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Brazil Football Museum Attracts Passionate Fans

The excitement of the 2014 World Cup has spread all over the world. Tens of thousands of people have travelled to Brazil to support their favorite teams. Some of them are also visiting a football-related museum, in the city of São Paulo, near the Pacaembu sportscenter.
The museum is designed to interest lovers of the World Cup, world history and Brazilian culture. It tells about more than 100 years of football history. After seeing the museum, it is easy to understand why Brazilians love the game of football - which people in the United States call “soccer.”
People entering the museum see and hear a video of Brazilian football legend and three-time World Cup Champion Pelé welcoming them in three different languages.
About 1,000 people a day visit the museum. But during the World Cup, it has two times as many visitors.
Visitors hear the sounds of goals and whistles, and experience what it is like to win and lose. There is a “Hall of Heroes” that shows some of Brazil’s most famous football players. The museum also has computer games that let visitors play football without going onto the pitch, or field.
Daniela Alfonsi is the content director of the museum.
“We have 15 rooms in long-term exhibition that work with the motion, that work with experiences, so in each room you can feel the voice of the supporters in the bleachers, you can hear the radio narrations, you can see football as art more than as a sport.”
Pelé once called football “o jogo bonito” or “the beautiful game.” In this museum, it is easy to see why. Carlos Acosta is a Colombian who lives in São Paulo, and loves football. He says Brazilians think and talk about football all day. They eat it, they drink it, they breathe it, he says.
One room at the museum is very special to Brazilians. It tells about the defeat of the Brazilian team by Uruguay in the 1950 World Cup final at the Maracana sports center in Rio de Janeiro. The score was 2 to 1. Brazilians call the defeat “The Maracanazo.” The loss happened as more than90,000 people watched. 
But the sadness felt from the loss did not last long. Brazil has won five World Cup championships - the most of any country.
I’m Jonathan Evans.

Glossary:
Has spread: espalhou-se
To support: apoiar
Legend: lenda
Whistles: assobios
Welcoming: dando boas-vindas
Bleachers: arquibancadas
Pitch: campo de futebol
Field: campo de futebol
Breathe: respiram
Defeat: derrota
Loss: perda
Source: Portal Voa Learning English, Brazil Football Museum Attracts Passionate Fans, Available in: . Access 23/05/2015.

Brazil Football Museum Attracts Passionate Fans

The excitement of the 2014 World Cup has spread all over the world. Tens of thousands of people have travelled to Brazil to support their favorite teams. Some of them are also visiting a football-related museum, in the city of São Paulo, near the Pacaembu sportscenter.
The museum is designed to interest lovers of the World Cup, world history and Brazilian culture. It tells about more than 100 years of football history. After seeing the museum, it is easy to understand why Brazilians love the game of football - which people in the United States call “soccer.”
People entering the museum see and hear a video of Brazilian football legend and three-time World Cup Champion Pelé welcoming them in three different languages.
About 1,000 people a day visit the museum. But during the World Cup, it has two times as many visitors.
Visitors hear the sounds of goals and whistles, and experience what it is like to win and lose. There is a “Hall of Heroes” that shows some of Brazil’s most famous football players. The museum also has computer games that let visitors play football without going onto the pitch, or field.
Daniela Alfonsi is the content director of the museum.
“We have 15 rooms in long-term exhibition that work with the motion, that work with experiences, so in each room you can feel the voice of the supporters in the bleachers, you can hear the radio narrations, you can see football as art more than as a sport.”
Pelé once called football “o jogo bonito” or “the beautiful game.” In this museum, it is easy to see why. Carlos Acosta is a Colombian who lives in São Paulo, and loves football. He says Brazilians think and talk about football all day. They eat it, they drink it, they breathe it, he says.
One room at the museum is very special to Brazilians. It tells about the defeat of the Brazilian team by Uruguay in the 1950 World Cup final at the Maracana sports center in Rio de Janeiro. The score was 2 to 1. Brazilians call the defeat “The Maracanazo.” The loss happened as more than90,000 people watched. 
But the sadness felt from the loss did not last long. Brazil has won five World Cup championships - the most of any country.
I’m Jonathan Evans.

Glossary:
Has spread: espalhou-se
To support: apoiar
Legend: lenda
Whistles: assobios
Welcoming: dando boas-vindas
Bleachers: arquibancadas
Pitch: campo de futebol
Field: campo de futebol
Breathe: respiram
Defeat: derrota
Loss: perda
Source: Portal Voa Learning English, Brazil Football Museum Attracts Passionate Fans, Available in: . Access 23/05/2015.

