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TWENTY-ONE DAYS WITHOUT FOOD
Why would someone decide to stop eating? We know that the body needs food in order to function well. However, many people fast at some time during their lives. Why is this?
Some people fast for political reasons. In the early 20th century, women in England and the United States weren’t allowed to vote. In protest, many people fasted for days. They hoped that fasting would bring attention to this injustice. Gandhi, the famous Indian leader, fasted 17 times during his life. In 1943, he went without food for 21 days.
He fasted to bring attention to his country’s need for independence.
Fasting is also a spiritual practice in many religions. Every year during the month of Ramadan, which is a religious holiday, Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset.
Of course, not everyone fasts for political or religious reasons. Some people occasionally fast just because it makes them better. The American writer Mark Twain thought fasting was the best medicine for common illnesses.
Choosing to go with or without food can be very dangerous. However, that doesn’t stop people from fasting for political, religious, or health reasons.
“... not everyone fasts for political or religious reasons.” means that
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WHAT SOME STUDENTS THINK OF
THEIR HOUSEMATES.
Matt
Carl and Jenny are complete slobs. They don’t want to clean up the bathroom and they always leave the kitchen in a mess. But I still like Carl.
He’s really generous, but he’s impossible to live with. Jenny’s OK, but she’s a bit selfish. She’s the kind of person that never buys any bread, tea or coffee. I’ve decided to move out at the end of the year.
Jenny
Since we moved in, Matt has become really badtempered and bossy. It’s true that he does more than his fair share of the housework, but he exaggerates and complains the whole time, too.
Carl’s great. I think he enjoys life and just gets on with it.
Carl
Do I do my share of the housework? No, but that’s because I don’t have a share! Matt likes to boast about how much he does – so I let him get on with it. Well, I suppose I do a little bit. I get on really well with Jenny because she’s always cheerful. I think we’ll both stay here for another year.
“ Well, I suppose I do a little bit.”, means that Carl
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FOR ME, FOOD ISN’T ABOUT HUNGER, IT’S
ABOUT MY MOODS
When I’m bored, I look for something in the fridge, eat a slice of cheese maybe, or a tomato, or a carrot.
When I’m tired, I eat roasted peppers, creamy rice pudding, biscuits with tea.
When I’m a bit low, I eat chocolate, letting it melt in my mouth.
When I feel anxious, I make cakes or biscuits, even in the middle of the night, and the smell of baking eassures me: ginger biscuits, lemon pie, chocolate cake.
When I’m in a good mood, I wake in the early hours and plan meals for guests, and it’s like thinking about Christmas presents.
When I’m excited, I rarely feel hungry, for then I want to be light-footed and empty – a piece of steamed fish, maybe, or a green salad; something clean and light that won’t weigh me down; sushi is perfect.
When I’m guilty or agitated, I push things round my plate.
When I’m sad, I starve myself.
GLOSSARY:
reassure = acalmar
light -footed = leve
weigh down = enfastiar
round = em direção contrária
The adjectives, underlined in the text,
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Um veículo percorre uma pista de trajetória circular, horizontal, com velocidade constante em módulo. O raio da circunferência é de 160 m e o móvel completa uma volta a cada segundos, calcule em m/s2, o módulo da aceleração centrípeta que o veículo está submetido.
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The underlined word in the sentence below means:
The appropriate response to “How are you?” that anyone expects to hear is an automatic “ I’m fine”.
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