problems caused by Ebola on a global scale.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">c) they all present different
perspectives on the same subject.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">e) texts 01 and 02 are
about the economical problems caused by Ebola.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13795623501458195521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7446238718067010.post-66868260730007680492015-01-28T16:57:00.000-03:002015-02-07T23:30:37.809-03:00BRAZILIAN MODEL ANDRESSA URACH AND HER PLASTIC SURGERY NIGHTMARE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif;">Andressa Urach,
27, claims she died and 'met with her maker' after septic shocked caused her
vital organs to fail - and that she believes she has been given a second chance
to make amends and right the 'errors' she had made in her life.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif;">In an interview
the beauty - now a Brazilian TV host - sobbed as she told how she had been
'born again' after surviving the terrifying ordeal which even her doctors
feared she wouldn't get through alive.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify;">The model,
once considered one of Brazil's most beautiful females, vowed to spend the rest
of her life alerting other women to the dangers of drastic surgery.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif;">Recalling the
moment she 'died', Andressa said: 'I knew that I'd left my body and died. I
arrived in an empty place, like a desert, completely silent. That's when I knew
that God exists. I felt his presence. I knew I was at the judgement.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif;">'My life
flashed before me like a film. I felt ashamed and knew I wasn't worthy to enter
heaven. I asked for forgiveness and begged for another chance, promised to make
amends.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">'I'll never forget it. Coming face to face with death, I realized that nothing
else mattered. Everything I had battled for, my beauty, my bags, my clothes, my
car - I'd left all that behind. It was the moment I realized I was nothing,
that we are only here in this world to save our souls.' <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif;">She continued:
'I'd give everything to turn back time and do things differently. Nobody knows
what I'm going through, I'm in constant agony. I'm still in the middle of a
horrible nightmare.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif;">'All this I'm
going through is punishment for my stupid vanity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif;">'I'm ashamed of
the holes in my legs, the scars that will be there for the rest of my life. But
they are also a trophy that I got through this alive. Now, thanks to God, I'm
able to tell other women that vanity isn't everything. If all this serves as an
example to warn others of the dangers of these things, to save other women from
a premature death, then that was the reason I had to go through it.'<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif;">Andressa, a
former runner-up in the popular Miss Bumbum beauty pageant, and star of
Brazil's version of reality show The Farm, hit headlines last month after
chemical fillers injected into her thighs began to rot her body tissue.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif;">Procedures to
drain the fillers, hydrogel and PMMA, triggered a life-threatening infection
which sent her body into septic shock within hours of being rushed to hospital.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif;">As doctors
fought to save her, rumours circulated that both her legs had been amputated,
with one news channel even reporting her death, distressing her millions of
devoted fans around the country.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif;">Now back home
at the apartment she shares with her mother in Porto Alegre, southern Brazil,
Andressa knows she still has a long battle ahead of her to a full recovery.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif;">The model, who
also made international headlines when she claimed she'd had an affair with
Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo, had a further scare last week when she ventured
outside for the first time and soon had to be rushed back to hospital in agony
to have her wounds drained.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif;">Clearly in
constant pain and confined to a wheelchair, Andressa's wounds are still seeping
and her bandages have to be changed at least twice a day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif;">'I never
thought twice about going under the knife, and when people warned me of the
dangers I just thought, "I'll deal with that if it happens". I'd go
to the doctor like I go to the supermarket, saying I wanted this, that and the
other. I just wanted people to look at me and think, "wow".</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif;">'Plastic surgery
became an addiction for me. Even when the hydrogel started causing me problems
and I began to have it removed, I was there on the surgery table planning the
next procedure I wanted.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif;">'I was actually
planning to have one of my ribs removed to make me slimmer, and one of my toes
removed to make my feet thinner. Can you believe that? That's how out of
control it had got. That's why I think what happened to me was God telling me,
'hold on, you need to stop'.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif;">'The pain is
indescribable. It's like my skin and muscles have been ripped to shreds. It's a
terrible pain that goes down right to my bones. No-one should ever have to go
through this.'<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif;">She also said:
'I always considered myself ugly. I was really thin as a teenager, I even got
bullied at school for being so bony. I wasn't tall enough to be a catalogue
model, but I wanted to be famous. It was a time when all beautiful women on TV
had curves, big bottoms and thighs. Society dictated to me how I should look if
I wanted to be successful.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">'I started
taking steroids, but they didn't work, so I opted for surgery.'<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif;">Over the
following few years Andressa went under the knife ten times, having a nose job,
a bioplasty facial 'correction', twice having liposuction, two boob jobs,
vaginal lip reduction and twice plumping her thighs with gel fillers hydrogel.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif;">She recalled:
'The hydrogel hadn't absorbed into my body and instead had started to drip down
to the tops of my knees, where a big ball started to form. I had been going to
the gym lifting weights and that had caused it to become inflamed.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif;">'I went to two
doctors but they refused to touch me, they didn't want to have to correct
another surgeon's mistakes. In the end a surgeon friend of the family agreed to
help and I started procedures to remove the fillers. I would go every few
months and have the amount that had collected above my knee removed, then
within weeks it had started to accumulate again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">On November 29
last year, Andressa returned to her apartment from a day on the beach when she
suddenly started feeling excruciating pains in her left thigh.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">She said:
'Within three hours I was begging for my mum to call an ambulance. The pain was
absolutely unbearable. I started to vomit violently and my blood pressure
dropped. We couldn't wait for an ambulance so my step-dad had to carry me down
to his car and rush me to hospital. The pain was so bad I was becoming
delirious.'<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Andressa was
admitted to the intensive care of the Conceicao hospital in Porto Alegre, but
her condition dramatically worsened.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; min-height: 1px; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Within just two
hours her body had gone into septic shock and her vital organs began to shut
down, first her kidneys and then her lungs, and she was put on a life support
machine to keep her alive.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; min-height: 1px; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">She remembered:
'The last thing I remember was feeling bad because there were two old men sat
on chairs near me because I'd taken the last bed in the ward. My mum said I
needed it more than them. Then I blanked out. I was in a coma for the next
three days.'<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; min-height: 1px; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Andressa went
through two emergency surgeries, while doctors pumped her body with saline
solution to try to get her kidneys working again. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; min-height: 1px; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">It was during
this time that, according to Andressa, she had an out-of-body experience and
had an encounter with her creator.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; min-height: 1px; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Her eyes
welling up with tears again, she recalled: 'I remember it as clearly as day. I
was in a place, a vast, empty plain, it was so quiet, and I was alone. I felt
that I had died, I knew it. I felt God's presence above me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">'I knew I was
at the judgement, but it wasn't God who was judging me, it was me judging
myself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">'I felt so
ashamed of everything I had done, the way I'd lived my life, the things I had
said and the people I had hurt. I didn't feel good enough to go to heaven and I
bowed my head, feeling so much shame inside of me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">'I called out to God, begging him to give me a second chance. I asked for
forgiveness and asked for him to send me back to life, for the sake of my son.
That's when I woke up, back on the hospital bed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif;">'But it wasn't
the end. That night I saw something so horrible, the spirits of death circling
me, they were like black clouds but in the form of spirits, I heard screams.
One of them was blacker than the others and I knew that was death coming for my
soul. I remember panicking and screaming for my mother, begging for her to help
me, because I was going to die.'<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif;">Churchgoer mum
Marisete, who stayed at her bedside through her entire ordeal, called a pastor
of her church who prayed over her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif;">'It was the day
God gave me a new chance at life,' Andressa said. 'It was the third of
December, and now every year we are going to commemorate my two birthdays,
October 11 when I was born, and now December 3 when I was born again.'</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif;">She said: 'I
remember my mum holding my hand and crying, begging me to eat something and get
stronger. She kept saying she was going to lose me, that I was getting worse
and not better.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif;">'I was in such
a bad state that the doctors warned my mum to not expect me to leave hospital
until at least the end of February.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif;">'That's when my
second miracle happened. One day, my mum had gone to church and I was alone. I
remembered something the pastor had said to me, that I could claim my healing
if I really believed. So I prayed to God and claimed that I would be better in
seven days.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif;">'I started to
get better, surprising all the doctors. And you know what, exactly seven days
later I was discharged from hospital and came home.'<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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first things Andressa did when she left hospital was to ask for forgiveness to
everyone she had hurt or fallen out with.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="mol-para-with-font" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">'I was guilty of being vain and arrogant. I would open my mouth without
thinking, and sometimes I would end up hurting people. Sometimes I would hurt
people just by the way I was. I realise I have to reeducate myself to be a
different, better person. That was the first step, to make amends with everyone
I'd ever fallen out with.'<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif;">She said: 'I'm
in the public eye, so people heard about me. But what about all the other women
around the world who are dying because of cosmetic surgery and nobody gets to
hear? How many women have injected themselves with these substances believing
they need to conform to a certain image, and ended up dead? Personally I think
the person who invented them needs to be thrown into prison.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif;">'Please,
ladies, don't do it. It's a poison you're putting into your body, something you
are risking your whole life for. It's not worth it. Believe me, I found out the
hard way.'<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13795623501458195521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7446238718067010.post-262425469692853502014-12-21T13:06:00.000-03:002015-02-23T03:29:49.940-03:00ONE OK ROCK - A GREAT BAND FROM JAPAN<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Candara","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">One ok rock is a </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Candara","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Japanese
power pop/alt-rock band that draws on the sound of blink-182 and Foo Fighters</span>.
