Questões de Inglês

TEXT I

The Amazon Rainforest: The World's Largest Rainforest

 

    The Amazon River Basin is home to the largest rainforest on Earth. The basin – roughly the size of the forty-eight contiguous United States – covers some 40 percent of the South American continent and includes parts of eight South American countries: Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, and Suriname, as well as French Guiana, a department of France.

    Reflecting environmental conditions as well as past human influence, the Amazon is made up of a mosaic of ecosystems and vegetation types including rainforests, seasonal forests, deciduous forests, flooded forests, and savannas. The basin is drained by the Amazon River, the world's largest river in terms of discharge, and the second longest river in the world after the Nile. The river is made up of over 1,100 tributaries, 17 of which are longer than 1000 miles, and two of which (the Negro and the Madeira) are larger, in terms of volume, than the Congo (formerly the Zaire) river. The river system is the lifeline of the forest and its history plays an important part in the development of its rainforests. […]

Disponível em: http://rainforests.mongabay.com/amazon/. Acesso em: 07 ago. 2017.

Descrita no texto como a maior do mundo, a floresta tropical Amazônica está localizada em uma bacia hidrográfica cujo tamanho pode ser comparado

TEXT III

They call it ‘tourism-phobia’ but that’s not what’s happening in Barcelona

Jordi Rabassa, Barcelona en Comú District Councilor for the Old City in Barcelona

 

    There‘s a new word that‘s taken over the local political debate in Barcelona: tourism-phobia. For months now, political and media personalities have been using accusations of tourism-phobia to attack the social movements and political parties that are questioning the so-called 'tourism industry‘ and its repercussions on the right to the city.

    The use of "tourism-phobia" seeks to criminalize this criticism, painting it as a form of racism against people who visit the city in the popular imagination. But this attempt to compare, even at a subconscious level, "tourism-phobia" and racism is not just irresponsible, it‘s a sign of defeat by those who have invented the word. Because these are the same people who warned us that regulating tourism would paralyze economic activity and employment in the city. This argument, based on the supposedly unquestionable logic of the productive economy, hasn‘t gone anywhere; it‘s the same old neoliberal discourse that tourism is a harmless and friendly activity. They‘ve just pushed it aside temporarily to make room for the related idea of tourism-phobia, which aims to appeal to people‘s emotions.

    They call it tourism-phobia but they probably don‘t know what they really want to say. They use the concept of tourism-phobia to camouflage their support for business interests that are putting the right to the city of the people of Barcelona at risk. They call it tourism-phobia to weaken the city government, to criminalize the most active and radical social movements, and to patronize unorganized citizens. They call it tourism-phobia to inject a meme that can be launched on social media and vomited up on TV and the radio.

    Those of us in Barcelona who criticize, problematize or reject an economic model based on the liberalization of the tourism industry are not filled with hate. We‘re defending human rights, principally the right to housing and the right to the city.

    Those who criticize the hegemony of tourism as an economic model are calling for a fair and inclusive city, a city with neighborhoods where people can live. We‘re demanding rent caps and denouncing speculation with commercial premises and licenses. We‘re condemning the black market of tourist apartments that is pushing low-income families out of their homes. We‘re saying, loud and clear, that we want public, affordable housing. We‘re working to make sure that our streets and squares aren‘t overwhelmed by visitors. We‘re grieving for the men and women who‘ve been expelled from our neighborhoods.

    They call it tourism-phobia but that‘s not what it is: it‘s a conscious demand for the right to the city.

Translation of an article published in eldiario.es on 27/06/2017 Disponível em: https://medium.com/@BComuGlobal/they-call-ittourism- phobia-but-that-s-not-what-s-happening-in-barcelonacb56b02da97b Acesso em: 07 ago. 2017.

O trecho do texto III que constrói e enfatiza a ideia de que a turismofobia vem circulando há algum tempo e continua assim no presente é

Text II shows a teacher talking to students in a class. The teacher‘s sentences express both:

TEXT I

 

Earth song

[1] What about sunrise

[2] What about rain

[3] What about all the things that you said

[4] We were to gain

[5] What about killing fields

[6] Is there a time

[7] What about all the things

[8] That you said were yours and mine

[9] Did you ever stop to notice

[10] All the blood we've shed before

[11] Did you ever stop to notice

[12] This crying Earth, these weeping shores

[13] What have we done to the world

[14] Look what we've done

[15] What about all the peace

[16] That you pledge your only son

[17] What about flowering fields

[18] Is there a time

[19] What about all the dreams

[20] That you said was yours and mine

[21] Did you ever stop to notice

[22] All the children dead from war

[23] Did you ever stop to notice

[24] This crying earth, these weeping shores

[25] I used to dream

[26] I used to glance beyond the stars

[27] Now I don't know where we are

[28] Although I know we've drifted far

[…]

JACKSON, M. Disponível em: https://www.vagalume.com.br/. Acesso em: 07 ago. 2017.

Sentences in lines 13 and 14 contribute to the general meaning of the song by indicating

Über-Adaptable Airless Tires  

By Lisa Eadicicco  

 

In the future, our cars will be smart, and our tires will be smarter. For starters, it’s airless, eliminating the need to worry about pounds per square inch. It’s also made from recycled materials in an effort to reduce waste. But the most impressive feature may be its 3-D--printed treads, which can be swapped in and out to accommodate various road conditions—without changing the tire itself. The challenge will be figuring out a way to do it quickly, says Terry Gettys, who helped lead the project, “because consumers are going to want their tires [ready to go] in just a few minutes.”

Disponı́vel em: . Acesso em: 25 mar. 2018.  

 

One of the most innovative features of this new concept tire is that it  

A Shoe Engineered to Boost Performance 

By Julia Zorthian  

  Imagine a shoe that lets you run faster, pivot better and jump higher. That’s the idea behind the Futurecraft 4D, a new sneaker whose midsole can be expertly tailored to the needs of its wearers—not only in size and shape, but also in flexibility, impact type, cushioning and more. The key is the 3-D printing process, which enables the company to “look at every single square millimeter of a midsole and tune it from a performance standpoint,” says Al VanNoy, who headed the project. It would take weeks to make those modifications using traditional shoemaking methods. But the Futurecraft 4D midsoles can be printed in as little as two hours, meaning they could even be produced in stores. At least that’s a possibility for the future.

Disponı́vel em: . Acesso em: 25 mar. 2018. 

 

Based on the text, Futurecraft 4D