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New York City’s Sandy Disaster: A Meteorological 9/11?

by Michael Daly Oct 30, 2012 2:00 AM EDT

The mysterious whistling sound¹ on high turned eerie when the source proved to be the hurricane’s winds gusting through the exposed steel of the nearly complete Freedom Tower at ground zero.

And with that noise came a conscious thought that had until then been a jangling edginess² whose own source was not immediately clear. The thought was this: could it possibly be that 10/29 proves to be in any sense the meteorological equivalent of 9/11? Would disaster strike us again?

The anxiety increased as the storm drew closer and the city approached the hour that Mayor Michael Bloomberg warned would be the worst.

An added feeling of being trapped came as the closures were extended from the subway to the bridges and tunnels, and people were advised to stay inside. Where we had once stood spellbound by the sight of the burning towers, we now listened to the unholy roar of the wind. Windows and doors rattled, and sirens wailed in the gathering night.

Only this time the sirens were not converging toward one place. They were going in all directions, and to hear them was to imagine dire emergencies³ of every kind, everywhere.

If 9/11 was about what we saw, then 10/29 was about what we heard. And even when we cannot fully believe what our eyes behold, they are far better than our ears at gauging the true magnitude of a threat.

Hearing can tell us that something is getting closer and that it is awesomely big and getting bigger, but it cannot tell us exactly how frightened we should be.

Is that wind just noise, or could it tear off the roof, or maybe send something crashing through the window, or drive the water of the harbor up over the floodwalls? Was that last gust⁴ as loud as it could get? What was that loud bang5? That crash? Is that why yet another siren has begun to wail? Are those two other sirens going there also? No, wait, they’re going the other way. Something else must have happened. But what?

All that was certain was that New York’s firefighters and cops and paramedics would do everything they could to help whoever needed them.

 

O objetivo principal de Michael Daly no texto ‘New York City’s Sandy Disaster’ foi:

Leia as sentenças e marque a opção correta .

 

1A Pollution is a form of contamination that often results from human activity.

1B Pollution is a form of contamination often resulting from human activity.

 

2A A moon is a natural satellite which orbits around a planet.

2B A moon is a natural satellite orbiting around a planet.

 

3A A depression is a serious economic downturn that originates from a variety of factors, including overexpansion of commerce, industry, or agriculture, back failures, or war.

3B A depression is a serious economic downturn originating from a variety of factors, including overexpansion of commerce, industry, or agriculture, bank failures, or war.

 

4A A parliament is a national governing body which has the highest level of legislative power within a state.

4B A parliament is a national governing body with having the highest level of legislative power within the state.

Leia os versos da música “Fly me to the Moon”, de autoria de Bart Howard, e indique a classe gramatical dos pronomes em negrito marcados com a mesma numeração.

 

Fly me¹ to the moon and let me1 play among the stars

Let me¹ see what spring is like on Jupiter and Mars

 

In other words, hold my² hand

In other words, Darling kiss me¹!

 

Fill my² heart with song and let me¹ sing for ever more

You³ are all I³ long for, all I³ worship and adore

 

In other words, please be true

In other words, I³ love you¹

SO YOU WANT TO BE A TECHNICAL INSTALLATION ENGINEER?

 

1 ______ The pay’s not bad and there are opportunities for overtime if you want.

3 ______ I like being out and about not stuck in an office, and this job involves a lot of travelling. I also like the contact with customers.

2 ______ Planning the job, especially in older buildings. It’s important to work out¹ the best routes of the pipes, ducts and cables involved as this can affect the cost of the work considerably. the contact with customers.

4 ______ I work for a company which installs central heating and air- conditioning systems. We do everything: planning, installing, testing, and commissioning.

5 ______Get the highest qualifications you can when you’re at college. It’s better to do it at that stage in life than try to catch up² later. Keep up³ your professional training when you’re in the job. Move to a company large enough to offer good promotion prospects.

6 ______When you switch on⁴ and it all works perfectly.

7 ______Working in confined spaces, for example under floors or in roof spaces where there isn’t a lot of headroom.

8 ______Five years.

 

Combine as respostas acima com as perguntas abaixo. Em seguida selecione a opção que indique a combinação correta .

 

A What’s the worst thing about the job?

B What does your work involve?

C How long have you worked there?

D What advice would you give students entering your profession?

E Why did you choose this job?

F What’s the best thing about the job?

G What’s the biggest challenge of your job?

H What’s the salary like?

New York City’s Sandy Disaster: A Meteorological 9/11?

by Michael Daly Oct 30, 2012 2:00 AM EDT

The mysterious whistling sound¹ on high turned eerie when the source proved to be the hurricane’s winds gusting through the exposed steel of the nearly complete Freedom Tower at ground zero.

And with that noise came a conscious thought that had until then been a jangling edginess² whose own source was not immediately clear. The thought was this: could it possibly be that 10/29 proves to be in any sense the meteorological equivalent of 9/11? Would disaster strike us again?

The anxiety increased as the storm drew closer and the city approached the hour that Mayor Michael Bloomberg warned would be the worst.

An added feeling of being trapped came as the closures were extended from the subway to the bridges and tunnels, and people were advised to stay inside. Where we had once stood spellbound by the sight of the burning towers, we now listened to the unholy roar of the wind. Windows and doors rattled, and sirens wailed in the gathering night.

Only this time the sirens were not converging toward one place. They were going in all directions, and to hear them was to imagine dire emergencies³ of every kind, everywhere.

If 9/11 was about what we saw, then 10/29 was about what we heard. And even when we cannot fully believe what our eyes behold, they are far better than our ears at gauging the true magnitude of a threat.

Hearing can tell us that something is getting closer and that it is awesomely big and getting bigger, but it cannot tell us exactly how frightened we should be.

Is that wind just noise, or could it tear off the roof, or maybe send something crashing through the window, or drive the water of the harbor up over the floodwalls? Was that last gust⁴ as loud as it could get? What was that loud bang⁵? That crash? Is that why yet another siren has begun to wail? Are those two other sirens going there also? No, wait, they’re going the other way. Something else must have happened. But what?

All that was certain was that New York’s firefighters and cops and paramedics would do everything they could to help whoever needed them.

 

As palavras sublinhadas nos grupos nominais abaixo, retirados do texto, significam, respectivamente:

 

mysterious whistling sound¹

jangling edginess²

dire emergencies³

last gust⁴

loud bang⁵

New York City’s Sandy Disaster: A Meteorological 9/11?

by Michael Daly Oct 30, 2012 2:00 AM EDT

The mysterious whistling sound¹ on high turned eerie when the source proved to be the hurricane’s winds gusting through the exposed steel of the nearly complete Freedom Tower at ground zero.

And with that noise came a conscious thought that had until then been a jangling edginess² whose own source was not immediately clear. The thought was this: could it possibly be that 10/29 proves to be in any sense the meteorological equivalent of 9/11? Would disaster strike us again?

The anxiety increased as the storm drew closer and the city approached the hour that Mayor Michael Bloomberg warned would be the worst.

An added feeling of being trapped came as the closures were extended from the subway to the bridges and tunnels, and people were advised to stay inside. Where we had once stood spellbound by the sight of the burning towers, we now listened to the unholy roar of the wind. Windows and doors rattled, and sirens wailed in the gathering night.

Only this time the sirens were not converging toward one place. They were going in all directions, and to hear them was to imagine dire emergencies³ of every kind, everywhere.

If 9/11 was about what we saw, then 10/29 was about what we heard. And even when we cannot fully believe what our eyes behold, they are far better than our ears at gauging the true magnitude of a threat.

Hearing can tell us that something is getting closer and that it is awesomely big and getting bigger, but it cannot tell us exactly how frightened we should be.

Is that wind just noise, or could it tear off the roof, or maybe send something crashing through the window, or drive the water of the harbor up over the floodwalls? Was that last gust⁴ as loud as it could get? What was that loud bang⁵? That crash? Is that why yet another siren has begun to wail? Are those two other sirens going there also? No, wait, they’re going the other way. Something else must have happened. But what?

All that was certain was that New York’s firefighters and cops and paramedics would do everything they could to help whoever needed them.

 

O objetivo principal de Michael Daly no texto ‘New York City’s Sandy Disaster’ foi