It<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Candara","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> was formed in 2005. The high school student Toru
Yamashita wanted to start a band and he
told his friend Ryota Kohama to learn the bass and then asked another friend,
Alex, to join them. After seeing Taka, a
vocalist, performing in a cover band Toru saw him as the best possible
candidate for the vocalist of their band and insisted that he joined them.
Tomoya was the last member to join them as the official drummer in 2007 since
the <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Candara","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The name of the band comes from “one o´clock”, the
time that the band used to practice on weekends. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Candara","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In the beginning One ok rock had five members but now
they are only four because Alex left the band after being arrested in April,
2009 for groping the leg of a twenty-one-year-old female student on a train.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Candara, sans-serif;">Here are some of their videos:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: Candara, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: justify;">Feel free to get in touch - email: miltonfranca@gmail.com whatsapp: </span><complete id="goog_1885671875" style="background-color: #fafafa; font-family: Candara, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; text-align: justify;">+5598991992887</complete></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13795623501458195521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7446238718067010.post-48738395522219575132014-09-17T12:27:00.000-03:002015-02-07T23:32:38.996-03:00CENTRAL PARK - A BRIEF HISTORY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">In Jan/Feb 2014 while taking a course in NYC I stayed
in a dorm (Sara´s homestay) on 85</span><sup style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">th</sup><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"> street, very close to Central Park. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">* 85th street in Manhattan</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">* 85th street in Manhattan - a photo in front of Sara´s homestay</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">It was just
about a five-minute walk to get there. I was with a group of Brazilian teachers
and at that time the weather was terrible so we had to face snowstorms very
often. In spite of that very cold – freezing, I would say - weather we went to
the park a few times and the sensation was that the weather was even colder. Here
you can see some photos and also a little history of Central Park:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">New York's Central Park is the first urban landscaped
park in the United States. Originally conceived in the salons of wealthy New
Yorkers in the early 1850's, the park project spanned more than a decade and
cost the city ten million dollars.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">After years of debate over the location, the park's
construction finally began in 1857, based on the winner of a park design
contest, the "Greensward Plan," of Frederick Law Olmsted, the park
superintendent, and Calvert Vaux, an architect. Using the power of eminent
domain the city acquired 840 acres located in the center of Manhattan, spanning
two and a half miles from 59th Street to 106th Street and half a mile from Fifth Avenue to Eighth
Avenue. In the process, a population of about 1,600 people who had been living
in the rocky, swampy terrain - some as legitimate renters and others as
squatters - were evicted; included in this sweep were a convent and school,
bone-boiling plants, and the residents of Seneca Village, an African-American
settlement of about 270 people which boasted a school and three churches. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">As the city and the park moved into the twentieth
century, <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">the lower reservoir was drained and turned into the Great Lawn. The first
playground, complete with jungle gyms and slides, was installed in the park in
1926, despite opposition by conservationists, who argued that the park was
intended as a countryside escape for urban dwellers. The playground, used
mostly by the children of middle and working class parents, was a great
success; by the 1940s, under the direction of parks commissioner Robert Moses,
Central Park was home to more than twenty playgrounds.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">In the sixties and seventies the park's maintenance
entered a decline; despite its growing use for concerts and rallies, clean-up,
planting, and general maintenance fell by the wayside. A 1976 evaluation by
Columbia University found many parts of the park in sad disrepair, from the low
stone wall which surrounded it to the drainage system that kept the transverses
from flooding. During the early 1980s there was a massive attempt to involve
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Have a Park" campaign and the formation of a private fundraising body (the
Central Park Conservancy) to fund repairs projects. </span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">Today, as the major site of most New
Yorkers' recreation, the park hosts millions of visitors yearly engaging in
such activities as roller blading, fine dining at the Tavern on the Green,
watching free performances of Shakespeare in the Park, and relaxing and
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1 - I let my hair down = I behave in a free, informal and relaxed manner<br />
2 - Keep your hair on = Relax!, Calm down!<br />
3 - I´m tearing my hair out = I am extremely worried and agitated about something<br />
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<span class="acsname"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Betty,China</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span class="acstext">I'm a student and I always busy doing my endless
homework.One day I met a hard one,I thought and thought,but no help,I almost
tore my hair out.My mum saw my anxious looking,said'Keep your hair on,just let
your hair down!'So,I went out for a walk,and I felt so good!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="acsname"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Jeong Hyun, Korea</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span class="acstext">Before our final exams, I was tearing my hair out, but soon
it finished, and I let my hair down. But then, when results came, my friend
told me to keep my hair on.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="acsname"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">ALieN, Korea</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span class="acstext">When I went on holiday, I went to a party. I let my hair
down at the party because it was so nice. But suddenly, two men were fighting.
Everyone was tearing their hair out. I also very scared to see them. However,
my sister said, "It's just a fight. Keep your hair on." So, I just
didn't care about them.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="acsname"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Anna,Poland</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span class="acstext">I have been argueing with my boyfriend for weeks now, I'm
tearing my hair out bacause we can't find any solution and solve the
problem, I'm trying to keep my hair on but sometimes it's hard. Maybe a good way
to forget about it would be a night out letting our hair down together.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="acsname"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Sara,iran</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span class="acstext">last week i had an important exam and i was tearing my hair
out and when the exam was finished i got so angry because i couldn't answer any
questions and my friend said to me keep your hair on.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="acsname"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Elsa,Taiwan</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span class="acstext">I finded out about my boyfriend,Jay,cheated on me wuth
another woman. I was angry. Jay explained himself and asked me to keep my hair
on. But Jay is a liar,he made up a story for that.I was very upset and tearing
my hair out. Finally, I given up on him, and I let my hair down.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="acsname"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Abay,Thailand</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span class="acstext">Last week, I had played with a happy baby I let my hair
down.Then the baby felt hungry he cried very loud. I told him to keep his hair
on.Unfortunately, he didn't have any hair. So,I was tearing my hair out.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="acsname"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Wendy, China</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span class="acstext">Today is friday,the last working day of the week.My
colleagues are very tired, i said to them to keep their hair on.Tommorrow is
saturday and we'll let our hair down. On monday we go back to work and we'll be
tearing our hair out.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="acsname"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Yvan France</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span class="acstext">The Sunday afternoon when I want to let my hair down the
dog of the next door neigbours barks, I tear my hair out then my wife says me
to keep my hair on.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="acsname"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Elena, spain</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span class="acstext">yesteday, I went out night because I relly need to let my
hair out!My sister was very nervous because she saw an accident in front of
her, and I can´</span></span><span class="acstext"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">t keep her hair on! I tearing my har out
when I lost my flight to Spain!</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="acsname"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Nirmol, Bangladesh</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span class="acstext">Sometimes When I saw my boos is giving privilege to one of
my colleagues I want to tear my hair out but as advised one of my friend I
always try to keep my hair on and when my boss will resign I will let my hair
down.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="acsname"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Trag,
vietnam </span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span class="acstext">i used to let my hair down so my mum was very angry. each
time like that, i always toll my mom to keep her hair on. but, sometime she
calm down, sometime she wasn't, at that time i was really tearing my hair out</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="acsname"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mohamed Reda, Morocco</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span class="acstext">I went to the desert, in the south of Morocco, to let my
hair down. Where the nature appears in its more beautiful and delightful look.
