Glee: Comedy musical. 9 p.m. Wednesdays on Fox Created by Ryan Murphy, the series is an irreverent, upbeat, non-cynical take on the cliché-ridden troupe of high school life, as seen through the eyes of cheerleaders, jocks, quirky and underpaid!$ ^{(c} !$ teachers. Will (Matthew Morrison) is an idealistic!$ ^{(b} !$ teacher at McKinley High School gets the chance to take over the oppressed Glee Club. What he’s got going against him is that everyone thinks Glee Club is weak. And worse, McKinley High dotes on its “Cheerios” - the world-beating cheerleading squad coached by Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch), the fearful!$ ^{(a} !$, sweat-suit-wearing teacher. Will’s job will be to make Glee Club cool again. It’s not going to be easy, because he’s got a ragtag group: Artie (Kevin McHale ), ’s in a wheelchair; Mercedes (Amber Riley), the plus-size diva; Tina (Jenna Ushkowitz), the rebellious!$ ^{(d} !$ stutterer; and Kurt (Chris Colfer), the boy diva. Will also has got one standout star, Rachel (Lea Michele ), the egotistical girl with the note-perfect voice, and one diamond in the rough, Finn (Cory Monteith), the quarterback with good looks and a real passion for show choir.

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GLOSSARY

Up-beat – alegre

Cliché-ridden troupe – grupo de cantores cheios de esteriótipo

Jocks – “marombeiros” (jovens que gostam de malhar)

Quirky – estranho no comportamento

To dote on – amar

Squad – esquadrão

Ragtag – grupo de pessoas não muito respeitado

Stutterer – gago

Standout star – estrela exibicionista

Egotistical – pessoa metida

Quarterback – uma posição específica de um jogador de futebol americano

O circuito elétrico representado na figura a seguir é formado por três lâmpadas iguais, L!$ _1 !$, L!$ _2 !$ e L!$ _3 !$, ligadas a uma bateria ideal de diferença de potencial (d.d.p.) igual a V. Suponha que as lâmpadas estão funcionando corretamente e que cada uma foi fabricada para produzir o brilho máximo quando ligada a uma d.d.p. = V.

Assinale a alternativa que indica o que ocorre com o brilho das lâmpadas L!$ _1 !$ e L!$ _3 !$, se L!$ _2 !$ for colocada em curto-circuito, ao fechar a chave Ch!$ _1 !$.

Doing things

Evan: Hey, Chloe. What are you doing?

Chloe: I’m drawing a picture for the story I wrote in school today.

Evan: Oh, yeah? Terrific. Can I see it? It’s very pretty. I like the colors.

Chloe: Thanks, Dad.

Evan: Chloe, go look in the kitchen. Is Mom coffee?

Chloe: Uh, no, Daddy, she’s still the dishes.

Evan: Oh. I guess I can wait a few minutes. I have to make a call.

Chloe: Are you calling Grandma?

Evan: No. It’s a business call.

(Taken from American Streamline)

Vitamin C

Foods such as oranges and tomatoes contain a lot of vitamin C. Other fruits and vegetables vitamin C, too. Doctors agree that vitamin C us healthy. Most doctors think that vitamin C helps prevent colds. A few people believe that vitamin C can prevent cancer and other serious health problems.

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