Questões de Inglês

Texto original

[1] My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;

Coral is far more red than her lips' red;

If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;

If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head;

[5] I have seen roses damask’d, red and white,

But no such roses see I in her cheeks;

And in some perfumes is there more delight

Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks:

I love to hear her speak, yet well I know

[10] That music hath a far more pleasing sound;

I grant I never saw a goddess go;

My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground.

And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare

As any she belied with false compare.

Paráfrase

My mistress's eyes are nothing like the sun;

Coral is far more red than her lips;

If snow is white, then her breasts are a brownish gray;

If hairs are like wires, hers are black and not golden.

I have seen damask roses, red and white [streaked],

But I do not see such colors in her cheeks;

And some perfumes give more delight

Than the horrid breath of my mistress.

I love to hear her speak, but I know

That music has a more pleasing sound.

I've never seen a goddess walk;

But I know that my mistress walks only on the ground.

And yet I think my love as rare

As any woman who has been misrepresented by

[ridiculous comparisons.

SHAKESPEARE, William. Soneto 130. Disponível em: <http://www.shakespeare-online.com/>. Acesso em: 01 dez. 2011

Texto original

[1] My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;

Coral is far more red than her lips' red;

If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;

If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head;

[5] I have seen roses damask’d, red and white,

But no such roses see I in her cheeks;

And in some perfumes is there more delight

Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks:

I love to hear her speak, yet well I know

[10] That music hath a far more pleasing sound;

I grant I never saw a goddess go;

My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground.

And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare

As any she belied with false compare.

Paráfrase

My mistress's eyes are nothing like the sun;

Coral is far more red than her lips;

If snow is white, then her breasts are a brownish gray;

If hairs are like wires, hers are black and not golden.

I have seen damask roses, red and white [streaked],

But I do not see such colors in her cheeks;

And some perfumes give more delight

Than the horrid breath of my mistress.

I love to hear her speak, but I know

That music has a more pleasing sound.

I've never seen a goddess walk;

But I know that my mistress walks only on the ground.

And yet I think my love as rare

As any woman who has been misrepresented by

[ridiculous comparisons.

SHAKESPEARE, William. Soneto 130. Disponível em: <http://www.shakespeare-online.com/>. Acesso em: 01 dez. 2011

BELT UP, YOUNG MAN!

Florida’s attempt to ban young men from “sagging” – wearing jeans so low they show their underpants – has many precedents. In 2008, on the campaign trail, Barack Obama told MTV that “brothers should pull up their pants”. A year before, the mayor of Delcambre, Louisiana, said that any man who allowed his jeans to slide down his buttocks, would have to pay a $500 fine and spend six months in jail. The sight of exposed boxer shorts has caused consternation this side of the Atlantic too: last year, 18-year-old Ellis Drummond was threatened with an Asbo (Anti-Social Behavior Order) for wearing trousers so low that they were showing his underpants.

Adapted from: Speak Up – 289 (2011)

Health care in Brazil

SIR – Your article on reforming Brazil’s Public Unified Health System (SUS) did not elaborate on what kind of reforms are appropriate, given its successes (“An injection of reality”, July 30th), SUS familyhealth teams provide comprehensive primary-care services that cover more than 55% the population, including poor people who live in remote rural areas or urban slums. Research has shown that increasing the coverage of family-health teams by 10% resulted in a 4.5% decline in infant mortality. This and other evidence led the British Medical Journal to describe Brazil’s family-health programme as, “A cost effective success that higher income countries could learn from.”

There is no question that innovative solutions are needed to modernize the Brazilian health system, to make it more efficient and better organized. Improving hospital administration is surely one possible reform that patients hope for. Nonetheless, the best “injection of reality” is to expand health-care  delivery and improve accessibility.Diego Victoria, Felix Rigoli; Renato Tasca. Pan American Health Organisation – World Health Organisation Brazil-Brasilia

(adapted from: The Economist – September2nd – 2011)

Health care in Brazil

SIR – Your article on reforming Brazil’s Public Unified Health System (SUS) did not elaborate on what kind of reforms are appropriate, given its successes (“An injection of reality”, July 30th), SUS familyhealth teams provide comprehensive primary-care services that cover more than 55% the population, including poor people who live in remote rural areas or urban slums. Research has shown that increasing the coverage of family-health teams by 10% resulted in a 4.5% decline in infant mortality. This and other evidence led the British Medical Journal to describe Brazil’s family-health programme as, “A cost effective success that higher income countries could learn from.”

There is no question that innovative solutions are needed to modernize the Brazilian health system, to make it more efficient and better organized. Improving hospital administration is surely one possible reform that patients hope for. Nonetheless, the best “injection of reality” is to expand health-care  delivery and improve accessibility.Diego Victoria, Felix Rigoli; Renato Tasca. Pan American Health Organisation – World Health Organisation Brazil-Brasilia

(adapted from: The Economist – September2nd – 2011)

Health care in Brazil

SIR – Your article on reforming Brazil’s Public Unified Health System (SUS) did not elaborate on what kind of reforms are appropriate, given its successes (“An injection of reality”, July 30th), SUS familyhealth teams provide comprehensive primary-care services that cover more than 55% the population, including poor people who live in remote rural areas or urban slums. Research has shown that increasing the coverage of family-health teams by 10% resulted in a 4.5% decline in infant mortality. This and other evidence led the British Medical Journal to describe Brazil’s family-health programme as, “A cost effective success that higher income countries could learn from.”

There is no question that innovative solutions are needed to modernize the Brazilian health system, to make it more efficient and better organized. Improving hospital administration is surely one possible reform that patients hope for. Nonetheless, the best “injection of reality” is to expand health-care  delivery and improve accessibility.Diego Victoria, Felix Rigoli; Renato Tasca. Pan American Health Organisation – World Health Organisation Brazil-Brasilia

(adapted from: The Economist – September2nd – 2011)