one day when i was in my tent, my camels ran away so i tore my hear out. Thanks
to my friend, he helpeld me to keep my hair on ..</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="acsname"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Vladimir, Russia</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span class="acstext">I never let my hair down. Because, I think that it's not respectable
and for me personally it's sign of laziness. But sometimes I let myself to keep
my hair on a little bit, but it's very seldom. So, I always try to don't keep
my hair on and I never tear my hair out - just cut.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="acsname"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Roberto, Brazil</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span class="acstext">When I look at my bank account I always tear my hair out,
but one day, I'll win a lottery prize, then I'll keep my hair on. But before it
happens, I'll meditate and try just let my hair down.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="acsname"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Gabriel, Brazil</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span class="acstext">I'm going to do some exams next week... I'm trying to keep
my hair on... BUT I'M TEARING MY HAIR OUT!! :)</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="acsname"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Kenny,Dubai</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span class="acstext">It's extremely difficult to keep your hair on in Dubai
facing such deadly hot weather, especially when you are tearing your hair out
due to some troubls in your work. But anyway, you still need to let your hair
down because this is your life:)</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="acsname"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Ahmed
, Egypt </span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span class="acstext">I have an interview tomorrow, so i must keeping my hair on
today, if i didn't i will tearing my hair down tomorrow, and i will let my hair
down for one year.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="acsname"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Hitoshi,Japan</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span class="acstext">I'm always letting my hair down.And I've been a calm man
for ten years.Before that, I had a temper.So I was always tearing my hair out.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="acsname"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Nathawut, Thailand</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span class="acstext">I know tearing my hair is the worst thing so I always try
to keep my hair on when I face various obstacles. Sometime I'm serious in
studying and working without letting my hair down.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="acsname"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Paulo,
Paraguay </span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span class="acstext">I always play with my nephews and let my hair down, but
sometimes I am tearing my hair out because they quarrel a lot and I say to
them: Hey, keep your hair on.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="acsname"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Jordã</span></b></span><span class="acsname"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">o, Brazil</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span class="acstext">Yesterday, I decided not to go to the work I got last
month. In other words, I let my hair down. However, my father didn't like the
idea of staying at home surfing on the net. He got very angry.Of course I told
him to keep his hair on, but it was impossible.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="acsname"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Gislaine - Brazil</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span class="acstext">Keep your hair on, he will be on time for the wedding.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="acsname"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Monika,
Poland </span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span class="acstext">A: My car is broken again. I had to go to machanic and I
spent a lot of maney reparing it.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="acstext">B: Keep your hair on.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="acsname"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Gosia, Poland</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span class="acstext">I went to a party last Friday. It was fantastic ! I let my
hair down :)</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="acsname"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Maya, Poland</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span class="acstext">I passed all my exams so now I need to let my hair down.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="acsname"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Maria, Colombia </span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span class="acstext">Since I'm having problems with my husband I often try to
let my hair down for a while and he gets so angry that I usually tell him to
keep his hair on. I try to act as nothing had happened but the truth is that
I'm tearing my hair out.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="acsname"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Eliana,Argentina</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span class="acstext">Since I got married and had two kidsI hardly ever let my
hair down,I really miss it a lot!and when my husband notices I'm tearing my
hair out, he says softly "honey,please, keep your hair on"</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="acsname"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Jialong, china</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span class="acstext">some days ago,there was a quarrel between my daughter and
i, because she didn't finish her homework very well, i was tearing my hair
out, and finally,my wife told me to keep your hair down.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="acsname"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Fabio, Brazil</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span class="acstext">I always try to let my hair down even when I am working. But
some people use to tear my hair out with their behaviour. So I ask them to keep
their hair on.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="acsname"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Daniel, Brazil</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span class="acstext">When I started my lessons on english, I think that I could
let my hair down, but in the end I almost teared my hair out. Fortunately, my
friend help me to keep my hair on.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="acsname"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Rudi, Brazil</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span class="acstext">Once, during a staff meeting I started feeling up set,
because I over heard someone say: I gibe a damn about this problem. Then when I
tried to object him, a friend of mine said in low voice let your heir down. At
first I didn't grasp the meaning of this phrasal verbs, but looking at the
context I could figure it out that he wanted me to calm down.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="acsname"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Thanh Hai , VietNam</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span class="acstext">when I was at my university I always did homework. One day
I felt tired and decided to let my hair down. The day after I went to class in
bad mood and unfortunathely the teacher checked my finishing homework and of
course consequentlyI was punished by being on duty all week. Since then I
always finish my tasks.whenever I see people who are quareling I tell them keep
their hair on.people say I am the kind of person who is very easy to be angry
with. Indeed, I also think it's true. you know I like put every thing randomly
in my room and I hate some one to put them in order. When it comes I always
become mad. Once, my mother came in my room while I was out. Of couse she
cleaned up my room and reorder everything. After that I was back home and
couldn't find the essay which had took me much time to finish. Moreover I do
not like writing essay and couldn't remember annything about the essay I wrote.
so you can magine how I felt at that time. But I must tear my hair out.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt;">Brazilian presidential candidate
Eduardo Campos was killed in a plane crash on Wednesday (August 13, 1914).</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Campos' jet crashed in bad weather as it
prepared to land in the coastal city of Santos, in the south of Sao Paulo,
killing all seven people on board, the São Paulo state fire department said.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt;">Campos, 49, was in third place in recent polls with the support of about
10 percent of voters. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt;">President Dilma Rousseff, who is leading the race, suspended
all campaigning for three days in mourning. Senator Aécio Neves, the candidate
running in second place, said he was "immensely saddened."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt;">Dilma is leading in polls with about 36 percent of
voter support. Aécio has enjoyed about 20 percent support and is expected to
face Dilma in a second-round runoff.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt;">Campos, a former governor of the northeastern state of
Pernambuco, was running as a business-friendly leftist and had strong support
from many banks and industrial groups. His death could see Marina Silva, his
running mate, become the Brazilian Socialist Party's candidate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt;">Marina Silva was not aboard the plane that crashed. She placed a strong
third in the 2010 presidential election and enjoys robust support from young
voters and evangelical voters but her pro-environment agenda means that many in
Brazil's powerful agribusiness sector distrust her. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">On the night before his death, Campos was in Rio de
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Several pundits praised his performance as confident and authoritative and said
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13795623501458195521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7446238718067010.post-83528911520751202052014-07-21T21:40:00.000-03:002015-02-07T23:35:07.161-03:00THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE - A BRIEF HISTORY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Brooklyn Bridge was built between 1869 and 1883 connecting Manhattan with New
York's most populous borough, Brooklyn. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The
bridge is one of the most famous and magnificent landmarks in New York City.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">At the time of the construction,
Brooklyn - founded by Dutch settlers in the 17th century - was still an
independent city. In fact it was even one of the country's largest cities. In
1898, fifteen years after the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn citizens
decided, in a close vote, to become a borough of New York.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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construction of the Brooklyn Bridge started in 1869 and took fourteen years to
complete. At the time many saw the construction of such a large bridge as a
folly. The driving force behind the whole project, John Roebling, was a German
immigrant who had worked for the Prussian government as a bridge and road
builder. He launched the idea of building a bridge across the East River after
he had taken a ferry across the river that got stuck in the ice.</span></div>
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Roebling would never get to see the bridge he had designed: he died in an
accident. He wasn't the only one to lose his life during the construction: 20
of the 600 workers died while working on the bridge. The son of John Roebling,
Washington Roebling, took over the leadership of the project but he suffered
from a serious disease and was on his
deathbed during the inauguration on May 24, 1883 when about 150,000 people
crossed the bridge. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The
Brooklyn Bridge ranks as one of the greatest engineering feats of the 19th
century and remains one of New York's most popular and well known landmarks. The
impressive bridge spans the East river between Brooklyn and Manhattan and
stretches for a length of 5989 ft, about 1.8 km. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The span between the large towers measures 1595.5 ft (486
meters). </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">This made the Brooklyn Bridge the world's largest
suspension bridge.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The most noticeable feature of the Brooklyn Bridge are the two masonry towers
to which the many cables are attached. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The
towers with large Gothic arches reach a height of 276 ft (84 meters), at the
time making them some of the tallest landmarks in New York. Roebling claimed
that the monumental towers would make the bridge a historic monument. He
was proven right when the bridge officially became a national monument in 1964.The
views of the bridge attract millions of visitors to this bridge each year.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13795623501458195521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7446238718067010.post-3916250112491868952014-07-14T10:48:00.002-03:002014-07-14T10:48:45.047-03:00GERMANY: WINNER OF THE 2014 WORLD CUP IN BRAZIL<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Germany beat Argentina 1-0 to win the 2014 World Cup on
