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Bribery, corruption, and worker abuse have reached a boiling point in Qatar, the 2022 World cup host.

Migrant wokers on a contruction site in Doha, Qatar. Amnesty International/Zuma

 

The world was shocked when Qatar won the bid to host the 2022 World Cup in 2010. Of course, there’s the weather: the Persian Gulf state suffers temperatures well north of 100 degrees – sometimes over 120 – in the World Cup months of June and July. And there’s the fact that the tiny, oil-rich nation has little soccer history or presence on the sport’s international stage: It’s never sent a team to the Cup to compete. Turns out, there may have been more suspicious factors behind FIFA’s bizarre decision. The British press have alleged that Qatari billionaire Mohamed bin Hammam paid off FIFA officials in order to secure their votes to bring the Cup to his country. If the allegations are true, FIFA Vice President Jim Boyce said he’d push to strip Qatar of the Cup and re-award it to another country. What could push all this to critical mass is ongoing outrage over Qatar’s mistreatment of the construction workers tasked with building Cup infrastructure. The long hours of hard labor in unbearably hot conditions have proven lethal: It’s estimated that 1200 workers have died in Qatar since the country was awarded the Cup. They are almost exclusively migrant workers from South and Southeast Asia and can only leave Qatar with the written permission of their employers – a system some watchers have compared to slavery. Five of the World Cup’s six top corporate sponsors (including Coca-Cola and Adidas) have voiced concern over corruption and worker abuse allegations, and publicly back formal investigations. Blatter, in a rare off-message moment, admitted that giving Qatar the bid was a “mistake”. Qatari officials have denied wrong doing on corruption charges and promised to reform labor laws – but clearly, they have a lot more to worry about than air-conditioning their stadiums.

(Adaptado de: http://www.motherjones.com/media/2014/06/fifa-world-cup-scandals-brazil-qatar. Acesso em: 17 set. 2014.)

 

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If the allegations are true, FIFA Vice President Jim Boyce said he’d push to strip Qatar of the Cup and re-award it to another country.”

 

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Bribery, corruption, and worker abuse have reached a boiling point in Qatar, the 2022 World cup host.

The world was shocked when Qatar won the bid to host the 2022 World Cup in 2010. Of course, there’s the weather: the Persian Gulf state suffers temperatures well north of 100 degrees – sometimes over 120 – in the World Cup months of June and July. And there’s the fact that the tiny, oil-rich nation has little soccer history or presence on the sport’s international stage: It’s never sent a team to the Cup to compete. Turns out, there may have been more suspicious factors behind FIFA’s bizarre decision. The British press have alleged that Qatari billionaire Mohamed bin Hammam paid off FIFA officials in order to secure their votes to bring the Cup to his country. If the allegations are true, FIFA Vice President Jim Boyce said he’d push to strip Qatar of the Cup and re-award it to another country. What could push all this to critical mass is ongoing outrage over Qatar’s mistreatment of the construction workers tasked with building Cup infrastructure. The long hours of hard labor in unbearably hot conditions have proven lethal: It’s estimated that 1200 workers have died in Qatar since the country was awarded the Cup. They are almost exclusively migrant workers from South and Southeast Asia and can only leave Qatar with the written permission of their employers – a system some watchers have compared to slavery. Five of the World Cup’s six top corporate sponsors (including Coca-Cola and Adidas) have voiced concern over corruption and worker abuse allegations, and publicly back formal investigations. Blatter, in a rare off-message moment, admitted that giving Qatar the bid was a “mistake”. Qatari officials have denied wrong doing on corruption charges and promised to reform labor laws – but clearly, they have a lot more to worry about than air-conditioning their stadiums.

(Adaptado de: <http://www.motherjones.com/media/2014/06/fifa-world-cup-scandals-brazil-qatar>. Acesso em: 17 set. 2014.)

 

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Bribery, corruption, and worker abuse have reached a boiling point in Qatar, the 2022 World cup host.

