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Trump defends his use of social media in a series of tweets

US President Donald Trump has defended his use of social media in a series of tweets, following a row over comments he made about two MSNBC TV presenters.

"My use of social media is not presidential – it's modern day presidential," he tweeted on Saturday. 

His tweets are condemned by Democrats and Republicans alike, despite the White House springing to his defence.

Mr Trump's aides have previously expressed concern over his tweets. 

But the president said on Saturday that social media gave him the opportunity to connect directly to the public, bypassing the mainstream media, whose content Mr Trump regularly labels as "fake news".

"The FAKE & FRAUDULENT NEWS MEDIA is working hard to convince Republicans and others I should not use social media," he tweeted, adding: "But remember, I won the 2016 election with interviews, speeches and social media." 

Mr Trump also stepped up his attack on CNN after the US news network retracted an article alleging that one of the president's aides was under investigation by Congress.

"I am extremely pleased to see that @CNN has finally been exposed as #FakeNews and garbage journalism. It's about time!" 

The story that caused the upset, which was later removed from the website following an internal investigation, resulted in the resignations of three CNN journalists: Thomas Frank, investigative unit editor and Pulitzer Prize winner Eric Lictblau and Lex Harris, who oversaw the investigations unit.

Disponível em: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40471536. 

What does Mr. Trump call ''the fake and fraudulent news media''?

Trump defends his use of social media in a series of tweets

US President Donald Trump has defended his use of social media in a series of tweets, following a row over comments he made about two MSNBC TV presenters.

"My use of social media is not presidential – it's modern day presidential," he tweeted on Saturday. 

His tweets are condemned by Democrats and Republicans alike, despite the White House springing to his defence.

Mr Trump's aides have previously expressed concern over his tweets. 

But the president said on Saturday that social media gave him the opportunity to connect directly to the public, bypassing the mainstream media, whose content Mr Trump regularly labels as "fake news".

"The FAKE & FRAUDULENT NEWS MEDIA is working hard to convince Republicans and others I should not use social media," he tweeted, adding: "But remember, I won the 2016 election with interviews, speeches and social media." 

Mr Trump also stepped up his attack on CNN after the US news network retracted an article alleging that one of the president's aides was under investigation by Congress.

"I am extremely pleased to see that @CNN has finally been exposed as #FakeNews and garbage journalism. It's about time!" 

The story that caused the upset, which was later removed from the website following an internal investigation, resulted in the resignations of three CNN journalists: Thomas Frank, investigative unit editor and Pulitzer Prize winner Eric Lictblau and Lex Harris, who oversaw the investigations unit.

Disponível em: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40471536. 

Complete the gap according to the text.

Trump __________ uses the social media.

We're passionate about good fresh fruit and we're committed to make ________that no good food goes to waste. We reviewed our operations in producing frozen fruit products and found that there was some fruit that was getting wasted in the process. 

Mixed fruit 

We get a lot of broken fruit pieces on the __________ line, especially with raspberries. There are also wonky, small, misshapen and slightly __________ fruit. 

The mixed berries are perfect for using in smoothies, for baking or as breakfast toppers. 

No time for waste 

Launching this product is part of our ongoing work to tackle food waste __________it occurs – from farm to fork. Tesco believes that no food that could be eaten should be wasted. That‟s why we‟ve committed that no food that is __________for human consumption will go to waste from Tesco UK Retail operations by the end of 2017.

Disponível em: http://www.internationalsupermarketnews.com/news/28320. Adaptado.

The CORRECT sequence is 

Change is needed across the whole supply chain if we want to reduce the amount of food the world wastes. Photograph: Alamy

Around a third of all the food produced in the world ends up being wasted somewhere along the production and consumption line, according to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation. In the United Kingdom (UK), 50% of food waste occurs in the home: we throw away 7.2m tonnes of food and drink every year. That means the average household is putting £480 in the bin, rising to £680 for families with children. The rest of the waste takes place back up the supply chain, mostly on farms, but also during transport and in stores.

The consequences of all this waste go far beyond the burden on individual wallets – the land, water, fertilisers and labour that go into producing the food are also wasted, and we are left with the greenhouse-gas emissions from landfill and transport. 

There are around 842 million hungry people in the world and the global population is expected to rise from seven billion to nine billion by 2050. Reducing food waste – not just in the UK, but throughout the world – would help to address this hunger and reduce the environmental cost of throwing food away. But how can we do it? 

This was the subject of a roundtable event hosted by the Guardian and Tesco, which last month published waste figures for commonly purchased products in partnership with its suppliers and WRAP (Waste and Resources Action Programme for the Global Commission on the economy and climate). 

In the first six months of this year, Tesco revealed, its stores and distribution centres generated 28,500 tonnes of food waste, 21% of it from fruits and vegetables, and 41% from bakery items. 

The roundtable was attended by experts from industry, research organisations and campaigning groups, all of whom agreed that the problem of food waste has become more urgent. One reason for this is the rise in food prices in recent years, which has placed food security higher up the political agenda. "Food prices have doubled over the past decade after a century of declining prices," said Matt Simister, group food commercial director at Tesco. "In a world of seven billion people, one billion go to bed hungry, while many others are obese. How do we balance the system? We can be more productive or waste less – or a balance of the two." 