July 13 at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The victory adds a historic fourth star to the German
crest, thanks to a beautiful effort from Mario Götze.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Germany's
bench swarmed the pitch after the final whistle, celebrating their first World
Cup title since 1990.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The victory
silenced the thousands of Argentine fans who had filled the stadium and
descended on Rio for the final. Following the victory, the city's iconic Christ
the Redeemer statue was lit with the black, red and gold colors of the German
flag..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">"It's
unbelievable," said Manuel Neuer, who was named the tournament's best
goalkeeper. "I don't know how late we'll be celebrating, but we'll still
be waking up with a grin tomorrow."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Gonzalo
Higuain had Argentina's best opportunities of the first half. After picking up
an errant header and firing wide in front of goal in the 21st minute, his
successful effort ten minutes later was narrowly ruled offside. Benedikt
Höwedes, meanwhile, will have wanted another shot at his header off the post
just before the break.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Kramer's
surprise start was cut short just past the half hour mark. A collision with
defender Ezequial Garay in the Argentina box left the 23-year-old on the ground
and clutching his head. He briefly attempted to play on, but was eventually
substituted for Andre Schürrle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Lionel Messi
proved most-dangerous for the Argentines in the second 45 minutes, when his
trademark left-footed effort inside the box went just wide immediately after
the restart. Schürrle and Toni Kroos and late, Götze, all had excellent
opportunities to put their side ahead, but heavy touches and weak finishing
meant goalkeeper Sergio Romero was never truly tested.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Instead it
finished level after 90 minutes, and for the seventh time in World Cup history,
the final went to extra time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Schürrle's
stinging effort just after play resumed nearly put Germany ahead, but Romero
was there to save from close range. Seven minutes later, Rodrigo Palacio had a
near-golden chance on goal after a Hummels error, but his looping effort went
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The deciding
goal finaly came in the 112th minute. Working his way down the left flank,
Schürrle crossed to a cutting Götze in the center of the box. The Bayern Munich
man beautifully trapped the ball with his chest and twisted to fire a
left-footed volley across goal and into the net</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
magnificent goal proved the decider in the end, as the Germans held on for the
final match's final minutes to secure their country's fourth World Cup crown.
In winning, Germany have become the first European country to win the World Cup
in South America.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">"To be
the first European team picking up the title in South America is really unbelievable,"
said captain Philipp Lahm.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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by Brazilians in the crowd, who had dreaded the prospect of sworn South
American rivals Argentina lifting the title in their backyard.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13795623501458195521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7446238718067010.post-87625364313884678282014-07-09T11:36:00.001-03:002014-07-09T11:50:29.870-03:00SONATA ARCTICA - A METAL BAND FROM FINLAND<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Sonata
Arctica is a Finnish <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_metal" title="Power metal"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">power metal</span></a> band
from the town of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemi" title="Kemi"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Kemi</span></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Finland</span></a>.
It was created as a hard rock band named Tricky Beans, later being changed
to Tricky Means and finally to Sonata Arctica, when they shifted to
power metal. They often include <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphonic_metal" title="Symphonic metal"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">symphonic
metal</span></a> elements, and their later releases contain several
elements typical of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_metal" title="Progressive metal"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">progressive
metal</span></a>, as well. The current line-up consists of singer,
keyboardist and songwriter <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Kakko" title="Tony Kakko"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Tony Kakko</span></a>,
guitarist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_Viljanen" title="Elias Viljanen"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Elias Viljanen</span></a>, bass guitarist Pasi Kauppinen,
keyboardist and keytarist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrik_Klingenberg" title="Henrik Klingenberg"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Henrik Klingenberg</span></a>, and drummer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Portimo" title="Tommy Portimo"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Tommy Portimo</span></a>.
All the musicians of the band's history except Portimo also acted as backing
vocalists.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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their early career, they recorded three <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demo_(music)" title="Demo (music)"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">demos</span></a> which
were never sent to a recording label. According to Kakko, the band's first name
was based on one of their early songs, which was "about a lady who was
tricky and I didn't really know what I was talking about. Their first show was
about to take place but they were still unnamed, so they had to come up with
something. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">In
1997 the band changed their name to Tricky Means, and from that point until
1999 their style was thoroughly worked upon and ultimately was drastically
changed, acquiring a strong emphasis on the keyboard melodies and relying on an
easily distinguishable rhythm line maintained both by the bass and the guitar.
Vocalist Tony Kakko developed a clean singing style which relies both on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsetto" title="Falsetto"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">falsetto</span></a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenor" title="Tenor"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">tenor</span></a> voices. Kakko has
stated that the change of sound was influenced by fellow Finnish power metal
band <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratovarius" title="Stratovarius"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Stratovarius</span></a>. At that time, second
guitarist Marko Paasikoski left the band and Pentti Peura was fired. The band
finally changed their name to Sonata Arctica, because they thought they
wouldn't be able to sell metal albums with the previous name and also because
their first label asked them to do so. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">"Sonata Arctica" was
suggested by a friend of the band: "sonata" for the music and
"arctica" for their hometown (Kemi, in Northern Finland). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The Brazilian footballer Neymar Jr was ruled out of the 2014
World Cup after suffering fractures to his vertebra in the final minutes of the
2-1 quarter-final win over Colombia. The young player received a knee in the
lower back from Juan Zuniga in a challenge that went unpunished, that is, the
Spanish referee Carlos Velasco Carballo took no action. He had to leave the
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"The exam showed he suffered a fracture of the third
vertebra" in his back, said team doctor Rodrigo Lasmar. "It's not
serious in the sense that it doesn't need surgery, but he'll need to immobilize
it to recover," added the doctor after the player had been taken to
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Many Brazilian fans had gathered outside the hospital in
Fortaleza, shouting "Força, Neymar" (be strong, Neymar) when the
player was being wheeled into the building. Even the country's president, Dilma
Rousseff tweeted: "Like all Brazil I am one of those cheering from the
sidelines for our star Neymar to get better."</div>
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On the other hand, the Colombian player Zuniga said: "I
never meant to hurt a player. It was a normal move. I was playing for the shirt
from my country, not with the intent to injure. I was just defending my
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Test your
knowledge of men´s World Cup history:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">1. Where was
the first FIFA World Cup held?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">a) Uruguay<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">c) England<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">d) Spain<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">2. Which
country has won the most World Cup championships?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">a) Italy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">b) Germany<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">c) Brazil<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">d) England <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">e) Spain<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">3. Who has the
most goals in World Cup history? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">a) Ronaldo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">b) Pelé<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">c) Just
Fontaine<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">d) Oleg
Salenko<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">e) Miroslav Klose<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">4. What is the
furthest the US has reached in World Cups?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">c) Quarterfinals<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">d) Semifinals<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">e) Finals<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">5. Who was the
youngest goal scorer in World Cup history?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">a) David Beckham<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">b) Pelé<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">c) Ronaldo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">d) Franz Beckenbauer<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">e) Michel Platini<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">6. Which
individual player has won the most World Cup matches?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">a) Diego Maradona<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">d) Sandor Kocsis<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">e) Oleg Salenko<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">7. Archie
Thompson (from Australia) has the record for most goals in a single qualifying
match between Australia and American Samoa in 2001. How many goals did he
score?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">e) 20<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">P.S. – the score
of the match was Australia 31 X 0 American Samoa<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the first time that Brazil hosted the World Cup?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">a) 1930<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">b) 1938<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">c) 1950<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">d) 1986<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">e) 2002<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">9. The record
for most goals in a single World Cup is 171. What year did this happen?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">a) 1930<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">b) 1934<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">c) 1970<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">d) 1982<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">e) 1998<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">10. Which
coach has won the most World Cup matches with 25?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">a) Luiz Felipe Scolari<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">b) Helmut
Schon<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">c) Vittorio
Pozzo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">d) Otto Rehhagel<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">e) Bora Milutinovic<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Answers:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">1 – A 2 – C 3 – E 4 – D 5 – B 6 – C 7 – B 8 – C 9 – E 10 – B<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13795623501458195521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7446238718067010.post-54428289078433365202014-06-08T20:48:00.000-03:002014-06-08T20:48:52.863-03:00FOOTBALL AND THE WORLD CUP<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">This text is about one of the most popular sports in the world: football.
