Questões de Inglês

Garfield é criação de Jim Davis, em 1978. A tira de Garfield ironiza pessoas que transformam os animais de estimação nos “donos da casa”. Também mostra um gato atuando como homem (inclusive, andando em 2 patas) e enfrentando problemas humanos (dieta, tédio, aversão às segundas-feiras etc.). 

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No dia 7 de outubro, os doutores Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano e Shuji Nakamura foram agraciados com o Prêmio Nobel de Física por terem criado um diodo emissor de luz LED. 

New light to illuminate the world 7 October 2014

This year’s Nobel Laureates are rewarded for

having invented a new energy-efficient and

environmentfriendly

light

[5] source – the

blue lighte

m i t t i n g

diode (LED).

In the spirit of

[10] Alfred Nobel

the Prize rewards an invention of greatest benefit

to mankind; using blue LEDs, white light can be

created in a new way. With the advent of LED

lamps we now have more long-lasting and more

[15] efficient alternatives to older light sources.

When Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji

Nakamura produced bright blue light beams from

their semi-conductors in the early 1990s, they

triggered a fundamental transformation of lighting

[20] technology. Red and green diodes had been

around for a long time but without blue light, white

lamps could not be created. Despite considerable

efforts, both in the scientific community and in

industry, the blue LED had remained a challenge

[25] for three decades.

They succeeded where everyone else had

failed. Akasaki worked together with Amano at

the University of Nagoya, while Nakamura was

employed at Nichia Chemicals, a small company

[30] in Tokushima. Their inventions were revolutionary.

Incandescent light bulbs lit the 20th century; the

21st century will be lit by LED lamps.

White LED lamps emit a bright white light, are

long-lasting and energy-efficient. They are

[35] constantly improved, getting more efficient with

higher luminous flux (measured in lumen) per unit

electrical input power (measured in watt). The

most recent record is just over 300 lm/W, which

can be compared to 16 for regular light bulbs and

[40] close to 70 for fluorescent lamps. As about one

fourth of world electricity consumption is used for

lighting purposes, the LEDs contribute to saving

the Earth’s resources. Materials consumption

is also diminished as LEDs last up to 100,000

[45] hours, compared to 1,000 for incandescent bulbs

and 10,000 hours for fluorescent lights.

The LED lamp holds great promise for increasing

the quality of life for over 1.5 billion people around

the world who lack access to electricity grids: due

[50] to low power requirements it can be powered by

cheap local solar power.

The invention of the blue LED is just twenty years

old, but it has already contributed to create white

light in an entirely new manner to the benefit of

[55] us all.

Disponível em: http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2014/press.html 

 

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Billy Steinberg escreveu originalmente a música “True Colors” sobre a sua própria mãe. A canção foi incluída no segundo álbum solo da cantora e atriz norte-americana Cyndi Lauper e chegou ao #1 da Billboard. “True Colors” foi interpretada pelo elenco de Glee no episódio 11 da primeira temporada, “Hairography”. 

TRUE COLOURS

You with the sad eyes

Don’t be discouraged til I realize

It’s hard to take courage¹

In a world, full of people

You can lose sight² of it

And the darkness, inside you makes you feel small

 

But I’ll see your true colours³, shining through you

I see your true colours, and that’s why I love you

So don’t be afraid, to let them show

Your true colours, true colours

Are beautiful, ooh like a rainbow

 

Show me a smile

Don’t be unhappy can’t remember when

I last saw you laughing

When this world makes you crazy

And you’ve taken all you can bear⁴

Just call me up⁵, cos you know I’ll be there

 

As expressões numeradas apresentam os seguintes significados:

Mr. Anthony Banbury planejou sua visita a Gana. Assim, complete sua agenda usando as preposições corretas. 

 

arriving there _____1 Wednesday, November 5th, because he couldn’t get the flight _____2 the fourth. He’s flying from JFK airport _____3 American Airlines and he’s arriving _____4 Accra airport _____5 18.00. He’s staying there _____6 a month and he’s going back _____7 Friday, December the 5th leaving _____8 19.30. He’s staying _____9 a small but clean hotel _____10 the downtown area. 

 

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HEALTH: EBOLA Anthony Banbury nasceu em 1964 nos Estados Unidos. Atualmente ele é o representante especial e chefe da Missão das Nações Unidas de Resposta Emergencial ao Ebola (UNMEER).

  Anthony Banbury is a man with an unprecedented,

unenviable mission – and he knows it. The head of

the first UN emergency health mission, which was

created in September to fight Ebola, compares the

[5] task to fighting a raging blaze.

  “It’s like a forest fire, it keeps spreading and

spreading. And when the firefighters come in,

they get embers on their backs, which fly around

as they try to put [the fire] out,” Banbury said in

[10] an interview in the Ghanaian capital Accra, where

the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response

(Unmeer) is based.

  “The biggest challenge we have is to play the role

of complex crisis manager. That’s one of the things

[15] that’s been lacking so far. There has been some

really good work done by national governments,

UN agencies, NGOs and – increasingly – foreign

military, but they are all acting in their certain area,”

he added.

[20]  Announcing the creation of Unmeer in mid-

September, the UN secretary general Ban Kimoon

said the unprecedented situation required

“unprecedented steps to save lives and safeguard

peace and security”.

[25]  Unmeer has five priorities: stopping the outbreak,

treating the infected, ensuring essential services,

preserving stability and preventing further

outbreaks. To achieve these daunting goals1,

it needs to bring together the full range of UN

[30] actors and expertise to help the national efforts of

countries struggling to control the disease. It will

also work with the African Union and the Economic

Community of West African States, (Ecowas).

