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Instruction: answer questions 51 to 58 based on the following text.
Eve Rodsky’s deck of cards could help you find domestic bliss
- Eve Rodsky was fed up. For years she, like many other women, had shouldered the burden
- of invisible labor at home. Rodsky, a Harvard-educated lawyer and organizational management
- specialist who advises families and charitable foundations, was tired of being the “she-fault”
- parent. So, she started a spreadsheet titled “Shit I do.” “After months and months of
- crowdsourcing this beautiful, giant spreadsheet, I sent this to my husband and said, ‘Can’t wait
- to discuss.'”
- Rodsky shared the spreadsheet on Facebook. Soon, she was receiving messages from
- strangers who had seen it, detailing the domestic indignities they faced. She wanted to channel
- that frustration into something productive, and then Rodsky realized she could apply
- organizational management principles to the home. When Sarah Harden, the CEO of the media
- and production company Hello Sunshine, met Rodsky, she realized Rodsky was onto something
- novel. “After 40 to 50 years of talking about the problems, she was working on a solution. [At
- Hello Sunshine], (...) We like to be on the problem-solving end of the conversation rather than
- wallowing” said Harden.
- The result is Rodsky’s book, Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too
- Much to Do (and More Life to Live), which came out in October. (Hello Sunshine inked a unique
- deal with Rodsky as a venture partner, which means the company helped sell the book to a
- publisher and will take a cut of its profits.) A key piece of Rodsky’s solution is gamifying the
- notion of fair play with a set of cards. “So this is based on a 100 card game. You’re holding cards
- that represent all that you do for your home and family.”
- The author believes the cards can help couples navigate their domestic balance by helping
- them to talk about home life (which most people don’t do) and take full ownership of the tasks
- (concept, planning, and execution). The ultimate goal of redistributing domestic work, according
- to Rodsky, is to free up time for what she calls “unicorn space” — the stuff that might feel like a
- luxury or pipe dream to most parents. “This is about making time for the things we actually care
- about — who we were before we had kids,” she said. “What are our passions and purpose,
- beyond being a parent and a partner and a worker? The more we spend time arguing about who
- does what, the less time we have for the things that truly matter.”
Adapted from: https://www.fastcompany.com/90425669/eve-rodskys-deck-of-cards-could-help-you-find-domestic-bliss
Find the INCORRECT statement about the sentence “The more we spend time arguing about who does what, the less time we have for the things that truly matter” (l. 27 to 28).
Regarding the voiced and unvoiced ‘th’ sounds /ð,θ/, identify the sequence that is incoherent.
With regards to the vowel sound /әυ/, identify the sequence that is incoherent.
Which one of the following verbs is pronounced with a “t” sound at the end, in opposition to “d” and “id” sounds?
Which one of the following verbs is pronounced with an “id” sound at the end, in opposition to “d” and “t” sounds?
Based on the text above, judge the following item.
The sentence “Children are not being taught enough about
plants” (in the first paragraph) can be correctly rewritten as
Children are not receiving enough training on plants
without change in its meaning.
Read the text to answer.
In American literature, regionalism refers to works that describe distinctive local geography and culture, and to movements that value smaller-scaled representations of place over representations of broad territorial range. Regionalism emerges from the perception of modern geographic plurality; writers and readers understand a larger unit of space (commonly the national territory) to be diversified at its periphery according to topographical features, economy, history, dialect, and manners. A region is always one among many within a common container, characterized by uneven development between center and periphery. Regionalism indicates that a writer has chosen to focus on one of the areas outside the centers of power, and to organize the work around that region. In American literature, regionalism has been associated with the sketch or short story, although the category can accommodate poetry and the novel. Regionalism’s detractors have treated it as a minor form portraying outdated folkways, more parochial than literature that features a larger spatial scale and cosmopolitan characters. Its defenders reject that evaluation, often arguing that regionalism provided access to female, nonwhite, and rural writers, who used the form in innovative and empowering ways.
(Available in: https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com.)
In the segment “Its defenders reject that evaluation, often arguing
that regionalism provided access to female, nonwhite, and rural
writers” ITS refers back to:
FIND OUT THE MEANING OF THE ABBREVIATIONS
(Available in: https://www.liveworksheets.com/hv2889859db.)
Choose the learning purpose and ability the work with the handout is meant to comprise.
Read the text to answer.
A: So, I’ve decided I’m going to go to the bank and ask for a car loan.
B: That sounds like a good idea.
C: Well, you need a car.
B: Right.
A: Anyway, I was wondering if either of you would teach me how to drive.
B: Look, I’m very busy during the week, I'm trying to catch up with my deadline.
C: I’m in the same boat, but there must be a way...
A: What about the weekend? Say, Saturday morning? You both could take turns.
B: Fine with me!
C: Count me in!
The words reproducing pause, hesitation, redundancy, etc
which might or might not be present in abbreviated form
in the dialogue are:
Teacher: Where did you go on the weekend? Student: I went to the park. Teacher: You went to the park? How nice! What did you do? Student: I played soccer. Teacher: You played soccer. Who played soccer with you? Student: My friends from school, my team. Teacher: Your friends from school, your team? Did you like it? Student: I loved it. Teacher: You loved it. Great!
Among the resources of classroom management, teacher’s speech is considered a key element. The repetition produced by the teacher in the above dialogue signals:
In order to produce meaning out of the advertisements, one should activate relations of:
Read the text to answer.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Article 1
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Article 2
Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-selfgoverning or under any other limitation of sovereignty.
Article 3
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.
Article 4
No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.
Article 5
No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Article 6
Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.
Article 7
All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination.
Article 8
Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law.
Article 9
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.
(Available in: https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declarationof-human-rights. Adapted.)
but living conditions are
equally important.Leia a frase e observe as palavras destacadas: “To celebrate Pantanal Day (12 November), WWF-Brasil created some infographics to showcase the biome and emphasize its importance for Brazil and the rest of the world, and highlight the threats to the region and ways of protecting it”.
Assinale a alternativa que responda corretamente à pergunta: qual é a classe gramatical das palavras em destaque respectivamente?
"I X the exam if I Y hard."
Mark the CORRECT alternative that corresponds to X and Y respectively.
I. “Thomas said he was going to a class after lunch.”
II. “The weather forecast said that it was going to rain on the following day."
III. “My husband said that there was a great movie on TV that day."
IV. “My apologies, but he said he had miss the train.”
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