It is played in almost every country and has gained popularity in the United
States recently, where people call soccer (football is a different sport there)
<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">But how did football ________ ?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">It is not known for sure how football began. Many people believe that
the first games were played in China and Japan over 1,000 years ago. The game that
we know today probably started in England. Many of the earliest football matches
were very violent and because of this, the British royalty tried to ban the
sport. However, they were not successful.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">In 1857, the first football team was created in Sheffield, England. In
1863, eleven English teams met to form the first Football Association. In 1904,
a world association was created: FIFA, which stands for “Fédération
Internationale de Football Association”. Twenty-six years later, in 1930, Uruguay hosted the
first World Cup.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The World Cup is football’s biggest tournament and it takes place every
four years in a different country and is watched on television and in stadiums
by millions of people all over the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">In the World Cup, thirty-two teams from different countries compete to
try to win the championship. In the first competition, in 1930, only thirteen teams
played. The winner of the first World Cup was the host country. The second
World Cup was in Italy and the third one in France. Because of the war, after
the games in France, the World Cup was not played again _______ 1950, this time
in Brazil. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The 2002 World Cup was special. It was the first time the games were
played in Asia. It was also the first time that two countries, Japan and Korea,
hosted the World Cup together.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">In 2014 Brazil is the host country for the second time. A total of 64
matches will be played in twelve cities across Brazil and for the first time a
goal-line technology will be used.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<o:p></o:p><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">1. Which sentence
is incorrect according to the text?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">a) The sport that the
English call football the Americans call soccer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">b) The first World
Cup had fewer teams than the following ones.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">c) The winner of
the first World Cup was Uruguay.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">d) The World Cup in
1934 was in South America.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">e) The 2002 World
was different from the previous competitions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">2. The third World
Cup was in _______ .<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">a) 1950<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">b) 1954<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">c) 1938<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">d) 2002<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">e) 1946<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">3. The first gap in
the text must be completed with __________ .<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">a) began<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">e) will begin<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in the text must be completed with __________ .<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">5. The sentence: “The World Cup is watched by millions of people around
the world” is in the Passive Voice. The same sentence, in the Active Voice is:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">a) Millions of people around the world watched the World Cup.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">b) The World Cup was watched by millions of people around the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">c) Millions of people around the world watch the World Cup.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">d) Millions of people are watched the World Cup around the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">e) Millions of people around the world are watching the World Cup.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13795623501458195521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7446238718067010.post-59269448794664437052014-06-03T19:48:00.000-03:002015-02-07T23:36:59.484-03:00THE STATUE OF LIBERTY - A BRIEF HISTORY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The Statue of Liberty</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> is a<span class="apple-converted-space"> colosssal neoclassical sculpture </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">on Liberty Island </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">in the middle of New York Harbor </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">in Manhattan, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">New York
City. The statue, designed by<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Auguste_Bartholdi" title="Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext;">Frédéric
Auguste Bartholdi</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <span lang="EN-US">with the assistance of the engineer </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (designer of the Eiffel Tower</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">) was
a gift from the French people to the United States as a </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">recognition of the friendship</span></div>
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Revolution. Over the years, the Statue of Liberty's symbolism</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">has grown to </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">include freedom and democracy as well as this international friendship.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
statue is of a female figure representing Libertas</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">, the Roman goddess</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">of freedom, who bears a torch and
a tablet evoking the law upon which is inscribed the date of the American Declaration Independence</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">, July
4, 1776. The statue is an icon of freedom and of the United States: a welcoming
signal to immigrants arriving from abroad.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Due
to the troubled political situation in France, the work on the statue did not
start until the early 1870s. Therefore t</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">he Statue
was a joint effort between the US and France and it was agreed upon that the
American people were to provide the site and build the pedestal and the French
people were responsible for the Statue and its assembly in the United States.
However, lack of funds was a problem on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. In
France, public fees, various forms of entertainment, and a lottery were among
the methods used to raise funds. In the United States, benefit theatrical
events, art exhibitions, auctions and prize fights assisted in providing needed
funds.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Financing for the pedestal was completed in August, 1885 and the pedestal
construction was finished in April, 1886. The Statue was completed in France in
July, 1884 and arrived in New York Harbor in June, 1885 on board the French
frigate "Isere" which transported the Statue of Liberty from France
to the United States. In transit, the Statue was reduced to 350 individual
pieces and packed in 214 crates. The Statue was re-assembled on her new
pedestal in four months´ time. On October 28</span><sup style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">th</sup><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">,1886, the dedication
of the Statue of Liberty took place in front of thousands of spectators. </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13795623501458195521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7446238718067010.post-81120937952803251642014-05-31T13:32:00.000-03:002014-05-31T13:34:48.774-03:00ENGLISH TEST - UERN 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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one can learn English without cost.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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one can learn English on-line.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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one can learn English easily.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Mooresville’s Shining Example (It’s Not Just About the
Laptops)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">MOORESVILLE,
N.C. — Sixty educators from across the nation roamed the halls and ringed the rooms
of East Mooresville Intermediate School, searching for the secret formula. They
found it in Erin Holsinger’s fifth-grade math class.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">There,
a boy peering into his school-issued MacBook blitzed through fractions by
himself, determined to reach sixth-grade work by winter. Three desks away, a
girl was struggling with basic multiplication — only 29 percent right, her
screen said — and Ms. Holsinger knelt beside her to assist.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Curiosity
was fed and embarrassment avoided, as teacher connected with student through
emotion far more than Wi-Fi.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">As
debate continues over whether schools invest wisely in technology — and whether
it measurably improves student achievement — Mooresville, a modest community
about 20 miles north of Charlotte best known as home to several Nascar teams
and drivers, has quietly emerged as the de facto national model of the digital
school.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The
district’s graduation rate was 91 percent in 2011, up from 80 percent in 2008.
On state tests in reading, math and science, an average of 88 percent of
students across grades and subjects met proficiency standards, compared with 73
percent three years ago. Attendance is up, dropouts are down. Mooresville ranks
100th out of 115 districts in North Carolina in terms of dollars spent per
student — $7,415.89 a year — but it is now third in test scores and second in
graduation rates.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“Other
districts are doing things, but what we see in Mooresville is the whole
package: using the budget, innovating, using data, involvement with the community
and leadership,” said Karen Cator, a former Apple executive who is director of
educational technology for the United States Department of Education. “There
are lessons to be learned.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Start
with math lessons: each student’s MacBook Air is leased from Apple for $215 a
year, including warranty, for a total of $1 million; an additional $100,000 a
year goes for software. Terry Haas, the district’s chief financial officer,
said the money was freed up through “incredibly tough decisions.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Sixty-five
jobs were eliminated, including 37 teachers, which resulted in larger class
sizes — in middle schools, it is 30 instead of 18 — but district officials say
they can be more efficiently managed because of the technology. Some costly
items had become obsolete (like computer labs), though getting rid of others
tested the willingness of teachers to embrace the new day: who needs globes in
the age of Google Earth?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Families
pay $50 a year to subsidize computer repairs, though the fee is waived for
those who cannot afford it, about 18 percent of them. Similarly, the district
has negotiated a deal so that those without broadband Internet access can buy
it for $9.99 a month. Mr. Edwards said the technology had helped close racial
performance gaps in a district where 27 percent of the students are minorities
and 40 percent are poor enough to receive free or reduced-price lunches.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> (The New York Times. February 13, 2012/adapted)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">3. Mooresville educational success is due to the<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">a) amount of dollars spent with students a year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">c) deep wish of minorities to show their potential.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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referred to<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“The kitchen table is more than a place for
____________, it’s a place where families meet. But was the ____________ it is
made from harvested sustainably? Used to be hard to tell. Now ____________ can
look for the Forest Stewardship Council ____________ to make sure wooden
furniture is forest friendly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">We should ____________ that the world’s forests are ____________
responsibly so that people and wildlife can continue to exist in the future.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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/ sprayed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Introducing
the perfect chemistry between a Green technology and a blue world<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">There
is a formula for a healthy new world. That’s why Braskem invested millions in
research to become the first company in the world to use Brazilian sugar cane
as a natural plastic source, collaborating with the reduction of the GHG
emissions. Its commitment to a sustainable development resulted in a benchmark
eco-efficient process that stimulates the markets in which Braskem operates and
generates new opportunities.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The
world dreamed. Braskem made it happen.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">New
ways to look at the world<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<sup><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> (Newsweek, Special Edition – Issues. February, 2012)</span></sup></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">b) an energy generator in emerging markets.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">8. The relative pronoun in “... benchmark
eco-efficient process that stimulates the markets” substitutes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">a) plastics.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">b) markets.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: TimesNewRoman; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The
future looks bright</span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Balamurati
Krishna Ambati<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">At age three, Balamurati Krishna Ambati was badly
burned and spent several months in hospital. He decided then that he wanted to
be a doctor. A few years later, he read in the Guinness Book of Records that
the youngest doctor in the world was 18 years old. So he decided to become a
doctor by the age of 17. Many people thought this was impossible, but at 11,
Ambati was in college. He graduated from college at 14 and from medical school
at 17. Now that he is a doctor, Ambati plans to go for advanced training in
Boston.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Catherine
Charlton<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Catherine
Charlton is studying engineering at Cornell University, but she has already
achieved an important goal: She has worked for NASA (the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration). Charlton’s achievements aren’t only in engineering,
however. She is also a successful pianist and composer. Charlton hopes to
combine her talents for engineering and music someday. For example, she would
like to design concert halls or manufacture pianos.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Jasmin Sethi <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The
Scholastic Aptitude Test is the test American students take to enter college;
each year, only a few students get a perfect score. One of those students was
Jasmin Sethi. Her achievement was especially remarkable because she is blind.
