A very healthy food

A recent study, carried out by the Federal University of Pará, concluded that açaí helps prevent cardiovascular diseases, such as heart attacks and strokes. The fruit also has other benefits for our health: it helps the intestines work well and efficiently. It also delays the aging process in cells. In addition to all these benefits, other studies done recently that the fruit is also good for our sight and stimulates our memory.

(Adapted from www.maganews.com)

GLOSSARY
carried out – realizado
stroke – derrame

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Different ways of speaking are part of gender. As adults, men and women sometimes face difficulties in their communication with each other. Studies of communication show that if a woman tells her husband about a problem, she will expect him to listen and offer sympathy. She may be annoyed when he simply tells her how to solve the problem. Similarly, a husband may be annoyed when his wife wants to stop and ask a stranger for directions to a park or restaurant. Unlike his wife, he would prefer to use a map and find his way by himself.

Language is also part of the different ways that men and women think about friendship. Most men believe that friendship means doing things together such as camping or playing tennis. Talking is not an important part of friendship for most of them. Women, , usually identify their best friend as someone with whom they talk frequently. Experts believe that for women, talking with friends and agreeing with them is very important.

(Adapted from Different Ways of Talking)

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