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Facebook Song lyrics

I wouldn’t call myself a social butterfly

And there’s not much that separates me from the other guy

But when I log in I begin to live

 

There’s an online world where I am king

Of a little website dedicated to me

With pictures of me and a list of my friends

And an unofficial record of the groups that I’m in

 

Before the internet, friendship was so tough

You actually had to be in people’s presence and stuff

Who would have thought that with a point and a click

I could know that Hope Floats is your favorite flick

 

Facebook

I’m hooked on Facebook

I used to meet girls hanging out at the mall

Now I just wait for them to write on my wall

 

Oh! Link’s status changed, it says he’s playing the recorder...

 

How do you know this person?

Did you hook up with this person?

Do you need to request confirmation?

Or did you just think they looked cute...

From their picture on Facebook?

 

If the internet crashed all across the land

Or my Facebook account was deleted by the man

I’d carry around a picture of my face

And a summary of me typed out on a page

Adaptado de http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/r/rhett_and_link/facebook_song.html

In the sentence “Before the internet, friendship was so tough”, the word tough can be replaced by

Facebook Song lyrics

 

I wouldn’t call myself a social butterfly

And there’s not much that separates me from the other guy

But when I log in I begin to live

 

There’s an online world where I am king

Of a little website dedicated to me

With pictures of me and a list of my friends

And an unofficial record of the groups that I’m in

 

Before the internet, friendship was so tough

You actually had to be in people’s presence and stuff

Who would have thought that with a point and a click

I could know that Hope Floats is your favorite flick

 

Facebook

I’m hooked on Facebook

I used to meet girls hanging out at the mall

Now I just wait for them to write on my wall

 

Oh! Link’s status changed, it says he’s playing the recorder...

 

How do you know this person?

Did you hook up with this person?

Do you need to request confirmation?

Or did you just think they looked cute...

From their picture on Facebook?

 

If the internet crashed all across the land

Or my Facebook account was deleted by the man

I’d carry around a picture of my face

And a summary of me typed out on a page

Adaptado de http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/r/rhett_and_link/facebook_song.html

 

The text above can be considered

The term “biodiversity” refers to the variety of life forms in a

habitat, whether it‟s a local environment or an entire planet.

Most of the species making up our planetary biodiversity

are still poorly studied or completely unknown; experts

estimate that there may be at least four times as many

complex species alive on our planet as the 1.9 million that

have already been discovered and named, possibly more.

Even as we are becoming aware of the massive

biodiversity of Earth, we are also in the midst of a

biodiversity crisis, with species going extinct at rates

rivaling those of the major mass extinctions of Earth‟s

history. Therefore, while the definition of the term

“biodiversity” is simple, it in fact encompasses some of

humanity‟s (and science‟s) biggest challenges.

There are a number of reasons why understanding and

preserving biological diversity is important. Above all, every

species is unique in its combination of evolutionary history

and ecological role, so taken together they are a global

resource – like a library preserving the heritage of life

itself.

[… ]

Intrinsic value

Some believe in the philosophical and ethical principle that

nonhuman living things have intrinsic value in and of

themselves, independent of their usefulness to humans.

From a conservation standpoint, this means that humans

have a responsibility to protect the right of other species to

exist on our planet. From a scientific standpoint, it means

that other species are worthy of study simply because their

status as living things makes them relevant.

Photo credit: David Spier, Bombycilla cedrorum and Acer saccharinum, CC BY-NC-SA (Retrieved and adapted from http://eol.org/info/about_biodiversity. Access on May 02nd, 2013)

 

Considering the species that are part of the biodiversity of Earth,

Global poverty is falling, so what\'s the problem?

By Global Public Square staff

 

Watching countries from around the world grow and

prosper, we tend to assume that global poverty is falling.

And in fact, the World Bank says that in 1981 nearly half of

the world\'s citizens were impoverished, that is, they lived

on less than $1.25 a day. And today, less than a fifth of the

world\'s population lives in poverty. In raw numbers, that

translates to a 40 percent drop from about 2 billion to 1.2

billion people.

But when we dig deeper, it‟s clear the picture is more

murky. Put simply, most of the reduction in global poverty

has to do with one country – China. Take it out of the

equation and the numbers look very different. Let\'s go

back to 1981. Back then, China accounted for 43 percent

of the world\'s poor. The other major contributors were

South Asia, with 29 percent, and sub-Saharan Africa, with

11 percent. Fast forward just a decade, and you\'ll see that

China\'s share of the world\'s poor began to drop. The trend

continues through the 2000s. By 2010, China accounted

for only 13 percent of the world\'s impoverished population.

South Asia\'s share had jumped to 42 percent, while sub-

Saharan Africa\'s share tripled, to 34 percent.

The World Bank data shows that the total number of

impoverished Chinese declined by nearly 680 million

people in the last three decades. That\'s about 95 percent

of the total global decline. By registering double digit

growth for three decades, Beijing has transformed the

fortunes of a poor nation within a generation. That\'s

amazing, but it tells you that in the rest of the world,

progress has been much, much slower – if there\'s been

progress at all.

(Retrieved and adapted from http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2013/05/01/globalpoverty- is-falling-so-whats-the-problem/?hpt=hp_bn2. Access on May 01st, 2013)

In the sentence “But when we dig deeper, it‟s clear the picture is more murky” (lines 9 and 10), the word “but” could be replaced by:

What is the meaning of the bike symbol on Lance’s suit?

Analyze the editorial cartoon and choose the sentence that has the best explanation for its ironic message.