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Japan tsunami ‘ghost ship’ drifting to Canada

A Japanese fishing vessel swept away by the March 2011 tsunami has been spotted adrift off the west coast of Canada by the coastguard.

An aircraft patrolling the seas off British Columbia saw the 15m vessel seen floating 275km from the Haida Gwaii islands on Friday.

It is believed to be the first large item from the millions of tonnes of tsunami debris to cross the Pacific.

No one is believed to be aboard the ship, registered in Hokkaido, Japan.

Canada’s Transport Ministry is monitoring the vessel for marine pollution and to see if it becomes an obstruction.

The tsunami last March generated more than 25 million tonnes of debris, say researchers at the University of Hawaii. Between four and eight million tonnes were washed into the ocean, with one to two million tonnes still floating on the surface.

The main mass of the debris is not expected to make landfall in North America until March 2014.

Maria Cantwell, US senator for Washington state, said the boat was expected to drift slowly south.

(Adapted from BBC news)

GLOSSARY
vessel – embarcação
to be swept away – ser arrastado
landfall – o ato de chegar à costa
adrift – sem rumo
to drift – ser arrastado pela correnteza

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Fifty years ago, no one ever considered that a life full of household chores, not shared by her husband, might take a toll on a mother’s mental state.

Husbands, who weren’t expected to be involved much with their children, were passionately caught up in developing their own careers, yet at-home mothers often seemed frustrated, dissatisfied and tired of being homebodies.

(Adapted from Family Circle Magazine, 2002)

GLOSSARY
household chores – tarefas domésticas
take a toll on – ter um efeito negativo sobre
passionately – intensamente
homebodies – pessoas que passam muito tempo em casa

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A husband and wife, both 60 years old, were celebrating their 35th wedding anniversary. During their party, a fairy appeared, to congratulate them and grant them each one wish. The wife wanted to travel around the world. The fairy waved her wand and, then, suddenly, the wife had a ticket in her hand for a world cruise. Next the fairy asked the husband what he wanted. He said, “I wish I had a wife 30 years younger than me.” So the fairy picked up her wand and, then, suddenly, the husband was 90.

(Adapted from Speak Up # 295)

GLOSSARY
fairy – fada
grant them – conceder-lhes
wand – varinha mágica
cruise – cruzeiro marítimo

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