Questões de Inglês

James Donald asks experts around the world to identify the

top benefits of studying abroad, and key factors to consider

when choosing a location.

"Graduate study is beneficial in providing the opportunity for

students to study in a different country", says Elizabeth

Dalferes, Assistant Director of Admission and Graduate

Program Administration at Tulane Law School. "With a wealth

of universities offering graduate programs around the world,

students will often pursue a master\'s degree at a foreign

institution to gain a unique cultural experience while acquiring

new skills”.

To sum up, Dee Roach says that some of the benefits of

studying abroad include:

Independence: You obviously have to cope on your own

when you are studying abroad. You have to be able to look

after yourself and sort out your own affairs.

Culture: The best way of finding out about another culture is

by immersing yourself in it, and you can only do that by living

in a country. Once you are working, your holiday or

experiences overseas might be limited to only two to four

weeks per year, so, studying abroad is a great opportunity to

remain in a country and learn all about it over a longer period

of time.

Career: Anyone who is able to put on their CV that they

studied abroad is at a great advantage in terms of impressing

future employers. At a very basic level, it will give you

something to talk about in an interview. But much more

importantly, it will prove to your potential employer that you

have the ability to stand on your own two feet, that you can fit

in when placed in different environments, and that you are

resourceful and have initiative.

(Retrieved and adapted from http://www.topuniversities.com/studentinfo/ studying-abroad/studying-abroad-benefits. Access on March 18th, 2014)

 

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James Donald asks experts around the world to identify the

top benefits of studying abroad, and key factors to consider

when choosing a location.

"Graduate study is beneficial in providing the opportunity for

students to study in a different country", says Elizabeth

Dalferes, Assistant Director of Admission and Graduate

Program Administration at Tulane Law School. "With a wealth

of universities offering graduate programs around the world,

students will often pursue a master\'s degree at a foreign

institution to gain a unique cultural experience while acquiring

new skills”.

To sum up, Dee Roach says that some of the benefits of

studying abroad include:

Independence: You obviously have to cope on your own

when you are studying abroad. You have to be able to look

after yourself and sort out your own affairs.

Culture: The best way of finding out about another culture is

by immersing yourself in it, and you can only do that by living

in a country. Once you are working, your holiday or

experiences overseas might be limited to only two to four

weeks per year, so, studying abroad is a great opportunity to

remain in a country and learn all about it over a longer period

of time.

Career: Anyone who is able to put on their CV that they

studied abroad is at a great advantage in terms of impressing

future employers. At a very basic level, it will give you

something to talk about in an interview. But much more

importantly, it will prove to your potential employer that you

have the ability to stand on your own two feet, that you can fit

in when placed in different environments, and that you are

resourceful and have initiative.

(Retrieved and adapted from http://www.topuniversities.com/studentinfo/ studying-abroad/studying-abroad-benefits. Access on March 18th, 2014)

 

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Sometimes the Dashwood girls do not seem like sisters.

Elinor is all calmness and reason, and can be relied upon

for practical, common sense opinions. Marianne, on the

other hand, is all sensibility, full of passionate and romantic

feeling. True love can only be felt by the young, of course.

And if your heart is broken at the age of seventeen, how

can you ever expect to recover?

 

(Retrieved and adapted from http://www.oupbookworms. com/downloads/pdf/movie_links/BOOKWORMSMovies- 5.pdf. Access on September 23rd, 2013)

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Languages and cultures use non-verbal communication which conveys meaning. Although many gestures are similar in Thai and English such as nodding for affirmation many others are not shared. A good example of this is the ubiquitous "Thai smile". The "smile" carries a far wider range of meanings in Thai than it does in English culture. This can sometimes lead to serious communication breakdowns between Thais and English speakers.   

  An example from my own early experience in Thailand illustrates the point. When confronting the Thai owner of a language school with administrative problems, complaints regarding student numbers in the class were met by a beaming smile and little else. I took this to mean lack of concern or an attempt to trivialise or ignore the problem. I left the discussion upset and angry by what appeared to be the owner's offhand attitude to my problems.   

  It was only later when another native speaking English teacher, with considerably more experience of Thailand, explained that a smile meant an apology and the fact that the following day all my complaints had been addressed, that I fully understood the situation.   

Disponível em: www.spring.org.uk. Acesso em: 11 jul. 2011 (fragmento).

Viver em um país estrangeiro pode ser uma experiência enriquecedora, embora possa também ser um desafio, pelo choque cultural. A experiência relatada pelo autor do texto revela diferentes atribuições de sentido a um determinado comportamento, mostrando que naquela situação o sorriso indicava um(a)

Implementar políticas adequadas de alimentação e nutrição é uma meta prioritária em vários países do mundo. A partir da campanha If you can´t read it, why eat it?, os leitores são alertados para o perigo de

Alzheimer's breakthrough hailed as 'turning point'

    The discovery of the first chemical to prevent the death of brain tissue in a neurodegenerative disease has been hailed as the "turning point" in the fight against Alzheimer's disease. 

    More work is needed to develop a drug that could be taken by patients (…). In tests on mice, the Medical Research Council showed all brain cell death from prion disease could be prevented. 

    Prof Roger Morris, from King's College London, said: "This finding, I suspect, will be judged by history as a turning point in the search for medicines to control and prevent Alzheimer's disease." He told the BBC a cure for Alzheimer's was not imminent but: "I'm very excited, it's the first proof in any living animal that you can delay neurodegeneration. 

     The research team at the Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit, based at the University of Leicester, focused on the natural defence mechanisms built into brain cells. When a virus hijacks a brain cell it leads to a build-up of viral proteins. Cells respond by shutting down nearly all protein production in order to halt the virus's spread. 

     However, many neurodegenerative diseases involve the production of faulty or "misfolded" proteins. These activate the same defences, but with more severe consequences. The misfolded proteins linger and the brain cells shut down protein production for so long that they eventually starve themselves to death. This process, repeated in neurons throughout the brain, can destroy movement or memory or even kill, depending on the disease (…) 

    The researchers used a compound which prevented those defence mechanisms kicking in and in turn halted neurodegeneration (…)the compound offered a "new pathway that may well give protective drugs" and the next step was for drug companies to develop a medicine for use in humans 

Disponível em: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24462699

The study mentioned in the text showed that: