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TEXTO I

 

TILLERSON CONDEMNS RACISM, CALLS FOR NATIONAL RECONCILIATION

U.S. Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, issued a forceful condemnation of

"bigotry in all its forms" on Friday and called for national reconciliation as he

promised to work toward making the government with greater minority

participation.

[5] Tillerson invoked the 1865 second inaugural address by Abraham Lincoln, the

president who freed the slaves and presided over the Civil War against

rebellious pro-slavery Confederate Southern States.

As the war drew to a close, Lincoln asked the nation to bind up its wounds

from the conflict, Tillerson noted.

[10] "We, too, today should seek to bind up the wounds," Tillerson said. "We must

pursue reconciliation, understanding and respect regardless of skin color,

ethnicity or religious or political views."

He added: "Racism is evil; it is antithetical to America's values. It's antithetical

to the American idea."

[15] Tillerson said one of America's defining characteristics "is the promise of the

opportunity for advancement regardless of your skin color, how much money

your parents make or where you came from."

He announced a new State Department policy in which at least one candidate

for any opening for an ambassador post must be a minority, noting that

[20] currently only about 12 percent of U.S. senior foreign service officers are

non-white.

"The State Department must redouble our efforts to increase diversity at the

highest ranks of the department, including at the ambassador level," Tillerson

said.

[25] Statistics published by the State Department show that as of the end of June,

88 percent of senior foreign service officers - the high-ranking diplomats

from which the country's ambassadors are drawn - are white and 4 percent

are black. One-third of senior foreign service officers are women, and 7

percent of the agency's civil service members are Hispanic.

[30] To remedy the lack of diversity, Tillerson said he had told committees that

nominate ambassadorial candidates at least one candidate for each opening

must be a member of a minority group. 

(Source: Adapted from: The New Work Times. Available at: <https://www.nytimes.com/reuters>. Accessed on: August 30, 2017)

Qual opção abaixo representa a melhor tradução para o trecho: “We must pursue reconciliation, understanding and respect regardless of skin color, ethnicity or religious or political views” (linhas 10 a 12)?

TEXTO I

 

TILLERSON CONDEMNS RACISM, CALLS FOR NATIONAL RECONCILIATION

U.S. Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, issued a forceful condemnation of

"bigotry in all its forms" on Friday and called for national reconciliation as he

promised to work toward making the government with greater minority

participation.

[5] Tillerson invoked the 1865 second inaugural address by Abraham Lincoln, the

president who freed the slaves and presided over the Civil War against

rebellious pro-slavery Confederate Southern States.

As the war drew to a close, Lincoln asked the nation to bind up its wounds

from the conflict, Tillerson noted.

[10] "We, too, today should seek to bind up the wounds," Tillerson said. "We must

pursue reconciliation, understanding and respect regardless of skin color,

ethnicity or religious or political views."

He added: "Racism is evil; it is antithetical to America's values. It's antithetical

to the American idea."

[15] Tillerson said one of America's defining characteristics "is the promise of the

opportunity for advancement regardless of your skin color, how much money

your parents make or where you came from."

He announced a new State Department policy in which at least one candidate

for any opening for an ambassador post must be a minority, noting that

[20] currently only about 12 percent of U.S. senior foreign service officers are

non-white.

"The State Department must redouble our efforts to increase diversity at the

highest ranks of the department, including at the ambassador level," Tillerson

said.

[25] Statistics published by the State Department show that as of the end of June,

88 percent of senior foreign service officers - the high-ranking diplomats

from which the country's ambassadors are drawn - are white and 4 percent

are black. One-third of senior foreign service officers are women, and 7

percent of the agency's civil service members are Hispanic.

[30] To remedy the lack of diversity, Tillerson said he had told committees that

nominate ambassadorial candidates at least one candidate for each opening

must be a member of a minority group. 

(Source: Adapted from: The New Work Times. Available at: <https://www.nytimes.com/reuters>. Accessed on: August 30, 2017)

Escolha a alternativa que resume as principais ideias do texto.