Brazil Football Museum Attracts Passionate Fans

The excitement of the 2014 World Cup has spread all over the world. Tens of thousands of people have travelled to Brazil to support their favorite teams. Some of them are also visiting a football-related museum, in the city of São Paulo, near the Pacaembu sportscenter.
The museum is designed to interest lovers of the World Cup, world history and Brazilian culture. It tells about more than 100 years of football history. After seeing the museum, it is easy to understand why Brazilians love the game of football - which people in the United States call “soccer.”
People entering the museum see and hear a video of Brazilian football legend and three-time World Cup Champion Pelé welcoming them in three different languages.
About 1,000 people a day visit the museum. But during the World Cup, it has two times as many visitors.
Visitors hear the sounds of goals and whistles, and experience what it is like to win and lose. There is a “Hall of Heroes” that shows some of Brazil’s most famous football players. The museum also has computer games that let visitors play football without going onto the pitch, or field.
Daniela Alfonsi is the content director of the museum.
“We have 15 rooms in long-term exhibition that work with the motion, that work with experiences, so in each room you can feel the voice of the supporters in the bleachers, you can hear the radio narrations, you can see football as art more than as a sport.”
Pelé once called football “o jogo bonito” or “the beautiful game.” In this museum, it is easy to see why. Carlos Acosta is a Colombian who lives in São Paulo, and loves football. He says Brazilians think and talk about football all day. They eat it, they drink it, they breathe it, he says.
One room at the museum is very special to Brazilians. It tells about the defeat of the Brazilian team by Uruguay in the 1950 World Cup final at the Maracana sports center in Rio de Janeiro. The score was 2 to 1. Brazilians call the defeat “The Maracanazo.” The loss happened as more than90,000 people watched. 
But the sadness felt from the loss did not last long. Brazil has won five World Cup championships - the most of any country.
I’m Jonathan Evans.

Glossary:
Has spread: espalhou-se
To support: apoiar
Legend: lenda
Whistles: assobios
Welcoming: dando boas-vindas
Bleachers: arquibancadas
Pitch: campo de futebol
Field: campo de futebol
Breathe: respiram
Defeat: derrota
Loss: perda
Source: Portal Voa Learning English, Brazil Football Museum Attracts Passionate Fans, Available in: . Access 23/05/2015.

Brazil Football Museum Attracts Passionate Fans

The excitement of the 2014 World Cup has spread all over the world. Tens of thousands of people have travelled to Brazil to support their favorite teams. Some of them are also visiting a football-related museum, in the city of São Paulo, near the Pacaembu sportscenter.
The museum is designed to interest lovers of the World Cup, world history and Brazilian culture. It tells about more than 100 years of football history. After seeing the museum, it is easy to understand why Brazilians love the game of football - which people in the United States call “soccer.”
People entering the museum see and hear a video of Brazilian football legend and three-time World Cup Champion Pelé welcoming them in three different languages.
About 1,000 people a day visit the museum. But during the World Cup, it has two times as many visitors.
Visitors hear the sounds of goals and whistles, and experience what it is like to win and lose. There is a “Hall of Heroes” that shows some of Brazil’s most famous football players. The museum also has computer games that let visitors play football without going onto the pitch, or field.
Daniela Alfonsi is the content director of the museum.
“We have 15 rooms in long-term exhibition that work with the motion, that work with experiences, so in each room you can feel the voice of the supporters in the bleachers, you can hear the radio narrations, you can see football as art more than as a sport.”
Pelé once called football “o jogo bonito” or “the beautiful game.” In this museum, it is easy to see why. Carlos Acosta is a Colombian who lives in São Paulo, and loves football. He says Brazilians think and talk about football all day. They eat it, they drink it, they breathe it, he says.
One room at the museum is very special to Brazilians. It tells about the defeat of the Brazilian team by Uruguay in the 1950 World Cup final at the Maracana sports center in Rio de Janeiro. The score was 2 to 1. Brazilians call the defeat “The Maracanazo.” The loss happened as more than90,000 people watched. 
But the sadness felt from the loss did not last long. Brazil has won five World Cup championships - the most of any country.
I’m Jonathan Evans.

Glossary:
Has spread: espalhou-se
To support: apoiar
Legend: lenda
Whistles: assobios
Welcoming: dando boas-vindas
Bleachers: arquibancadas
Pitch: campo de futebol
Field: campo de futebol
Breathe: respiram
Defeat: derrota
Loss: perda
Source: Portal Voa Learning English, Brazil Football Museum Attracts Passionate Fans, Available in: . Access 23/05/2015.

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Too Much Gaming is a Pain in the Neck

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health and Lifestyle report.

    Most children have heard their parents at one time or another yell “sit up straight!” or “don’t slouch!”

    In the past, this was usually heard at the dinner table as children ate dinner. But these days, it is also heard around another activity – video games.
    Ten-year old Owaish Batliwala, from Mumbai, India, admits he spends three to four hours each day playing games on his tablet computer. His mother Mehzabin became concerned when her son started saying that his neck hurt.
    She said, "My son started having neck problems around June or July. The pain slowly spread to his hand and his back. He plays for hours on the iPad and mobile phone. This is what has caused the problem."
    Sadia Vanjara is a physical therapist. She says the number of young children with chronic pain in their necks, arms and shoulders is on the rise. Dr. Vanjara says the pain is not from aging, accidents or disease. It is from poor posture, or body position, while playing video games.
    "They are not aging, they haven't had an accident, their age is like, under 10, they are not complaining, the blood reports are fine, their x-rays are fine, their MRI's are fine, then where is the culprit? And that is the very common thing that is happening amongst all children and that is smart phones and the gadgets.
    “This is a problem in many parts of the world. But there are more smartphone users in India than anywhere else in the world, except China. Networking equipment company Cisco estimates that the number of smartphone users in India will increase from 140 million today to 651 million by 2020.
    19-year old student Nida Jameel says she feels pain in the finger which holds the weight of her smartphone most of the day.
    She says she uses her smartphone 24/7. This means 24 hours a day, seven days a week, or all the time.
    "As I use phone 24/7 (all day) like, so probably yeah, it was because of the phone, continuous usage and Snapchat, Whatsapp, more and more you know social media coming, so like phone is the center of everything."
    Dr. Vanjara says the best treatments for the pain are daily exercises. "And start stretching it in all the possible directions that you can." Correct posture can help prevent pain.

