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Q582644
Inglês
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Why I took up the cello in my 60s
Michelle Hanson
Learning to play a musical instrument at any point in life is good for the brain. Who cares if I sound like a 'sick cow'?
It's exciting to know that I have done something right and rewarding – taking up the cello in my 60s. A new study from St. Andrew's University proves it. Taking up a musical instrument, even late in life, is good for the brain, and “can slow, stop, or even reverse, age or illness-related decline in mental functions". Hurrah!
My efforts have been rewarded, because starting the cello was a bit of a struggle, physically and mentally. Back then, my mother was alive, and rather critical: “You sound like a sick cow," she would cry out in a tormented way, but I persisted, joined an orchestra, and now here I am, with a bigger frontal cortex area than I might have otherwise had, and able to “adjust my behaviour more effectively in conflict-rich situations".
The more you practise the better, suggests the research. Good. It will spur me on, sick cow or not. Because I desperately need to keep my brain in order. Don't we all, if we're going to live to over 100? Last week I went for a walk with an old friend of mine and her dog. She is 92 and browned off.
“How are you?" I asked. “Fed up. I want to die." This was my mother's primary aim once she hit 96. “What do you want for your birthday?" we would ask. “To be dead!", she would say. No wonder. What else did life offer? At least my old friend could walk about. My mother could hardly walk, talk or eat.
If only they had played a musical instrument. You can do it sitting down, on your own, with friends, cheer yourself up, be in control, or wildly emotional. I cannot recommend it highly enough.
Fonte: http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/sep/ 30/why-i-took-up-cello-in-60s
Glossário
took up: aprendi; struggle: luta/muito esforço; spur me on: encorajar/estimular; browned off: sem entusiasmo
Michelle Hanson
Learning to play a musical instrument at any point in life is good for the brain. Who cares if I sound like a 'sick cow'?
It's exciting to know that I have done something right and rewarding – taking up the cello in my 60s. A new study from St. Andrew's University proves it. Taking up a musical instrument, even late in life, is good for the brain, and “can slow, stop, or even reverse, age or illness-related decline in mental functions". Hurrah!
My efforts have been rewarded, because starting the cello was a bit of a struggle, physically and mentally. Back then, my mother was alive, and rather critical: “You sound like a sick cow," she would cry out in a tormented way, but I persisted, joined an orchestra, and now here I am, with a bigger frontal cortex area than I might have otherwise had, and able to “adjust my behaviour more effectively in conflict-rich situations".
The more you practise the better, suggests the research. Good. It will spur me on, sick cow or not. Because I desperately need to keep my brain in order. Don't we all, if we're going to live to over 100? Last week I went for a walk with an old friend of mine and her dog. She is 92 and browned off.
“How are you?" I asked. “Fed up. I want to die." This was my mother's primary aim once she hit 96. “What do you want for your birthday?" we would ask. “To be dead!", she would say. No wonder. What else did life offer? At least my old friend could walk about. My mother could hardly walk, talk or eat.
If only they had played a musical instrument. You can do it sitting down, on your own, with friends, cheer yourself up, be in control, or wildly emotional. I cannot recommend it highly enough.
Fonte: http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/sep/ 30/why-i-took-up-cello-in-60s
Glossário
took up: aprendi; struggle: luta/muito esforço; spur me on: encorajar/estimular; browned off: sem entusiasmo
O pronome “they" em “If only they had played a
musical instrument" (parágrafo 5) se refere
Ano: 2013
Banca:
CESGRANRIO
Órgão:
PUC - RJ
Prova:
CESGRANRIO - 2013 - PUC - RJ - Vestibular - Prova de Inglês - Relações Internacionais |
Q538062
Inglês
In terms of pronominal reference,
Ano: 2013
Banca:
CESGRANRIO
Órgão:
PUC - RJ
Prova:
CESGRANRIO - 2013 - PUC - RJ - Vestibular - 1° Dia - Prova Tarde grupos 1, 3 e 4 |
Q537958
Inglês
In the fragment, “The ordinary-looking models (…) likely
to be encountered on roads” (. 74-78), the demonstrative
“These” refers to
Q382416
Inglês
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Finally, a Billboard That Creates Drinkable Water Out of Thin Air
1Five Man Electrical Band: nome de um grupo de rock canadense.
2gimmick: algo que não é sério, usado para atrair a atenção das pessoas temporariamente, especialmente para fazê-las comprar algo.
3ingenuity: habilidade de pensar em novos meios inteligentes de se fazer algo.
I’ve never cared much for billboards. Not in the city, not out of the city - not anywhere, really. It’s like the saying in that old Five Man Electrical Band1 song. So when the creative director of an ad agency in Peru sent me a picture of what he claimed was the frst billboard that produces potable water from air, my initial reaction was: gotta be a hoax, or at best, a gimmick2
Except it’s neither: the billboard pictured here is real, it’s located in Lima, Peru, and it produces around 100 liters of water a day (about 26 gallons) from nothing more than humidity, a basic fltration system and a little gravitational ingenuity3 .