Ban has also warned that, as Ebola patients

[35] overwhelm poorly equipped health facilities, other

people are dying from endemic diseases.

  “In the three most affected countries – Guinea,

Liberia and Sierra Leone – the disease is destroying

health systems. More people are now dying in

[40] Liberia from treatable ailments2 and common

medical conditions than from Ebola,” he said.

  Banbury, an American who has worked for the

White House National Security Council and the

US defence department, as well as with the World

[45] Food Programme, is acutely aware of this ancillary

demand3. He also acknowledges that the crisis is

affecting people’s ability to feed themselves: “We

want to make sure that even as we are working to

stop Ebola, people aren’t starving on the street.”

[50]  According to the World Bank, the Ebola outbreak

could cost the economies of west Africa $32.6bn

(£20.1bn) by the end of 2015, devastating fragile

nations still recovering from decades of intertwined,

resource-led wars.

[55]  Unmeer will coordinate the arrival of protective gear,

medical supplies, vehicles and generators to the

region. It will also help develop existing healthcare

facilities in the affected countries, including testing

centres, community care facilities4, treatment

[60] centres and training centres for healthcare workers.

  “The UN is uniquely positioned to help governments

with the role of complex crisis manager and to do

that across the region; Accra is the perfect place for

us,” Banbury said.

[65]  The UN has established a $988m Ebola response

multi-partner trust fund to provide a common,

coherent financing mechanism.

  Banbury has already visited the affected countries.

He told reporters in Liberia last week that, despite

[70] “good results”, much remained to be done. He

praised the work of district health officials and

frontline NGO workers.

  With the scale of the crisis ever more apparent –

already Ebola has claimed more than 3,800 lives –

[75] Banbury vowed Unmeer was in it for the long haul5.

  “We will stay in place for 42 days – twice as long as

the incubation period – after the last case, to make

sure,” he said. “There is a lot of work to do. But we

will not stop until Ebola is stopped.”

http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/oct/10/un-emergency-mission-chief-battle-ebola 

Marque a alternativa que retrata corretamente a ideia das ações verbais das sentenças enumeradas no texto? 

HEALTH: EBOLA Anthony Banbury nasceu em 1964 nos Estados Unidos. Atualmente ele é o representante especial e chefe da Missão das Nações Unidas de Resposta Emergencial ao Ebola (UNMEER).

  Anthony Banbury is a man with an unprecedented,

unenviable mission – and he knows it. The head of

the first UN emergency health mission, which was

created in September to fight Ebola, compares the

[5] task to fighting a raging blaze.

  “It’s like a forest fire, it keeps spreading and

spreading. And when the firefighters come in,

they get embers on their backs, which fly around

as they try to put [the fire] out,” Banbury said in

[10] an interview in the Ghanaian capital Accra, where

the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response

(Unmeer) is based.

  “The biggest challenge we have is to play the role

of complex crisis manager. That’s one of the things

[15] that’s been lacking so far. There has been some

really good work done by national governments,

UN agencies, NGOs and – increasingly – foreign

military, but they are all acting in their certain area,”

he added.

[20]  Announcing the creation of Unmeer in mid-

September, the UN secretary general Ban Kimoon

said the unprecedented situation required

“unprecedented steps to save lives and safeguard

peace and security”.

[25]  Unmeer has five priorities: stopping the outbreak,

treating the infected, ensuring essential services,

preserving stability and preventing further

outbreaks. To achieve these daunting goals1,

it needs to bring together the full range of UN

[30] actors and expertise to help the national efforts of

countries struggling to control the disease. It will

also work with the African Union and the Economic

Community of West African States, (Ecowas).

Ban has also warned that, as Ebola patients

[35] overwhelm poorly equipped health facilities, other

people are dying from endemic diseases.

  “In the three most affected countries – Guinea,

Liberia and Sierra Leone – the disease is destroying

health systems. More people are now dying in

[40] Liberia from treatable ailments2 and common

medical conditions than from Ebola,” he said.

  Banbury, an American who has worked for the

White House National Security Council and the

US defence department, as well as with the World

[45] Food Programme, is acutely aware of this ancillary

demand3. He also acknowledges that the crisis is

affecting people’s ability to feed themselves: “We

want to make sure that even as we are working to

stop Ebola, people aren’t starving on the street.”

[50]  According to the World Bank, the Ebola outbreak

could cost the economies of west Africa $32.6bn

(£20.1bn) by the end of 2015, devastating fragile

nations still recovering from decades of intertwined,

resource-led wars.

[55]  Unmeer will coordinate the arrival of protective gear,

medical supplies, vehicles and generators to the

region. It will also help develop existing healthcare

facilities in the affected countries, including testing

centres, community care facilities4, treatment

[60] centres and training centres for healthcare workers.

  “The UN is uniquely positioned to help governments

with the role of complex crisis manager and to do

that across the region; Accra is the perfect place for

us,” Banbury said.

[65]  The UN has established a $988m Ebola response

multi-partner trust fund to provide a common,

coherent financing mechanism.

  Banbury has already visited the affected countries.

He told reporters in Liberia last week that, despite

[70] “good results”, much remained to be done. He

praised the work of district health officials and

frontline NGO workers.

  With the scale of the crisis ever more apparent –

already Ebola has claimed more than 3,800 lives –

[75] Banbury vowed Unmeer was in it for the long haul5.

  “We will stay in place for 42 days – twice as long as

the incubation period – after the last case, to make

sure,” he said. “There is a lot of work to do. But we

will not stop until Ebola is stopped.”

http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/oct/10/un-emergency-mission-chief-battle-ebola 

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