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[1] An Amazonian tribe has been discovered

that has no concept of time or dates.

The Amondawa people of Brazil do not

even have words for "time", "week", "month"

[5] or "year", said Chris Sinha, of the University

of Portsmouth.

He argues that it is the first time scientists

have been able to prove time is not a deeply

entrenched universal human concept, as

[10] previously thought.

According to Professor Sinha we can now

say without doubt that there is at least one

language and culture which does not have a

concept of time as something that can be

[15] measured, counted or talked about in the

abstract, which doesn't mean that the

Amondawa are "people outside time": they

live in a world of events, rather than seeing

events as being embedded in time.

[20] There are no words for such concepts as

"next week" or "last year", only divisions of

day and night and rainy and dry seasons. It

was also found nobody in the community has

an age. …….. , they change their names to

[25] reflect their life-stage and position within their

society. For example, a little child will give up

his or her name to a newborn sibling and take

on a new one.

Professor Sinha said: "We have so many

[30] metaphors for time and its passing - we think

of time as a 'thing' - we say 'the weekend is

nearly gone', 'she's coming up to her exams',

'I haven't got the time', and so on, and we

think such statements are objective, but they

[35] aren't. We've created these metaphors and

they have become the way we think. The

Amondawa don't talk like this and don't think

like this, unless they learn another language.

For these fortunate people time isn't money,

[40] they aren't racing against the clock to

complete anything, and nobody is discussing

next week or next year. You could say they

enjoy a certain freedom".

Adaptado de: Daily Mail, 20 mai 2011. Disponível em: <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1389070/Amazon-Amondawa-tribe-age-words-like-month-year-dont-exist.html#ixzz25dEZL89p>. Acesso em: 05 set. 2012.

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( ) O pronome which (l. 13) refere-se a one language and culture (l. 12-13).

( ) O pronome they (l. 17) refere-se a the Amondawa (l. 16-17).

( ) O pronome its (l. 30) refere-se a time (l. 30).

( ) O pronome they (l. 42) refere-se a next week or next year (l. 42).

 

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[1] An Amazonian tribe has been discovered

that has no concept of time or dates.

The Amondawa people of Brazil do not

even have words for "time", "week", "month"

[5] or "year", said Chris Sinha, of the University

of Portsmouth.

He argues that it is the first time scientists

have been able to prove time is not a deeply

entrenched universal human concept, as

[10] previously thought.

According to Professor Sinha we can now

say without doubt that there is at least one

language and culture which does not have a

concept of time as something that can be

[15] measured, counted or talked about in the

abstract, which doesn't mean that the

Amondawa are "people outside time": they

live in a world of events, rather than seeing

events as being embedded in time.

[20] There are no words for such concepts as

"next week" or "last year", only divisions of

day and night and rainy and dry seasons. It

was also found nobody in the community has

an age. …….. , they change their names to

[25] reflect their life-stage and position within their

society. For example, a little child will give up

his or her name to a newborn sibling and take

on a new one.

Professor Sinha said: "We have so many

[30] metaphors for time and its passing - we think

of time as a 'thing' - we say 'the weekend is

nearly gone', 'she's coming up to her exams',

'I haven't got the time', and so on, and we

think such statements are objective, but they

[35] aren't. We've created these metaphors and

they have become the way we think. The

Amondawa don't talk like this and don't think

like this, unless they learn another language.

For these fortunate people time isn't money,

[40] they aren't racing against the clock to

complete anything, and nobody is discussing

next week or next year. You could say they

enjoy a certain freedom".

Adaptado de: Daily Mail, 20 mai 2011. Disponível em: <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1389070/Amazon-Amondawa-tribe-age-words-like-month-year-dont-exist.html#ixzz25dEZL89p>. Acesso em: 05 set. 2012.

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[1] An Amazonian tribe has been discovered

that has no concept of time or dates.

The Amondawa people of Brazil do not

even have words for "time", "week", "month"

[5] or "year", said Chris Sinha, of the University

of Portsmouth.

He argues that it is the first time scientists

have been able to prove time is not a deeply

entrenched universal human concept, as

[10] previously thought.

According to Professor Sinha we can now

say without doubt that there is at least one

language and culture which does not have a

concept of time as something that can be

[15] measured, counted or talked about in the

abstract, which doesn't mean that the

Amondawa are "people outside time": they

live in a world of events, rather than seeing

events as being embedded in time.

[20] There are no words for such concepts as

"next week" or "last year", only divisions of

day and night and rainy and dry seasons. It

was also found nobody in the community has

an age. …….. , they change their names to

[25] reflect their life-stage and position within their

society. For example, a little child will give up

his or her name to a newborn sibling and take

on a new one.

