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Mdulo 11 Text
Mdulo 13 Text
Dear Jennifer:
I got married a short time ago and my husband and I
are now in the midst of an important discussion. Should we have
children? To be honest with each other, we both have doubts
about the stability of the family as a unit in todays society. We
both came from broken homes and, to say the least, our families
were not ideal. He and I really do want to have children, though.
Is there any guarantee that we can make it work? This is how I
feel.
Sincerely,
Afflicted.
Responda em Portugus
1. O que aflige a remetente?
Resposta: A dvida se ela e o marido deveriam, ou no, ter
filhos.
2. Qual a viso dela e do marido em relao famlia hoje em
dia como instituio?
Resposta: Ambos tm dvidas quanto estabilidade da
famlia como uma unidade na sociedade atual.
Mdulo 12 Text
Mdulo 14 Grammar
Gerund and Infinitive
seeing
b) I cant stand _____________
a woman cry. (to see)
see
c) Let me _____________
your new notebook. (to see)
to pay
d) He asked me _____________
all the bills. (to pay)
expensive
a) caro ________________________
fuel
b) combustvel ________________________
technicians
c) tcnicos ________________________
ingenuity
d) inventividade ________________________
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Mdulos 15 e 16 Text
(UNICAMP)
Mdulo 17 Text
(UNICAMP)
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Responda em Portugus.
11. A que se refere o ndice de 63% mencionado no texto?
Resposta: O ndice de 63% mencionado no texto refere-se
porcentagem de idosos que vivem sozinhos no Brasil.
12. O que caracteriza a maior parte dos consumidores
brasileiros retratados no texto?
Resposta: A maior parte desses consumidores recebe entre
10 e 20 salrios mnimos e tem grau universitrio.
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False Friends
magazine = revista
expert = especialista
Ateno:
Vocabulary
large = grande
eager = ansioso
library = biblioteca
to boast = gabar-se
mayor = prefeito
to bother = aborrecer-se
bullies = valentes
to surge = aumentar
subtle = sutil
Youd think that in a country where 60 percent of people are considered overweight and diets are all the rage, a cookbook of
artery-clogging recipeswouldnt find many buyers. Think again. In 1999, sick of the medias unhealthy fixation on dieting,
Benjamin Lewis and Rodrigo Velloso cooked up Eat Dangerously, a cardiac arrest of a cookbook stuffed with recipes like the 22pound, whiskey-filled Turkey From Hell. Americans gobbled up 3,000 copies. (Not bad for a book available mostly online.) With
more than 750,000 unique hits on their Web site (eatdangerously.com), the pair decided to offer dangerous menus for every occasion.
The boys newest release is aimed straight at your heart: Valentines Dangerously, which serves up lamb chops stuffed with gorgonzola
and comes with a recommendation to wash it down with a cigarette so you can feel it clogging your arteries. (Dont worry
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d) are not very much concerned about recipes that clog your
arteries.
e) wrote the book especially to be sold on Valentines Day.
Vocabulary
to be overweight = estar acima do peso
to be all the rage = ser muito popular, estar na moda
artery-clogging recipes = receitas que entopem as artrias
stuffed with = recheado de, cheio de
1.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
to gobble up = devorar
2.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
3.
a)
b)
c)
to aim at = dirigir a
charge = acusao
to forgo = abrir mo de
niceties = guloseimas
False Friends
available = disponvel
tons = toneladas
data = dados
Ateno: outros exemplos de false friends
notice = aviso
petrol = gasolina
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ts been more than a year since a study linked hormonereplacement therapy to a higher risk of cardiovascular
disease and sent millions of women into a panic.
Since then, the treatment has been implicated in breast
False Friends
journal = peridico, revista cientfica
data = dados
Ateno: outros importantes false friends
physician = mdico
prejudice = preconceito
Mdulo 14 Grammar
Gerund and Infinitive
1. Avoid ................................... her the truth. She wont
understand it.
a) tell
b) telling
c) to tell
d) to telling
e) saying
Responda em portugus:
1. O que levou milhes de mulheres a entrarem em pnico no
ano passado?
Vocabulary
to link = relacionar
stroke = derrame
advice = conselho
rewards = recompensas
to track with = acompanhar
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Text 1: Environment
LOSING GROUND
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Vocabulary
deforestation = desmatamento
overwhelming = dominante
staggering = assombrosa
to predict = prever
False Friends
data = dados
ultimately = em ltima anlise, no fim
Ateno: no se esquea
presently = logo, em breve
to pretend = fingir
(Newsweek)
1. According to the text,
a) deforestation and worldwide economic crisis are destroying
large areas of tropical rain forests.
b) many plants and animals are threatened with extinction in
Singapore.
c) the Singaporean government is taking drastic measures to
save its forests.
d) at least 50% of birds living in the Singaporean forests have
already disappeared.
e) the future seems rosy for forest-dependent species of birds in
Singapore.
