Questões de Inglês

Safety Rules For Online Dating

 

 

There are many stories out there about

the perils of online dating. Some are

urban legends, and some are alarmist

or driven by contempt. Others ring true

[5] because we hear them from friends or

read about them in the newspaper. The

truth of the matter is that yes, there are

creeps out there who prey on people

that reveal personal information on the internet. It is also true that there

[10] are basic precautions you can take to keep them at bay. Follow these

strategies to date online safely:

Stay anonymous

This is basic, but it is easy to let things slip in your initial excitement when

someone contacts you. First, only use dating services that do not disclose

[15] personal information. Second, don’t reveal identifying information about

your neighborhood, apartment building, or workplace. Third, if you have

children, do not name them or their school.

Meet in a public place

It is not a good idea to go hiking on a secluded trail or rafting down

[20] a river on the first date. Instead, meet at a restaurant, coffee shop, or

mall some distance away from your home. Carry your cell phone and

keep it on at all times. At your meeting, if you have any reason to feel

uncomfortable or unsafe, leave.

Go with your instincts

[25]  Usually, everything checks out and the person you meet is normal.

If your gut tells you otherwise, trust your intuitive judgment.

http://www.eromance.com/advice/onlinedating/article161.htm  Access: 15th June, 2007 (Adapted) 

The main purpose of this text is to

Cabin Environment

 

There is an erroneous perception that the cabin environment of a pressurized aircraft 1 is bad. That is not true. Treated by

HEPA (High Efficiency Particulate Arrestance) filters – similar to those used in organ transplanting and burn hospital units – the air

in airplane cabins is climatized and dehydrated, which makes the environment free from fungi and bacteria and - because the air

relative humidity becomes very low – even protects the existing airborne electronic equipment (avionics). The air flow is directed

[5] downwards, thus reducing the rate of contamination between seats. Additionally, all of the cabin air is replaced every three minutes.

This will keep the oxygen rates throughout the aircraft at much higher levels than those required by human consumption, and

carbon dioxide and particulate matter at acceptable levels with respect to passenger safety, health and comfort.

(Adaptado de: TAM magazine, ano 3, nº 34, dez. 2006.)

Which alternative can replace “thus” (line 5) in the text without changing the meaning?

Cabin Environment

 

There is an erroneous perception that the cabin environment of a pressurized aircraft 1 is bad. That is not true. Treated by

HEPA (High Efficiency Particulate Arrestance) filters – similar to those used in organ transplanting and burn hospital units – the air

in airplane cabins is climatized and dehydrated, which makes the environment free from fungi and bacteria and - because the air

relative humidity becomes very low – even protects the existing airborne electronic equipment (avionics). The air flow is directed

[5] downwards, thus reducing the rate of contamination between seats. Additionally, all of the cabin air is replaced every three minutes.

This will keep the oxygen rates throughout the aircraft at much higher levels than those required by human consumption, and

carbon dioxide and particulate matter at acceptable levels with respect to passenger safety, health and comfort.

(Adaptado de: TAM magazine, ano 3, nº 34, dez. 2006.)

Consider the following consequences:
 
1. Bacteria are eliminated.
2. Air humidity becomes low.
3. The environment is subject to risk.
4. Passengers become healthier.
5. Aircraft equipment may be exposed to danger.
6. Air becomes dehydrated.
 
Which sentences refer to consequences of using HEPA filters in aircraft cabins?

The words: its (in line 4), even (in line 7) and rampant (in line 5), are used in the text as:

The Big Match

Kathleen Becker

It's early evening in the Matchmaker's Bar, Lisdoonvarna, in the West of Ireland. A live band is warming up for the dancing later on while matchmaker Willie Daly is starting work: finding suitable partners for his clients. Every September, men and women looking for love come to Lisdoonvarna, Ireland's only spa town. At the matchmaking festival they hope to find "a good match."

The tradition began when farmers came here after the hay harvest had been gathered, bringing their daughters with them. Even today, in remote parts of rural Ireland, it can be difficult to meet your soul mate. Willie Daly wants to help bring people together. A pint glass of Guinness in front of him, Daly hands out forms to fill in and consults his big matchmaking book with contacts and vital statistics. Willie Daly's father was a matchmaker, and his father before him. Initially, Willie Daly was reluctant to get involved. Now in his late 50s, Willie started when he was 24:

 

Willie Daly

(Standard Irish accent):

The reason I started was where I live it's down on a farm and it looks out on the Atlantic Ocean, it's very pretty and very beautiful and there's great views everywhere. And I was looking around one day, and people kept saying to me, "Willie, when are you going to start, will you start the matchmakings?" And I said "Maybe I will," you know, I wasn't really interested much in it, you know. But then I was looking around and noticing that, as the result of matchmaking having stopped, that a lot of lovely neighbors that I had, existing neighbors, were getting old, dying out, and their houses were being sold to tourists and stuff like that, you know. And I felt that I was losing great friends and neighbors, so I started at that age and I haven't stopped since. I started when I was 24 and I'm still doing it now.

The first match Willie Daly ever made was between a very shy boy who worked on a nearby farm and a local girl. Every time they met the boy's face would go pure red, Daly says. The boy did not realize that the girl had feelings for him. In his frustration he was even talking about emigrating to England. How it all worked out in the end is a long story best told over a pint of stout, but it involves the fake sale of a pig engineered by young Willie Daly. The match was a success, and the couple had eleven children.

Daly and his wife have seven children. Some of them help their dad with the matchmaking. In 35 years, Daly has honed his psychologist's skills. The internet has helped, too. In other ways, his job has become more difficult: Irish women today have a better education, more independence - and higher expectations.

Revista Speak up, setembro de 2006

 

Vocabulary

1- after the hay harvest had been gathered- depois da colheita do feno

2- to hone- aprimorar

3- to match- casar

About Willie Daly, all the statements below are true, EXCEPT:

  “Researchers and public-health officials have long

understood that to maintain a given weight, energy in

(calories consumed) must equal energy out (calories

expended). But then they learned

[5] that genes were important, too,

and that for some people this

formula was tilted in a direction

that led to weight gain. Since the

discovery of the first obesity gene

[10] in 1994, scientists have found

about 50 genes involved in

obesity. Some of them determine

how individuals lay down fat and

metabolize energy stores. Others

[15] regulate how much people want

to eat in the first place, how they know when they’ve had

enough and how likely they are to use up calories through

activities ranging from fidgeting to running marathons. People

who can get fat on very little fuel may be genetically

[20] programmed to survive in harsher environments. When the

human species got its start, it was an advantage to be

efficient. Today, when food is plentiful, it is a hazard.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/13/magazine/13obesity.html.

In the text, the central idea is that