TEXTO I

 

TILLERSON CONDEMNS RACISM, CALLS FOR NATIONAL RECONCILIATION

U.S. Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, issued a forceful condemnation of

"bigotry in all its forms" on Friday and called for national reconciliation as he

promised to work toward making the government with greater minority

participation.

[5] Tillerson invoked the 1865 second inaugural address by Abraham Lincoln, the

president who freed the slaves and presided over the Civil War against

rebellious pro-slavery Confederate Southern States.

As the war drew to a close, Lincoln asked the nation to bind up its wounds

from the conflict, Tillerson noted.

[10] "We, too, today should seek to bind up the wounds," Tillerson said. "We must

pursue reconciliation, understanding and respect regardless of skin color,

ethnicity or religious or political views."

He added: "Racism is evil; it is antithetical to America's values. It's antithetical

to the American idea."

[15] Tillerson said one of America's defining characteristics "is the promise of the

opportunity for advancement regardless of your skin color, how much money

your parents make or where you came from."

He announced a new State Department policy in which at least one candidate

for any opening for an ambassador post must be a minority, noting that

[20] currently only about 12 percent of U.S. senior foreign service officers are

non-white.

"The State Department must redouble our efforts to increase diversity at the

highest ranks of the department, including at the ambassador level," Tillerson

said.

[25] Statistics published by the State Department show that as of the end of June,

88 percent of senior foreign service officers - the high-ranking diplomats

from which the country's ambassadors are drawn - are white and 4 percent

are black. One-third of senior foreign service officers are women, and 7

percent of the agency's civil service members are Hispanic.

[30] To remedy the lack of diversity, Tillerson said he had told committees that

nominate ambassadorial candidates at least one candidate for each opening

must be a member of a minority group.

(Source: Adapted from: The New Work Times. Available at: <https://www.nytimes.com/reuters>. Accessed on: August 30, 2017)

No trecho: “He added: Racism is evil; it is antithetical to America's values” (linha 13), “it” refere-se:

TEXTO I

 

TILLERSON CONDEMNS RACISM, CALLS FOR NATIONAL RECONCILIATION

U.S. Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, issued a forceful condemnation of

"bigotry in all its forms" on Friday and called for national reconciliation as he

promised to work toward making the government with greater minority

participation.

[5] Tillerson invoked the 1865 second inaugural address by Abraham Lincoln, the

president who freed the slaves and presided over the Civil War against

rebellious pro-slavery Confederate Southern States.

As the war drew to a close, Lincoln asked the nation to bind up its wounds

from the conflict, Tillerson noted.

[10] "We, too, today should seek to bind up the wounds," Tillerson said. "We must

pursue reconciliation, understanding and respect regardless of skin color,

ethnicity or religious or political views."

He added: "Racism is evil; it is antithetical to America's values. It's antithetical

to the American idea."

[15] Tillerson said one of America's defining characteristics "is the promise of the

opportunity for advancement regardless of your skin color, how much money

your parents make or where you came from."

He announced a new State Department policy in which at least one candidate

for any opening for an ambassador post must be a minority, noting that

[20] currently only about 12 percent of U.S. senior foreign service officers are

non-white.

"The State Department must redouble our efforts to increase diversity at the

highest ranks of the department, including at the ambassador level," Tillerson

said.

[25] Statistics published by the State Department show that as of the end of June,

88 percent of senior foreign service officers - the high-ranking diplomats

from which the country's ambassadors are drawn - are white and 4 percent

are black. One-third of senior foreign service officers are women, and 7

percent of the agency's civil service members are Hispanic.

[30] To remedy the lack of diversity, Tillerson said he had told committees that

nominate ambassadorial candidates at least one candidate for each opening

must be a member of a minority group.

(Source: Adapted from: The New Work Times. Available at: <https://www.nytimes.com/reuters>. Accessed on: August 30, 2017)

Considerando o texto “Tillerson Condemns Racism, Calls For National Reconciliation”, analise as assertivas e escolha a melhor alternativa.

I – O texto é uma notícia veiculada no jornal online The New York Times.

II – O texto apresenta que o racismo é um mal que vai contra os valores americanos.