To take the test, someone read the test questions to her, and she gave the
answers. She even solved difficult math problems in her head. Sethi has been
the editor of her school newspaper and has organized food collections. She
wants to go to a top university next year. Sethi<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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like to be a lawyer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> <sup> (New Interchange. Cambridge University Press,
1997)</sup></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">10. Which fact do these texts have in common?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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careers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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disability.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">During the first two months of 2014 a group of
Brazilian English teachers (I was one of them) had the opportunity of taking a
course at St. John´s University in Manhattan, NYC. It was a great, spectacular,
unforgettable experience for all of us because besides learning new teaching
strategies and technologies we could interact a lot with native and foreign
teachers, people on the streets and classmates, changing experiences and
learning new things as well.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The university:</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">St. John´s is a private Roman Catholic University
founded in 1870 with campuses in Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island (New York
City), a graduate center in Oakdale (New York) and also abroad, one in Rome and
another in Paris.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The building where we studied in Manhattan was sold for
$223 million to a partnership between Fisher Brothers </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">and The Whitkoff Group;</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: PT-BR;">The
transaction represents the largest sale in Lower Manhattan, a record price for
the area, according to </span><a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/profiles/company/us/ny/new_york/cushman_%26_wakefield/126969"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Cushman & Wakefield</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: PT-BR;">, which
represented St. John’s.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: PT-BR;">Located
on the northeast corner of Murray and West streets, the campus has a 31,028
square-foot footprint and allows for the development of a residential building
totaling 310,028 square feet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Brothers and Witkoff Group said they plan to demolish the property at 101
Murray Street and replace it with a new mixed-use building incorporating
residential and commercial spaces.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Manhattan continues to evolve at a record-setting pace and we are proud to be a
part of it, along with The Witkoff Group,”</span><a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/newyork/search/results?q=Winston%20Fisher"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Winston Fisher</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: PT-BR;">, partner
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university will continue to occupy the Manhattan campus until mid-2014 and
plans to find another centrally located space in Manhattan before the start of
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university takes great pride in our presence in New York City, and the
overwhelming success of this transaction allows us to ensure the strength of
that presence for generations of St. John’s students to come,” </span><a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/newyork/search/results?q=Martha%20Hirst"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: PT-BR; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Martha Hirst</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: PT-BR;">,
executive vice president, chief operating officer and treasurer at St. John’s University,
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Here is a selection of funny signs in English for your enjoyment. </div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Actress and humanitarian Angelina Jolie Voight was born in Los Angeles,
California, on June 4, 1975. She starred in the HBO biopic Gia before earning
an Academy Award for best supporting actress for Girl, Interrupted. Jolie has
become one of Hollywood’s top marquee names, having starred in movies like Wanted,
Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Salt and Changeling. She’s also directed the film In the
Land of Blood and Honey. In October 2008, Jolie appeared in the Clint Eastwood-directed
thriller Changeling, for which she received an Oscar nomination for best
actress.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">She is coupled with actor Brad Pitt and has a big family. Jolie first
adopted Maddox, her first son. Three years later, Jolie adopted a daughter,
Zahara. The couple’s first biological daughter, Shiloh, was born in 2006. In
March 2007, Jolie added a new member to her family, she adopted another boy. In
2008, she gave birth to twins.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">A devoted humanitarian, Angelina Jolie was made a Goodwill Ambassador
for the UN Refugee Agency in 2001. She has made headlines for her work to
obtain aid for refugees in Cambodia, Darfur and Jordan, to name just a few. In
2005, Jolie received the Global Humanitarian Action Award from the United Nations
Association of the USA for her activism on behalf of refugee rights.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In May 2013, 37-year-old Jolie announced in a New York Times op-ed
article titled My Medical Choice that she underwent a double mastectomy in an
effort to prevent breast cancer in the future. The actress said she decided to
undergo the surgery after learning that she carries a gene known as BRCA1,
which increases the risk of both breast and ovarian cancer. The news made
headlines all over the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Angelina Jolie has received an<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">a) Academy Award for best
actress.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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actress.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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director.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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performance.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">( ) She has made headlines because of her
involvement in sex scandals.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">( ) She has more adopted children than
biological ones.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">( ) She has recently made public she has
undergone surgery to prevent a disease.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">( ) She has won an award in recognition of her
humanitarian activism.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">( ) She is known for both her acting career and
humanitarian activism.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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F, F, T, T, T.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The Great Gatsby is probably F. Scott Fitzgerald’s greatest novel, a
book that offers damning and insightful views of the American nouveau riche in
the 1920s. The Great Gatsby is an American classic and a wonderfully evocative
work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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seems to have had a brilliant understanding of lives that are corrupted by
greed and incredibly sad and unfulfilled. The novel is a product of its
generation with one of American literature’s most powerful characters in the
figure of Jay Gatsby, who is urbane and world-weary. Gatsby is really nothing
more than a man desperate for love.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">4. Based on the review, it is correct to assert that<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">a) The Great Gatsby is
one of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s minor works of prose.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">b) The Great Gatsby is
unlike most of Scott Fitzgerald’s prose.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">c) the book depicts
the lifestyle of newly wealthy Americans in the 1920s.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">d) the novel is
poorly written and shows the lack of writing skills of its author.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">e) the novel portrays
a number of powerful characters, except for Jay Gatsby.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">5 <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">According to what is stated in the review, consider the following
statements.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">I. Fitzgerald shows in his novel an understanding of the corruption greed
can cause.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">II. The Great Gatsby portrays lives fulfilled by love and professional
satisfaction.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">III. The novel reflects the lifestyle of a generation of American
literature writers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">IV. The main character, Gatsby, represents someone who is in despair for
love.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">5. Choose the correct alternative.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">a) Only the
statements I and II are correct.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">b) Only the
statements I and IV are correct.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">c) Only the
statements III and IV are correct.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">d) Only the
statements I, II and III are correct.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">e) Only the
statements II, III and IV are correct.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Read the
following text and answer questions 6 to 8.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">São Paulo, Brazil – Protesters showed up by the
thousands in Brazil’s largest cities on Monday night in a remarkable display of
strength for an agitation that had begun with small protests against bus-fare increases,
then evolved into a broader movement by groups and individuals irate over a
range of issues including the country’s high cost of living and lavish new
stadium project costs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The growing protests rank among the largest and most
resonant since the nation’s military dictatorship ended in 1985, with
demonstrators numbering into the tens of thousands gathered here in São Paulo, Brazil’s
largest city, and other large protests unfolding in cities like Rio de Janeiro,
Salvador, Curitiba, Belem and Brasília, the capital, where marchers made their
way to the roof of Congress.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Sharing a parallel with the antigovernment protests in
Turkey, the demonstrations in Brazil intensified after a harsh police crackdown
last week stunned many citizens. In images shared widely on social media, the police
here were seen beating unarmed protesters with batons and dispersing crowds by
firing rubber bullets and tear gas into their midst. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">“The largest protests are happening in cities which
will host World Cup Games,” said Mr. Malini, a scholar who analyzes data
patterns in social media at the Federal University of Espírito Santo. “Brazilians
are mixing soccer and politics in a way that is new, and minority voices are
making themselves heard.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: NimbusSanL-Regu, serif; font-size: 8pt;">(ROMERO, S. Thousands Gather for Protests in Brazil’s
Largest Cities. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: NimbusSanL-ReguItal, serif; font-size: 8pt;">The New York Times</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: NimbusSanL-Regu, serif; font-size: 8pt;">. Source:
<http: o:p="" www.nytimes.com=""></http:></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: NimbusSanL-Regu, serif; font-size: 8pt;">2013/06/18/world/americas/thousands-gather-for-protests-in-brazils-largest-cities.html>.