Let’s talk about Lima for a moment, the largest city in Peru and the ffth largest in all of the Americas, with some 7.6 million people (closer to 9 million when you factor in the surrounding metro area). Because it sits along the southern Pacifc Ocean, the humidity in the city averages 83% (it’s actually closer to 100% in the mornings). But Lima is also part of what’s called a coastal desert: it lies at the northern edge of the Atacama, the driest desert in the world, meaning the city sees perhaps half an inch of precipitation annually (Lima is the second largest desert city in the world after Cairo). Lima thus depends on drainage from the Andes as well as runof from glacier melt - both sources on the decline because of climate change. (...)
Except it’s neither: the billboard pictured here is real, it’s located in Lima, Peru, and it produces around 100 liters of water a day (about 26 gallons) from nothing more than humidity, a basic fltration system and a little gravitational ingenuity3 .
Let’s talk about Lima for a moment, the largest city in Peru and the ffth largest in all of the Americas, with some 7.6 million people (closer to 9 million when you factor in the surrounding metro area). Because it sits along the southern Pacifc Ocean, the humidity in the city averages 83% (it’s actually closer to 100% in the mornings). But Lima is also part of what’s called a coastal desert: it lies at the northern edge of the Atacama, the driest desert in the world, meaning the city sees perhaps half an inch of precipitation annually (Lima is the second largest desert city in the world after Cairo). Lima thus depends on drainage from the Andes as well as runof from glacier melt - both sources on the decline because of climate change. (...)
1Five Man Electrical Band: nome de um grupo de rock canadense.
2gimmick: algo que não é sério, usado para atrair a atenção das pessoas temporariamente, especialmente para fazê-las comprar algo.
3ingenuity: habilidade de pensar em novos meios inteligentes de se fazer algo.
No terceiro parágrafo, o pronome it em – Because it sits along the southern Pacifc Ocean – pode ser substituído, de maneira a manter o sentido original do texto, por
Ano: 2013
Banca:
COPEVE-UFAL
Órgão:
UNEAL
Prova:
COPEVE-UFAL - 2013 - UNEAL - Vestibular - Prova 1 |
Q291758
Inglês
Leia o texto abaixo e responda a questão.
We may take advantage of this pause in the narrative to make certain statements. Orlando had become a woman – there is no denying it. But in every other respect, Orlando remained precisely as he had been. The change of sex, though it altered their future, did nothing whatever to alter their identity. Their faces remained, as their portraits prove, practically the same. His memory – but in future we must, for convention's sake, say 'her' for 'his,' and 'she' for 'he' – her memory then, went back through all the events of her past life without encountering any obstacle. Some slight haziness there may have been, as if a few dark drops had fallen into the clear pool of memory; certain things had become a little dimmed; but that was all. The change seemed to have been accomplished painlessly and completely and in such a way that Orlando herself showed no surprise at it. Many people, taking this into account, and holding that such a change of sex is against nature, have been at great pains to prove that Orlando had always been a woman, that Orlando is at this moment a man. Let biologists and psychologists determine. It is enough for us to state the simple fact; Orlando was a man till the age of thirty; when he became a woman and
has remained so ever since.
Woolf, Virginia. Orlando – A Biography. Londres. Granada. 1984.
Virginia Woolf foi uma escritora inglesa do século 20. Neste parágrafo de seu romance Orlando – Uma Biografia, ela
We may take advantage of this pause in the narrative to make certain statements. Orlando had become a woman – there is no denying it. But in every other respect, Orlando remained precisely as he had been. The change of sex, though it altered their future, did nothing whatever to alter their identity. Their faces remained, as their portraits prove, practically the same. His memory – but in future we must, for convention's sake, say 'her' for 'his,' and 'she' for 'he' – her memory then, went back through all the events of her past life without encountering any obstacle. Some slight haziness there may have been, as if a few dark drops had fallen into the clear pool of memory; certain things had become a little dimmed; but that was all. The change seemed to have been accomplished painlessly and completely and in such a way that Orlando herself showed no surprise at it. Many people, taking this into account, and holding that such a change of sex is against nature, have been at great pains to prove that Orlando had always been a woman, that Orlando is at this moment a man. Let biologists and psychologists determine. It is enough for us to state the simple fact; Orlando was a man till the age of thirty; when he became a woman and
has remained so ever since.
Woolf, Virginia. Orlando – A Biography. Londres. Granada. 1984.
Virginia Woolf foi uma escritora inglesa do século 20. Neste parágrafo de seu romance Orlando – Uma Biografia, ela
Ano: 2012
Banca:
IF-BA
Órgão:
IF-BA
Prova:
IF-BA - 2012 - IF-BA - Curso Técnico - MODALIDADE SUBSEQUENTE - INGLÊS |
Q1369472
Inglês
Sobre o uso da língua, no Texto I, é correto afirmar que
I. o termo “our” (l.2) é um pronome possessivo e refere-se aos leitores.
II. “which” (l.3) é um pronome relativo, na função de sujeito, e refere-se a “daily activities”.
III. os termos “useless” e “unwanted” (l.5) são formados por afixação.
IV. os modais “can” (l.5) e “may” (l.12) expressam a mesma ideia: possibilidade.
V. os marcadores discursivos “or” (l.3), “and” (l.5) e “but” (l.12) expressam, respectivamente, proporcionalidade, adição e condição.
