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Considerando o nome da figura - “The Small Talk Thermometer” -, pode-se depreender que a expressão “small talk” se refere a

The birth of my kitchen-table fiction

By Haruki Murakami

Most people – most of us who are part of Japanese society – graduate from school, then find work, then, after some time has passed, get married. Even I originally intended to follow that pattern. Yet in reality I married, then started working, then finally managed to graduate. In other words, the order I chose was the exact opposite to what was considered normal. Since I hated the idea of working for a company, I decided to open my own establishment, a place where people could go to listen to jazz records, have a coffee, eat snacks and drink. It was a simple, rather happy-go-lucky kind of idea: running a business like that would let me relax listening to my favorite music from morning till night.

(Adaptado de H. Murakami, Wind and Pimbal – Two Novels. Tradução do japonês para o inglês de Ted Goossen. London: Penguin Random House, 2015, p.5.)

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Na língua portuguesa, a ordem dos algarismos de acordo com o comentário do “5” seria

Complete the dialogue using the right form of the adjectives.

 

A: Would you like to go to the beach on Friday?

B: Actually, I think Saturday is                            for

me. Friday is my                            day.

 

Choose the item that respectively completes the gaps.

Read text in order to answer item.

 

Helping at a hospital

 

    Every year many young people finish school and then take a year off before they start work or go to college. Some of them go to other countries and work as volunteers. Volunteers give their time to help people. For example, they work in schools or hospitals, or they help with conservation.

    Mike Coleman is 19 and                 in Omaha, Nebraska, in the United States. He wants to become a teacher but now he                 in Namibia. He's working in a hospital near Katima Mulilo. He says, “I'm working with the doctors and nurses here to help sick people. I'm not a doctor but I can do a lot of things to help. For example, I help carry people who can't walk. Sometimes I go to villages in the mobile hospital, too. There aren't many doctors here so they need help from people like me. I don't get any money, but that's OK, I'm not here for the money.”

    “I'm staying here for two months, and Im living in a small house with five other volunteers. The work is hard and the days are long, but im enjoying my life here. I'm learning a lot about life in Southern Africa and about myself! When I finish the two months' work, I want to travel in and around Namibia for three weeks. For example, I want to see the animals in the Okavango Delta in Botswana.”

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Read the fragment from the text.

 

''When I finish the two months” work, I want to travel in and around Namibia for three weeks.” (lines 19, 20 and 21)

 

Because it is a plan, itis possible to rewrite the sentence substituting the underlined part for:

Cyberbullying on the rise

Bullying among children and teenagers is not something new but it is getting more and more common by modern methods of communication.

Cyberbullying happens when an adolescent is put in danger by another child or teenager by photos or text messages sent to cell phones or posted on social networks. Sometimes cyberbullies send mails with sexual comments or take passwords of other teenagers and log on to websites with false identities. Children also play Internet games and make fun of each other in many ways.

A study by a Canadian University shows that half of the young people interviewed said that they suffer bullying${}^1$. One of the reasons is the great use of cell phones${}^2$ over the past years. Today’s children are connected with each other electronically. They call friends every time they want or communicate with them on Facebook.

Cyberbullying is getting extremely popular because teens can stay anonymous${}^3$. Many adolescents act this way because they feel frustrated or angry${}^4$ and want to punish somebody for something that happened to them. At other times, they do it just for fun or because have nothing else to do${}^5$. Parents usually don’t know their child is a cyberbully${}^6$. They perceive it${}^7$ just when the victim or the victim’s parents contact them.

This kind of bullying is not as inoffensive as many people think. In some cases, it can lead to suicide. Many countries have organized campaigns to inform adults and children of its dangers${}^8$.

There are a few ways to prevent cyberbullying${}^9$. First, it is important to show children that they have to respect others and they are responsible for what they do. For victims it is important not to play the bully’s game or answer their emails and text messages. It is also important to get help from parents and teachers.

Often schools get involved. They bring together the parents of victims${}^1$${}^0$ and cyberbullies and talk with them. Cyberbullying does not always end at school. Often, parents go to the police and accuse the bullies.

(Adapted from http://www.english-online.at/society/ cyberbullying/cyberbullying-on-the-rise.htm)

“Many adolescents act this way because they feel frustrated or angry (...)” (04). The comparative form of the highlighted word is