Professor Sinha said: "We have so many

[30] metaphors for time and its passing - we think

of time as a 'thing' - we say 'the weekend is

nearly gone', 'she's coming up to her exams',

'I haven't got the time', and so on, and we

think such statements are objective, but they

[35] aren't. We've created these metaphors and

they have become the way we think. The

Amondawa don't talk like this and don't think

like this, unless they learn another language.

For these fortunate people time isn't money,

[40] they aren't racing against the clock to

complete anything, and nobody is discussing

next week or next year. You could say they

enjoy a certain freedom".

Adaptado de: Daily Mail, 20 mai 2011. Disponível em: <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1389070/Amazon-Amondawa-tribe-age-words-like-month-year-dont-exist.html#ixzz25dEZL89p>. Acesso em: 05 set. 2012.

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An Amazonian tribe has been discovered that has no concept of time or dates (l. 01-02).

 

I - An Amazonian tribe that has no concept of time or dates has been discovered.

II - An Amazonian tribe which has no concept of time or dates has been discovered.

III - An Amazonian tribe what has no concept of time or dates has been discovered.

 

Quais propostas são gramaticalmente corretas e preservam o sentido do trecho original?

[1] An Amazonian tribe has been discovered

that has no concept of time or dates.

The Amondawa people of Brazil do not

even have words for "time", "week", "month"

[5] or "year", said Chris Sinha, of the University

of Portsmouth.

He argues that it is the first time scientists

have been able to prove time is not a deeply

entrenched universal human concept, as

[10] previously thought.

According to Professor Sinha we can now

say without doubt that there is at least one

language and culture which does not have a

concept of time as something that can be

[15] measured, counted or talked about in the

abstract, which doesn't mean that the

Amondawa are "people outside time": they

live in a world of events, rather than seeing

events as being embedded in time.

[20] There are no words for such concepts as

"next week" or "last year", only divisions of

day and night and rainy and dry seasons. It

was also found nobody in the community has

an age. …….. , they change their names to

[25] reflect their life-stage and position within their

society. For example, a little child will give up

his or her name to a newborn sibling and take

on a new one.

Professor Sinha said: "We have so many

[30] metaphors for time and its passing - we think

of time as a 'thing' - we say 'the weekend is

nearly gone', 'she's coming up to her exams',

'I haven't got the time', and so on, and we

think such statements are objective, but they

[35] aren't. We've created these metaphors and

they have become the way we think. The

Amondawa don't talk like this and don't think

like this, unless they learn another language.

For these fortunate people time isn't money,

[40] they aren't racing against the clock to

complete anything, and nobody is discussing

next week or next year. You could say they

enjoy a certain freedom".

Adaptado de: Daily Mail, 20 mai 2011. Disponível em: <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1389070/Amazon-Amondawa-tribe-age-words-like-month-year-dont-exist.html#ixzz25dEZL89p>. Acesso em: 05 set. 2012.

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TIME FOR ADVENTURE

 

Amanda and Stephanie have been best friends since they were five. After going to college in Boston, they feel it’s now time to start living on the edge! Amanda, a law graduate, and Stephanie, a major in arts, both have one place in mind: Greece! Their parents have given them this trip to celebrate their achievements, they are on cloud nine. The girls have everything planned: Stephanie’s older brother has a friend from college that lives in Greece, Alexandros, who’s smart, cute and very single, and who’s volunteered to help them. Amanda thinks he’s sweet as pie but she is one hundred percent devoted to her high-school sweetheart, Chad. So that leaves the game open for Stephanie. Will she be able to concentrate on the tip, or be head over heels for Alexandros?

(Adapted from: Seleções – Reader’s Digest – Outubro 2012)

 

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TIME FOR ADVENTURE

 

Amanda and Stephanie have been best friends since they were five. After going to college in Boston, they feel it’s now time to start living on the edge! Amanda, a law graduate, and Stephanie, a major in arts, both have one place in mind: Greece! Their parents have given them this trip to celebrate their achievements, they are on cloud nine. The girls have everything planned: Stephanie’s older brother has a friend from college that lives in Greece, Alexandros, who’s smart, cute and very single, and who’s volunteered to help them. Amanda thinks he’s sweet as pie but she is one hundred percent devoted to her high-school sweetheart, Chad. So that leaves the game open for Stephanie. Will she be able to concentrate on the tip, or be head over heels for Alexandros?

(Adapted from: Seleções – Reader’s Digest – Outubro 2012)

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