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TEXTO

[1] Tokyo is celebrating as the Japanese capital won
[2] the bid to host the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic
[3] Games Residents have gathered outside the
[4] Metropolitan Government building to share their
[5] delight.
[6] The International Olympic Committee voted for the
[7] city which saw off bids from Istanbul and Madrid to
[8] succeed London and Rio in hosting the sporting
[9] world's most prized events.
[10] "I very much appreciate the strong support the IOC
[11] has given to Japan. I sincerely promise that Japan
[12] will keep its word and make sure the 2020 Olympic
[13] Games will be a success."
[14] Tokyo won by a landslide despite concerns about
[15] contaminated water leaking from the crippled
[16] Fukushima nuclear plant where radiation levels
[17] have reached a new high.
http://www.newsinlevels.com/products/olympic-games-2020-level-3/

Gabriel García Márquez, Nobel Prize-winning author, dies at 87

By Todd Leopold, CNN

updated 9:55 AM EDT, Mon April 21, 2014

Gabriel García Márquez, the influential, Nobel Prize-winning author of "One Hundred

Years of Solitude" and "Love in the Time of Cholera," has died, his family and officials

said. He was 87.

The literary giant was treated in April for infections and dehydration at a Mexican hospital.

[5] García Márquez, a native of Colombia, is widely credited with helping to popularize

"magical realism," a genre "in which the fantastic and the realistic are combined in a richly

composed world of imagination," as the Nobel committee described it upon awarding him

the prize for literature in 1982.

He was sometimes called the most significant Spanish-language author since Miguel de

[10] Cervantes, the 16th-century author of "Don Quixote" and one of the great writers in

Western literature. Indeed, Chilean poet Pablo Neruda told Time that "One Hundred Years

of Solitude" was "the greatest revelation in the Spanish language since the Don Quixote of

Cervantes."

The author's cousin, Margarita Marquez, and Colombia's ambassador to Mexico, José

[15] Gabriel Ortiz, confirmed the author's death to CNN on Thursday. "We're left with the

memories and the admiration to all Colombians and also Mexicans because I think Gabo

was half Mexican and half Colombian. He's just as admired in Mexico as he is in (his

native) Colombia, all of Latin America and throughout the world," Ortiz told CNN.

(…)

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/17/world/americas/ gabriel-garcia-marquez-dies/index.html Accessed in May, 2014.

Glossary:

  Dehydration: desidratação

  Genre: gênero literário

  Widely: largamente

  Upon awarding: concedendo

  Western: ocidental

  Indeed: de fato

  Ambassador: embaixador

  Half: metade

  Throughout: em todo

Gabriel García Márquez, Nobel Prize-winning author, dies at 87

By Todd Leopold, CNN

updated 9:55 AM EDT, Mon April 21, 2014

Gabriel García Márquez, the influential, Nobel Prize-winning author of "One Hundred

Years of Solitude" and "Love in the Time of Cholera," has died, his family and officials

said. He was 87.

The literary giant was treated in April for infections and dehydration at a Mexican hospital.

[5] García Márquez, a native of Colombia, is widely credited with helping to popularize

"magical realism," a genre "in which the fantastic and the realistic are combined in a richly

composed world of imagination," as the Nobel committee described it upon awarding him

the prize for literature in 1982.

He was sometimes called the most significant Spanish-language author since Miguel de

[10] Cervantes, the 16th-century author of "Don Quixote" and one of the great writers in

Western literature. Indeed, Chilean poet Pablo Neruda told Time that "One Hundred Years

of Solitude" was "the greatest revelation in the Spanish language since the Don Quixote of

Cervantes."

The author's cousin, Margarita Marquez, and Colombia's ambassador to Mexico, José

[15] Gabriel Ortiz, confirmed the author's death to CNN on Thursday. "We're left with the

memories and the admiration to all Colombians and also Mexicans because I think Gabo

was half Mexican and half Colombian. He's just as admired in Mexico as he is in (his

native) Colombia, all of Latin America and throughout the world," Ortiz told CNN.

(…)

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/17/world/americas/ gabriel-garcia-marquez-dies/index.html Accessed in May, 2014.

Glossary:

  Dehydration: desidratação

  Genre: gênero literário

  Widely: largamente

  Upon awarding: concedendo

  Western: ocidental

  Indeed: de fato

  Ambassador: embaixador

  Half: metade

  Throughout: em todo

AC Milan pair Kevin Constant and Nigel de Jong subjected to racist abuse

May 12, 2014 -- Updated 1348 GMT (2148 HKT)

AC Milan defender Kevin Constant is enraged after a banana is thrown onto pitch during his Side’s 2-1 defeat at Atalanta

The incidence of soccer supporters hurling bananas as a way of racially abusing top black

footballers playing in Europe's major leagues shows no sign of abating. AC Milan defender

Kevin Constant and midfielder Nigel de Jong were left raging by the abuse during a Serie A

match against Atalanta in northern Italy Sunday, while fellow teammates applauded in a

[5] sarcastic manner.

Neither Milan or Atalanta were immediately available for comment, while Liga Calcio, which runs

Serie A, is expected to make a statement later on Monday. The FIGC, the Italian Football

Federation, have opened an investigation and will issue a statement later this week.

Sunday's incident came just two weeks after Barcelona's Dani Alves captured the world's

[10] attention by eating a banana which had been thrown at him from the crowd during a league

game at Villarreal in Spain's top league.The Brazilian's quick thinking was widely acclaimed by

anti-racism campaigners and he gained worldwide support through social media.The fan was

banned for life by Villarreal after throwing the banana which landed at Alves' feet as he prepared

to take a corner.

[15] One week after Alves was abused, Levante's Senegalese player Papakouli Diop claimed he had

heard monkey chants from Atletico Madrid supporters.His response was to dance in front of his

alleged abusers.

It's not the first team Constant has been racially taunted. The French-born Guinean player was

racially abused during a preseason friendly game against Sassuolo in July.Constant smashed

[20] the ball into the stands and walked off the pitch after becoming enraged by racist chanting

emanating from a section of supporters.

In May last year, FIFA adopted tougher penalties for racist behavior during its congress in

Mauritius. Punishments for first offenses bring a warning, fine or clubs being forced to play

games in empty stadiums. A second offense, or one deemed "serious," could result in demotion,

[25] a deduction of points or expulsion from a tournament.

Source:http://edition.cnn.com/2014/05/12/sport/football/football-milan-racism/index.html?hpt=isp_c1 Accessed in May, 2014.

GLOSSARY

  Abuse: insulto

  Supporters: torcedores

  Hurling: atirando

  Abating: diminuir

  Raging: furioso

  Fellow teammates: companheiros de time

  Available: disponíveis

  Statement: declaração

  Issue: emitir

  Chants: cantos

  Taunted: insultado, provocado

  Campaigners: militantes

  Pitch: campo

  Tougher: mais firmes

  Behavior: comportamento

  Warning: advertência

  Fine: multa

  Deemed: considerada