By Caspar van Vark

Disponível em: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2013/nov/07/stopping-the-rot-in-the-food-supplychain. Adaptado.

Sobre o texto 2, considere os aspectos analisados a seguir:

I. Na frase: “The rest of the waste takes place back up the supply chain, mostly on farms, but also during transport and in stores.”, a expressão sublinhada corresponde, em português, a “cadeia de abastecimento”.

II. No trecho: “Tesco revealed, its stores and distribution centres generated 28,500 tonnes of food waste, 21% of it from fruits and vegetables, and 41% from bakery items.”, o possessivo em destaque faz referência ao termo bakery.

III. Na frase “Reducing food waste …” (3º parágrafo), a forma verbal sublinhada corresponde, na Língua Portuguesa, ao uso do infinitivo.

IV. No último parágrafo, a pergunta „How do we balance the system?‟ é motivada pelo contraste existente nesse contexto, com a intenção de propor um equilíbrio entre produção e consumo.

V. No 4º parágrafo, as palavras subject e figures, ambas destacadas no texto, são cognatas.

Está CORRETO o que se afirma, apenas, em 

Change is needed across the whole supply chain if we want to reduce the amount of food the world wastes. Photograph: Alamy

Around a third of all the food produced in the world ends up being wasted somewhere along the production and consumption line, according to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation. In the United Kingdom (UK), 50% of food waste occurs in the home: we throw away 7.2m tonnes of food and drink every year. That means the average household is putting £480 in the bin, rising to £680 for families with children. The rest of the waste takes place back up the supply chain, mostly on farms, but also during transport and in stores.

The consequences of all this waste go far beyond the burden on individual wallets – the land, water, fertilisers and labour that go into producing the food are also wasted, and we are left with the greenhouse-gas emissions from landfill and transport. 

There are around 842 million hungry people in the world and the global population is expected to rise from seven billion to nine billion by 2050. Reducing food waste – not just in the UK, but throughout the world – would help to address this hunger and reduce the environmental cost of throwing food away. But how can we do it? 

This was the subject of a roundtable event hosted by the Guardian and Tesco, which last month published waste figures for commonly purchased products in partnership with its suppliers and WRAP (Waste and Resources Action Programme for the Global Commission on the economy and climate). 

In the first six months of this year, Tesco revealed, its stores and distribution centres generated 28,500 tonnes of food waste, 21% of it from fruits and vegetables, and 41% from bakery items. 

The roundtable was attended by experts from industry, research organisations and campaigning groups, all of whom agreed that the problem of food waste has become more urgent. One reason for this is the rise in food prices in recent years, which has placed food security higher up the political agenda. "Food prices have doubled over the past decade after a century of declining prices," said Matt Simister, group food commercial director at Tesco. "In a world of seven billion people, one billion go to bed hungry, while many others are obese. How do we balance the system? We can be more productive or waste less – or a balance of the two." 

By Caspar van Vark

Disponível em: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2013/nov/07/stopping-the-rot-in-the-food-supplychain. Adaptado.

O texto 2 tem como tema principal

ONE OF THE WORLD‟S BIGGEST RECORD LABEL IS GOING RETRO

Sony Music Entertainment said this week it will begin pressing vinyl records again, ending an almost three-decade hiatus. 

A dramatic increase in demand for vinyl music in recent years prompted the move, a Sony spokeswoman said. Interest is coming from younger customers who have never used records before as well as older fans, she added.

Sony whose artists include Adele, Beyoncé and Daft Punk  ended production of vinyl in 1989 after CDs cornered the market.

But despite the current popularity of digital music services like Spotify, old school records are enjoying a renaissance. Consulting firm Deloitte predicts the vinyl music industry will post double-digit growth in 2017 for the seventh year in a row, selling 40 million new discs and generating as much as $900 million in revenue.

Vinyl could account for up to 18% of all physical music revenue this year, which is likely to top $5 billion, Deloitte said in a recent report. Turntables and other vinyl-related accessories are also benefiting as a result.

Sony and Panasonic both introduced new record player models last year to cash in.

Sony said it will resume vinyl production by March next year in a factory southwest of Tokyo that's run by one of its subsidiaries. It still hasn't yet decided which genres of music it will produce, according to the spokeswoman.

The firm installed an analog record-cutting machine in February, which makes master copies of records for mass production, and is now introducing a pressing machine, she said.

Sony's biggest challenge is the lack of engineers experienced in making records. Former engineers are returning to the company in advisory roles to pass on their expertise to younger employees, the spokeswoman added.

Even though vinyl has made a big comeback, its sales will still be dwarfed by those of other formats like digital music and CDs, according to Deloitte.

And vinyl revenue forecasts are still a long way off their peak in the late 70s and early 80s, when more than half a billion records were sold annually in the U.S. alone.

Disponível em: http://money.cnn.com/2017/06/30/news/sony-music-brings-back-vinyl-records/index.html. Adaptado. 

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