The world was shocked when Qatar won the bid to host the 2022 World Cup in 2010. Of course, there’s the weather: the Persian Gulf state suffers temperatures well north of 100 degrees – sometimes over 120 – in the World Cup months of June and July. And there’s the fact that the tiny, oil-rich nation has little soccer history or presence on the sport’s international stage: It’s never sent a team to the Cup to compete. Turns out, there may have been more suspicious factors behind FIFA’s bizarre decision. The British press have alleged that Qatari billionaire Mohamed bin Hammam paid off FIFA officials in order to secure their votes to bring the Cup to his country. If the allegations are true, FIFA Vice President Jim Boyce said he’d push to strip Qatar of the Cup and re-award it to another country. What could push all this to critical mass is ongoing outrage over Qatar’s mistreatment of the construction workers tasked with building Cup infrastructure. The long hours of hard labor in unbearably hot conditions have proven lethal: It’s estimated that 1200 workers have died in Qatar since the country was awarded the Cup. They are almost exclusively migrant workers from South and Southeast Asia and can only leave Qatar with the written permission of their employers – a system some watchers have compared to slavery. Five of the World Cup’s six top corporate sponsors (including Coca-Cola and Adidas) have voiced concern over corruption and worker abuse allegations, and publicly back formal investigations. Blatter, in a rare off-message moment, admitted that giving Qatar the bid was a “mistake”. Qatari officials have denied wrong doing on corruption charges and promised to reform labor laws – but clearly, they have a lot more to worry about than air-conditioning their stadiums.

(Adaptado de: <http://www.motherjones.com/media/2014/06/fifa-world-cup-scandals-brazil-qatar>. Acesso em: 17 set. 2014.)

 

De acordo com o texto, considere as afirmativas a seguir.

 

I. Existe uma possibilidade de o Catar deixar de sediar a Copa do Mundo de 2022 devido a denúncias da imprensa internacional.

II. O Catar é conhecido por sua tradição futebolística, inclusive com participação em eventos esportivos internacionais.

III. Até 2022, há uma previsão de queda no número de mortos entre os operários que atuarão nas obras para a Copa do Mundo do Catar.

IV. Patrocinadores da Copa do Mundo de 2022 demonstraram preocupação com as alegações de corrupção e abusos contra os trabalhadores do evento.

 

Assinale a alternativa correta.

LENS

Alanis Morissete

 

You and I are in the same room

We both think we’re fair

We both live for truths

But then how

Are we to define

Something so subjective

Living under the same roof

So here these battles of wills

They beg for some proof

Of right versus wrong

Your approach seems better than mine

Though it’s working for you

All I feel is disconnection

 

Chorus:

 

So now it’s your, your religion

Against my, my religion

My humble opinion against yours

This does not feel like love

It’s your, your conviction

Against my, my conviction

And I’d like to know what we’ve seen

Through the lens of love

 

And so now your grand assessment

Is that I’m not in your group

That I’m not your kind

And so we’re locked in a stalemate

With you in your corner and me

dismayed in mine

(Disponível em: . Acesso em: 17 set. 2014.)

 

Assinale a alternativa que apresenta, corretamente, o tema central da música.

LENS

Alanis Morissete

 

You and I are in the same room

We both think we’re fair

We both live for truths

But then how

Are we to define

Something so subjective

Living under the same roof

So here these battles of wills

They beg for some proof

Of right versus wrong

Your approach seems better than mine

Though it’s working for you

All I feel is disconnection

 

Chorus:

 

So now it’s your, your religion

Against my, my religion

My humble opinion against yours

This does not feel like love

It’s your, your conviction

Against my, my conviction

And I’d like to know what we’ve seen

Through the lens of love

 

And so now your grand assessment

Is that I’m not in your group

That I’m not your kind

And so we’re locked in a stalemate

With you in your corner and me

dismayed in mine

(Disponível em: . Acesso em: 17 set. 2014.)

 

Em relação à letra da música, considere as afirmativas a seguir.

I. Os parceiros parecem discordar dos pensamentos e das atitudes um do outro.

II. Na identidade criada pela linguagem, o eu lírico se mostra impotente.

III. As expectativas do eu lírico relacionadas ao parceiro foram atingidas.

IV. A identidade construída por meio da linguagem é exclusivamente feminina.

 

Assinale a alternativa correta. 

Assinale a alternativa que apresenta, corretamente, a posição da autora da matéria jornalística (Texto I) sobre os comentários feitos pelos leitores.