    Dr. Vanjara teaches children how to hold their gadgets correctly. She tells a patient to hold the gadget in front of the face. She says that bending the head down to look at the device, strains the neck and creates an unhealthy bend to the back.
    Sadia Vanjara predicts we will see not only physical but psychological and emotional problems resulting from overuse of gadgets. Experts advise taking breaks from using a computer or other device often. Stand up. Stretch your legs, back, shoulders and arms. And when your work or school work is done, unplug and exercise. And that’s the Health and Lifestyle report.
     I’m Anna Matteo.
    VOA correspondent George Putic reported this story from Washington, D.C. Anna Matteo wrote it for Learning English. Caty Weaver was the editor.
Search: Portal Voa Learning English, Too Much Gaming is a Pain in the Neck. Disponível em: < http://learningenglish.voanews.com/content/article/2691718.html>. Acesso em 23 /03/2015.
 

Glossary:
Slouch: tenha uma má postura
Concerned: preocupada
Neck: pescoço
Hurt: doer
Spread: espalhou-se
Bend: inclinar
MRI: ressonância magnética
Culprit: culpado
Gadgets: equipamentos eletrônicos
Pain: dor
Prevent: impedir
Device: dispositivo, equipamento
Stretching: alongar-se

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Too Much Gaming is a Pain in the Neck

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health and Lifestyle report.

    Most children have heard their parents at one time or another yell “sit up straight!” or “don’t slouch!”

    In the past, this was usually heard at the dinner table as children ate dinner. But these days, it is also heard around another activity – video games.
    Ten-year old Owaish Batliwala, from Mumbai, India, admits he spends three to four hours each day playing games on his tablet computer. His mother Mehzabin became concerned when her son started saying that his neck hurt.
    She said, "My son started having neck problems around June or July. The pain slowly spread to his hand and his back. He plays for hours on the iPad and mobile phone. This is what has caused the problem."
    Sadia Vanjara is a physical therapist. She says the number of young children with chronic pain in their necks, arms and shoulders is on the rise. Dr. Vanjara says the pain is not from aging, accidents or disease. It is from poor posture, or body position, while playing video games.
    "They are not aging, they haven't had an accident, their age is like, under 10, they are not complaining, the blood reports are fine, their x-rays are fine, their MRI's are fine, then where is the culprit? And that is the very common thing that is happening amongst all children and that is smart phones and the gadgets.
    “This is a problem in many parts of the world. But there are more smartphone users in India than anywhere else in the world, except China. Networking equipment company Cisco estimates that the number of smartphone users in India will increase from 140 million today to 651 million by 2020.
    19-year old student Nida Jameel says she feels pain in the finger which holds the weight of her smartphone most of the day.
    She says she uses her smartphone 24/7. This means 24 hours a day, seven days a week, or all the time.
    "As I use phone 24/7 (all day) like, so probably yeah, it was because of the phone, continuous usage and Snapchat, Whatsapp, more and more you know social media coming, so like phone is the center of everything."
    Dr. Vanjara says the best treatments for the pain are daily exercises. "And start stretching it in all the possible directions that you can." Correct posture can help prevent pain.

    Dr. Vanjara teaches children how to hold their gadgets correctly. She tells a patient to hold the gadget in front of the face. She says that bending the head down to look at the device, strains the neck and creates an unhealthy bend to the back.
    Sadia Vanjara predicts we will see not only physical but psychological and emotional problems resulting from overuse of gadgets. Experts advise taking breaks from using a computer or other device often. Stand up. Stretch your legs, back, shoulders and arms. And when your work or school work is done, unplug and exercise. And that’s the Health and Lifestyle report.
     I’m Anna Matteo.
    VOA correspondent George Putic reported this story from Washington, D.C. Anna Matteo wrote it for Learning English. Caty Weaver was the editor.
Search: Portal Voa Learning English, Too Much Gaming is a Pain in the Neck. Disponível em: < http://learningenglish.voanews.com/content/article/2691718.html>. Acesso em 23 /03/2015.
 

Glossary:
Slouch: tenha uma má postura
Concerned: preocupada
Neck: pescoço
Hurt: doer
Spread: espalhou-se
Bend: inclinar
MRI: ressonância magnética
Culprit: culpado
Gadgets: equipamentos eletrônicos
Pain: dor
Prevent: impedir
Device: dispositivo, equipamento
Stretching: alongar-se