Questões de Inglês

The Four Oxen and the Lion

 

    A Lion used to prowl about a field in which Four Oxen used to live. Many a time he tried to attack them; but whenever he came near, they turned their tails to one another, so that whichever way he approached them he was met by the horns of one of them. At last, however, they quarreled among themselves, and each went off to pasture alone in a separate comer of the field. Then the Lion attacked them one by one and soon made an end of all four.

Disponível em: www.aesopfables.com. Acesso em: 1 dez. 2011.

 

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    Filmed over nearly three years, WASTE LAND follows renowned artist Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the world’s largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. There he photographs an eclectic band of “catadores” — self-designated pickers of recyclable materials. Muniz’s initial objective was to “paint” the catadores with garbage. However, his collaboration with these inspiring characters as they recreate photographic images of themselves out of garbage reveals both the dignity and despair of the catadores as they begin to re-imagine their lives. Director Lucy Walker (DEVIL’S PLAYGROUND, BLINDSIGHT and COUNTDOWN TO ZERO) and co-directors João Jardim and Karen Harley have great access to the entire process and, in the end, offer stirring evidence of the transformative power of art and the alchemy of the human spirit.

Disponível em: www.wastelandmovie.com. Acesso em: 2 dez. 2012.

 

Vik Muniz é um artista plástico brasileiro radicado em Nova York.

 

O documentário Waste Land, produzido por ele em 2010, recebeu vários prêmios e

If You’re Out There

 

If you hear this message
Wherever you stand
I’m calling every woman
Calling every man

 

We’re the generation
We can’t afford to wait
The future started yesterday
And we’re already late

 

If you’re out there
Sing along with me if you’re out there
I’m dying to believe that you’re out there
Stand up and say it loud if you’re out there
Tomorrow’s starting now...now...now […]

 

We can destroy Hunger
We can conquer Hate
Put down the arms and raise your voice
We’re joining hands today […]

LEGEND, J. Evolver. Los Angeles: Sony Music, 2008 (fragmento).

 

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Her husband and two young daughters, 8 and 3, were led away from the bedside as the intubation tray was being opened. Quickly intubated, compressions made obtaining central access more difficult, but I placed an internal jugular line hoping things would go well enough that it might be used for a Swan-Ganz catheter. Compressions, fluids, advanced cardiac life support protocols . . . all the while cardiac tracing into dysrhythmia. Occasionally, the monitor would only stare blankly asystole, across its screen. And the blood pressure. Doses of medication and drips and fluid, nothing would move the blood pressure. She was only 36. I reached deeper into algorithms, knowing the next vial off the code cart would run the answer into her collapsing circulation. The answer that would also push away the pain growing in my own stomach. I believe I tried everything, and trusted each new intervention would be the one. None of it ever changed the course. Doses of medications, drips, compressions, bagged breaths, time, and her heart finally stopped. She was only 36. I silently asked her why. A nurse touched my arm and said the two words whose weight made my next breath difficult and whose grip was tight around the pain in my stomach. “The family”.

They had been taken to the waiting room. It was pale blue and the row of lights indicated the soda machine was still empty. My throat was dry. The youngest daughter sat on Dad’s lap looking at pictures in an outdoors magazine. The older sat watching her hands rest in her lap. Her husband’s eyes lifted to me and met mine. I didn’t, couldn’t, say a word. I took in the breath to begin, and he knew. The words never meant quite enough, “All we could ...” They seemed small, like a string of toy boats against a stormy sea, “... her heart ...” I only had to say them, they would have to live them, “So sorry ...”

(Adaptado de Kevan Pickrel, Empty Pockets. Ann Intern Med. 2003; p. 139-525. Disponível em: http://www.orderofnurses.org.lb/ Modules/Tables/UploadPDF/1070_19,09,YYon%20Being%20a%20Doctor%20full.pdf Acesso em: 1 mar. 2017.)

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The Real Harm in Multitasking

By Dr. Travis Bradberry

    You’ve likely heard that multitasking is problematic, but new studies show that it kills your performance and may even damage your brain. Research conducted at Stanford University found that multitasking is less productive than doing a single thing at a time.
    A Special Skill?
    But what if some people have a special gift for multitasking? The Stanford researchers compared groups of people based on their tendency to multitask and their belief that it helps their performance. They found that heavy multitaskers – those who multitask a lot and feel that it boosts their performance – were actually worse at multitasking than those who like to do a single thing at a time.
    Multitasking Lowers IQ
    Research also shows that, in addition to slowing you down, multitasking lowers your IQ. A study at the University of London found that participants who multitasked during cognitive tasks experienced IQ score declines that were similar to what they’d expect if they had smoked marijuana or stayed up all night. IQ drops of 15 points for multitasking men lowered their scores to the average range of an 8-year-old child.

(From: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20141008153512-50578967-multitasking-damages-your-brain-and-your-career-new-studies-suggest.)

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