A alternativa em que todas as afirmativas são verdadeiras é a:
I. o termo “our” (l.2) é um pronome possessivo e refere-se aos leitores.
II. “which” (l.3) é um pronome relativo, na função de sujeito, e refere-se a “daily activities”.
III. os termos “useless” e “unwanted” (l.5) são formados por afixação.
IV. os modais “can” (l.5) e “may” (l.12) expressam a mesma ideia: possibilidade.
V. os marcadores discursivos “or” (l.3), “and” (l.5) e “but” (l.12) expressam, respectivamente, proporcionalidade, adição e condição.
A alternativa em que todas as afirmativas são verdadeiras é a:
Ano: 2012
Banca:
UEM
Órgão:
UEM
Prova:
UEM - 2012 - UEM - Vestibular - PAS - Etapa 3 - Conhecimentos Gerais - Inglês |
Q1367098
Inglês
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Texto
When superyacht chic meets hybrid technology
By Eoghan Macguire, for CNNAutor
(Disponível em: <http://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/15/tech/hybrid-superyacht/index.html?hpt=itr_tl>
According to the text it is correct to affirm that
the words “emissions” (line 8), “consumption”
(line 9), “production” (line 16), “completion” (line
18), and “performance” (line 36) are all nouns
which respectively derive from the words “emit”,
“consume”, “product”, “complete”, “perform” and
“maintain” which are all verbs.
Q1364271
Inglês
Texto associado
Texto
Human Rights
BBC Learning English News Word
(Texto adaptado. Disponível em:
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/n
ewswords/100211_nw_human_rights_text.pdf
Acessado em: 16/05/2012)
Em relação ao vocabulário do texto, é correto afirmar que
the word “which” (line 13) refers to human
rights.
Q1364269
Inglês
Texto associado
Texto
Human Rights
BBC Learning English News Word
(Texto adaptado. Disponível em:
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/n
ewswords/100211_nw_human_rights_text.pdf
Acessado em: 16/05/2012)
Em relação ao vocabulário do texto, é correto afirmar que
“one” (line 11) is used as a pronoun.
Ano: 2012
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
UNB
Prova:
CESPE - 2012 - UNB - Vestibular - Língua Inglesa 01 |
Q334019
Inglês
Texto associado
Judge the items from 19 through 27 based on to the text above.
Judge the items from 19 through 27 based on to the text above.
In the first paragraph, the pronoun “They” in “They plan to further reduce vehicle emissions” (L.11-12) refers to “large urban centers with spiraling growth” (L.10-11).
Ano: 2012
Banca:
CESPE / CEBRASPE
Órgão:
UNB
Prova:
CESPE - 2012 - UNB - Vestibular - Língua Inglesa 01 |
Q334016
Inglês
Texto associado
Judge the items that follow according to the text above.
Judge the items that follow according to the text above.
In the third paragraph, in the phrase “says it is aimed at those” (L.26), the pronoun “it” refers to “Transport for London” ( L.25).
Q325342
Inglês
In the excerpt from the first paragraph – than those who stopped work between six and eight months –, the word those refers to
Ano: 2012
Banca:
VUNESP
Órgão:
UNESP
Prova:
VUNESP - 2012 - UNESP - Vestibular - Primeiro Semestre |
Q296113
Inglês
Texto associado
Instrução: Leia o texto para responder às questões de números 26 a 30.
A expressão none of this matters, no segundo parágrafo, refere-se
Ano: 2012
Banca:
VUNESP
Órgão:
UNESP
Prova:
VUNESP - 2012 - UNESP - Vestibular - Primeiro Semestre |
Q296112
Inglês
Texto associado
Instrução: Leia o texto para responder às questões de números 26 a 30.
O pronome it, utilizado na última linha do primeiro parágrafo, na frase for the products it markets, refere-se
Ano: 2012
Banca:
VUNESP
Órgão:
UNESP
Prova:
VUNESP - 2012 - UNESP - Vestibular - Primeiro Semestre |
Q296108
Inglês
Texto associado
Instrução: Examine os anúncios para responder às questões de números 21 a 25.
Nos anúncios, as palavras use, you, need, electricity e wisely são exemplos, respectivamente, de
Ano: 2012
Banca:
PUC - RJ
Órgão:
PUC - RJ
Prova:
PUC - RJ - 2012 - PUC - RJ - Vestibular - Biologia e Inglês 02 |
Q290105
Inglês
In the sentence, “He then said he’d have to just read it to me over the phone as a Plan B.” (L. 36-38), the underlined pronoun refers to
Ano: 2012
Banca:
PUC - RS
Órgão:
PUC - RS
Prova:
PUC - RS - 2012 - PUC - RS - Vestibular - Prova 2 |
Q278456
Inglês
The best alternative to fll in the space in line 05 is:
Q265542
Inglês
The right pronoun to fill Blank II is:
Q265536
Inglês
Himself (second paragraph) refers to:
Q265535
Inglês
In “Though few Italians may admit it openly…”, the pronoun it refers to the fact that:
Conheça nossos planos