Don't Quit

When things go wrong as they sometimes will;

When the road you're trudging seems all uphill;

When the funds are low, and the debts are high

And you want to smile, but have to sigh;

When care is pressing you down a bit

Rest if you must, but do not quit.

Success is the failure turned inside out;

The silver tint of the clouds of doubt;

And you can never tell how close you are

It may be near when it seems so far;

So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit

It's when things go wrong that you must not quit.

GLOSSARY

to trudge = caminhar penosamente

uphill = difícil, exaustivo

to sigh = suspirar

tint = tom, tonalidade

Are you hardworking, anxious, introverted and conscientious? If so, you’re probably a victim of workplace bullying. Researchers at Hull University have suggested a personality test to recognize people at risk of being bullied. The study that companies give potential victims adequate training and social support at work so that they can be prevented from feeling ignored and humiliated.

(Adapted from Speak Up # 140)

GLOSSARY

bullying – gozações, perseguições, isolamento no trabalho.

at risk – que corre o risco.

Are you hardworking, anxious, introverted and conscientious? If so, you’re probably a victim of workplace bullying. Researchers at Hull University have suggested a personality test to recognize people at risk of being bullied. The study that companies give potential victims adequate training and social support at work so that they can be prevented from feeling ignored and humiliated.

(Adapted from Speak Up # 140)

GLOSSARY

bullying – gozações, perseguições, isolamento no trabalho.

at risk – que corre o risco.

Why did you choose the shirt that you are wearing right now? Is it because you like the tailoring or the color, or because it's fashionable right now? Traditionally, clothes have served the two main purposes of keeping you warm and making you look good, but in the future, you may be choosing your clothes for the technological features that they offer from an MP3 player built into a stylish Levi's jacket, to cameras contained in gloves, to glasses linked to portable computers, to shirts that can monitor a wearer's heart rate, temperature and breathing, to bras that can measure breathing in order to monitor and assess your exercise, to television sets contained in handbags.

Teams such as those at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the Georgia Institute of Technology, the French Textile Institute and Durham University in Britain are leading the way for research and testing, and it seems like only a matter of time before their bold experiments enter the mainstream market.

GLOSSARY

tailoring = corte

wearer = usuário

bras= sutiãs

bold experiments= experimentos audaciosos

mainstream market= mercado principal

Guaratinguetá, the city of Friar Galvão has begun to

welcome more and more tourists

An increasing number of tourists is visiting Guaratinguetá, a city with a population of 110,000 about six kilometers from Aparecida. In 2006 the city welcomed an average of about 50 tourist buses at weekends now it is 200 buses. Religious tourism will boost the local economy. New hotels and restaurants will be built. The Santo Antônio Cathedral and Friar Galvão Museum are two of the most popular places for tourists. In a small room at the back of the Cathedral the famous Friar Galvão pills are produced. In total about 90,000 pills are produced a month. The pills are also produced in the Mosteiro da Luz, in São Paulo, about 5,000 units are distributed a day.

(Adapted from Maganews # 36)

GLOSSARY

friar: frei

increasing: aumento

to boost: impulsionar

pill: pílula