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Sometimes we procrastinate doing something because we think that we will do a bad choice. If you feel nervous about a task, stop and think positive thoughts. Think about what you are good at. Think about times in the past when you have done something good. Positive thoughts make work easier.
(Adapted from Access Reading 2)
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procrastinate – adiar
choice – escolha
task – tarefa
We can infer from the text that we sometimes procrastinate because we feel we are .
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In “I’m just taking inventory”, Francis wants to say that he is
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Em decoração de ambientes costuma-se dizer que o uso de espelhos planos e verticais dá às pessoas, a sensação de que o ambiente é ampliado. Conhecendo os princípios de formação de imagens em espelhos planos, pode se afirmar, corretamente, que essa sensação está relacionada à visualização de imagens a uma distância sempre a do objeto ao espelho plano.
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Haiti, a country under eternal reconstruction
It seems that nature has not been kind to Haiti. The earthquake on January 12 aggravated the chaos and th poverty in the country. According to the United Nations, up to January 23 rd the official number of dead was 111,000 and 200,000 had been injured. It has been estimated, however, that the final death toll could be 200,000. Thousands of houses have been destroyed or damaged, and hundreds of thousands of people have been left homeless. Before being hit by the earthquake the country was struck by a hurricane in 2008. However, nature cannot be held chiefly responsible for the Haitians' suffering. In this country of nine million souls, over half are living below the level of extreme poverty, earning just a dollar a day. It is the poorest country in the Americas. The country is very, very underprivileged' there is a lack of schools, jobs, hospitals, transport, security, infrastructure, basic sanitation, and ' mainly ' political stability. In political terms Haiti has always been in conflict. From the second half of the 19 century until the beginning th of the 20 t h century, 16 Heads of State were overthrown or assassinated.
(Taken from Telegraph Newspaper)
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injured = ferido
death tool = número oficial de mortos
struck = atingido
chiefly = principalmente
Heads of States = Chefes de Estado
to be overthrown = ser deposto
Which alternative, extracted from the text, presents a gerund form?
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A place of superlatives
Antarctica is a place of superlatives: it is the coldest, windiest, driest, highest and most remote continent on earth. The continent’s large mass of snow and ice contains around 85 percent of all freshwater in the world. The first tourists to reach it arrived in 1957.
Nowadays, the variety of Antarctica travel itineraries, activities and prices is wider than ever before.
(Adapted from Speak up # 149)
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freshwater – água doce
to reach – chegar
travel itineraries – roteiros de viagem
wide – amplo
According to the text, all the alternatives are correct, except
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When Irish Eyes Are Smiling?
Everyone wants to be Irish on March 17th, the party of the patron saint of Ireland.
But nowhere is this more fun than in Dublin, where anyone can put on a green hat and participate in Ireland’s biggest annual celebration.
A four-day event, the St. Patrick’s Festival attracts over 1.3 million people from around the world. Free events, including street theater and fireworks, are programmed around the city and are all accessible by foot.
(Adapted from Speak Up # 180)
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Dublin – Capital da Irlanda
fireworks – fogos de artifício
Irish people celebrate Saint Patrick’s day
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A place of superlatives
Antarctica is a place of superlatives: it is the coldest, windiest, driest, highest and most remote continent on earth. The continent’s large mass of snow and ice contains around 85 percent of all freshwater in the world. The first tourists to reach it arrived in 1957.
Nowadays, the variety of Antarctica travel itineraries, activities and prices is wider than ever before.
(Adapted from Speak up # 149)
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freshwater – água doce
to reach – chegar
travel itineraries – roteiros de viagem
wide – amplo
Choose the best alternative to answer the question below:
What is Antarctica like?
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Linguistic Awareness
Most humans use language readily and on most occasions successfully without much cognitive knowledge the nature of language. Because language is mostly unselfconsciously used to accomplish daily tasks, not much thought is given to the actual complexity of language. David McMillan, in his graduate thesis "Miscommunications in Air Traffic Control", points out that the ease with which we use language(s) to communicate in our daily lives and the usual lack serious consequences for miscommunication mask the fragility of human language as a vehicle for clear communications. The apparently simple use of language actually requires a sophisticated interaction of complex processes, and our usually successful daily experience with language belies its complexity. In daily life, miscommunication occurs but rarely results in anything other than minor inconvenience, minor embarrassment, or lost time. In air traffic control communications, however, the stakes are dramatically higher and communication errors have the potential for far more serious consequences.
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to accomplish = executar
to belie = camuflar, ocultar
embarrassment = constrangimento
stakes = riscos
According to the text,
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Haiti, a country under eternal reconstruction
It seems that nature has not been kind to Haiti. The earthquake on January 12 aggravated the chaos and th poverty in the country. According to the United Nations, up to January 23 rd the official number of dead was 111,000 and 200,000 had been injured. It has been estimated, however, that the final death toll could be 200,000. Thousands of houses have been destroyed or damaged, and hundreds of thousands of people have been left homeless. Before being hit by the earthquake the country was struck by a hurricane in 2008. However, nature cannot be held chiefly responsible for the Haitians' suffering. In this country of nine million souls, over half are living below the level of extreme poverty, earning just a dollar a day. It is the poorest country in the Americas. The country is very, very underprivileged' there is a lack of schools, jobs, hospitals, transport, security, infrastructure, basic sanitation, and ' mainly ' political stability. In political terms Haiti has always been in conflict. From the second half of the 19 century until the beginning th of the 20 t h century, 16 Heads of State were overthrown or assassinated.
(Taken from Telegraph Newspaper)
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injured = ferido
death tool = número oficial de mortos
struck = atingido
chiefly = principalmente
Heads of States = Chefes de Estado
to be overthrown = ser deposto
The was used most of the time, in the text, to talk about actions .
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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.
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to trudge = caminhar penosamente
uphill = difícil, exaustivo
to sigh = suspirar
tint = tom, tonalidade
"seems", is similar in meaning to
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