</span><span style="font-family: NimbusSanL-Regu, serif; font-size: 8pt;">Accessed on: 9 jul. 2013.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: white; font-family: "NimbusSanL-Bold","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: NimbusSanL-Bold;">6 <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">6. Among the motivations for the protests held in Brazil mentioned in the
text are<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">a) claims for changes
in election rules and regulations.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">b) crisis in the
elementary educational system.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">c) fight against a
law that reduces criminal responsibility age.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">d) indignation over
the impressive expenses of sports stadiums.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">e) the enormous
salaries and gratifications of politicians.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">7 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">7. According to the text, it is correct to say that<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">a) protest became
more intense because of police severe repression.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">b) protests started
as an objection to the World Cup Game being held in Brazil.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">c) social media was
left out as a means to help release news related to protests.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">d) the protests are
believed to be ineffective due to small number of participants.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">e) there was little,
if any, space for varied topics during the manifestations.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">About
the protests in Brazil, according to the text, consider the following
statements.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">I. It can be compared to protests against government in Turkey.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">II.
With the protests minorities are having their claims heard.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">III.
The manifestations happened without any violent incident.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">IV.
Protesters kept a distance from government buildings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">8. Choose
the correct alternative.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">a) Only the statements I and II
are correct.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">b) Only the statements I and IV
are correct.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">c) Only the statements III and IV
are correct.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">d) Only the statements I, II and
III are correct.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">e) Only the statements II, III
and IV are correct.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Observe the following
editorial cartoon and answer questions 9 and 10.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">9.<b> </b>According to what the man says, we can infer that he
believes<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">a) parents should
join their kids in their activities.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">b) playing football
daily prevents one from putting on weight.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">c) it is wise for
parents to support their children’s sports practice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">d) kids need to be
engaged in intellectual activities as well as sports.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">e) kids need to play
sports for a certain amount of hours daily.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">10. The editorial cartoon addresses a common
issue parents deal with, which is<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">a) children refuse to
help with chores around the house when asked.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">b) kids nowadays are
less obedient and cause their parents trouble.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">c) kids refuse to do
their homework and as a consequence go bad at school.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">d) many kids are
choosing electronic games over sports or outdoors activities.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">e) parents are often
called at schools to discuss their kids learning problems.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The police in Spain say that they have arrested the
spectator who threw the banana at Barcelona defender Daniel Alves on April 27. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The racist incident happened when the player was going
to take a corner in a match against Villarreal. He responded by peeling the
fruit and eating it and this act received praise and campaigns against racism on
the web all over the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The man who was detained has been identified as a 26-year-old
Villarreal supporter named as David Campaya Lleo.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The club said the man involved had had his season
ticket withdrawn and been given a lifetime ban.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Daniel Alves said that it was "not an isolated
incident", and that he had been denouncing racist insults for over six
years.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">"I hope that this (campaign) can be an alert to
ban this kind of attitude from football altogether. I hope the debate about
racial prejudice will not fade away, but stays on permanently and not be
restricted only to football," he added.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">He criticized Spain saying that they sell the country
as being first world but in certain things they are very backward.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Alves also said that he wanted the opposition fan who
threw the banana to be publicly shamed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Villarreal said the club deeply regrets and condemns
the incident.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The hashtag </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-27191333"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">"we are all monkeys"</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> took
Twitter by storm after the Brazilian player Neymar tweeted a photo of himself
smiling on Instagram with a banana, side by side with his toddler son.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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have posted photos of themselves, banana in hand, on social media. I am one of
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13795623501458195521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7446238718067010.post-1316656440848265162014-04-29T12:36:00.000-03:002014-04-29T12:38:13.054-03:00DANIEL ALVES EATS BANANA THROWN AT HIM DURING A SOCCER MATCH<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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for years and unfortunately another incident occurred on April 27 at a
game between Barcelona and Villarreal when a banana was thrown at
Daniel Alves. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: PT-BR;">The
defender was going to take a corner during the match between Barcelona and
Villarreal when a fan threw a banana that landed at his feet. He simply picked up
the banana, peeled it, took a bite and continued to play. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: PT-BR;">Daniel Alves</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: PT-BR;"> is not the first
player to experience racist taunting during a competition but he is one of the
first to respond with humor. When he saw
the banana, he treated it as if it were a snack. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Shortly after the banana incident, Alves launched a cross that Mateo
Musacchio headed into his own goal before Lionel Messi scored Barcelona's
winner.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: PT-BR;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">After the match he said that humor is
the best way to combat racism in sports.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br />
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have suffered this in Spain for some time," Alves said. If you don't give
it importance, they won't achieve their objective."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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The episode spread worldwide. Barcelona and
Villarreal have already manifested against it. Stars and athletes have posted
photos with bananas showing the player their support and condemning racist
acts.<span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Manchester
City Argentine attacker Sergio Agüero tweeted "We say no to racism. We are
all equal". He posted a picture eating a banana together with Brazilian
player Marta.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Talisca Reis, Brazilian taekwondo fighter, has also joined the movement
posting a photo holding a banana. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">"Say no to prejudice", she wrote.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Among celebrities, the singer Alexandre Pires posted a picture of
himself eating the fruit: "Here's the banana!! #SOMOSTODOSMACACOS".