III – No texto, o Secretário de Estado Americano, Rex Tillerson, afirma que o racismo não tem remédio.

Complete o texto sobre a estudante de enfermagem, usando as preposições corretas.

 

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Marque APENAS a alternativa correta.

Directions: Read the text below and answer question according to it.

 

SOME OF THE INTERNET'S CRAZIEST CONSPIRACY THEORIES

  

Michael Jackson Is Still Alive

 

  The advent of the internet hasn't just cooked up¹

new conspiracy theories, it's also accelerated existing

ones. If you refuse to believe that it was the Iranians that

[5] killed him, perhaps you'll be convinced that MJ is actually

still alive. Proof? His own daughter Paris Jackson took a

photo of him. Seriously. What do you mean you don't

see him? He's right there in the back seat, stacked²

under that pile of clothes wearing his iconic hat. Believe,

[10] man. Thriller Vol.2 to drop next year.

    The Moon Doesn't Exist

  It's no good looking at it, night after night. The

moon doesn't exist. It's a hologram, put there by persons

unknown. Of course, serial conspiracy theorist David

[15] Icke has a theory. There are also countless YouTubers

keeping an eye out, one of whom has gone as far as

"looking at it regularly for a year".

    Jay Z Is A Time-Travelling Vampire

  There are vast regions of the internet devoted to

[20] explaining why Jay Z is part of the Illuminati. Hence³

when this photo, which was taken in New York in 1939,

appeared last year, he was accused of being a timetraveller.

And a vampire. This video lists other old-time

celebrity lookalikes⁴, as well as suggesting that

[25] Hollywood stars don't age because they're the immortal

bloodsucking undead. Not because they're stuffed⁵ with

botox, then?

    The Earth Is Hollow

  Don't give up, readers. We're halfway through

[30] this list. We can make it to the end. Dig⁶ deep. Well, not

too deep. You see, the Earth is hollow⁷ and accessible

via portals at the north and south poles. Luckily though,

it's quite habitable down there, providing excellent living

quarters⁸ for the lost Viking colonies of Greenland and

[35] the Nazis, while "aliens" are in fact just visitors from the

subterranean areas.

    Siri Can Predict The Apocalypse

  Amazing as it may seem, given that it can't do

anything else you actually ask it to do, Siri can predict

[40] the apocalypse. When asked "What day is 27th July

2014?", Apple's assistant replied, "The opening of the

gate of Hades", aka⁹ The End Of The World. That date

has now passed without issue¹⁰. Say what you like about

the maligned MS Office paperclip, but at least he didn't

[45] scaremonger¹¹ that the end was near.

    We All Live In The Matrix And Billionaires Want To Break Us Out Of It

  The New Yorker’s Tad Friend claims that many

people in Silicone Valley are obsessed with the idea that

[50] we're all living in a Matrix-like simulation, and some are

taking that obsession a stage further: “Two tech

billionaires have gone so far as to secretly engage

scientists to work on breaking us out of the

simulation.”Here's hoping Mark Zuckerberg is 'The One',

[55] yeah?

    Hitler Is Still Alive

  "Hitler is still alive" rumours have circulated since

the 1970s, fuelled by the fact that his crony Josef

Mengele hid in South America. Stories like this one,

[60] however, speculate the 125-year-old Hitler has been

responsible for various world disasters, including 9/11

and the 2010 Gulf oil spill, which happened on his

birthday. Other theories say he died in 1984 in Brazil,

aged 94. Or in Argentina, aged 73.

(Adapted from http://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/20-of-the-internets-craziestconspiracy-theories/Acesso em: 14 de fev 2017)

 

Glossary:

1 - cook up – to invent a story, a plan, etc.

2 - stacked – covered with things

3 - hence – the reason, the explanation for

4 - lookalikes – similar in appearance

5 - stuffed – filled with something

6 - dig – to make a hole in the ground

7 - hollow – a hole or empty space

8 - quarter – a place to live

9 - aka – abbreviation for also known as

10 - issue – problem

11 - scaremonger – a person that creates stories that cause public fear

The sentence “Don't give up” (line 29) in the affirmative form is