Questões de Inglês

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[1]  My neighbors love Christmas, but I don’t. In fact, if I can
be completely honest, I hate Christmas. Maybe it’s because
Christmas was always a little depressing when I was a young
boy. Anyway, my neighbors really love Christmas and every
[5] year they decorate the inside and outside of their house with
big, bright lights. This year, however, they really
exaggerated: their lights are so bright that I can’t sleep at
night! Tomorrow I am going to speak to my neighbors and
ask that the lights __________ reduced or removed.

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[1]     It’s never too late to make changes to prevent diseases
that may end your flying career. And becoming healthier
doesn’t mean you have to make major changes. Here are
some tips on what you can do today to keep yourself in the
[5] air for years to come.
    - take the stairs instead of riding the elevator;
    - limit red meat;
    - consume more vegetables;
    - wear UV-blocking sunglasses;
[10]    - walk more;
    - try a yoga class;
    - don’t smoke;
    - drink a lot of water;
    - find an activity that you love after retirement.
Fonte:http://goo.gl/W3uCrU Acess 30/05/2017

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Programs that limit access to guns have decreased suicides

  When countries reduced access to guns, they saw a drop in the number of firearm suicides. The data above, taken from a study by Australian researchers, shows that suicides dropped dramatically after the Australian government set up a gun buyback program that reduced the number of firearms in the country by about one-fifth.

  The Australian study found that buying back 3,500 guns per 100,000 people correlated with up to a 50 percent drop in firearm homicides, and a 74 percent drop in gun suicides. As Dylan Matthews noted for Vox, the drop in homicides wasn’t statistically significant. But the drop in suicides most definitely was — and the results are striking.

  Australia is far from alone in these types of results. A study from Israeli researchers found that suicides among Israeli soldiers dropped by 40 percent — particularly on weekends — when the military stopped letting soldiers take their guns home over the weekend. This data and research have a clear message: States and countries can significantly reduce the number of suicides by restricting access to guns.

Fonte: https://goo.gl/EFuEMH. Accessed on 11/20/17

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Programs that limit access to guns have decreased suicides

  When countries reduced access to guns, they saw a drop in the number of firearm suicides. The data above, taken from a study by Australian researchers, shows that suicides dropped dramatically after the Australian government set up a gun buyback program that reduced the number of firearms in the country by about one-fifth.

  The Australian study found that buying back 3,500 guns per 100,000 people correlated with up to a 50 percent drop in firearm homicides, and a 74 percent drop in gun suicides. As Dylan Matthews noted for Vox, the drop in homicides wasn’t statistically significant. But the drop in suicides most definitely was — and the results are striking.

  Australia is far from alone in these types of results. A study from Israeli researchers found that suicides among Israeli soldiers dropped by 40 percent — particularly on weekends — when the military stopped letting soldiers take their guns home over the weekend. This data and research have a clear message: States and countries can significantly reduce the number of suicides by restricting access to guns.

Fonte: https://goo.gl/EFuEMH. Accessed on 11/20/17

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GUNS ALLOW PEOPLE TO KILL THEMSELVES MUCH MORE EASILY

  Perhaps the reason access to guns so strongly contributes to suicides is that guns are much deadlier than alternatives like cutting and poison.

  Jill Harkavy-Friedman, vice president of research for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, previously explained that this is why reducing access to guns can be so important to preventing suicides: Just stalling an attempt or making it less likely to result in death makes a huge difference.

  “Time is really key to preventing suicide in a suicidal person,” Harkavy-Friedman said. “First, the crisis won’t last, so it will seem less dire and less hopeless with time. Second, it opens the opportunity for someone to help or for the suicidal person to reach out to someone to help. That’s why limiting access to lethal means is so powerful.”

  She added, “[I]f we keep the method of suicide away from a person when they consider it, in that moment they will not switch to another method. It doesn’t mean they never will. But in that moment, their thinking is very inflexible and rigid. So it’s not like they say, ‘Oh, this isn’t going to work. I’m going to try something else.’ They generally can’t adjust their thinking, and they don’t switch methods.”

Fonte: https://goo.gl/EFuEMH. Accessed on 11/20/17