Good News
PANGLOSS POWER Here's something to really smile about.
A 30-year study shows that folks with a positive perspective
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live 19% longer than pessimists. How this might work is not clear, but it may be that an optimistic attitude somehow strengthens the
immune system or simply inspires people to take better care of themselves. In the study, the optimists were happy to credit themselves
when things went right, and they tended to view crisis as fleeting. Pessimists, on the other hand, were chronic self-blamers. Most of
us are, no doubt, a bit of both.
(Time)
1.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
2.
as
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
You may infer from the passage that optimists view crises
transitory.
permanent.
avoidable.
pleasant.
strong.
4.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
5.
In
"... an optimistic attitude somehow strengthens the immune
system...", the underlined word may be translated as
a) prejudica.
b) fortalece.
c) imobiliza.
d) afeta.
e) no compromete.
Ateno
3.
In
"... inspires people to take better care of themselves.", the
phrasal verb take care of is similar in meaning to
a) look for.
b) look like.
c) look after.
d) look through.
e) look into.
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1. Segundo o texto,
a) no se deve confiar incondicionalmente em notcias sobre
sade veiculadas em meios de comunicao.
b) notcias alarmantes sobre epidemias e crises so transmitidas para provocar pnico e causar sensacionalismo.
c) a mdia inventa histrias como epidemias da obesidade, da
gripe aviria e da febre do Nilo, que so doenas facilmente
evitveis.
d) os mdicos devem se informar sobre as notcias veiculadas
na imprensa para tratar adequadamente os novos surtos e
epidemias.
e) a maioria das notcias sobre sade na TV e na Internet
fornecem informaes incorretas e muitas so inteis.
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2. David B. Baron
a) works at the Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center in
California that is associated with the American Academy of
Family Physicians.
b) contributed to the survey conducted by the American
Journal of Managed Care in March.
c) thinks that health information in the media should be
presented in an exciting and interesting way.
d) does not agree with Dr. James Pribble, who stresses the
need to inform the population about the West Nile Virus.
e) believes that TV should provide useful information to help
people to adopt a healthy lifestyle.
Mdulo 17 - Text: Temper Tracking: Angry Outbursts May Take a Toll on the Lungs
(UNIFESP) INSTRUO: As questes de nmeros 1 a 5 referem-se ao texto seguinte.
Men who are chronically hostile and angry may face a future of sharply diminishing lung function, new research suggests. In
1986, scientists administered a questionnaire to 670 men ages 21 to 80 to assess their hostility. Each then received a pulmonary
exam within one year of completing the questionnaire. The men were tracked for an average of 8.2 years, with comprehensive
physical examinations every 3 to 5 years, including an average of three pulmonary function tests.
After controlling for age, weight, height, smoking status and other variables, the scientists found a consistent association between
high hostility and lower levels of lung function. Among more hostile men, pulmonary function was worse at every exam over a 10year period when compared with less hostile subjects. The study appears online in Thorax.
Since levels of lung function were in the normal range at the start of the study, the researchers say, the possibility that poor lung
function led to hostility rather than the other way around is unlikely. They acknowledge, however, that an unknown factor could cause
both hostility and poor lung function.
Still, Dr. Rosalind J. Wright, an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard and the senior author of the study, said there was no
doubt that emotions could cause physical changes, some of which could be detrimental. When you experience physical symptoms
around negative emotions, your heart rate goes up, you start sweating, and so on, Dr. Wright said. Changes in bodily functions
nervous system, immune function need to occur for you to feel these things. It is possible that similar processes are going on more
locally, say in the lungs, which over many years may cause inflammation that affects lung function.
By Nicholas Bakalar, September 19, 2006
(www.nytimes.com/2006/09/19/health/19host.html)
1. The research suggests that
a) 670 hostile men had a lower lung function.
b) age, weight, height and smoking habits may have altered
the research results.
c) pulmonary function was affected after a 10 year period.
d) women were not affected by hostility and anger.
e) there is a relation between high hostility and lower levels
of lung function.
2.
a)
b)
c)
The study
started in 1986 and lasted for about 8 years.
discovered an unknown factor that could cause hostility.
replaced some men every 3 to 5 years.
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5.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Mdulo 18 - Grammar
Modals Anomalous Verbs
1. Listen, if you really want to get over your sickness you
................. not sleep late.
a) better
b) would better
c) had rather
d) had better
e) are better
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8.
........................
a) used to
d) use to
b) am used to
e) would rather
c) ought
12. I left a piece of pie in the fridge, but now its gone.
Someone ........................ it.
a) must eat
b) should have eaten
c) must have eaten
d) had to eat
e) may eat