Questões de Inglês

Mention Seattle and most Americans immediately think of rain. But Seattle’s reputation as the ‘rainy city’ is not entirely deserved. While it is cloudy and misty much of the time, especially in winter, the city actually receives less annual rainfall than many cities in the eastern United States.

Located in the state of Washington in the northwest corner of the United States, Seattle is the largest city in the Pacific Northwest region and a magnet for business conventions and for tourists from all over the world. While the weather may partly explain why Seattle is famous for indoor attractions like coffee shops, bookstores, and art galleries, it does not prevent residents from enjoying a wide range of outdoor activities. […]

Source: MCINTOSH, P. Seattle, Washington: The Rainy City. In: English Teaching Forum. Vol. 46, N. 2, Washington, D.C., 2008, p. 43.

Mention Seattle and most Americans immediately think of rain. But Seattle’s reputation as the ‘rainy city’ is not entirely deserved. While it is cloudy and misty much of the time, especially in winter, the city actually receives less annual rainfall than many cities in the eastern United States.

Located in the state of Washington in the northwest corner of the United States, Seattle is the largest city in the Pacific Northwest region and a magnet for business conventions and for tourists from all over the world. While the weather may partly explain why Seattle is famous for indoor attractions like coffee shops, bookstores, and art galleries, it does not prevent residents from enjoying a wide range of outdoor activities. […]

Source: MCINTOSH, P. Seattle, Washington: The Rainy City. In: English Teaching Forum. Vol. 46, N. 2, Washington, D.C., 2008, p. 43.

Mention Seattle and most Americans immediately think of rain. But Seattle’s reputation as the ‘rainy city’ is not entirely deserved. While it is cloudy and misty much of the time, especially in winter, the city actually receives less annual rainfall than many cities in the eastern United States.

Located in the state of Washington in the northwest corner of the United States, Seattle is the largest city in the Pacific Northwest region and a magnet for business conventions and for tourists from all over the world. While the weather may partly explain why Seattle is famous for indoor attractions like coffee shops, bookstores, and art galleries, it does not prevent residents from enjoying a wide range of outdoor activities. […]

Source: MCINTOSH, P. Seattle, Washington: The Rainy City. In: English Teaching Forum. Vol. 46, N. 2, Washington, D.C., 2008, p. 43.

Mention Seattle and most Americans immediately think of rain. But Seattle’s reputation as the ‘rainy city’ is not entirely deserved. While it is cloudy and misty much of the time, especially in winter, the city actually receives less annual rainfall than many cities in the eastern United States.

Located in the state of Washington in the northwest corner of the United States, Seattle is the largest city in the Pacific Northwest region and a magnet for business conventions and for tourists from all over the world. While the weather may partly explain why Seattle is famous for indoor attractions like coffee shops, bookstores, and art galleries, it does not prevent residents from enjoying a wide range of outdoor activities. […]

Source: MCINTOSH, P. Seattle, Washington: The Rainy City. In: English Teaching Forum. Vol. 46, N. 2, Washington, D.C., 2008, p. 43.

Mention Seattle and most Americans immediately think of rain. But Seattle’s reputation as the ‘rainy city’ is not entirely deserved. While it is cloudy and misty much of the time, especially in winter, the city actually receives less annual rainfall than many cities in the eastern United States.

Located in the state of Washington in the northwest corner of the United States, Seattle is the largest city in the Pacific Northwest region and a magnet for business conventions and for tourists from all over the world. While the weather may partly explain why Seattle is famous for indoor attractions like coffee shops, bookstores, and art galleries, it does not prevent residents from enjoying a wide range of outdoor activities. […]

Source: MCINTOSH, P. Seattle, Washington: The Rainy City. In: English Teaching Forum. Vol. 46, N. 2, Washington, D.C., 2008, p. 43.

Most people believe they know what actually causes AIDS. For a decade, scientists, government officials, journalists, TV shows, and others have told them that AIDS is caused by a retrovirus called HIV. This virus supposedly infects and kills the “T-cells” of the immune system, leading to a fatal immune deficiency after an asymptomatic period that averages 10 years. Most people do not know - because there has been a visual media blackout on the subject - about a scientific controversy over the cause of AIDS. Leading biochemical scientists have been warning for years that there is no proof that HIV causes AIDS. The warnings were met first with silence, then with ridicule and contempt. For example, some scientists compared the doubters to people who think that bad air causes malaria.

(What Causes Aids?, Charles A. Thomas et al. Adaptado)