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Time Doesn't Stand Still for Cities on the Go

"Places , like people, have personalities," says Robert Levine, a psychologist at California State University, Fresno. Levine wanted to know which of 36 U.S. cities had the fastest pace of life. He found that Bostonians topped lhe list, outhustling surprising runnersup Buffalo and New York. His study, A Geography of Time, charted walking speed, talking speed, how long it took bank clerks to make change, and the number of passersby wearing watches. New Yorkers led in watches, but the Big Apple placed third overall due to a !$ 28^{th} !$ place finish in talking speed. Fast-moving cities are more stressful , but tend to be more productive economically than their slower moving counterparts, Levine discovered. At the bottom of the list: laid-back Los Angeles. People there talk so slowly that reading the 6 p.m. news would take them until 7:25 to report what residents of Columbus, Ohio, would finish by 7 p.m.

TEXT BY BORIS WEINTRAUB

National Geographic March 1998

A questão refere-se ao texto, cujo vocabulário segue abaixo:

• places = lugares

• like = como

• people = pessoas

• to want = querer

• to know = saber

• pace of life = ritmo de vida

• to find, found, found = descobrir

• to top the list = liderar a lista

• to outhustle = superar, ultrapassar

• runnersup = vice

• study = estudo

• to chart = apresentar (sob forma de gráfico)

• walking speed = velocidade ao andar

• talking speed = velocidade ao falar

• how long = quanto tempo

• bank clerks = bancários

• to make change = trocar (dinheiro)

• passersby = transeunte

• to wear = usar

• watches = relógios

• to lead, led, led = liderar

• Big Apple = Nova York

• to place = situar-se

• overall = no total

• due to = devido a, graças a

• fast-moving cities = cidades mais movimentadas

• counter-parts = semelhantes

• at the bottom of the list = no fim da lista

• so = tão

• slowly = lentamente

• news = notícias

• until = até

• to report = relatar

Ao realizar a pesquisa, Robert Levine teve por objetivo: