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Grounding

   Grounding is a common form of punishment for young
people who disobey their parents. Grounding means that
they are not allowed to go out, after school or on weekends,
for a certain period of time. This could be from one day to
[05] ____ month or more, depending upon the gravity of the
offense. During that time, though, they must continue to go to
school, to work if they have a job, and do other errands
approved by their parents.
   ____ term “grounding” is ____ aviation term. A plane is
[10] grounded when it is not allowed to fly for any reason.
Similarly, pilots or other flying personnel are grounded when
they are not allowed to fly because of illness or for disobeying
the rules.

Adapted from Life in the USA: A Simplified reader on American Culture, book 1.

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Back to School

   For generations in the United States, a nineteenth century
invention known as the public school system was seen as
the best way to give students the knowledge and skills to
become nice citizens. Around the 1960s, experts began
[05] questioning the system, citing the need for new types of
schools to meet the changing demands of the twentieth
century. These reformers eventually won for parents a much
broader range of educational choices – including religious,
alternative, and charter schools and home schooling – but they
[10] also sparked a debate on teaching and learning that still
divides experts to this day.

Nunan, David - Listen in book 2, second edition.

The adjective form “the best” (line 3) and “nice” (line 4), underlined in the text, have as their comparative forms, respectively:

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GIFT GIVING

    All over the world, people give gifts. But they give different things in different ways.
    In Japan, people often give gifts. But they never open _____ in front of the giver.
    In the United States and Canada, a man often gives _____ girlfriend flowers on Valentine’s Day (February 14). He sometimes gives her chocolate too.
    In Korea, older people give new money to children on New Year’s Day. They give it to them for good luck.
    In Peru, a man gives flowers to _____ girlfriend. But he doesn’t give _____ yellow flowers. They mean the relationship is finished.

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Complete the questions and choose the correct alternative.

 

I - ________________is your girlfriend? 18 years old.

II - ________________are the watches? They’re only 14 dollars.

III - _______________ is your birthday? In June.

I - _______________ do you live? I live in Ponta Porã city.

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    The author who wrote verses from the "depths of the trifling", as it features in a poem and one of his books, poet Manoel de Barros died on Thursday morning, November 13^th, aged 97, in Campo Grande, in Mato Grosso do Sul state. He had been in intensive care for over a week after he undergone surgery for bowel obstruction. According to the hospital he died due to multiple organ failure.

    Manoel de Barros was born in Cuiabá and throughout his life he wrote 18 poetry books, in addition to children's books and autobiographical accounts. He received a number of literary prizes, two of which were Jabuti prizes (Tortoise prizes) - one in 1989 for "O Guardador de Águas" and in 2002 for "O Fazedor do Amanhecer".

    Barros used to say that "poetry is not supposed to be understood, it is supposed to be incorporated. Understanding it creates a wall. One ought to try to be a tree." "Manoel de Barros was a philosopher who liked to think and rethink the world through poetry", Mozambique born writer Mia Couto, has said. Eucanaã Ferraz has said that Barros "was wise and surfaced already as an essential author".

    Almost half a century went by until his debut in literature: "Poemas Concebidos Sem Pecado" was published in 1937 almost in handmade style, with 21 copies. The greatest publishing of his works only came in the second half of the 1980s, thanks to the efforts of admirers such as Brazilian writers Millôr Fernanddes and Antonio Houaiss, for whom he was often compared to Saint Francis of Assissi "in his humility before everything".

    Even after his tardy success as one of the greatest Brazilian writers of his generation, he stayed true to his origins. He lived in Corumbá in Mato Grosso do Sul state, with stints in Rio de Janeiro and New York. Since the end of the 1970s, he lived in Campo Grande with his wife, Stella and their daughter, Martha.

(FONTE: Adaptado. Disponível em: https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en /culture/2014/11/1548038-brazilian-poetmanoel-de-barros-dies-aged-97.shtml. Acesso em: 4 nov. 2019).

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"Barros used to say that "poetry is not supposed to be understood, it is supposed to be incorporated. Understanding it creates a wall. One ought to try to be a tree."

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    The author who wrote verses from the "depths of the trifling", as it features in a poem and one of his books, poet Manoel de Barros died on Thursday morning, November 13^th, aged 97, in Campo Grande, in Mato Grosso do Sul state. He had been in intensive care for over a week after he undergone surgery for bowel obstruction. According to the hospital he died due to multiple organ failure.

    Manoel de Barros was born in Cuiabá and throughout his life he wrote 18 poetry books, in addition to children's books and autobiographical accounts. He received a number of literary prizes, two of which were Jabuti prizes (Tortoise prizes) - one in 1989 for "O Guardador de Águas" and in 2002 for "O Fazedor do Amanhecer".

    Barros used to say that "poetry is not supposed to be understood, it is supposed to be incorporated. Understanding it creates a wall. One ought to try to be a tree." "Manoel de Barros was a philosopher who liked to think and rethink the world through poetry", Mozambique born writer Mia Couto, has said. Eucanaã Ferraz has said that Barros "was wise and surfaced already as an essential author".

    Almost half a century went by until his debut in literature: "Poemas Concebidos Sem Pecado" was published in 1937 almost in handmade style, with 21 copies. The greatest publishing of his works only came in the second half of the 1980s, thanks to the efforts of admirers such as Brazilian writers Millôr Fernanddes and Antonio Houaiss, for whom he was often compared to Saint Francis of Assissi "in his humility before everything".

    Even after his tardy success as one of the greatest Brazilian writers of his generation, he stayed true to his origins. He lived in Corumbá in Mato Grosso do Sul state, with stints in Rio de Janeiro and New York. Since the end of the 1970s, he lived in Campo Grande with his wife, Stella and their daughter, Martha.

(FONTE: Adaptado. Disponível em: https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en /culture/2014/11/1548038-brazilian-poetmanoel-de-barros-dies-aged-97.shtml. Acesso em: 4 nov. 2019).

Analyze the sentence: “The author who wrote verses from the "depths of the trifling", as it features in a poem and one of his books, poet Manoel de Barros died on Thursday morning, November 13th, aged 97, in Campo Grande, in Mato Grosso do Sul state. He had been in intensive care for over a week after he undergone surgery for bowel obstruction. According to the hospital he died due to multiple organ failure”.

 

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