TV hosts Luciano Huck and Angélica also mentioned the incident on Facebook.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Fifa released
an official statement condemning the episode and assured the upcoming World Cup
will be a good opportunity to reinforce the war against racism.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">"Fifa condemns any type of discrimination and it is sad to see such
racist incidents continue to occur in football. We keep asking the football
community to unite and to use their voces to eradicate racism from football and
society".</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">"The 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil will be the perfect occasion to
send a clear message to the world: football is for all and we will not tolerate
any form of discrimination", said the entity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13795623501458195521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7446238718067010.post-64598002999020137782014-04-23T13:00:00.001-03:002014-04-23T13:05:24.497-03:00ORPHANED LAND - A BAND FROM ISRAEL<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Orphaned Land</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">is a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_metal" title="Progressive metal"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">progressive metal</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">band from Israel, formed in 1991 under the name
Resurrection (changing their name in 1992 to the current name), that combines<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_music" title="Jewish music"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Jewish</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_music" title="Arabic music"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Arabian</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">influences. The band has gone through several changes
over the years, but has retained two of the founding members, Kobi Farhi (</span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocals" title="Vocals"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">vocals</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">) and Uri Zelcha (</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_guitar" title="Bass guitar"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">bass</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">). They are joined by Matan Shmuely (</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drums" title="Drums"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">drums</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">) as well as Chen Balbus (</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar" title="Guitar"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">guitar</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">/</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_instrument" title="Keyboard instrument"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">keyboard</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">), who
replaced the founding member, Matti Svatizky in 2012. Co-Founding member Yossi
Sassi (</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitars" title="Guitars"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">guitars</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">/</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_instrument" title="String instrument"><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">strings</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">) left the band in early 2014. Their lyrics
promote a message of peace and unity, particularly between the three main
Abrahamic religions: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: windowtext; font-size: 10.5pt; text-decoration: none;">Judaism</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10.5pt;">,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam" title="Islam"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: windowtext; font-size: 10.5pt; text-decoration: none;">Islam</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10.5pt;">, and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: windowtext; font-size: 10.5pt; text-decoration: none;">Christianity</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10.5pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In 1992, the band changed its name from the original Resurrection<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>to Orphaned Land. Orphaned Land fuse<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_metal" title="Progressive metal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">progressive</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_metal" title="Death metal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">death metal</span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">as well as<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Middle-Eastern</span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_music" title="Folk music"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">folk music</span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">and Arabic traditions in a form of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental_metal" title="Oriental metal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Oriental metal</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">. Each album has some concept related to two extreme: a meeting of East
and West, past and present, light and darkness, and God and Satan.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The band’s first
album was<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahara_(Orphaned_Land_album)" title="Sahara (Orphaned Land album)"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Sahara</span></a></span></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">(1994) which was originally released as a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demo_album" title="Demo album"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">demo</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">. The second album,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Norra_Alila" title="El Norra Alila"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">El Norra Alila</span></a></span></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">(1996), had many Eastern/Oriental influences, such as "El Norra Alila"
("Illustrious God"), based on a poem sung during<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_Kippur" title="Yom Kippur"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Yom Kippur</span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">as a plea of forgiveness. It also included songs with traditional
oriental Jewish<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piyyut" title="Piyyut"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">piyyut</span></a></span></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">and Arabic melodies. The album explored the themes of light and
darkness, as well as conveying the message of commonality between the three
Abrahamic religions. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In 2008, Orphaned Land was featured in the documentary<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Metal" title="Global Metal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Global Metal</span></a></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">, a film by the creators of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal:_A_Headbanger%27s_Journey" title="Metal: A Headbanger's Journey"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Metal: A
Headbanger's Journey</span></a></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">On May 22, 2010, Orphaned Land performed as the opening act to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallica" title="Metallica"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Metallica</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">'s show in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" title="Israel"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Israel</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">. Following
this, the band went on a festival tour in the summer of 2010, promoting their
latest album,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>The Never Ending
Way of ORWarriOR</i>, with appearances at such festivals as<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wacken_Open_Air" title="Wacken Open Air"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Wacken Open Air</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_Breeze_Open_Air" title="Summer Breeze Open Air"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Summer Breeze
Open Air</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonisphere_Festival" title="Sonisphere Festival"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Sonisphere
Festival</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gods_of_Metal" title="Gods of Metal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Gods of Metal</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Hard_Festival" title="Rock Hard Festival"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Rock Hard Festival</span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">and more. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">On June 11, 2012, guitarist Matty Svatitzky announced his departure from
the band, due to personal issues. Matti Svatitzky was replaced by Chen Balbus,
a young musician who was a replacement guitar player for some live shows,
before he became an official member. Chen instantly became an integral part of
the composing, writing, producing and recording of the new album, "All Is
One. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In 2012 there was an online petition for Orphaned Land to be awarded a
Nobel Prize for their commitment to allowing the Arab World to listen to their
music despite bans on such a thing from Arab League countries. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13795623501458195521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7446238718067010.post-21085220715421746062014-01-16T23:52:00.002-03:002014-01-16T23:57:18.940-03:00PRISONS IN BRAZIL<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> Welcome to the Middle Ages</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> Brazil’s hellish penal system is overcrowded,
violent and brutalising</span></b></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhim0xy4i41E77bMeKCLOGkiXeNoYhJgzYdHP3AYqKG5m5XZxhjtw-MHFLW2gIsTDdOMtKQfelFu-0R7uEt0Vse97Kr4KNl73La09KwYwOdkcNRZ4Qs6aqnxy2H1FBvT6WSD2JkuCO3uA/s1600/cadeia-lotada1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhim0xy4i41E77bMeKCLOGkiXeNoYhJgzYdHP3AYqKG5m5XZxhjtw-MHFLW2gIsTDdOMtKQfelFu-0R7uEt0Vse97Kr4KNl73La09KwYwOdkcNRZ4Qs6aqnxy2H1FBvT6WSD2JkuCO3uA/s1600/cadeia-lotada1.jpg" height="271" width="400" /></a></div>
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feet saunter across a wet concrete floor. With each step, the water reddens
until the camera comes to rest on the bodies of three prisoners. Severed heads
lie on top of two of the corpses. The video was filmed in Pedrinhas, the
biggest prison complex in the northern state of Maranhão, and published on
January 7th by <i>Folha de São Paulo</i>, a newspaper. The footage has
woken up many Brazilians to the hellishness of their prisons.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: PT-BR;">At least 218 inmates have been murdered since
January 2013 in 24 of Brazil’s 27 states. (The other three do not disclose
figures.) Dozens more have died in suspicious circumstances. Severe
overcrowding is the root of the problem. In the past 20 years Brazil’s
population has grown by 30%, while that of its prisons and police cells has
almost quintupled, to 550,000—the fourth-highest in the world, behind the
United States, China and Russia.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: PT-BR;">Officially, Brazilian penitentiaries have room for
around 300,000 people. There is federal money to spend on building extra
prisons, which are largely run by the states. But it can flow only once a
project is approved by a local town. They are reluctant hosts, fearing that
penitentiaries both bring crime when prisoners are released and also divert
resources from other public works. “Everyone wants hospitals and schools,” says
Antonio Ferreira Pinto, a former security secretary in São Paulo state. “No one
wants a prison.” Federal-prison spending fell in 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: PT-BR;">Brazil needs cells to house genuine criminals: the
murder rate stood at 24.3 per 100,000 in 2012, more than six times higher than
in Chile. But really it needs fewer inmates. Lucia Nader of Conectas, a
human-rights group, attributes an upsurge in prisoners since 2006 to a law that
decriminalised possession of drugs for personal use but stiffened penalties for
trafficking. The distinction between the two is left to the arresting officer.
“A light-skinned yuppie smoking pot on the beach is a user and left in peace,”
says Ms Nader. “A dark-skinned slum-dweller lighting a spliff on the street is
a peddler and thrown in jail.” Since the law’s introduction, the number of
people held for trafficking has swelled from 33,000 in 2005 to 138,000 in 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: PT-BR;">This flood of inmates hits two bottlenecks, says
Julita Lemgruber, a former director of Rio de Janeiro’s prisons department and
now an academic at Candido Mendes University. At the “entrance” 41% of all
prisoners languish in pre-trial detention. Ms Lemgruber and colleagues have
found that half of the 5,000 or so pre-trial detainees in Rio whose cases made
it to court in 2012 ended up without a prison sentence. At the “exit”,
meanwhile, convicts do not benefit from Brazil’s theoretically world-class laws
on parole and alternative sentences like community service.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: PT-BR;">A shortage of legal advice for prisoners helps to
explain both bottlenecks. Most detainees cannot afford a lawyer and public
defenders are in short supply. The federal government has pledged to send a
task-force of lawyers to plough through a backlog of cases in Maranhão. It is
not clear how that will help prisons elsewhere. For each public attorney in São
Paulo’s main criminal court, 2,500 cases are pending.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: PT-BR;">With too many prisoners flowing in, and not enough
flowing out, a cesspool festers in the middle. On paper Brazil’s prisons are a
paragon of modernity. In practice, says Marcos Fuchs of Instituto Pro Bono,
another human-rights group, they are medieval. In one São Paulo penitentiary he
visited, 62 people were crammed in a cell meant for 12, taking turns to sleep
on the floor or by leaning against a wall. According to official figures, half
a million inmates received care from 367 doctors in 2012. Fifteen
gynaecologists served 32,000 female prisoners, many of whom use bread to stanch
menstrual bleeding.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: PT-BR;">Dante would
blanch<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: PT-BR;">Criminal gangs have filled the vacuum left by the
state. In exchange for loyalty and a membership fee, gangs offer protection,
bring supplies (including sanitary towels), bus families in for visits and even
pay for lawyers. They also maintain order—until a rival outfit emerges. A
challenge to an established gang seems to have been behind the violence in
Pedrinhas.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4a4a4a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: PT-BR;">Brazil’s criminal code includes neither the death
penalty nor a life sentence. In theory, every inmate will re-emerge into the
outside world. But they do so brutalised, lacking skills and ostracised by a
society with a punitive attitude towards criminals. That pushes recidivism
rates above 60%, starting the ghastly cycle anew.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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